Catawba Brewing Company

A special rose-colored beer for Valentine’s Day, this Small Batch Raspberry Sour is Catawba’s second kettle sour, following last summer’s popular Korean Sour Rice Ale.

Catawba’s Belgian Tripel was inspired by the strong golden ales brewed by the Trappist monks of Flanders and Wallonia.

Blood Orange IPA (6.5% ABV) is the latest in Catawba’s new series of fruited hoppy beers, which began with last month’s popular Pineapple IPA.

This American Blonde Ale is an interesting dichotomy. A traditional summer beer brewed in January. A new release that’s actually an old recipe.

Catawba’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time certainly didn’t take the easy road to its near legendary status among craft beer enthusiasts. This hard-earned liquid lunch is the result of blue-collar brewing – hardhats and bootstraps. Aging beer on whole roasted local WNC peanuts presented a unique challenge in 2012, when Catawba brewed their first 3-barrel batch of PB&J. Five years later and now slated for 4-state distribution, this one-of-a-kind beer has inspired some innovative engineering and a proprietary brewing process.

Catawba has big plans for their Small Batch Program, with 52 new beers destined for release in 2017. Every Thursday throughout the year, all Catawba tasting rooms will tap a new Small Batch beer brewed in their Asheville South Slope 7-barrel brewhouse. And now the brewery has a new rewards program for regular customers who want to go the extra mile toward Catawba beer enlightenment.

Small Batch releases have become a weekly event at Catawba Brewing, but their new Small Batch Milk Stout is no ordinary beer. This traditional English-style sweet stout marks the return to the brewhouse of Co-Owner and former brewer, Billy Pyatt, who had taken off his brewing hat for the past five years to focus on Catawba’s rapidly expanding business.

Hooligan Scotch Ale returns a wee bit early this holiday season – just in time to leave its indelible mark on 2016. This robust, mahogany hued ale is brewed in the classic Scottish Wee Heavy style, featuring a profound maltiness with layers of rich caramel and toffee, and a restrained hop bitterness. To commemorate five years of Hooliganism, this limited release will graduate to 22oz bottles – Catawba’s first ever bottle release from its rotating series of seasonal beers. Look for Hooligan Scotch Ale in Catawba’s three tasting rooms, and in distribution in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (beginning January 2017), and in select areas of Alabama.

After maintaining popularity among craft beer enthusiasts in the Upstate for many years, Catawba beers are now available statewide in South Carolina. Catawba Brewing of Asheville and Morganton, NC is partnering with a network of nine distributors, including Crown Beverage (Florence, SC), Better Brands (Myrtle Beach, SC), H&S Wholesalers (Sumter, SC), Southern Eagle (Charleston, SC), and AB Bev (Aiken, SC). The rollout began in September, and had effectively covered the entire South Carolina market by October 15th, with launch parties and special events taking place around the state.

Something tells us your Thanksgiving dinner conversations may get a bit spirited this year – and that you’ll have worked up a thirst by Black Friday. Catawba Brewing is addressing this need with a new Small Batch traditional Bavarian-style Dunkel Lager (5.3% ABV), available at their three tasting rooms and in limited distribution. Brewed in their Asheville South Slope brewery, this crowd-pleaser is smooth, complex, and remarkably refreshing for a dark beer.

This November, middle and western Tennessee craft beer enthusiasts will no longer have to travel to Chattanooga and Knoxville to find a Catawba beer. Catawba Brewing of Asheville, Morganton, and Charlotte, NC is partnering with DET Distributing of Nashville and Jackson, TN to launch Catawba beers in middle Tennessee.

Finding a Catawba beer in the state of Alabama will become easier this summer. Catawba Brewing of Asheville and Morganton, NC is partnering with United-Johnson Brothers of Alabama for state-wide distribution. Several pre-release events are scheduled during the next two weeks with full rollout in early July.