Drink up: Asheville Brewers Alliance comes together

Jason Sandford

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

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The Asheville Brewers Alliance has officially formed, created a blog and, I’m sure, celebrated with a toast. Here’s a tidbit from the inaugural post, written by John Lyda of Highland Brewing:

Asheville is quickly becoming the Southeast’s mecca for brewing, with 6 established breweries and two more on the way, each one of us finding our own niche and brewing exceptional beers. The secret is in the water. Our water is well suited for making just about any style of beer from delicate Pilsners to in your face Imperial quadruple IPA’s. Actually the last one doesn’t exist but would make an interesting experiment (hint hint Doug). As Oscar (HBC’s founder) is so fond of saying “we get first crack at the water”. The fountainheads are here deep in the mountains and valleys tumbling and cascading over rocks worn smooth. Crisp and clean water that we as brewers absolutely love to work with when creating our masterpieces.

We also have educated and informed beer drinkers, without which none of this would be possible. Asheville has also become a beer destination for the discerning beer drinker. We have many opportunities for one to learn about beer and try new beer, not just locally brewed beer but beer brewed around the world.

Much congratulations, and we’ll see how the local brewers do at working together. There’s a lot more information over at the Bruisin’ Ales blog. Some background here.