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My top beer stories of 2011 (written by me)

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I wrote a lot about beer in 2011, and damn, was it fun. I culled through and picked some of the stories that got the most attention, and here they are, just in case you missed one. Excuse my self-indulgence. That said, I can’t wait to write more beery news in 2012. Happy New Year, [...]

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Beer all the time: Riverbend Malt House, Brewgrass, etc.

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Just had this story about the first Southeastern Malt House published in Mountain Xpress. Here’s an excerpt: Brent Manning and Brian Simpson want to take drinking local to a whole other level with their new malt house in West Asheville. Think about it. You may support local breweries by quaffing their beers, but some ingredients [...]

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New Belgium, Broo Shampoo, and Back to School for Beer

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Life’s been full with travel and writing here in Brewgasm world. I’m currently chasing a potential story based on rumors that New Belgium Brewing is considering Asheville as a possible spot to open their planned East Coast brewery. See my Twitter stream for regular updates @brewgasm. I also wrote a story about a new beer [...]

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My other beery writing

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  Bona fide brewer rock star Garrett Oliver is coming to Asheville. Read all about it in this week’s Mountain Xpress. Also contains information about some area beer festivals. And here’s a review I did for the Beer Bucket list: Lonerider Sweet Josie Brown Ale   Brewery: LoneRider Brewing Company Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Style: [...]

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UPDATED: Beer City USA celebrates American Craft Beer Week

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Hot on the heels of Asheville’s three-peat win of the BeerCity USA poll comes American Craft Beer Week. Not that us North Carolina beer lovers need more excuses to drink good U.S. craft brews. The week starts today and runs until Sunday, May 22. Organized by the Brewers Association/CraftBeer.com, the week gives us all a [...]

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Beer Masters starts tonight

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Tonight. 7 p.m. Mellow Mushroom. The opening night of the Asheville Beer Masters Tournament. I’ll be judging. Can’t wait to see y’all there. More dets from my Brews News column this week: Beer City seeks Beer Master The qualifying rounds for the inaugural Asheville Beer Masters Tourney are coming up. If you haven’t heard yet, [...]

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Who’s gonna be the Beer Master?

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My friend, Mary Eliza McRae, life-long Asheville girl and craft beer aficionado, came up with the idea to hold an Asheville Beer Master Tournament, kind of based on the annual Wynkoop Beer Drinker of the Year Contest. Here are some of the details from my Brews News column in Mountain Xpress: Want to show off [...]

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Asheville Charlie Week

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So Charlie Papazian finally arrived in Asheville today–a day late because of not one, but two, flight cancellations. But he’s here! Yay! And tonight is the Night of Five Casks (see post below). Tomorrow night is the presentation at Highland Brewing. Thursday night is the AHA rally. We’re calling this Asheville Charlie Week–follow on Twitter [...]

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Another new Asheville brewery…and more

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Yes, 2011 will see both a new nanobrewery in South Asheville (at The Thirsty Monk South) and a new “regular” brewery–The Altamont Brewing Company–in West Asheville. Not sure if we’re counting the nano, but if so, that’ll make 11 craft breweries in a town of around 76,000 people. Wow. Here’s my story on the Altamont [...]

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Charlie Papazian coming to Asheville and more

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Yes, the homebrew guru, Charlie Papazian, is coming to visit Asheville in February. Here are details we published in Mountain Xpress this week: Even non-beer-geeks around here recognize the name Charlie Papazian — because he’s the guy who runs the Beer City, USA online poll, which Asheville tied with Portland, Ore., in 2009, and won [...]

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