Tasting and education event with Anne-Fitten Glenn, local beer writer, beer blogger, and author of the upcoming History Press release, “Asheville Beer: An Intoxicating History of Mountain Brewing.”
From AFG:
Learn about beer styles, beer lingo, beer and food pairings and more from Asheville beer writer and educator Anne Fitten Glenn aka Brewgasm. $10 includes local beer tasting. RSVP please so I know how much beer to bring!
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Bar of Soap, 333 Merrimon Avenue.
Great interview with Anne-Fitten about her new book is here: Meet the Author: A. F. Glenn on Asheville’s Spirited History, Rise to Brewing Mecca
Q: What’s your most memorable craft beer experience?
I first learned about craft beer when I worked for George Stranahan, the founder of Flying Dog Brewery, in Woody Creek, Colorado, in the early 90s. My most memorable beer experience was having writer Hunter S. Thompson yell at me in the middle of the night because I’d left the cover off the Stranahans’ hot tub. He was naked, and I was holding a beer. Because my friends and I had previously imbibed a half keg of Doggie Style Pale Ale, I was not as scared as I should have been.
Thompson’s Owl Farm was down the road from the Stranahans’ home, and the writer was a frequent late night visitor to their indoors swimming pool and hot tub. He had, of course, penned the now well-known line, “Good people drink good beer,” which adorns the Doggie Style label.
Hunter S. Thompson clearly didn’t respond well to young women not taking proper care of the place. Thank the beer goddesses for that Doggie Style Pale, though, which provided me with enough liquid courage to replace the hot tub cover while the legendary man glowered at me.
Q: What’s next?
A: Other than selling thousands of copies of Asheville Beer? I’ll continue writing my regular Brews News column as well as other articles on craft beer and the beer business. I’m also ramping up my teaching of Beer 101 courses. I love teaching folks about beer—how to serve it, how it’s brewed, how to pair different styles with different foods and more.
I’d also like to write a guide to craft beer specifically for women, which I’ve actually been working on for a couple of years. It’s tentatively titled: Tapping into your Brewgasms: The Womanly Art of Drinking, Understanding, and Buying Beer.
