Consuming the Craft

CBI024 - The Drinkable Art of Wine Pairing with Certified Wine Specialist and Drinker to the Stars Andy Hale   Andy Hale is the Education Director and primary teacher at the Asheville School of Wine i

CBI025 - Female Brewing Ambitions & Collecting Recipes from the Women of Craft Beer with Anita Riley   Anita Riley is a Board Member of the an organization that supports the progression of women in t

CBI026  - The Big Little Jumbo in the Room and Running a Cocktail Bar with Chall Gray   Chall Gray is an entrepreneur, author, and handsome athlete extraordinaire. His passion for mixology and cocktai

CBI027 - The Shining and Brewing Lessons with ABTech Alumnus Dan Rowe   Dan Rowe is an alumnus of ABTech’s brewing program. After graduating in 2017, Dan worked at Dogfish Head Brewery for two years b

CBI028  - The Battle of the Negroni and Concocting Spirits with the Urban Gastronome, Jeremy Hood   Former cocktail hobbyist and self-proclaimed ‘cocktail nerd’, Jeremy Hood, took his passion for spir

CBI032 - Riding the Cider Wave and Talking Picklebacks with Greg Hill   Greg Hill is the head cider maker at Urban Orchard, a first-level sommelier, and graduate of the CBI program. He has a love of p

CBI030  - The Politics of Yeast and the Art and Science of Winemaking with Shruthi Dhoopati   Shruthi Dhoopati, the young winemaker extraordinaire, was once a Political Science student at the Universi

CBI031 - How Community College Can Develop Soft Skills with President John Gossett   Dr. John Gossett became the President of ABTech Community College in March 2020.  He has a 32-year career in higher

CBI033 - Drive-Through Booze and Revisiting Classic Beers with Leah Rainis   Leah Rainis is the Executive Director and the mind behind the Asheville Brewers Alliance (ABA). Starting her career in the

CBI034 - Words of Wisdom and Questions from Students with Fellow CBI Instructor John Lyda   John Lyda is the Brewing, Distillation and Fermentation Instructor at the Craft Beverage Institute. A long a

CBI035 - The Meandering Path that Leads to Brewing and Being a Female Brewer with Rebecca Murphy   Rebecca is a student in the brewing, distillation, and fermentation program at CBI Tech. She grew up

CBI036 - Brown Liquor Love and the Restaurateur Journey with Former Navy Captain Bob Byron   Bob Byron is a Naval Academy Graduate and retired Navy Captain that took a different direction from most af

CBI037 - Instant-Aging and Rewriting the Brewing Book with Chad Slagle   Chad Slagle is one of the co-founders of the Two Trees Distilling Co. based in Fletcher, N.C. A Black Mountain native, Chad lov

CBI001 Consumer Trends, Marijuana Market Share & the Magical Spice of Beer Hops with Beau Evers of Crosby Hops Farm   Beau Evers is the Account Manager at . Founded in 1900 by Albert and Mary Crosby,