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Bavarian Brothers a new draw at resort

Bavarian Brothers Brewing seems like the perfect addition to a popular Eastern Panhandle resort. Operating a resort property these days is a tough and competitive business proposition. You’re always looking for an edge. One West Virginia business that has figured… Continue Reading…

pale lager

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Pale Lager and Kölsch for summer

I imagine many folks would agree with me that there is nothing better on a hot summer day than a fresh, cold, crisp German helles lager or Kölsch. While we can’t get really fresh German-made helles or Kölsch here in… Continue Reading…

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Overcast forecast: hazy with chance of beer

As many of you know, Big Timber Brewing has released its second batch of Overcast, the brewery’s popular Hazy IPA. Unfortunately, it may already be about gone from most of the West Virginia market.

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Beer flows at Walton Mountain Brewing

THIS BREWERY CLOSED IN JUNE, 2019 Walton, WV — One entrepreneur is on an all-out assault to preserve and build community in his little neck of the woods. Walton Mountain Brewing Company is Tim Morgan’s main weapon in this fight.

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Freefolk: metal, paint, music, beer

When good friends Jamie Lester and Jeff Edwards got together in 2012 to form a bronze casting company, they had no inkling that their business association would lead to them operating a craft brewery.

Birch IPA

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Foraged Birch IPA at Weathered Ground

What does your brewing friend who is coming up from North Carolina bring with him? Why a carload of birch tree branches, of course. How else can you make a Foraged Birch IPA?

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High Ground Brewing opens at Terra Alta

In October 2017, Dallas “DJ” Wolfe bought a basic, well-worn 2,400 sq. ft. warehouse building on a large lot in tiny Terra Alta, West Virginia. With this step he began a two-and a half year quest to open a small… Continue Reading…

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