Beer

Can we get an "Amen!"? Two years after its initial release, New Belgium Brewing’s RyePA is coming back with a nod to the brewer’s dual hometowns in Colorado and North Carolina. Originally brewed with Carolina Rye™, heirloom rye grown in North Carolina and floor malted by Riverbend Malt House in Asheville, RyePA revival also incorporates rye from Colorado Malting, a fourth-generation family farm in Alamosa, CO. The hoppy Rye IPA is available in New Belgium Folly Packs nationwide through May.

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Going to a brewery in downtown Asheville on a weekend can be a little bit hectic sometimes.  Thankfully, the local craft beer scene has been expanding into the outlying towns.  In just a few weeks we’ll be able to sample craft beer made in Fletcher, about 15 minutes south of Asheville.

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Wicked Weed Brewing is poised to open distribution focused on the greater Boston area of Massachusetts this week. The brewery will debut several one-off brews at Beer Advocate’s Extreme Beer Fest as well as showcase a wider variety of its portfolio at several tap takeovers and events around Boston.

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In Hendersonville, Rich and Linda Wenger are gearing up to open a new brewery.  Construction is nearing completion on Basic Brewery, a taproom that aims to “serve Western North Carolina's best local beer and [their] own delicious handmade beers.”

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The time is drawing near for the Green Man Brewery to open the taps of their brand new 20,000 square foot expansion.  As a sneak preview, Green Man will host a private charity event for the nonprofit organization OpenDoors of Asheville on March 5th.

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Hi-Wire’s South Slope Specialty Brewery is currently transitioning from brewing a wide variety of one-time-release ales and lagers to brewing exclusively sour and wild beers. Although this shift will not change Hi-Wire’s core lineup of beers, it will make the company one of the nation’s only breweries to have a specialty program that revolves around both craft lagers and sour beers.

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Bottle Shop Offers a Wide Variety of Beer, Wine and More 

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Highland Brewing Company will release Saw-Whet Saison, the first of three new seasonal beers, on Jan. 29, 2016, in the brewery’s tasting room. It will be followed by Early’s Hoppy Wheat in April and Lost Cove Kolsch in June.

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Bold Rock Hard Cider has unveiled the new packaging and bottle design for its full line-up of award-winning hard cider styles. The refreshed look comes as Bold Rock enters its fourth year making craft cider with apples locally picked in the Blue Ridge Mountains and continues to expand its reach throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. In addition to Bold Rock’s flagship Virginia-based Cider Barn, which features a public taproom, the company recently opened a second production facility and taproom in Mills River, North Carolina, and the regional craft cidery’s variety of hard cider styles can now be found in nine states from Pennsylvania through South Carolina.

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Today, the largest hard cider marker in the Carolinas opened their doors to hundreds of excited locals. Only a few miles from  Sierra Nevada Brewery, Bold Rock Hard Cider welcomed visitors to their 22,500 square foot bottling facility at 72 School House Road in Mills River. The two level tasting room overlooks the production space, where locally sourced apples will be turned into alcoholic beverages available in a variety of flavors. 

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