Enjoy a good brew with the new Arkansas Craft Beverage Pass

cruise through the muck. The gondoliers switched to singing songs about the Louisiana Bayou. Restaurants are going Creole with nightly entertainment. The most popular comedian has thirty minutes alone on levee humor. It’s a way for the city to adapt to the changing conditions and add a bit of leveeity.

Clear Creek is gonna flood and Venice is in the mud.

The town library is having a seminar on phone technology, Getting Past the Robots. Four hours will take you from fighting and arguing with customer service robots to winning by acting stupid. One section is over an hour on asking the robot to repeat itself, till it connects to a real person.

Next month, the session will be Understanding Customer Service Reps with Foreign Accents. Mumford Pickens says, “If you want to create a big stir, you have to use a big spoon.”

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Submitted by Arkansas Tourism

Happy hour just got happier with Arkansas Tourism’s new Arkansas Craft Beverage Pass. The free pass has been created for mobile devices and features a collection of Arkansas breweries, wineries and distilleries offering deals and discounts to redeem during your visit.

There are no apps to download to get started. When you sign up, the pass is instantly delivered via text and email and is ready to use immediately.

When visiting a participating location, hit the check-in button at the bottom of the venue’s listing to earn points. Some locations offer special discounts that can earn additional points.

Each month Arkansas Tourism will host a monthly drawing for a $100 digital Visa gift card. Further perks include redeeming points for Arkansas Tourism swag.

The pass can be saved to a phone home screen for easy onetap access. When visiting a participating business, present your phone to a staff member at the business to redeem the available discounts.

More details about the Arkansas Craft Beverage Pass and sign up information for it can be found at arkansas.com/craft-beverage-passport .

A list of participating Arkansas breweries, wineries and distilleries can be found online in the pass by clicking “Learn More” below the graphic found on the page. As of this writing 43 locations are listed, including The Ouachitas of Mena.