Craft Stories
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Virtual Beer Tastings
On March 17th, 2020 we had to close down the taps. We cleaned and flushed the lines and then filled them with citric acid to sit until we could serve again. No more…
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Las Cosas Buenas
Awww yes, the good things! Simple pleasures and tangibles…things that make us remember happy times. For me, right now, those consist of pleasant memories of tasty treats. Not really expensive luxuries, just homemade…
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Greg’s Next Adventure: A Send Off
For the last 5 years and 8 months Greg Geiger has been the man behind the tasty brews at Nantahala Brewing Company. During his time there he helped bring about the Trail Magic Ale Series, which was…
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Appalachian Brew, Stew & Que
It was a Tuesday night in October when Wyatt called. He was helping with a beer fest in his hometown. It was only 4 days away and one of the bands had canceled. “I…
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Why Fear Big Beer?
There are always going to be big guys and bullies. There is always going to be competition and challenge. Why fear it? They started small, or smaller, like you. They chose their path,…
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Haywood Smokehouse
A VW van pulled up in front of my house…..and I got in. We grabbed our fiddle player and headed NE out of Bryson City in search of tourists to entertain. This was…
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An Introduction
Like most people my age, I wasn’t born into a craft beer loving family. I was raised in Georgia with domestic beer drinkers in a time when you couldn’t buy beer on Sunday,…
