Carolina Beer Guy: Breweries adapt to COVID-19 obstacles
(WorldNews Belgium)

Just a few weeks ago, Asheville’s many craft breweries were buzzing with business. Taprooms were crowded with locals, and spring tourist season was almost here. Now these businesses have been dealt a nasty blow by the COVID-19 pandemic and ordered by Gov. Roy Cooper to temporarily shut their public areas. With bars and indoor restaurant dining rooms also closed, the draft business has mostly evaporated. Breweries with canning or bottling lines remain active and report strong supermarket sales. Some breweries are selling their beer to-go in crowlers or growlers, but for smaller breweries that depended on taproom sales, it’s another story. “You can hear a pin drop over...