Laura M. LaVoie, Author at Asheville Blog

Laura M. LaVoie

Laura M. LaVoie is a freelance writer living in Asheville North Carolina. She lives in a 120 square foot house in the mountains north of Asheville with her partner, Matt, and their hairless Sphynx cat, Piglet. The tiny house is off the grid and the couple generate all of their power through solar panels and collect all of their water from a natural spring. When not living off the grid, Laura enjoys the beer culture of the Asheville area, voted Beer City USA 4 years in a row.

Not my usual, but nice

April 22, 2011 Comments Off on Not my usual, but nice

Beer brewing is an interesting hobby. There is a lot of chemistry as well as some baking and cooking skill, which I suppose is also chemistry. Back on March 5th I brewed what the recipe told me was an ESB. Now, certainly I am not faul...

Girls a-Brewin’!

April 17, 2011 Comments Off on Girls a-Brewin’!

Matt has been out of town. Actually, out of the country. He is in Toronto with his brother this weekend. But I wanted to brew the next batch of beer, so I set out to do just that. I invited our friends Andy and Emily over for so...

Beerthday Weekend

April 7, 2011 Comments Off on Beerthday Weekend

This past weekend, Matt and I had a Beerthday party. Since our Birthdays are only a couple of days apart, it is easy to combine the celebration. We sent out the invites to a few friends to attend our Beerthday party at local brewery 5 Seasons. We...