Description
Join us on Thursday, August 28th, from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at the Asheville Museum of History (AMoH) for a special History Hour program, Drinking Local: Asheville’s Beer History, with Anne Fitten Glenn. Light refreshments will be available.
About the History Hour Program:
Over the past two hundred years, Western North Carolina has evolved from a mountainous frontier known for illicit moonshine production into a renowned destination for craft beer. Award-winning writer and historian Anne Fitten Glenn will discuss Asheville’s sudsy story from the wild days of saloons through one of the longest Prohibitions in the nation to the tales of bold entrepreneurs who started the region’s first modern breweries. The business of beer attracts jobs, tourists and dollars, but it is not without controversy. Drinking local, whether legally or not, is ingrained in and intertwined with the history of Asheville.
About the Speaker:
Anne Fitten Glenn has written two beer history books: Asheville Beer and Western North Carolina Beer. As a long-time journalist, she has written about the foods, beverages, small businesses, history and parenting of WNC for a myriad of publications, including the Asheville Citizen-Times, Mountain Xpress, Edible Asheville, WNC Magazine, Smoky Mountain Living, All About Beer, Explore Asheville, and CraftBeer.com. She was the East Coast marketing director for Oskar Blues Brewery, and she has consulted to numerous other breweries in the realms of public relations and communications. Glenn has lived in Asheville since 1997.
Tickets:
$10 General Admission / FREE for Asheville Museum of History (AMoH) members. We also have no-cost, community-funded tickets available. We want our events to be accessible to as many people as possible. If you are able, please consider making a donation along with your ticket purchase. These donations are placed in our Community Fund, which allows us to offer tickets at no cost to those who could not attend otherwise. Tickets are limited for in-person lectures, so don't miss your opportunity to secure a spot!
Location:
The historic Smith-McDowell House, home to the Asheville Museum of History (AMoH), 283 Victoria Road, Asheville, NC, 28801
For questions about this event, email education@ashevillehistory.org or call the Asheville Museum of History (AMoH) at 828-253-9231.
Date & Time
Thu, Aug 28, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Details
Asheville Museum of History
283 Victoria RoadAsheville, North Carolina 28801
