A town of less than 20,000 people in rural Mississippi wouldn’t strike many people as being a community with a craft brewery. If you haven’t heard of Laurel, Miss., then let me introduce you to that town of less than 20,000 people in rural Mississippi with its own craft brewery. Slowboat Brewing Company is owned by Kenny and Carrie Mann, a husband and wife team who spent many years as homebrewers before opening Slowboat in 2015. The brewery aims to be a community gathering space, which is clear from its open layout about multiple seating spaces. However, before life as a craft brewery the building served many purposes from a…