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Taking a Brews Cruise in Asheville

Jason Sandford January 20, 2008

Jason Sandford

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

The Birmingham News took Asheville Brews Cruise and enjoyed it:

The Cruise is a three-hour excursion in a chauffeured van to visit microbreweries and brewpubs in the Asheville, N.C., area. Also currently included on some tours is a stop at Bruisin’ Ales, a beer exclusive package store with hundreds of selections.

Participants are not riding around all evening knocking back brewskies like frat boys at a kegger. The key word to the cruise is tasting. Samples are served up in glasses holding usually two-to-four ounces of beer.

Transportation is in a chauffeured van or trolley for really large groups. Due to a last-minute cancellation, ours turned out to be a small group, something that played to our advantage.

We signed up for a Friday night tour that started at 5:30 p.m. at Asheville Pizza and Brewing and wound up about three hours later right where it started.

Jason Sandford

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

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2 Comments

Frank Merenda January 21, 2008

We’ve been on the brews cruise twice, and we had a great time both times. We highly suggest it!

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Chaz January 20, 2008

The Brews Cruise is fun but the owner/tour guide was really pushy with his hints on buying beer at the Bruisin Ales shop – the one non brew house on the tour- not cool after dropping $35 per person for the tour to feel pressure from your tour guide. Bruisin Ales was hospitable but they offered (barely) two tastes. The breweries on the tour were more generous and offered lots of great information. Definitely better to go with a large group than take a chance with a random crowd.

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