Highland Brewing was founded in 1994 by retired engineer and entrepreneur Oscar Wong, establishing it as the pioneer of Asheville, NC’s booming craft beer industry. With a portfolio that is equal parts established and inventive, Highland is known for consistently excellent beer. Proudly regional, Highland is distributed in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Kentucky. Highland is the largest independent family-owned brewery born in the Southeast, with the third largest solar array in an American craft brewery. The brewery is in a rehabilitated manufacturing facility on a hilltop, affording space for thousands of visitors to enjoy limited release beers, tours, and live music. In addition, the event center and rooftop can be reserved for private events. Since 2015, the company has been led by Wong’s daughter, Leah Wong Ashburn, and has 50 full-time employees.
Refrigerated brown bomber poured into weizenbock glass. Hazy caramel with medium/small white head. Aroma is caramel malt, medium body, medium carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is rich caramel malt, bread, and some esters.
Bottle split at RBWG ’15 hotel lobby share on the final night, from a bottle shop in Asheville, 21/02/15. Golden with a decent light beige cap. Nose is pale malt, caramel, straw, orange. Taste comprises toasted bread, caramel, orange pith, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light hop bitterness. A rather pedestrian IPA which delivers little.
Bottle. Very light gold with an inch of head. Se citrus and light floral in the nose. Malts almost overtake the hops but it's not bad. Some coffee ground flavor as well. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
12oz bottle pours a clear gold with a ring of white head. Nose has light honey, lemon, lightly floral, a little buttery. Flavor is fairly mild, lemon, a little mint oil, perfume. Slick finish, lightly buttery.
Sample at the brewery during the "Brewing for Greenways: Footpath Belgian Session Ale release" on 06/26/2015. Pours a dark brown color with a medium light beige head that dissipates quickly to a sparse outer ring. The aroma consists of roasted malt, yeast and dark chocolate. Medium body with flavors of chocolate malt, yeast and earthy hops. The finish is roasty malt and mild hops. Pretty good overall.
Sample at the brewery during the "Brewing for Greenways: Footpath Belgian Session Ale release" on 06/26/2015. The beer is a slightly hazy orange color with a medium thin white head that dissipates steadily to a wispy film. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, hops and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of citrusy hops, toasted malt and a bit of pine. The finish is moderately bitter with a hoppy aftertaste. Above average overall.