Sample Highland's great beer at these upcoming 2010 beer festivals! 

In an effort to help protect the world's oldest mountains, Highland recently partnered with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.  Stay tuned for ways you can get involved.  Click image for info on SAHC.

Highland is a proud sponsor of Asheville Cycling Elite

Check out the updates below!

Columbia SC Road Race

http://larsensweblog.blogspot.com

Highland Brewing Company Presents

"Cattail Peak - An Organic Wheat Beer "

CATTAIL PEAK – An Organic Wheat Beer

A reprise of one of Highland’s favorite seasonal brews will soon appear in local groceries and restaurants.  Cattail Peak wheat beer is brewed with 100% organic grains, a hint of rye and the tang and hue of organic hibiscus.  This refreshing brew is as cool as the breeze that blows down from Mount Mitchell to Cattail Peak. Enjoy this delicious creation when the hottest summer day demands the best of the Blue Ridge.

 Highland names all its seasonal brews after famous high altitude mountains in Western North Carolina and has recently partnered with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy to raise awareness of the importance of protecting this region’s unique mountain peaks.  The mountains of the Southern Appalachians are the highest in the east and shelter rare natural communities. Their grassy balds and spruce-fir forests are home to rare species like the federally protected rock gnome lichen and the Carolina northern flying squirrel.

Cattail Peak is a mountain summit in Yancey County in the state of North Carolina. Cattail Peak climbs to 6,516 feet (1,986.08 meters) above sea level.

Anyone attempting to climb Cattail Peak and reach the summit should look for detailed information on the Cattail Peak area in the topographic map and the Mount Mitchell USGS quad.

    * Peak Type: Summit
    * Latitude: 35.797339
    * Longitue: -82.257067
    * Peak Elevation: 6,516 feet (1,986.08 m)
    * Nearest City: Burnsville (6.1 miles away)

        Sit back, relax with this fine example of an American wheat beer and contemplate how you can join us to help protect this treasured peak.  For more information on the specific threats to Cattail Peak and the rest of the Black Mountain Range, please visit our website at www.highlandbrewing.com or the website of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy at www.appalachian.org

Highland Brewing Company

Announcing the 2010 Highland Cup Winners

For the complete list of winners by style, click this link:

The "Best of Show" 1st place entry will be brewed at our facility and distributed and sold commercially by Highland. The winning brewer will also earn a trip to the 29th annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver.  This includes air travel

plus room and board.  The winning beer will be entered into the Pro/Am competition at GABF and served on the floor at the festival. 

Check out some Highland videos below:

-Highland Brewing Company as Aired on UNC-TV's North Carolina Now

-15th Anniversary Highland Brewing - Asheville North Carolina Beer

-15th Anniversary - Shout Outs from friends, fans, family in Asheville NC

-Highland Brewing Bottling, Beer, Boxes

The Latest in the Imperial Series

I n 2006, we began a tradition of releasing an imperial version of one of our brews each September at Asheville's Brewgrass Festival.   First was Imperial Gaelic followed by Imperial Kashmir IPA.  Last year's offering was Imperial Black Mocha Stout,  rich with coffee and chocolate notes.   If you missed the sale held at the brewery, you can still stop by and purchase some.  The cost is $6 per 22 oz. bottle (cash or check only).  Click on the contact/tours tab on the left for directions to the brewery.

Highland sponsors Larry Brock, Professional Highland Games Athlete.

   Visit his website:   www.brockthrow.com

We invite you to visit the Asheville Citizen-Times "Beer Guy" pod cast page at

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=PODCAST and the Take 5 entertainment site, which includes the brew of the week and the Beer Guy column, at www.take5online.com.