BLACKSBURG, Va. – A portion of an old schoolhouse in Montgomery County now has a boozy second life.

Moon Hollow Brewing officially opened within the old Prices Fork Elementary School Friday evening. The brewery now occupies what used to be the school’s kindergarten classroom.

Pottsville-based beer maker Yuengling is moving into the hospitality industry, with plans to expand its Tampa, Fla., brewing facility to include a hotel, among other possible amenities.

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — As Equilibrium Brewery opened for business here on a recent Saturday morning, fans were already lined up outside for a fresh batch of its hazy-colored ales.

The travelers, who came from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, snapped up as many cans and bottles as they could buy, at $16 a four-pack. After a sip or two by tailgates, some headed out in search of a meal, their tourist dollars funneled into a downtown betting on a rebound.