Barley’s Greenville is just killin’ it with the beer events lately. Congrats, friends to the south. We just can’t figure out—since Asheville is so much about beer—why we don’t get happenings like this in our beloved mountain town? The issue of cask beer has been a point of contention with the real beer geeks for awhile now and at least Green Man continues to fill that niche, but we don’t even see many special release kegs up here. Or perhaps it’s the lack of promotion? Are there things happening that we just don’t know about?

Anyway, enough of the ranting…

If you’ve got a DD or a place to stay for the night in the upstate, check out these goings-on:

Wed., September 19 / 7 p.m.—Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen Weiss release party. “This brew is a VERY limited release and was a joint venture with Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery and Hans Peter Drexler of Schneider. We will be raffling off a Brooklyn Prize Pack that includes two (2) bottles of the even more limited Schneider-Brooklyner Hopfen Weisse–Schneider’s version of this experiment…”

Tues., October 16 / 7 p.m.—Cask Ale by a True Rogue. “Matt Thompson will be coming all the way from Rogue Brewery to Greenville, South Carolina and will be here to answer any questions & tap what is believed to be the FIRST Rogue Cask the southeast! The brew being offered is still up in the air and to be determined. Updates will be provided as the information becomes available. This event will be in line with Barley’s “Hop Harvest Ales” month in October. There will be all kinds of Rogue goodies to give out throughout the evening. Get there fast because Rogue goods nearly start riots and never last long.”

Image: Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria