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Mountain State Brewing brings its beer home

Mountain State Brewing Company is no longer contracting for the production of its beer in Baltimore. All production has now been moved in-house to its Thomas, WV, brewery. Since 2013, Mountain State had contracted out the production of its 12 oz. bottles to Peabody… Continue Reading…

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Blackwater Brewing looks ahead

DAVIS, WV — Blackwater Brewing Company owner/brewer Lincoln Wilkins is not content to simply operate a local brewpub in this popular West Virginia tourist area. He has firm designs on becoming a more regional player in craft beer. “I have to expand… Continue Reading…

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Craft brewers hit Capitol Hill

Wil Laska, co-owner of Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company, Lewisburg, WV, was featured in a tweet by US Senator Shelly Moore Capito, R-WV, last week.  Capito tweeted: “Toasted a West Virginia-grown business @GVBrewingCo in DC this week! #WVMade” and attached a photo… Continue Reading…

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Rails & Ales sells out fast

Huntington, WV — The third annual Rails & Ales Festival sold out in record time today, even with nearly 1,000 more tickets added this year. Better Beer Coalition L.L.C., the festival organizer, reported that all tickets sold in the first… Continue Reading…

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Strawberry Day at Chesterhill

There is something so magically special about strawberry season in Appalachia. Rich, hill-country soils and micro-climates, the gardening savvy of accomplished growers, a sunny day in late May—all these combine to produce such a remarkable, ruby-red experience. Appalachian strawberries, heaven on earth If heaven were red,… Continue Reading…