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What’s new in food: A cocktail collaboration comes to Asheville
Chemist Spirits collaborates with United Kingdom based Fever-Tree. Plus, a new brewery in the RAD and a downtown dessert cart.
What’s new in food: Jamaican food truck hits the streets
Former Biltmore sous chef opens Jamaican street food truck. Plus, The RailYard opens in Black Mountain; Forager Fridays; and more.
The future of Coolville
“By the end of the decade, I predict that … Newbies who, in 2022, called out longtime residents as NIMBYs for opposing unbridled development will, by 2029, be NIMBYs themselves.”
Asheville Archives: Local beer sales spike in the aftermath of Prohibition, 1933
An early beer craze hit Asheville, following the end of prohibition. But the new brews were produced with a lower alcohol content, which did not sit well with everyone.
Carolina Beer Guy: Breweries join recycling co-op
To help reduce industry waste, Sierra Nevada has partnered with American Recycling of Western North Carolina to create the WNC Brewery Recycling Cooperative, a drop-off site in Candler.
Carolina Beer Guy: Brew fest returns with new look
Hi-Wire Brewing’s N.C. Small Batch Beer Festival returns with a different look. Also, new releases, reopenings and expansions.
Carolina Beer Guy: Hot Springs lands brewery, tacos
This past December, Big Pillow Brewing hosted its soft opening, making it the third craft brewery in Madison County, joining the Mad Co. Brew House in Marshal and the Hickory Nut Gorge Brewery in the restored Mars Hill Theatre in Mars Hill.
Carolina Beer Guy: Growler refills not easy during COVID-19 pandemic
Once a staple of the craft beer scene, reusable bottles currently aren’t being accepted at numerous Asheville-area businesses.
AVL Beer Week 2019: Kim Thompson of Riverbend Malt House
Thompson describes her work as a maltster as “the perfect blend of cerebral and physical.”
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Beer Scout: Asheville Club honors local history and breweries
Officially open since May 8 in the former Kim’s Wig Shop space, the Asheville Club takes its name from the all-male, nonpolitical organization that inhabited the Miles Building from its construction in 1901 until 1915.
In photos: Beer City Festival wraps up AVL Beer Week 2018
Sunny weather drew a large crowd to the June 2 event.
Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings: May 8-14
**UPDATED MAY 9**Highland rolls out a limited-release pils, Burial resurrects its Moonlit Art Markets, Bruisin’ Ales samples staff-pick German beers and more local beer news.
Carolina Beer Guy: Green Man’s John Stuart stays the course
For 11 years, Stuart has been quietly making beer for the South Slope brewery — a length of tenure that puts him among the ranks of the city’s longest-serving brewers.
Beer Scout: Fonta Flora’s farmhouse expansion to open in June
After two years of planning, the Morganton brewery is set to debut its destination taproom and production facility in Lake James State Park.
Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings April 10-16
**UPDATED APRIL 11** Hi-Wire releases a Brett saison, Catawba debuts a line of hazy NEIPAs, Wedge taps a beer celebrating its 10th anniversary and more local beer news.