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Riverbend Worker Prepares Malt at Riverbend Facility

MICRO-MALTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Check out this great article by Anne-Fitten Glenn.  Craftbeer.com asked her to expand her article about Riverbend from the Mt. Express to include other micro-maltsters across the country.  We are a small group, but each of us has the same…
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Riverbend Worker Prepares Malt at Riverbend Facility

NEW YEARS EVE @ ARCADE ASHEVILLE

So this is pretty exciting news!  We have been working the folks over at Arcade Asheville on a special beer release to celebrate their 1st anniversary on New Year’s Eve.  That evening we will be releasing the first kegs of “8-bit Ale”…
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Riverbend Worker Prepares Malt at Riverbend Facility

HOMEBREW FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Looking for a unique gift for the homebrewer on your list?  How about some local malt to brew with? We just dropped off a fresh batch of malt at 2 Asheville homebrew shops.  Please check out Asheville Brewers Supply on Merrimon Avenue…
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Blue Ridge Distilling's Pot Still & Distillation Column

A BEAUTIFUL WHISKEY HELMET…..

Last week I got a phone call from the good folks at the Blue Ridge Distilling Company based in Golden Valley, North Carolina.  We started talking about local grain production, craft distilling, and the challenges of running a small business.…
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Green Man Ales Just Economics Event

Green Man Beer Release!!!

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Riverbend Worker Prepares Malt at Riverbend Facility

Farm To Table Meets Grain to Growler

This weekend we are headed to the Raleigh/Durham area for the 2011 Sustainable Agriculture Conference that is hosted by our friends at Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.  They have compiled an amazing line-up of foodies, farmers, and…
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Riverbend Worker Prepares Malt at Riverbend Facility

Eastbound and Down……

I spent most of last Wednesday in our Sprinter van…running the gauntlet of I-40 for close to 500 miles. I met with our buddy Uli Bennowitz, from the Weeping Radish Brewery, by the side of the road and dropped off our first shipment of malt!…
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Riverbend Worker Prepares Malt at Riverbend Facility

Riverbend Malt House in Mountain Xpress!

Great article on Riverbend Malt in Mountain Xpress http://www.mountainx.com/article/35411/Brews-News-new-Malt-House-and-brew-tidbits
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Riverbend Worker Prepares Malt at Riverbend Facility

It’s Business Time…

Last week was a whirlwind….final inspections (which we passed), grain deliveries, and a successful kiln test!!!  A wild ride to say the least.  We capped off the week by starting our first batch.  We have chosen to begin at 50% capacity…just…
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