Asheville Beer

Kendra Penland : The Cool Aunt of Asheville Beer

Kendra Penland, Executive Director of the Asheville Brewers Alliance, is a local hero, an inspiration, and a force to be reckoned with. Find out her story, just in time for Asheville Beer Week.

Audra with Sam Calagione and Luke Dickinson

Audra Gaiziunas: Brewed For Her Ledger

Audra Gaiziunas, who cut her teeth at Dogfish Head and heads up Brewed For Her Ledger, talks with Brewing Up a Storm about the beer industry and beer culture in Asheville.

The GritVegas Weekend Update!! << Memorial Day Edition, May 27-29th

Memorial Day weekend is chock-full of events that will help you celebrate the start of summer! From music to shopping, eating to antiquing, frisbee golf to making friends with squirrels. And, of course, floating.

How to Rock Beer City Festival << 5/28 @ Roger McGuire Green

Tips for making the most out of this year's Beer City Festival, with all the details you need from how to get tickets (which sell out every year) and what you should eat when you get there.

Kimberly Thompson : The Story of Becoming Something Else

Kimberly Thompson, a craft maltster at Asheville's Riverbend Malt House, talks malt, heritage grains, and why the hard stuff is so worth it.

The Asheville GritVegas Weekend Update! << April 29-May 1

The Asheville GritVegas Weekend Update fills you in on what we're most excited about each weekend! With hosts Ali McGhee of Asheville Grit and Jason Sandford of Ashvegas.

Back to the Future for Craft Beer

So-called Historical Styles of beer are enjoying a resurgence. Find out everything you need to know about them here.

Green Man Brewery's Holly King. Design: Rob Hunt

Green Man's Holly King Release @ Satellite Gallery

Thursday, 12/3, marks the date for the pre-release of Green Man's Holly King Holiday Ale, with a celebration of local artist Rob Hunt at Satellite Gallery.

Leah Wong Ashburn > Leading with Grace

What does it take to captain one of the oldest craft breweries in Western North Carolina?

5 Things to Know About the New Belgium Clips Beer + Film Tour

New Belgium Brewing’s annual Clips Beer & Film Tour is making the 12th stop of its 2015 circuit in Asheville this Friday, September 4. The free and family-friendly event will let you sit under the stars, take in films, and sample brews – all for charity.

Educating the Next Generation of Brewers

Get to know Brewmaster and Professor at AB Tech’s Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast, Jeff "Puff" Irvin, whose goals include developing mind control, becoming a Bond villain, and placing students all over the country so he can always have free beer.

Brewing Up A Storm with Katie Smith

At 23, she became one of Asheville's youngest brewers, inspired by a family love of beer and the local scene paved by Highland Brewing. Learn about Katie Smith of Twin Leaf Brewing in Asheville's South Slope.

You Know You Have Been to Beer City Festival When…

It is no secret that Asheville is most definitely a beer town. Beer City Festival is just one big party to remind us that just when we thought we knew the beer scene in and out, these breweries will throw something new at you to keep you on your toes.