Choice of craft beer growing in the Bay

Tickets are $35 (general admission) which gets you 3 hours of unlimited beers.

Asheville Brewers Supply, 712 Merrimon Ave., is basically across the street from Asheville Brewing. And it is so session-able that you could easily find yourself drinking it all afternoon without an issue – until you tried to get out of the chair. “When we tasted the beer, it was delicious, but it wasn’t Citizen”, DC Brau co-owner Brandon Skall says. Cheers! (Pictured: India Pale Ale, via Chris Lexow.)Bitter ” Bitter” is an English version of pale ale.

In other beer news, The Beer Institute recently released interesting data regarding the economic impact of the beer industry.

Palmetto Brewing Company in the Tasting Room at 289 Huger St. The seasonal craft beer is available through September or as long as supplies last. Their Breaking Bitter (get it?) is also a quality British ESB. For just over $100 you can buy a system “and upgrade from there”, he said.

In fact, Amy and I are talking about trying to do that soon because so many new breweries have popped up or are getting ready to open, such as the Lansing Brewing Company.

Just as Alvinos is perhaps more famous for its cocktails, Pleased to Meet You is definitely more known for its gins. The shop also has tickets for the Asheville Homebrewers Conference August 22 at the U.S. Cellular Center. It’s on tap at the brewery as part of National IPA Day. The beer was popular enough that the brewery is now making it on goal (with some tweaks). Brewed with one malt from the United Kingdom and two hop varieties, this is a treat that doesn’t come around too often. Wedge has an incredible IPA and Wicked Weed’s Freak of Nature Double IPA is another victor. I had a lot of time for their IPA (called Velocipede IPA), which has a fruity citrus hop character accented by some alluring biscuit flavours. “So we dry hopped it with some pretty cool rare hops and named it something else”. It’s from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at 4300 Williamsburg Avenue. Chef Philip Bollhoefer of the Omni Grove Park Inn will serve ribs from Hickory Nut Gap Farm, sides from from local farms, and desserts with local berries from Vortex Doughnuts. Founding homebrewers, Dave Coleman and Mike McGarvey, had a vision “to make this world-class city a world-class craft beer destination”, which has led them to craft some of the most creative brews in the metro area. Catawba Brewing (www.catawbabrewing.com) has been here for years, turning out favorites like Farmer Ted’s Cream Ale and White Zombie White Ale in addition to seasonals like Peanut Butter Jelly Time.