**UPDATED MARCH 21** Luella’s collaborates with Wicked Weed on a golden sour, five Asheville breweries remain in Strange Carolinas’ North Carolina Beer Bracket and more local beer news.
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**UPDATED MARCH 21** Luella’s collaborates with Wicked Weed on a golden sour, five Asheville breweries remain in Strange Carolinas’ North Carolina Beer Bracket and more local beer news.
Local brewers discuss the benefits and costs of aluminum packaging and whether a new federal tax will change the price of their beers.
The breweries join Innovation and Balsam Falls in the county industry’s focus on the local market.
**UPDATED MARCH 14** Asheville breweries celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Wedge at Foundation hosts Bike of the Irish, Burial welcomes 3 Floyds and more local beer news.
Many WNC breweries consider live music to be a main component of their taproom offerings.
Over a dozen neighborhood businesses will participate in the cider-centric, self-guided crawl on March 10.
7 Clans Brewing debuts its first beer, Hi-Wire hosts its second NC Small Batch Festival and more local beer news.
Part of a Knoxville, Tenn.-based franchise chain, The Casual Pint is the latest southside outpost for draft and packaged beer.
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Highland releases Imperium, Catawba brings back Peanut Butter Jelly Time, and more local beer news.
The long-awaited South Slope brewery held its soft opening Feb. 16 with plans for a March 23 grand opening.
The annual fundraiser for the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina takes place March 4 at Highland Brewing Co.
After 24 years in the industry, Asheville’s oldest craft brewery embraces a new look.
**UPDATED FEB. 22** Hillman and The Whale collaborate on a New England IPA, Black Cloud hosts a fruit beer tap takeover and more local beer news.
Located next to Westville Pub, the brewery plans to have house beers on tap by late March.
The music-filled benefit for T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating takes place Feb. 26 at Oskar Blues Brewery.
Valentine’s events abound, Hi-Wire’s Sour and Wild Program releases two new bottles and more local beer news.
The Biere de Femme festival moves to Raleigh on March 3, celebrating the creations of female brewers and the growing number of women in North Carolina’s beer industry.
The latest in the brewer profile series looks at the owner and head brewer of Homeplace Beer Co. in Burnsville.
Thirsty Monk, Oskar Blues and other businesses combine beer with an assortment of foods for a memorable night out.
**UPDATED FEB. 8** Sweeten Creek offers a new beer as its first crowler release, Burial celebrates Mardi Gras and the launch of its Ambient Terrain series and more local beer news.