From the monthly archives:

June 2010

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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Nantahala Brewing, summer blogging, etc.

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Summer typically is a quiet time in the blogosphere. Instead of writing and reading blogs, we’re all outside or on vacation or actually doing our work so we can get outside or go on vacation. And, I hope, we’re all drinking some good brews. I’ve had some lovely beers lately, including Green Man Brewing’s ESB, [...]

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Barrel-aged beers and good tastes from Beer City Fest

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I promised to write about some of the beers I tasted at last Saturday’s Beer City Festival in Asheville. I didn’t taste enough beers, sadly, as I was too busy taking photos, video and talking to brewers. And even though it’s not quite beer-thirty, I think it’s time for me to crack one while I [...]

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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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Brewgasm does Beer City Festival

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Asheville’s inaugural Beer City Festival

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Yup, it was yesterday: Beer City Fest, downtown at Roger McGuire Green at Pack Square Park. It was hot and sunny. I was only there for three hours, applied sunscreen twice (thanks organizers and Mackensy), and still got toasty shoulders. Below are a few of my photos. There are more photos from a variety of [...]

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