September 26, 2009
You will not find this place with out following someone or having directions from the brewery. It is completely hidden but worth the time finding. Great bar with around 20 taps consisting of 8 of their beers and many guest handles. Friendly service, fun environment with picnic tables outside and fire pit. Band area is set up and cool art on the walls. I had a great time and would go back in a second.

May 14, 2009
well its at Pisgah, can’t beat that? Good selection b/c its Pisgah, but they also have some good guest taps as well, atmosphere is great and very appropriate. Fun times here.

March 30, 2009
Obscure industrial park location was difficult to find, even with printed directions and a GPS. An 8x11 paper sign taped to the door is the only indication that you’ve found it. The public area is basically a loading dock/equipment bay with a bar in the middle and a stage in the corner (bands play several nights a week)... concrete floors and cinderblock walls and freezing cold. Only three employees that I could tell, who sporadically ran past the bar on some emergency errand… and that includes our hippie bartender. Horrible alternative/garage noise on the stereo. Two dozen taps, an astounding seventeen brewed on-site. Pints range from $3 to $7, our server offered sample tastes for $1 each. Beers we tried were: a thin, sourish saison; a low gravity stout with a hint of diacetyl; a blonde ale brewed with honey but smelling of barley; a malty IPA tasting of chamomille; a thick, banana bomb tripel; a sweet-tart hoppy red; a mellow roasty brown; a malty porter; an simple and unerattenuated but tasty Fland

March 6, 2009
It’s a little tricky finding this place, but on Old US70, it’s in the industrial park across from the huge military graveyard. There are two very small signs hinting to their location. The brewery is through a very nondescript door, though once you step inside and hear music and smell tons of barley, you know you’re in the right place. The tasting room is on the left. The tasting room is minimalist... bar, taps, open floor and a spot for live music in the corner. Bartender was very friendly and let me try anything I wanted... and ALL of it was good. Sometimes dangerously good. He gave me five good sized samples and charged me for a pint, which was more than fair. About 12-15 Pisgah beers on tap at the time as well as a few guest taps from mostly local breweries. This is definitely, absolutely worth a trip out of your way.

April 23, 2008
Pisgah opens at 4:00 on Thursdays to open up the taps on about 4 beers. It’s not exactly long on ambiance, being in an industrial park of sorts. They were, however, in the process of building a bar and tasting room, with the intention of being open maybe three nights a week. Supposedly that will be open in couple of months. All that being said, the staff was very helpful and accommodating, and I did talk with the brewer and co-owner for a bit. They had a blond ale, pale ale, porter, and stout on draft (not Vortex II, unfortunately), and they had their three bottle fermented beers for sale. The drafts were decent, but not their best offerings, based on the ratings that I’ve seen. Certainly not a destination, but worth a stop if you’re in the area on a Thursday evening.

May 24, 2007
This place is about 15 minutes from downtown Asheville. On Thursdays the brewers mingle with the people who come in to fill up growlers and do tastings and the like. Everyone was very friendly and went out of their way to fill up a growler with Vortex II for me. It’s a pretty minimalist setup. The beer is very affordable and of overall great quality.