Mountain Xpress, Edwin Arnandin Beer may still be the alcoholic beverage of choice for the majority of Asheville-area drinkers, but the rapid growth of the local cider scene has Bold Rock Hard Cider co-founder Brian Shanks and his industry colleagues in high spirits regarding its future. “It’s very exciting times, really,” he says. “It’s ... [Read more]
Posted on October 6, 2016
When Urban Orchard Cider opened about three years ago along Haywood Road in West Asheville, the beer scene that way was just coming together and groundbreaking hadn’t even started at the big New Belgium brewery only a mile away on the French Broad River. Now New Belgium is turning out beer; another brewery, Archetype, ... [Read more]
Posted on September 9, 2016