Drink Local Now

Authors of North Carolina Craft Beer and Breweries, Sarah Ficke and Erik Lars Myers, join us at THE BLOCK off Biltmore for episode #0026. “If you know the people from the brewery and you know their story, you will get a good idea of what their beer tastes like.” These two, now married, met when Erik was directing Sarah in […]

Lesbian comedians Jennie McNulty and Vickie Shaw take it all off in episode #0025. The talk is gun control, entertaining the troops, guard dogs and cats, women’s professional football and doing comedy in a church. Service Pale Ale is on tap, a beer brewed by a veteran-owned and operated craft brewery in Savannah, GA dedicated to honoring those that have […]

Special guest Tony Kiss “The Beer Guy” discusses the history and future of the Asheville beer scene. Not so special guest, Stump Mutts guitarist, Drink Local Now Prophet Derek Allen, joins the riveting craft beer discussion as well, in episode #0024. Chis Power and Tommy Green were also on hand drinking craft beer. Tony drank water, recovering from a weekend […]

Fishbone joined us for episode #0023 before their show at The Grey Eagle. Angelo Moore shared his secret for staying active on stage – putting tiger balm on his taint. We were lucky to have Flying Jay with us, as we interrupted his ritual of smoking weed on the bus. Tall Paul, former Skellatones keyboardist, a.k.a. Lerch, has tough balls […]

The very first rum barrel bourbon aged beer and the very first sour beer made in Asheville were brewed by Mike Karnowski at Dirty Jacks several years ago. Now known as the King of Specialty, Mike has his own production brewery in Weaverville, where he brews historical, forgotten, and mythological beers. Find out if the haze brings anything to an […]

Keith Laguna and Angelica Caporuscio, owners of Tonic MRKT in the Asheville Outlet Mall, join us for episode #0021. Tommy Green gets drunk pounding New Holland Dragons Milk in stupor awe of this incredible couple and their story, while Crowler skillfully manages the interview. Tonic MRKT is the only bottle shop and craft beer bar in an outlet mall in […]

Owner Mike Weeks and brewer Jeremy Bruder drink local now with us for episode #0020 at their Fifth Season Gardening hydroponic and homebrew store on Tunnel Road in East Asheville. Find out about the oldest bar tab in the World and horse blanket on the flavor wheel (ref: cat piss #0016). “More esoteric styles of beer are on the horizon […]

Carolina Hemp Company’s Brian Bullman and Brian Morris (The Brians) join us in the old YMI building, home to Community is Brewing, for episode #0019. Cannabis has “blazed” a trail into the national spotlight thanks to the legalization battle and provocative new studies on its health benefits. Mounds of research and media events like Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Special Report […]

“Our Asheville Community is about working together to create local economy, so we can live here with the quality of life we all came here for,” says Marilyn Ball in episode #0018 of Drink Local Now. Tim Schaller, owner of the Wedge Brewery, and Marilyn Ball from Speaking of Travel, make for an all-star cast on a beautiful afternoon on […]

The scintillating and vivacious Monique “Man Eater” Ruiz proves herself as a podcast host extraordinaire in episode #0016 of Drink Local Now. Whether discussing Tommy Green’s micro-penis, cat piss on the flavor wheel, or going head-to-head with Jonathan Ayers on craft beer expertise, the Man Eater holds her own. Crowler, Kinsman, Man Eater, and Little Dickie taste a variety of […]

Ceelo Green and Gary Sernack at Bhramari Brewhouse enjoying infused beer. Craft Lifestyle. Great beer. Local. Great Burgers. Star Wars. Investing in Community. Hard Sodas. Tattoos. Harry Potter…and uh… great craft beer! Ain’t that some shit? “I really fucking like this place,” says Tommy Green. “When can we come back for more podcasting?”

Kendra Penland, Director of the Asheville Brewers Alliance, chats with us at Catawba Brewing about the booming craft brewery scene in Western North Carolina. She affirms, professionally and unequivocally, that we are nowhere near a beer bubble burst in WNC. More and more breweries will continue to open and our craft beer will continue to get better and better. Asheville […]

Craft lifestyle. Choose your own destiny. You don’t have to be the stereotype of somewhere else. Asheville is a cultural port. We have things from all over, and you can pick and choose. You can be one thing on one day, another the next, and its not disingenuous if it is genuine to you,” proclaims Asheville beer lawyer Derek Allen […]

Imagine a world where Governor Pat McCrory overturned HB2… Crazy huhn? That is exactly what we believed had happened just prior to recording episode #0012 of Drink Local Now. We were elated and giddy throughout, happy that we no longer lived in the worst State in the Union. The Funniest Man in Beer, Adam Charnack of Hi-Wire Brewing, hosts us for our […]

In the middle of the photo on the left is Derek Allen, lawyer to the stars of Asheville (breweries). In the middle of the photo on the right is Dolly Parton’s cleavage. To find out what this is all about listen to episode #0011 of Drink Local Now. Download the Brewpon app in Apple and Android stores to hear all […]

The sexiest advocates for legalizing marijuana you will ever hear. Taylon and Dane Breeden head up Asheville’s NORML and they are asking for our help campaigning to legalize the green in North Carolina. Building a log cabin on their Far Out Farmstead in Leicester, they raise fainting goats and have plans to make cheese. When legalized in North Carolina (and […]

Beer war games, beer drinking school, sweat lodge beer, future 26, American Combat League, legalizing marijuana, public school education, and what exactly makes a beer, are just a few of the Asheville community issues addressed in episode #0009 of Drink Local Now. Jonathan Ayers of Stags Head Brewing, Emily “Life Line” Trimnal, Tommy “Brew Papa” Green, and Ian “Apple Weed” […]

Married at a Renaissance Fair, Jonathon Ayers is starting a brewery in downtown Hendersonville named Stags Head Brewing. He will build the brewery with his own two hands. Jonathon’s expertise on beer, sword fighting, and construction is unmatched by any of the episodes other co-hosts: Ian “Apple Weed” McAnsh, Tommy “Brew Papa” Green, and Emily “Life Line” Trimnal.  The four of us […]

Drink Local Now is named as such because we are drinking during the podcast and we are local. Our show is about community. In episode #0007 of Drink Local Now we welcome Patrick Conant and Jesse Michel of PRC Applications to our panel, discussing investing in community as a way of doing business. Tommy Green is tired of businesses branding themselves as […]

Emily “Life Line” Trimnal, Ian “Apple Weed” McAnsh, Chris “Crowler” Power, and Tommy “Brew Papa” Green celebrate the holiday by testing which breakfast stouts go best with cheerios. Is it Oskar Blues Ten Fidy? or perhaps one of the Highland’s delicious stouts. Install the Brewpon App to find out how to start your day out right… it’s The Breakfast of Champions!