Blog: New brewery coming to Hendersonville

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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The bloghendersonville.blogspot.com blog says a couple of sources report that a new craft brewery is in the works for somewhere in downtown Hendersonville. That would be big news on Western North Carolina’s growing beer scene. Asheville and Buncombe County remain the center of the region’s brewing world, but there’s plenty of action west of Asheville. And now there’s talk of this Hendersonville brewery.

I’m wondering if the Hooterville brew shop could be connected to Appalachian Craft Brewery. The small brewery has been going for a couple of years down in Fletcher, so a Hendersonville location would make sense. And this blurb from back in 2008 says the owner of Appalachian Craft Brewery wants to grow:

Andrew Cubbin is celebrating the grand reopening of his Appalachian Craft Brewery. After rushing to have beer available for September’s Brewgrass Festival in Asheville, N.C., the one-man operation “pushed things back” and has only recently settled into business mode. Though acquiring hops has been problematic, the Fletcher, N.C., micro is presently distributing kegs of Copperhead Amber and Black Bear Stout in three western North Carolina markets. Working with a six-barrel brewhouse, Appalachian Craft Brewery’s goal is growth.

If anybody has any more information about the possibility of Hendersonville’s first-ever brewery, I’d love to hear it.