08/12/2026
The Countdown is on! 🍓🍉🫐🍇🍎🍑 We are only THREE days away from West Hillsborough's Premier Fruit Beverage Event of the Year and it's time to introduce some more of our friends that will be joining us! ⤵
opened in 2023 and is owned and operated by Betty (Certified Level BJCP Judge and resident handywoman) and Dave (brewer and lovingly cantankerous windbag). Since then, they have been busy racking up awards at major competitions throughout the US, including Best Brewmaster in WNC (Mountain Xpress) and named one of the Best New Breweries in the U.S. (Vinepair). Betty and Dave both have amazing palates and love to experiment with ingredients and processes to make their beers as close to perfect as they can get, approaching recipe formulation with exacting, clinical ex*****on. They will be bringing their Fig'd Imperial Stout, made with a blend of '23, '25, and '26 Imperial Stout rested on a blend of Figs from
opened up in February of 2020 in Asheville, and we got to know the minds behind the project at our first in 2024, when we "sampled" some of their beers from a plastic statue of Bald Eagle. For over 6 years, they have been making elegant, inspired beers using local, (often) foraged ingredients, with a particular focus on using wood vessels during the fermentation and/or maturation process of their beers. Back in April, we collaborated with them on Strawbulosa, a farmhouse ale fermented with their Wild Captured house yeast strain in their cherrywood foudre and conditioned on fresh, whole strawberries.
We still have a few VIP tickets available for the ULTIMATE FRUIT Experience through the link in our bio! For only $65, you get:
⭐️Early VIP-Only access starting at 11am
⭐️All-You-Can-Sample from 11am-3pm
⭐️Commemorative Tasting Glass
⭐️Lunch from Wooden Nickel Farms
⭐️VIP-Only Tasting of Specialty Wines, Ciders, and Fruit Beers from Vidl Wines, Botanist and Barrel, and Bond Brothers Beer Company
⭐️VIP only line from 12pm-3pm