Hey guys! We will be having special growler hours tomorrow, Saturday December 12. Please come join us between 3 and 5 PM!! We are currently featuring the Milk Chocolate Stout, so come get it while you can!

In the 1770s, the American Revolution had little effect upon those living beyond the Appalachian Mountains.  New England battles such as those at Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill were far removed from the frontier.  The “Overmountain” people were a hearty stock; Scots-Irish, French and Germans who had been pushed over the mountains to settle this wild land.  In 1780, however, the War and the hopes of American Independence were thrust upon these new patriots. With British forces threatening, 400 Virginians mustered at Wolf Hills to protect their homes and freedom.  This force undertook a grueling march over the mountains to face the British contingent under General Charles Cornwallis.  After battling for just over an hour, the Overmountain men destroyed Cornwallis’s western flank in what will forever be known as the Battle of Kings Mountain or the Overmountain Victory.

The ensuing victory parties likely included consumption of a uniquely American beer.  Overmountain man and brewer William Snodgrass supplied such a brew.  Recently, descendents of Snodgrass found his original recipe, dated 1786, tucked away in the family bible.  To honor the Overmountain Victory and the craft of Revolution-era brewers like Snodgrass, Wolf Hills has recreated this brew using barley, rye, corn, old world English hops and yeast, and a touch of a chamomile, to add a traditional Colonial aroma.

Come join us on September 15th for the release of the Overmountain Victory Rye and to celebrate Wolf Hills Brewing Co.’s two-year anniversary.  Truly revolutionary.

Come learn the basics of making beer at home with Josh Gambrel, the head brewer at Wolf Hills Brewing Company. Part of the “Cooking Along the Crooked Road” series at Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, you can learn from a brewer who has had success as a homebrewer and is now using that knowledge to make Wolf Hills one of the areas leading breweries!

Follow the link for details:

http://www.swcenter.edu/cooking/course.aspx?CourseID=67