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Sourcing local honey for brewing and mead

Sourcing lots of local honey can be a bit difficult for brewers and mead makers because West Virginia has relatively few large honey producers interested in selling honey in bulk. That situation should hopefully be changing over the next few… Continue Reading…

Heston Farm main building.

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Late winter business updates for breweries, cideries, distilleries

The winter of 2018 has been a busy one for stops along the West Virginia Barrel Trail. Here are some business updates. 

Lost River Brewing

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Lost River Brewing Company, a retrospective

When I got the news that Lost River Brewing Company closed at the end of January, it started me thinking. Although I only visited there a few times during its roughly nine years of existence, I liked the place. I think… Continue Reading…