HIGHLAND BREWING DOWNTOWN MOVIE

Those bars and restaurants then sold the beer to their patrons. Wong’s thoughts were that he made beer and sold it to bars and restaurants. In those days, Highland didn’t have a tasting room open to the public. Our production facility houses a 50-bbl brewhouse where we have the capacity to brew more than 60,000 barrels annually.

HIGHLAND BREWING DOWNTOWN MOVIE

When the movie studio folded, Highland was able to purchase the entire 40-acre property. In the beginning, Barley’s was Highland’s biggest customer. In 2006, Highland moved from the downtown basement to the former home of Blue Ridge Motion Picture Studios in East Asheville.

Highland Brewing opened for business in the basement of Barley’s Taproom on April 21st, 1994. Wong had been a homebrewer in college, and was fascinated by the idea of making a business creating small batches of local beer.Īt that point, there were only 500 breweries in the US and only a handful located in North Carolina. Two local brewers, John Lyda and John McDermott approached Wong about opening a small brewery. According to Wong, his wife wasn’t used to him being around the house as often as he was, and she suggested he get a hobby to keep himself occupied. The story Wong tells of Highland Brewing’s beginnings begins with his retirement. Mingle with friends new and old while enjoying a pint at Highland’s S&W location. Come have a pint of Craft Beer while learning a new craft skill or while continuing to finish an already started project. During those years, his family visited Asheville often for vacations, and when it was time to retire Wong decided Asheville was the perfect place to settle down. Do you need a new hobby this year Crafts with Craft is a rotational series of beginner level crafts with friends. He immigrated to the US in the 1960s to attend college and later started a successful engineering firm. Oscar Wong is of Chinese descent and was raised in Jamaica.

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