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Craft Beer • West Virginia

Tap takeover: an important tool for craft beer growth

Even in a small-market state such as West Virginia, literally hundreds of different beers are available to bars and retailers. New products enter the market every month.  Craft beer drinkers like to try new products, but are hesitant to buy a whole six-pack… Continue Reading…

Craft Beer • West Virginia • WV Barrel Trail

Funk emanates from Abolitionist Ale Works in Charles Town

A different kind of brewery is in the works for West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle. When it opens in Charles Town in early 2017, Abolitionist Ale Works will be the first brewery in the state to feature beer fermented in oak… Continue Reading…

Dobra Zupas' Redden

Craft Beer • West Virginia • WV Barrel Trail

Dobra Zupas’ Redden changing people’s ideas about selling craft beer

What’s it like running a nano-brewery in Beckley, WV? “It’s challenging,” says Dobra Zupas brewer Steve Redden. “It’s definitely made me step my game up because with the small system, it really makes you put your best into every keg.

Black Draft gains

Distilleries • West Virginia • WV Barrel Trail

Black Draft gains momentum in regional whiskey market

The last time I wrote about Black Draft Distillery, a little farm-based operation near Martinsburg, WV, they were just announcing their expansion plans. Well, the expansion is complete, and things are looking great.

Craft Beer • West Virginia • WV Barrel Trail

Brewstel receives brewery license

Just when you were ready to give up on them ever getting a commercial brewery license, the Brewstel comes through with one. Congratulations to owner Tim Powell on Brewstel becoming West Virginia’s 21st licensed brewery.