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.
As has been reported in the rumor mill, the Charleston Brewing Company era is coming to an end. The brewery owned by Charleston resident Ann Saville is selling its assets to a new entity: Bad Shepherd Beer Company.
I caught up with Will Lewis and Josh Bennett hawking their wares at the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair. The two proprietors of Hawk Knob Cidery in Lewisburg, WV, had some good news to report.