Craft Beer • Food • News • West Virginia
February 20, 2017
Two West Virginia breweries will be participating in the 14th Annual Culinary Classic set for March 3-5 at the Stonewall Resort, Weston, W.Va.
February 10, 2016
When creative specialty food producers visit their neighborhood distillery, beautiful things happen.
February 7, 2016
West Virginia-made craft beer marked its debut appearance at the 2016 Cast Iron Cook-Off on February 6 and made quite a nice addition to the event. A panel of beer judges selected one of those beers as Best of Show.
September 16, 2015
We sometimes forget that there is more than one way for a small, local business to enter the drinks industry. You don’t have to produce an alcoholic beverage; you don’t have to own a bar or liquor store. You can make something… Continue Reading…
July 27, 2015
In the first ten years of the West Virginia Hot Dog Festival, they’d never seen anything like it. Imagine a hot dog for which every ingredient for all the components—meat, bun, chili sauce, and condiments—were sourced from West Virginia farmers and… Continue Reading…
June 30, 2015
Moonshine—it’s what’s for breakfast. Well it may be once you try some of Shari Leavitt’s moonshine jelly. Shari has been making and selling small-batch gourmet jellies from her Jackson County, West Virginia, farm for years. But her moonshine jelly is a recent addition. Shari originally… Continue Reading…
May 29, 2015
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…
