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Oskar Blues coming to NC

Oskar Blues's G'Knight

Hot on the heels of two other breweries moving into the North Carolina mountains, Colorado-based Oskar Blues announced that it will be building a brewery in Brevard, NC:

In a statement released late Tuesday, founder Dale Katechis, a mountain biking enthusiast, said he has kept a bike in Brevard, on the edge of the Pisgah National Forest, for years, and travels there frequently to go mountain biking and to attend the annual Mountain Song Music Festival.

“This place rings true with the same eclectic mountain charm that inspired Oskar Blues to put Dale’s Pale Ale in a can back in the day in Lyons,” Katechis said in a statement announcing his plans.

I’d never heard of Oskar Blues’s beers until Kelly and I enjoyed a pint of Gordon (now G’Knight) in Fredericksburg’s Capital Ale House. I remember that it tasted amazing. That beer will forever hold a special place in my heart.

Welcome to North Carolina, Oskar Blues! I hope to visit your brewery when it opens!