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Beer City USA

5/2/2014

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Asheville, North Carolina's nickname is "Beer City, USA", or at least that's what they signs tell us.  Apparently it's named this because it has more breweries per capita than anywhere else in America.  My only memory of Asheville was going to Crestridge Summer Camp outside of Asheville after begging my parents to let me go to sleep away camp at the age of 12, to which I attribute my knowledge of many beloved "Worship" songs and a love of the Appalachian Mountains.  The mountains and Asheville's rep as an artsy, hippie, brewery-loving town sealed it in the itinerary.  

We arrived on the heels of Moogfest, which left some interesting characters loitering around town that we assumed were all just part of the hippy-vagrant vibe, but maybe they were just visitors.  We never figured it out.  

We tried our best to soak it all in by hiking in the mountains, perusing all the beautiful crafts and pottery and of course, by drinking the beer of Beer City, USA 

We dedicated ourselves to the beer on one night in particular and here are our conclusions: 

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Asheville Brewing Co.
    Jed had Backstage Betty Blond: 4 out of 5  
     Caitlin had Rocket Girl Lager: 3 out of 5












Ben's Tune Up (beers were local, but not brewed there)
    Jed had Mother Earth Weeping Willow Wit: 3 out of 5 
    Caitlin had Pisgah Brewing Belgian Golden: 4 out of 5











Wicked Weed
    Jed had Lunatic Blond: 5 out of 5
    Caitlin had Orange Peel Pale Ale: Fuzzy out of Five or One Beer Too Many
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Also, Jed had some amazing ribs (or so he tells me) at 12 Bones, fave BBQ hangout of POTUS and the First Lady.

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Dan G. link
5/4/2014 02:52:05 pm

Love the "Fuzzy Out of Five" rating, haha.

You guys have really enjoyable, unique writing styles. It's fun guessing who wrote what, and seeing it sometimes transition mid-post.

Safe continued travels!

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Jed
5/4/2014 04:33:24 pm

Ha, funny that you can notice when it switches voices in a post. Guess maybe it is a give away that I wouldn't be talking about beautiful pottery :)

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Rob
5/6/2014 02:51:44 am

Wish I was beering it with you! Locally brewed ales are all the rage in VT these days, so you can try those up there. See you soon!! Love to both of you.

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Savannah
5/21/2014 04:43:31 am

John and I went to 12 Bones last month! It was incredible! He had the blueberry chipotle ribs and I had the BLT. We also went to a bar called the Thirsty Monk which had 50 taps of craft beer on the first floor and 50 more taps of Belgian beers in the basement.

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