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Hopland-based Mendocino Brewing Co. hopes to penetrate East Coast markets after closing an investment deal with an international beer and spirits company. The deal includes $4 million in cash from United Brewing of America Inc., which also would contribute a 50,000-barrel-capacity brewing facility in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. In return, United Brewing gets a 45% stock holding in Mendocino Brewing.