September 2010

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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Brewgasms at Brewgrass

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Yes, I had multiple brewgasms at Asheville’s Brewgrass Festival last weekend. Unlike the guy who was taking notes on his IPhone during one of my Beer Goddess tours (I allowed some Beer Gods to come along), I’ll have to rely on my suds-fueled memory. So I might leave a couple out (Sorry brewer friends. You [...]

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Pint Night Specials

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Found a bunch of pint and beer specials in Asheville (and one in Sylva) for this week’s Brews News. Here they are: Mondays French Broad Brewery: $2.50 for draught pints. Rankin Vault: $2 for 20-ounce PBR draught. Tuesdays Tingles Café: $3 for any of their eight local draught pints. Wednesdays Craggie Brewing: 21.5 oz BIG [...]

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Brewgrass video preview

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Brewgrass organizer, Jimi Rentz, and I talk about Brewgrass. Thanks to Out of the Box Productions for, well, production. And thanks to Jimi for letting me play behind the bar at Barley’s!

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Brewgrass Approaches

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Just a few more days until the granddaddy of Asheville (and dare I say Southeastern?) beer fests: Brewgrass! (Brewer list at this link). Here’s the story I wrote about the fest for this week’s Mountain Xpress, titled “Bringing in the Brew Bucks.” Yep, it covers some of the economic impact of the fest. In other [...]

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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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Brews News: how much are you getting for your cash?

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This week’s Brews News updates and revisits the Honest Pint Project, at least for some Asheville drinking haunts. There’s also some news about Asheville’s Oktoberfest celebration. Mark your calendars for Oct. 9. I’ll have more information about that party and some fun contests they’re running in the next couple of weeks. I really have been [...]

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