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We visited North Carolina in both 1993 and 2007 but our beer knowledge of the Tar Heel State was limited to only two brewery additions to The List.



We recently journeyed back to North Carolina to make our first serious exploration of the state, centering on one of the country's hottest beer scenes, Asheville. Over five days, we explored not only Asheville's bustling downtown, but also walked, hiked and drank the best beer that Western North Carolina had to offer.



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The second SF Beer Week is in the books. This year's celebration of Bay

Area beer culture comprised over 240 events, from Santa Cruz to

Sebastopol, in the ten day period.



Last year, we only attended events on the weekends. This year, we went all out; only taking two days

off of the ten. While, we didn't host our own event this year, we

volunteered at two.



We drank lots of beer, attended our first Pliny the Younger release, first Double IPA Festival,… Continue