ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Wicked Weed Brewing is partnering with Pints
for Prostates to launch Funk Asheville: A Gathering of Wild & Sour Beers to
be held May 30 from 7-10 p.m. as part of the 3rd Annual Asheville Beer WeekTM.
The event will bring some of America’s top brewers of barrel-aged sour beers to Asheville and will create an experience beyond just
a beer festival.
“Our mission is to reach men through the universal language of
beer and this is the second year in a row that Pints for Prostates will host an
Asheville Beer Week event,” said Rick Lyke, founder of Pints for Prostates.
“Our message to men is simple: Get tested. Live longer. Drink more beer.”
Sour and wild beers embrace a wide range of historic brewing
styles still popular today in Belgium, France and Germany, including lambic,
Flanders red, gose, gueuze, Berliner weisse and saison. The use wild yeasts
like, Brettanomyces, and bacteria, like Lactobacillus, add varying degrees of
sour notes to the beer, which are often enhanced through barrel aging and
bottle onditioning. American craft brewers have expanded the range of
these beers to develop distinctive sour and Brett-style beers.
Funk Asheville is another reason for beer lovers to visit
Asheville. It helps to anchor the final weekend of Asheville Beer Week with the
Beer City Festival, making this one of the most exciting two days in craft beer
in the United States.
Wicked Weed Brewing
is an Asheville, N.C., based brewpub that consistently hosts 20+ beers on tap
including hop forward, West Coast style ales, open fermented Belgians, and
barrel aged sour beers. Opened in December 2012, Wicked Weed is striving
towards becoming the largest producer of barrel aged beers in the Southeastern
U.S. Wicked Weed Brewing was awarded a Gold Medal at the Great American Beer
Festival for 100% Brettanomyces Serenity Farmhouse Ale in 2013. In addition to
Serenity, Wicked Weed is known for producing Freak of Nature Double IPA,
Coolcumber Ale, Tyrant Double Red Ale, Hopburglar Blood Orange IPA, Dark Age
Bourbon Stout and Black Angel Cherry Sour. Most recently, Wicked Weed began
small scale statewide distribution of kegs as well as bottles of barrel aged
sour beers to major metropolitans in North Carolina. Learn more at www.wickedweedbrewing.com and on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WickedWeedBrewing.
Pints for Prostates reaches men through the universal language of
beer to encourage them to take charge of their health. The group was founded by
prostate cancer survivor and beer writer Rick Lyke in 2008. The grassroots
effort raises awareness among men of the importance of prostate health
screenings by making appearances at beer festivals, social networking and pro
bono advertising. According to the National Cancer Institute, 233,000 American
men will be diagnosed with the disease this year and 29,480 will die from
prostate cancer. More information is available at www.pintsforprostates.org.
Pints for Prostates also has a presence on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
(@pints4prostates).