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Check out this event coming up Sunday in East/West Asheville. It’s a first-time local beer/cider/kombucha event at Urban Orchard, staged by a West Asheville-based event company, Superfly Fabulous Events. The event will be relatively small – only 600 tickets available. It will be intimate, family friendly. There’s going to be infusions, too, and a pig-picking.
The company is owned by Stephanie Carson and her husband, who also happen to live in West Asheville. The couple have been producing all kinds of beer, food and other events around the region, but this is their first event in Asheville.
Westside Fest is a hyperlocal event. It’s West Asheville representing, and it’s our way to introduce ourselves to the Asheville market,” Carson said.
Check it out:
Superfly Fabulous Events and Urban Orchard Cider Company will be hosting the inaugural Westside Fest at the Urban Orchard Cider Co. Courtyard on Sunday, May 25th from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm, with music by DJ Kutzu.
The Westside Fest is a West Asheville Neighborhood craft beer and craft cider festival. Participating breweries include West Asheville’s own Altamont Brewing Company, Oysterhouse Brewing Company, Wedge Brewing Company and New Belgium Brewing Company . In addition, cider makers including Urban Orchard Cider Co., Noble Cider and Black Mountain CiderWorks and Kombucha Ales from Lenny Boy’s Kombucha will be attending. The ticket includes unlimited cider and West Asheville brewery samples, Mobile Infusers featuring French Broad Chocolate every 45 minutes and Cider Cocktails at 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30.
The NC Harvest-Thyme Food Co-op will be fresh pressing apple cider the old fashioned way, by hand. Both fresh pressed apple cider and Kombucha will be available for non-alcoholic options.
Come hungry and get a plate of the West Side Pig Pull aka – Pig Pickin’. Chef Gustavo Villota will marinate an 80 pound sweet succulent pig in a fairly traditional North Carolina vinegar based sauce for 24 hours. The basic recipe consists of apple cider vinegar, red pepper flakes and coriander powder. A blend of hickory and apple woods will be used to smoke the swine for about eight hours or until it falls off the bone. Chef Villota and Urban Orchard Cider Company will create a special sauce to lather this beast and serve with Southern potato salad, collard greens and fresh apple slaw.
West Asheville’s The Hop Ice Cream Café, will be on hand with some of your favorite flavors including West Asheville beer & cider ice cream.
Enjoy the amazing variety of West Asheville craft breweries, craft cider makers and kombucha. For more information on the Westside Fest, go to www.westsidefest.com. Tickets are $23 per person and can be purchased online or at Urban Orchard Cider Company.
Here’s a list of other upcoming Superfly events:
All Ale to the Queen Beer Carnival – March 22, 2014 – Charlotte, NC
Thirsty Orange Brew Extravaganza – April 12, 2014 – Johnson City, TN
Westside Fest – May 25, 2014 – Asheville, NC
Kingsport Oktoberfest – September 2014 – Kingsport, TN
Attack of the Big Beers – November 2014 – Charlotte, NC
