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Brews News, BBC10, and more

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Here’s your WNC Brews News for this week: Green Man Brewing expansion, casks at the Thirsty Monk, and Nantahala Brewing update. I also hear that Wedge Brewing will be fencing in part of their railroad-side parking area to provide more beer-swigging space (and seating). Hurrah. Fermenting tank being trucked into Green Man Brewery last Friday [...]

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More live blogging (kind of) drunken blogging at BBC10

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Full Suit Belgian-style Brown Ale from Karl Straus Brewing Company. Nice seasonal. 6.3% ABV. Just released on Nov. 1. Ryan Ross, the marketing director is kind of adorable. Clearly, I’m decompensating. Isn’t he cute? Alright. someone opened the door in here. Thank Ninkasi. Hellz yeah! It’s the Widmer Bourbon-Barrel Aged something. God damn, pass the [...]

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Boulder. Beer Bloggers. Craft beer.

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Hi y’all. I’m writing from beautiful Boulder, Colorado, where the first ever Beer Bloggers Conference will start tomorrow. Yee-haw. I’m stoked to be here, and to be presenting on covering your local beer scene on Sunday. I’ll try to update regularly about the conference and the beers. In the mean time, here’s this week’s Western [...]

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Beery update

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Hey y’all, I’ve been learning about qr codes this morning on-line. The idea both fascinates and terrifies me. The ease and speed with which we now can transfer information gives me chills. And it’s damn cool. In beer news, I was excited to see last night that Asheville Brewing Company has changed the name of [...]

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A few New York City brewgasms

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I don’t often talk much about myself here, but today I want to apologize for less than stellar beer blogging. I’ve had a difficult couple of weeks. But amidst all that was a quick and dirty trip to New York City, which was amazing. While I have yet to find the time to hit the [...]

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Brewgasm on Beer Tap TV

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Received a fun surprise tweet from the Beer Tap TV dudes last night that this blog is their featured blog of the week. Yay brewgasms! Here’s the short but sweet clip (that I finally figured out how to embed): Watch the whole episode here. These guys crack me up. And clearly they need to get [...]

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Thirsty fest features rare and unusual kegs–and lots of ‘em

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The Thirsty Monk in downtown Asheville is throwing what may be one of the more interesting beer events of the year–Thirsty Fest–starting next Monday, Aug. 30. From owner Barry Bialik: We’ve been holding back and collecting some of our extra rare, obscure and unique kegs (This says a lot considering our normal tap line) to [...]

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Beer Naming Contest! (Re)name this beer to win Brewgrass tickets and more

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UPDATE: You have until midnight tonight (Aug. 15) to put your beer names in the hat. Go get ‘em, beer lovers. Here’s your chance to claim the glory of naming an Asheville brew. For years, Asheville Brewing Company’s excellent brown ale has been called simply Scottish Ale. But company president Mike Rangel says he prefers [...]

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Sophisticated Southern craft: Mother Earth Brewing

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In the steamy flatlands of the so-called Inner Banks of North Carolina, there’s a small oasis called Kinston. It’s a town that grew out of the tobacco fields surrounding it. As those fields have shrunk thus has the town, whose population has steadily but slowly decreased since the middle of the last century. Yes, tobacco’s [...]

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Red Brick Brown Ale and zucchini

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For the first time today, I bought a six-pack of beer because of the words. Yes, the words. I’ve previously purchased beer for a variety of quirky reasons, including the label, the bottle shape, and the name of the brewery, but never before have I bought beer because of the words on the packaging. Which [...]

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