New catagory for brewery venues?

Out and about and one of our go-to breweries this afternoon. The idea came to me, that we need a new category for what attracts us to a brewery venue. Our choice for this afternoon was one of our long time choices for multiple reason. #1 the beer, #2 the option to purchase pitchers of beer, #3 the venue, i.e., ease of access, parking, etc., #4 the rotating food truck choices.

While enjoying a pitcher of a great Citrus IPA, and a very tasty wood fired pizza from the food truck, it dawned on me this is the best venue for "people watching". Kids, dogs, clearly locals after work, tourists, and everything else, it dawned on me this was the best "people watching" venue.

The venue? Wedge Studios - Asheville.

 

I guess my letting AHS go by this year is somewhat based on being a member since the first year. The beer offerings have always been exceptional, but the recent events (post COVID) have been pretty much cookie cutter repeats of every other event that year, i.e., a gathering in the High Gravity room.
Previous years events have included extensive tours of the brewery (over 2 hours), pulling nails in the barrel aging room to taste the progress of the aging process, suckling pigs served along the river, an alternate venue, very interesting and informative, at River Bend Malts.

Being one of those 'old folks' being out and about, we have a number of breweries we frequent. All those on our list have solid to exceptional beers, but different aspects that help us select. Mondays, a number of regulars (perhaps 20ish) eventually show up late afternoon'ish. We call it our Cheers where everyone knows your name, many bring snacks. It's also $4 pint night. Sometimes it's the food/food truck, sometimes meeting friends. Of late because the tasting room is air-conditioned.