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The fine folks from Asheville Twestival Local have asked me to emcee at the event this weekend. They bestowed onto me the fine title of Grand Master of Ceremonies. I have never been the Grand Master of anything, so this sounds awesome. Come on out for a day of fun and festivities (i.e. beer), plus stuff for the kids. 2-8 p.m. at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Coxe Ave. Press release follows.

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In February, people from all over the world joined together for Twestival and community by community raised over $250,000 for 55 different clean drinking water projects. All of this was organized using Twitter, the social networking tool where “micro-bloggers” post “tweets” in 140 characters or less. Twestival Asheville raised three times the international average.

This weekend, cities all over the world are participating in Twestival Local and the international event promises to be even better, with the hopes of raising one million dollars in one month.

Asheville, North Carolina, known for it’s staggering natural beauty and vibrant arts community is also home to a an active Twitter community that will be out in full force for Twestival Local.

On Sunday, September 13th at Asheville Pizza & Brewing at 77 Coxe Avenue from 2PM-8PM, Twestival Local Asheville will be raising money for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP), a non-profit that promotes environmentally sound, economically viable, and healthy local farming.

Asheville’s Twestival Local will include farm fresh produce, a photo booth, a pizza pie creation contest, Corn Hole contest + some incredible raffle items. In addition to a live musical cakewalk, Asheville’s own Now You See Them will be headlining the musical entertainment.

This is an event not to be missed in Western North Carolina! It will be a great place to hear some Asheville bands and network with internet savvy, influential people in the community while raising money for a good cause. So while we support buying and eating local, let’s take a day to celebrate that at a local gathering!

Purchase tickets here: http://asheville.twestival.com/

Asheville Pizza & Brewing: http://www.ashevillepizza.com/

To find out how you can help, email Twestival Asheville at

avltwestival@gmail.com & follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/avltwestival. Find them on Facebook at Twestival Local Asheville.

This press release was donated to Twestival by Leaflet PR. Leafletpr.com.

Oh, hey! Did you see we got a big, fat makeover?

We want to publicly thank Applied Solutions Group—our neighbors and fellow beer lovers—for doing a kick-ass job of our website relaunch. Jose, Tom, your collective mad skillz rock my damn socks off. Chrissy, I know you want that check I promised you, but Jason doesn’t let me sign checks. (Just kidding.) But we’re not done redesigning just yet. After Brewgrass, we’re diving head-in to getting the shopping cart online just in time for the holidays. Point-n-click shipping for your convenience! (Follow @AshevilleWeb.)

It should also be noted that these guys helped create the official site for Twestival. (What is Twestival? Watch this awesome video by @itswendylou! You might see some familiar faces.) The Asheville Twestival is this Sunday at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Coxe Avenue from 2-8 p.m. Local beneficiary of funds is ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project), a nonprofit organization that works to keep farmers farming and reconnect people with their food. Will you join us? Great fun for a great cause + beer = Win. (Follow @avltwestival.)

Just too awesome for words.

Wow. This is our #801 blog post. Good thing about the writing-intensive college edumacation, eh? There are days when blogging seems like a wasteland—as-in “I got nothing.” I hate it. I don’t want to. Why should I? Who cares? Then there’s Twitter. On days when there’s not much to say, Twitter becomes the fav, where we can just say something stupid very quickly or retweet someone else’s stuff without really having to think. … How do people manage it all?

Overall, it’s insanely time-consuming to keep up with all the beer sites, adding events to several calendars, following the right Tweeple, maintaining Facebook, making sure the beer list is up to date. (Btw, it isn’t. My bad.) After interviewing for a vlog yesterday, our illustrious team of web helpers suggest we consider adding video to the site with the redesign. (Ah, The Redesign, a whole ‘nother crisis in the making. Shopping cart requires Excel for sort features and Excel & I are, well, total and complete enemies. I may just dish that job onto Jason. Otherwise I would like to challenge Excel to duel, old-fashioned style.) Then we’re told we should register the hash tag #beerlanthropy and something else about the Urban Dictionary. What is all this? I usually feel a half-step behind and about 25% as cool as I should be. We will, however, likely add Flickr to the new site. We like Flickr.

Today is one of those days. And by that, I mean, I’m craving a rotary phone and possibly getting a handwritten letter in the mail. *head explodes*

We’re tired this week and there’s nothing much but boring beer news on the wire. Promoting BeerWars LIVE has put this soldier on temporary leave. Thankfully, the Bruisin’ minions we hired are working out okay and putting in their time. They talk funny and make crappy coffee, but why complain? Here’s your weekend wrap-up of random beer news.

BeerWars LIVE: April 16 @ 8pm
Don’t miss it. We’ve been plugging it relentlessly, because it’s a wonderful opportunity to see this one-night-only event. The Beer Guy’s got a write-up in this week’s Take5. There are loads of things leading up to the showing at 8pm. Did you get your tickets yet? 

Corona Extra threatened by Bud Light Lime
Weakest beer battle ever? We don’t really care who wins.

Acts by Stupid People: New Jersey
You read all the time about folks who steal beer and get busted. You hardly ever read about legislators who do the same thing, like Councilman Bill Ackerman of New Jersey. Bravo!

Acts by Stupid People: California
Blech, what an ass. 

Big bucks going to market MillerCoors
As part of the “Save Miller Lite” campaign, monies have been moved around to update and “re”market some key brands at MillerCoors. We bet they’re pitching the Super Bowl ads already, which will involve twins, reptiles, cavemen, and oh, whatever.

LivingSocial gets even more impossible to ignore
You know the website, and now that little Facebook application, LivingSocial (therefore making itself impossible to ignore) where you have to either name or at least, read, the “favorites” of anything by anyone? Yeah, well, they just bought out the Buy Your Friends A Drink (BYFAD) Network.