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Craft Beer • West Virginia • WV Barrel Trail

It starts with a strong foundation and a beautiful brewery floor

In West Virginia I know who has my vote for the most beautiful brewery floor. I totally geeked out over the new production brewery floor installed at Big Timber Brewing Company in Elkins. In its own way, it’s a thing of… Continue Reading…

Almost Heaven Amber Ale

Craft Beer • West Virginia • WV Barrel Trail

Beer elves celebrate in Thomas, WV

The beer elves are already celebrating in West Virginia’s high country this season. Santa “Beer” Claus left an early present at Mountain State Brewing Company in Thomas. 

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.