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Craft Beer • West Virginia

Celebrate WV IPAs on IPA Day

India Pale Ales—or IPA as we love to call them—as a group are the most popular beer category in American craft beer today. Beginning many. many ago as simply a bit stronger and more hop-bittered version of an English pale… Continue Reading…

Image by Brian Pickens for Chestnut Brew Works, Halleck Pale Ale

Breweries • Craft Beer • News • Podcast • West Virginia

Chestnut Brew Works makes big move

PROJECT CANCELLED. Brilliant Stream learned that this project was cancelled when Chestnut Brew Works decided not to move to the new location (Winter 2023). We have not yet heard if the building owner is seeking another brewery partner to open… Continue Reading…

Breweries • Craft Beer • News • West Virginia

Short Story celebrates 5th anniversary

Short Story Brewing celebrates its 5th anniversary this weekend at the brewery in Rivesville, WV. We think five years is a very important milestone for a small business. It means it is undoubtedly doing most things very well. In Short… Continue Reading…

Appalachia • Cider-Mead-Wine • Distilleries

West End Distillery shows off local ingredients

Kelly Sauber, the proprietor at West End Ciderworks & Distillery in Athens, Ohio, loves making small-batch products that feature locally-sourced ingredients. If fact, most all of his ingredients come from within a 50 radius of the distillery’s front door. For… Continue Reading…