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Talking brews

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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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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Live blogging beers at BBC10

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1. Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Ore. 22 years old. 6th largest brewery in U.S. Sharing Hop Trip, a pale, fresh hop beer. Crystal hops. Fresh, crisp, hoppy, but not bitter. Part of the Bond St. Series. Stacy from Deschutes below. 2. New Belgium Brewing Lips of Faith series 2010 La Folie Sour Brown Ale. Seriously [...]

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Vote for me to taste The End of History

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Hey beer lovers, So I made this little video, and I need you all to go to BeerTapTV’s site, and vote for my little video, so that I can get the chance to taste this crazy 55 percent ABV Scottish brew this weekend at the Beer Bloggers Conference in Boulder, Co. Thanks for your help [...]

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Brews News Radio

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Here’s today’s Brews News podcast on Local Edge Radio. My bit’s about half way through the hour. We reviewed Brewgrass and talked about Highland Brewing’s new tasting room (soft opening on Friday, Oct. 1) and Lexington Avenue Brewery’s expansion. Cheers.

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More area Brews News

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Here’s more area Brews News for your delectation (some cross-posted and updated from my column at Mountain Xpress: Craggie Distributing So I talked to Craggie Brewing master brewer Bill Drew last week, and he told me they’ve been picked up by Tryon Distributing, which distributes all over the state of N.C. This is big news [...]

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Brews News podcast, beer bloggers con, plus

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Hey beer lovers, Here’s the podcast from yesterday’s Brews News discussion on Local Edge Radio. We talked Beers & Baseball, Brews Cruise, Oktoberfest, Blind Eye Beer Tasting, and cherry tomatoes. Also, comments are closed on the Beer Naming Contest for Asheville Brewing Company (below). We’ll be announcing the winner (I hope) next Tuesday here, on [...]

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Brewgasm on Local Edge Radio

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Talking beers at Bele Chere and flights at brewpubs about halfway through this hour-long podcast. Y’all drink some good local beers at the Taste of Asheville beer tent at Pack Squre if you’re Bele Chering it.

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Beer news radio podcast and more

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This is a big ole vat of hops mash. It smells delicious. So, the folks at Local Edge Radio 880am were speedy yesterday–they got this podcast of my Brewgasm talk up mere hours after the fact. Yay y’all. The podcast is of the entire hour of the show, so you need to scroll about a [...]

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Beer News on the air

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Every two weeks, I talk beer on this fun progressive radio talk show hosted by my friends Blake & Lesley (880am The Revolution). Today we reviewed the Beer City Festival and discussed some up-and-coming local craft beer events. Today’s podcast isn’t up yet, but I just found the one from two weeks ago — when [...]

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