histo320
Well-Known Member
Yesterday I had the pleasure of going on a tour of a craft brewery here in Asheville, Highland Brewing Co. I even ran into to a few HBT'ers while I was there.
Pretty neat little tour, tasted a beer, learned about the malts, tasted another beer, learned about the lautering and boil, tasted another beer, went down fermenters row and learned about the fermentation, tasted another beer, saw the bottling packaging area, tasted another beer.
They have a local brewing contests every year and will make large batches of the winners beer, and sell them in the brewery so I think I may try and enter it this year. The winner last year also won a few Sam Adams medals. I'm not counting on winning.
I bought an Imperial Stout (9.5 abv), which they do not sell due to an old NC law where beer can not be over 6.0% abv, but has since been repealed, but they still do not sell in stores due to thier distributer.
To all who visit Asheville defintely take this tour, totally free, and is a great stop along the infamous Brews Cruise, where you stop at 5 or 6 local brewerys.
Pretty neat little tour, tasted a beer, learned about the malts, tasted another beer, learned about the lautering and boil, tasted another beer, went down fermenters row and learned about the fermentation, tasted another beer, saw the bottling packaging area, tasted another beer.
They have a local brewing contests every year and will make large batches of the winners beer, and sell them in the brewery so I think I may try and enter it this year. The winner last year also won a few Sam Adams medals. I'm not counting on winning.
I bought an Imperial Stout (9.5 abv), which they do not sell due to an old NC law where beer can not be over 6.0% abv, but has since been repealed, but they still do not sell in stores due to thier distributer.
To all who visit Asheville defintely take this tour, totally free, and is a great stop along the infamous Brews Cruise, where you stop at 5 or 6 local brewerys.