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Blind Eye Beer Battle Menu

Posted Aug 18, 2010 in Beer, Beer Pairings, Beer Places, Breweries, Cooking with Beer, Coolness, Goings on, The Beerlanthropy® Project

The upcoming Blind Eye Beer Battle we’re co-hosting at Pack’s Tavern just got even better with the release of the food pairing menu. The event is a blind beer tasting of IPA’s and Porters. Cost per person if $30. Make reservations with credit card by calling Pack’s Tavern at (828) 225-6944.

IPA’s

  • Lamb Kabobs- seasoned ground lamb formed around and fried with a cucumber dipping sauce
  • Sweetbreads- poached in IPA and seared, orange and chili pepper reduction with grilled black pepper peaches
  • Sausages and Grilled Granny Smith Apples with Lusty Monk Mustard
  • Rosemary Corncakes with Grapefruit Syrup
  • Ginger Granita (shaved ice palate cleanser)

Porter’s

  • Cheese Board- Cabrales, Humboldt Fog with Local Honey
  • Papperdel with lamb and mushroom ragout
  • Scallop with Arugula and Blackberry Couli
  • Coconut Granita

[VIDEO] Mother Earth Brewery’s Grand Opening

Posted Jul 22, 2010 in Beer, Beer Places, Breweries, Coolness, People, The Beerlanthropy® Project, Travel, Video

Newsy morsels

Posted in Beer, Beer Places, Breweries, Brewpubs, Coming Soon, In the news, Limited Release, Rants, Weird/Odd

Sprecher Brewery from Wisconsin coming tomorrow
Yup, a classic from the original brewing city, Milwaukee, is hitting the shelves tomorrow. Welcome, Sprecher Brewing! We’re making our list and checking it twice today, including some of the Brewmasters Premium Reserve Series. Can I get a woot?

Tweet for beer at Bele Chere
The Mountain XPress is offering beer for tweets this weekend to help them cover Bele Chere. Basic rules are: Have five or more posts with the #belechere tag and/or upload pictures or videos and if they use either, show up at 3pm on Sunday at Asheville Brewing on Coxe and they will buy you a beer.

Foothills got label approval for more bottles
Beernews.org reports that Foothills Brewery got label approval for Hoppyum IPA, Torch Pilsner and Peoples Porter. While the post makes this seem imminent, beer spies tell us that bottles are at least a few months down the line. Look for them on our shelves later this year. *cross fingers*

The End of History
In the on-going-school-boys-on-the-playground-pissing-contest that is for “the world’s strongest beer,” Brewdog’s forthcoming The End of The World was leaked to the masses yesterday. The End of The World is the latest (possibly dumbest) incarnation by Scotland’s Brewdog. There are only 12 bottles being made at the cost of $800-$1,100 per bottle …with the actual bottle stuffed into road kill converted to a bottle vessel by a taxidermist. Wait, what? Yup, not joking. You can’t make this crap up. The best news, in my humble opinion, is that Brewdog states this is the last in their high ABV experiments, and thank god, already. We like the brewery, we love their marketing, but we’re 100% over the hype. Hopefully, they’ll return to brewing beer now instead of scouring the Scottish Highlands for dead squirrels.

Everyone’s an entrepreneur
A homeless man broke into a Northern California bar and reopened it, posing as the new owner. A+ for ingenuity, but ultimately, still a failing grade.

LOVE THE BEER

Posted Jul 08, 2010 in Beer, Beer Places, Breweries, Coolness, People, The Beerlanthropy® Project, Travel, Video

Our friends at The Happy Hour Guys made for the Short Pour Fest at GABF this year. Cheers!

Asheville Brewers Alliance official website

Posted Jun 16, 2010 in Beer, Beer Places, Breweries, Coolness, In the news, People, The Beerlanthropy® Project, Travel

The Asheville Brewers Alliance now has a website! This is now your go-to place for all things beer-related in Asheville. Full calendar included that links from Asheville Brew.