From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Take your kids to work night at Thirsty Fest

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UPDATE: Thirsty Fest is still on, though the Sexual Chocolate and the Kentucky Breakfast Stout have been drunk dry. Thanks, y’all, for reading (and ruining my day). Seriously, though, the word is they’ll be tapping some rare Oskar Blues kegs tonight. Check it. OK, y’all. Thirsty Fest at The Thirsty Monk in Asheville may just [...]

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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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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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Asheville Honest Pint Project

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Here’s the scoop, y’all. Or some of the scoop. It’s really a math story about ounces and cents and beer pours.

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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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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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Beer snob? Check. Beer Fest snob? Check.

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I’ve already established that I’m a craft beer snob. If you need further proof, you can read this week’s Brews News column, which features a number of local releases and information about upcoming regional beer festivals. But let me clarify, briefly: My part-time job: Beer news columnist for Mountain Xpress alternative newsweekly. My job description [...]

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WNC area Brews News and more

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Here’s some more Brews News from my biweekly Mountain Xpress column.  More is on the way next week. Trying to catch up as vacation has put me a bit behind the ball in terms of keeping up with just about everything. Sorry bout that. I’m also cutting back on my daily beer consumption in order [...]

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