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Hackensack's Newest Brewery Will Preserve Essence Of City During Redevelopment Hackensack's Newest Brewery Will Preserve Essence Of City During Redevelopment
Hackensack's Newest Brewery Will Preserve Essence Of City During Redevelopment An endeavor that began in a Hackensack residential kitchen more than a decade ago is moving into a new home next month. Hackensack Brewing Co. began unofficially in 2006 by Mike Jones, who -- after work at Hackensack University Medical Center -- would come home and brew in his high-rise apartment. He and his longtime friends Irfan Qureshi, Alexander Ferenczi and Herbert Lamont Barr III on Feb. 2 are celebrating the opening of the Hackensack Brewing Co.'s taproom on Johnson Avenue. Jones hopes the new space will shine a light on city's history -- the taproom decor and beer names a…