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Tap Takeover Tuesday

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Tap takeovers are the new black. On Tuesday, April 12, there are two taking place in town. The first consists of multiple taps and a specialty cask, all from Stone Brewing Company of California, at Jack of the Wood. The second will offer taps from Founders Brewing Company of Michigan, just across the street at [...]

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Sexual Chocolate? Yes, please.

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So tomorrow night, Tuesday, Feb. 1, will be the WNC Sexual Chocolate Release Party at Barley’s Taproom starting at 6 p.m. I was telling some colleagues this today at the Mountain Xpress office and one asked, “What’s Sexual Chocolate?” Another guy answered: “The best beer you’ve ever had.” While I’m not sure I’m ready to [...]

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A few New York City brewgasms

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I don’t often talk much about myself here, but today I want to apologize for less than stellar beer blogging. I’ve had a difficult couple of weeks. But amidst all that was a quick and dirty trip to New York City, which was amazing. While I have yet to find the time to hit the [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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