July 2010

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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Google’s a smarty pants

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So, I realize that the post below this really doesn’t make sense. I wasn’t talking beers at Bele Chere. I was talking about beers that would be sold at Bele Chere. I haven’t even been to Bele Chere this year, for the first time in several years, because it’s too hot and I’m tired. And [...]

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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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Brews news, Twittergate, etc.

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Ahhhh, it’s been quite a week in beer. Here’s my latest Brews News column for Mountain Xpress, which talks about Hops Farm festival, infusor tastings, and Mother Earth Brewing medals. And for those of you on Twitter who tuned in to last Saturday’s somewhat sloppy Twitter show, there’s been lots of controversy over whether the [...]

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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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Brews News for Asheville & WNC

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Neighborhood kids at a past Fourth of July “parade.” That would be my oldest, aka Miss Competition, about to push off on the scooter. For her, it’s not a parade, it’s a race. Art boy, on the other hand, is the one using a pot and spoon as a drum. He gets the parade concept. [...]

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