Good Beer This Weekend in TN and NC

Have you ever wanted to be in two places at once? This weekend would be a good time to be able to do it! This Saturday, April 11 will be the 5th Annual East Nashville Beer Festival and Highlands 21st birthday in Asheville, NC. The East Nashville Beer fest is the best craft beer festival … Read more

American Amber Ale

Let’s look at a classic American style, Amber Ale, aka Red Ale. And by classic, I mean the craft beer awakening of the 1990’s, not the historic styles of the 1800’s. In the mid-90s you could count on nearly every brewpub and “microbrewery” to have Amber or Red ale on tap. Amber ales are not … Read more

Nashville Brew Bus to Sierra Nevada NC

At the end of January we hopped on an extended Nashville Brew Bus trip to Asheville, NC. Normally, the Brew Bus does a 5 hour tour of 4 Nashville Breweries on Saturdays. It’s always a fun afternoon of exploring Nashville beer. Check them out if you’re visiting Music City! We had a three-day trip to Asheville, NC, AKA … Read more

Highland Turns 21!

Highland Brewing Company is old enough to drink its own beer! Can you believe it’s been 21 years? It seems not so long ago that Highland was a wee little lad in a small mountain town, the only brewery in Asheville, NC. Things sure have changed. Every region has its brewing pioneer, and Western North … Read more

It’s here! Nashville Craft Beer Week is under way.

How did you kick off your Nashville Craft Beer Week? There are so many great beer activities going on that it’s hard to pick one (or a couple) each night. June and I stopped by Craft Brewed for the special Highland Brewing cask tapping. All the way from Asheville, Kitty brought over a special cask … Read more