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Michael Jackson’s original 1977 World Guide to Beer understandably had little to say about American beer beyond the macro-producers such as Anheuser-Busch. There just weren’t that many breweries nor beer styles left in the U.S. to

The Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. plans this month to start unveiling its East Coast operation in Mills River, NC, south of Asheville, to the general public. A gift shop is scheduled to open at the end of September and tours could begin in October. The potentially 850,000-barrel brewery emerges into perhaps the most robust beer

The new owner, an Outer Banks real estate developer, also plans to expand on the restaurant’s “farm-to-table” offerings and expand the brewery.

It's official — Gov. Roy Copper has signed a proclamation claiming October as NC Beer Month. We'll drink to that.

Here are some fantastic weekend getaways with clusters of attractions to keep the whole family entertained. Boone/Blowing Rock An underrated destination that is often listed behind Asheville, the Boone/Blowing Rock area tops my list of North Carolina mountain getaways.  It has the nostalgia factor of taking your kids to the same places you remember visiting in years past  — and some of them, like the slanted house at Mystery Hill and various gem mining stops, haven’t changed. Other attrac...