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Craft Beer • Podcast • West Virginia

Peterson keeps Fife Street Brewing strong

Fife Street Brewing is a powerhouse in the Charleston, WV, local beverage scene. Led by brewer Gil Peterson’s popular core ale styles, it always spices up its business with tasty seasonal offerings. The brewery menu in spring 2025 is no… Continue Reading…

Coal Country cup

Craft Beer • Homebrewing • West Virginia

A dark brown beer day ends brightly

West Virginia’s largest homebrew competition concluded this past Saturday with some exceptional brown brews taking home the medals. The annual Coal Country Brewers’ Cup focuses on stouts and porters of all shades and types. Earning first place in the Porter… Continue Reading…

Cider-Mead-Wine • Craft Beer • Podcast • West Virginia

Capitol Market shop does beer & wine well

Over the past three decades, the Wine Shop at Capitol Market in Charleston, WV, has offered a superb line up of premium beverages. Keeping it so well curated is the job of shop owner Ted Armbrecht. The West Virginia Beer… Continue Reading…

Craft Beer • West Virginia

Variation in hop use continues IPA enthusiasm in WV beer market

It’s been a few years now, but in West Virginia, IPAs still seem to be going strong. It’s not that other beer styles are declining (well, maybe a few are) but it’s that IPAs get relatively more of the market’s… Continue Reading…

Austin Weser, a craft brewer from Morgantown, WV

Breweries • Craft Beer • Podcast • West Virginia

Austin Weser talks West Virginia beer

Probably no other person has brewed at more West Virginia breweries as has Austin Weser. He’s a Morgantown resident who got his original interest in better beer while deployed in Germany with the United States Army. In more recent years,… Continue Reading…