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    Once zealously controlled by a religious sect, a small town tries to rehab its image — with beer

    by David Montero, Los Angeles Times Jul 05, 2018 5 minutes

    COLORADO CITY, Ariz. - The religious leader predicted many an apocalypse in his time as the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There was supposed to be one in 2005. Then it was delayed until 2012. Scratch that - 2016.

    Each time, the destruction was to be the same. Earthquakes. Fire. Swift and dramatic - in the later years springing Warren Jeffs from prison and returning him to Colorado City, where his breakaway polygamist flock awaited.

    But Jeffs, convicted in 2011 of sexually assaulting two child brides, is still behind bars, serving a life sentence. And a different kind of apocalypse is slowly descending on the town, fueled by hops, barley and grains.

    Edge of the World Brewery and Pub opened in March on Center Street - a

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