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New Belgium to Asheville too
Industry News by BLUESANDBARBQ
First Sierra Nevada, now New Belgium building east coasts facilities in or around Asheville, NC. What was already a stellar beer city just went EPIC. [^] It's good to be close. [:)][:p]
12 years ago
BLUESANDBARBQ
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Link for story: [url="http://www.newbelgium.com/Community/Blog/12-04-05/Really-Big-News-Asheville-we-re-coming-for-you.aspx"]New Belgium to Asheville[/url]
SLOWRUNNER77
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Figured you'd like that. Lots of good off the wall stuff from New Belgium. And some nice standards too!
BLUESANDBARBQ
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Good question. Highland is the Godfather of Asheville Brewers. First and still some of the best sellers by far. They welcome the news with open arms - the more, the merrier. Asheville has an incredible vibe and obviously a thriving beer community. SN and NB there will only help the smaller ones. I see lots of collaborations for the beer geeks (like me) and lots of crossover support. Asheville Brewers already support one another. The big boys won't hurt that. Maybe a BeerPal meet up in Asheville this fall? We need to push that. Asheville already has lots of beer festivals, but a private tour and tasting in and around Asheville could be easily done.
quote: quote: Originally posted by slowrunner77
This won't hurt the locals like Highland, will it?
BLUESANDBARBQ
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Yep... Oskar to Brevard, NC, the prettiest little town I've ever seen. I forgot to post because I was sporting so much wood about it that I... well... had to unsport wood. Didn't see this one coming. I knew about Sierra Nevada and New Belgium. Brevard is closer to me than Asheville. Hooray for Beer!