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Hey! Remember back in May when Asheville was so, so very lucky to score a full weekend with innovative brewery owner and founder, Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head? Well, our baby sister-in-beer (by choice, not biological parenting), The Beer Wench (@thebeerwench), did a very cool video interview with him at the release of Life & Limb in California a few weeks back. She covers a lot of ground here.

By the way, we have all of Sam’s books in-store. Great gifts and great reads for the beer lover. Oh, and shhhhhh, but we also got one more case of Life & Limb. It’s in the back, though. You must ask for it!

Warren Haynes Unites With Asheville Brewing Company For ‘Christmas Jam White Ale’

~ All Proceeds From Limited Edition Beer To Benefit Families In Need ~

Warren Haynes—renowned guitarist and singer for Gov’t Mule, The Allman Brothers, and The Dead as well founder and producer of his world renowned Christmas Jam concert, of which the 21st annual installment will take place in his native Asheville, NC this December 12th—is proud to announce a partnership with hometown favorite Asheville Brewing Company to create a fantastic winter-time beer: ‘Christmas Jam White Ale.’ Like the Christmas Jam itself, all proceeds from the sales will go to the W&S Charitable Foundation, which works in partnership with Habitat for Humanity to provide essential housing for area residents in need.

The special-edition brew will be offered locally in Asheville—on draft at area restaurants and in bottles at selected retailers—as well as nationally thru mail-order, and will only be available from November through January.

The beer will be available at Greenlife, Bruisin Ales, Asheville Brewing Company and The Orange Peel exclusively on November 1st thru November 8th.

After that it will be available through-out Asheville.

Asheville Brewing has been making fantastic craft beers since 1998, and has won several awards for its beers. As an active supporter of local non-profit groups they are thrilled to be working with two great groups like the Warren Haynes folks and Habitat for Humanity.

Started as a way to bring local musicians together for a good cause, the Christmas Jam has since grown into an event that the London Times calls “one of the top ten concerts in the USA.” Composed of a multi-faceted series of activities including daytime concerts and art exhibits—and now with the support of Asheville Brewing, its very own limited edition beer of choice—the foundation has raised close to a million dollars for Habitat for Humanity in just the past five years.

An announcement on this year’s Christmas Jam line-up and ticket information will be made shortly.

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Sweet! The former Bruisin’ employees (and Dotson brothers), Chris and Philip, went on a little trip to Belgium for ten days. They also managed to leave some Bruisin’ Ales love in their wake. This photo is from the ‘t Brugs Beertje beer bar in Brugge.

Speaking of the Dotsons: Mini-Dotson, Adam, is playing tonight at the Orange Peel, opening for Mike Gordon! His band The Rubblebucket Orchestra is really groovy. Check it out. We’ll see you there!

It’s coming in pieces, but the first part is here. Most of this is Mikkeller, but all of it is awesomesauce! Enjoy. We’ve marked the brand new items for you; the others are back in stock (finally)! There should be new Jolly Pumpkin and more Haandbryggeriet coming in September.

[Check out that label! It's creepy, but I love it.]

DIEU DU CIEL Rigor Mortis Abt* (new!)
JOLLY PUMPKIN La Roja
MIKKELLER Draft Bear Imperial Pilsner
MIKKELLER It’s Alive* (new!)
MIKKELLER It’s Alright* (new!)
MIKKELLER Monks Brew (new!)
MIKKELLER Not Just Another Wit (new!)
MIKKELLER Single-hop Cascade IPA (new!)
MIKKELLER Single-hop Nugget IPA (new!)
MIKKELLER Single-hop Warrior IPA (new!)
MIKKELLER Stateside IPA
NØGNE-Ø Sahti (new!)
NØGNE-Ø Toshi Double IPA
RIDGEWAY Foreign Export Stout (new!)
STRUISE-MIKKELLER Elliot Brew

(via PostSecret)