[ominous music] - Green Man was originally established in 1997 as a British-style ale company.

They were brewing beer originally in these old dairy containers.

So, about five years after that, Green Man was moved to the brewhouse that we're in now called Dirty Jack's, which is where we still brew all of our specialty beers to this day.

Notable beers, we call them our our three Wisemen.

So we started with an ESB, Extra Special Bitter, so an amber ale, an IPA, and a Porter.

So those were our three original beers.

And if you think about it at the time, not a lot of people in the country were brewing an IPA.

For us to be brewing really the first true Asheville IPA, it was pretty spectacular.

And that's still our, one of our core beers today.

[jugs clinking] Everything that we use for our base beers we use imported British malts that started in 1997 still continues today.

Same thing for IPA, same thing for Porter.

So, Porter actually in 2021 took home not only our first award at GABF, which is Great American Beer Festival, but our first gold for the Porter category.

So, we're really, really excited about that.

- I think a lot of the breweries that are around these days seems to be kind of the new and fresh stuff like hazy IPAs.

In here, you're getting a little bit more of the traditional come drink of pint and hang out one of the oldest sprew pubs let's say.

That's been around for a while now.

I think our ESBs the one to go ahead and try, because it's a little bit off the beaten path.

It's a little bit of a different interpretation of an ESB.

And also, just has been here since the inception.

- 2010 Dennis and Wendy Thies purchased the brewery.

At the time, it was just the Dirty Jack's facility that we're in now, and they kinda had a vision for where this company could go.

We moved next door and installed a 30-barrel brewhouse.

And so, as our distribution footprint grew and our popularity grew, we continued to expand our production.

And so in 2015, we built the what is now known as the Green Mansion.

[upbeat guitar music] which is a 20,000 square foot production packaging facility.

It's a three-story facility with two tap rooms attached.

Upstairs, there's a beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The downstairs we have a, we call it a brewtique.

The Green Mansion is kind of the all-inclusive Asheville experience.

We actually just opened a kitchen last year.

It's full service for all of our tap rooms.

All fresh local ingredients.

- Our number one seller;s, the fish and chips.

Only because it's the centerpiece of the menu and it goes along with our British roots, as far as our beer is concerned - Nothing really beats a good pretzel around here.

And the chef here at Dirty's makes a beer cheese out of Porter, which is one of my favorites.

- It's homey and the bartenders are wonderful.

You feel like this is a family with the regulars.

- Dirty Jack's is not only one of the original Asheville tap rooms, it is also the Asheville soccer bar.

Currently, we use it for our specialty brews.

We made a lot of stuff here.

We kinda went back in time and made a lot of stuff for our 25th anniversary.

- So, the 25th anniversary was really fun.

It took us about a year to plan out and execute.

Get the street shut down.

But we really wanted to focus on giving back to the community.

So, we had a local production company, local bands, local vendors, and then also a portion of the proceeds went to a local nonprofit.

- We've been around the block for 25 years and our customers rely on us.

They give us a certain amount of their trust in walking into a store, knowing that if they're gonna pick up an ESB, an IPA, a Porter, a Nerd Nectar, a new item, that quality is gonna be there.

Dennis and Wendy placed a lot of trust in their leadership team.

Being a family-owned and operated brewery, they consistently place trust in us to make sure that we're putting out the best quality item that we can.

Green Man is synonymous with Asheville and beer history.

When you come here you can really put your hands on part of that history and feel it and see it and be a part of it.

So, I always say that it makes a great base camp.

You can start your day here.

You can end your day here as you explore the South Slope.

So, we just really hope that people will come by and pull up a chair and have a beer with the family.

- Green Man Brewery has two locations, Dirty Jack's and The Green Mansion, both are on Buxton Street in Asheville.

To find out more, visit their website at greenmanbrewery.com.