Asheville Breweries: Hurricane Closures

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Still compiling info from drive-bys & social media. River Arts District, Biltmore & East Asheville got drowned. So did Weaverville & Mars Hill up north. Black Mountain is bad. Old Fort is mostly inaccessible. It’s TBD if you can drive to Charlotte. The direct route to Tennessee is still cut off. Lots of people are evacuating to Atlanta.

Sites Indefinitely Succumb to Weather
ie total loss

New Origin
Curses Keme
Zillicoah
Chimney Rock Brewing
Hi-Wire RAD

Sites Closed & TBD
ie major damage
Hi-Wire Biltmore
French Broad
Hi-Wire RAD
Outsider Brewing
Hillman Asheville
Hillman Old Fort
RAD Brewing
12 Bones RAD
Bearwaters Brewing
Whaley Farm & Brewery
Wedge
Wedge RAD
Terra Nova Swannanoa

Minor to Moderate Damage
ie pretty okay, closed for repairs

Sierra Nevada
New Belgium
Burial Forestry Camp
Zebulon
Whistlehop
Rye Knot
Turgua
Black Mountain Cider & Mead (building okay, lost equipment & product)

Good Enough
Elluvium
Leveller
Riverside Rhapsody
Anything downtown AVL
Sideways Farm

Unknown Status
ie limited travel & no updated social media

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Thanks for the status Adam.

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Oh man… such a shame. Hope you and yours are completely okay, Adam, really glad to hear from you here, we were worried for a bit!

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Sad. Looking at the pics of Chimney Rock really put the damage in perspective for my wife and I. So many memories under water…

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Whaley Farm is confirmed to be trashed. Anything in Old Fort or Marshall is trashed.

Riverside Rhapsody confirmed to be okay enough to cook food for locals.

Lots of restaurants & breweries downtown cooking free food.

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@MicroGrog The thing about Chimney Rock is specific - unsure they were even brewing anymore at the site (which is completely trashed), but at the Mars Theatre location, which is fine. Buuut, from what I’ve read up, Mars Theatre is in danger as well as the Chimney Rock location was basically carrying the sales…

Rye Knot update on owner’s FB:
“Power restored 10/2. Most proteins will be recovered. The cook lines and walk-in will be discarded and replaced. I don’t know the status of beers in walk-in. Will have to conduct taste tests today. No water. This is the most critical item for reopening. The water system is destroyed and I’m sure will take weeks to repair. No internet=no point of sale, no phone, no tv.”

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Black Mountain Cider & Mead chimed in with loss of brew equipment & finished product, building is okay.

Hi-Wire Biltmore miraculously reported that the water just trashed their parking lot but couldn’t quite make it into the building.

French Broad Brewery, despite the ugly cleanup, is posting on Instagram a five page synopsis, everyday, of where to get free food/water/supplies/donate/volunteer.

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While the cleanup continues & many places are obviously in disarray, please take care in closing actual business listing vs just the locations. Most labels will continue on with collabs till a final decision is made. I re-opened locals to me that are still digging out & haven’t made the actual call.

Cheers.

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