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MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) A small Vermont brewery can keep making and selling its Vermonster beer.

Last month Corona, Calif.-based Hansen Beverage Co. told Rock Art Brewery to stop producing the beer because consumers could confuse it with Hansen's popular energy drink, Monster.

Lawyers for the two companies negotiated a deal: Rock Art can keep its Vermonster product as long it stays out of the energy-drink business.

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