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And Now For Something Completely Different

September 13, 2013 Comments Off on And Now For Something Completely Different

I love to drink beer seasonally and for me the impending Fall means Browns, Pumpkins, and Oktoberfests. Sierra Nevada's regular Fall seasonal, Tumbler, is probably my favorite brown this time of year. I've already enjoyed a few in early September.But t...

Autumn Beer with a Side of Laundry

September 10, 2013 Comments Off on Autumn Beer with a Side of Laundry

It is no secret that I am a huge fan of The Bar of Soap on Merrimon Road in North Asheville. This Laundromat that is also a bar that is also a used book store that now also serves food is a great spot to spend an evening. You can get your clothes clean...

Autumn Seasonal Beer Time!

September 9, 2013 Comments Off on Autumn Seasonal Beer Time!

Highland Clawhammer Oktoberfest 2012Hello very neglected beer blog. I attempted to make an effort to post here more during Asheville Beer Week and only managed one post. I am a bad beer writer.But I like to think of myself as a good beer drinker.Beer d...

Thirsty Fest Sept 2-8

September 6, 2013 Comments Off on Thirsty Fest Sept 2-8

Let’s Get Wild!! Monday kicked off Thirsty Monk’s Fourth Annual Thirstyfest. Thirstyfest is a celebration of rare, wild, and obscure beers and they have some doozies. They have been stashing, hoarding and cellaring beers all year for this, some of them will never be available again! The full list of beers is available on the Thirsty Monk website. While they will be pouring these great beers all week, they will be spotlighting certain ones each night.
Here are the featured beers:

The Best Beer You Can’t Get in Asheville

May 13, 2013 Comments Off on The Best Beer You Can’t Get in Asheville

As you might have noticed, I am a fan or broadly sweeping statements. I thought I might share with you my favorite regional beer from somewhere other than North Carolina.The key statement here is that this beer is not available in North Carolina. Sure,...

Beer City USA Poll Open Until Friday, May 10th

May 8, 2013 Comments Off on Beer City USA Poll Open Until Friday, May 10th

Taps at Green Man Brewery, AKA Dirty Jack's, in AshevilleThere are just a couple of day left to vote for Beer City USA. Check out the poll here if you haven't voted yet. I cast my vote on Monday. I voted for Asheville, of course. There are 22 cities on...

Beer and There – Beyond Asheville: Flagstaff, Arizona

March 29, 2013 Comments Off on Beer and There – Beyond Asheville: Flagstaff, Arizona

I just got back from a week's vacation in the southwest. We started out visiting some friends in Albuquerque and ended up visiting some friends in Phoenix and in between we enjoyed time in Flagstaff, Sedona, and Jerome.As you might imagine Matt and I c...

Drink Seasonaly: Devil’s Britches from Highland Brewing

March 4, 2013 Comments Off on Drink Seasonaly: Devil’s Britches from Highland Brewing

Yesterday someone asked me the question:"What is your favorite beer?"How in the world does someone answer that question? I guess a lot of people have a go-to beer or a favorite style. For me it seemed like trying to pick a favorite child. I thought abo...

The Second Best Beer in Asheville

February 23, 2013 Comments Off on The Second Best Beer in Asheville

There is one small problem with declaring The Best Beer in Asheville. It is that the next time you have something as delicious you feel as though you are cheating on the other beer.I didn't mean to, Heresy Brown. It just happened. I'm sorry. Last summe...

Sweeping Declaration: I know the Best Beer in Asheville

February 6, 2013 Comments Off on Sweeping Declaration: I know the Best Beer in Asheville

Okay, okay...I know. Beer taste is entirely subjective. You might prefer stouts or you might like hyper-hoppy double IPAs. That means making a sweeping declaration like The Best Beer in Asheville is really completely meaningless. That isn't going to st...

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