Meet our Brewers

Our brew crew are the team that creates all our delicious beers. Yes, they are brewers, but they’re also mechanics, janitors, engineers, and, we think, magicians.

Pete Langheinrich

  • Name and brew house nickname (or childhood nickname)?

    Pete and Pete

  • When did you start working at Asheville Brewing, and what do you do here?

    2008. Head Brewer/Park Ranger

  • What's your favorite beer brewed at Asheville Brewing and why?

    Perfect Day IPA because it was once called “King Hippo,” and it’s delicious.

  • What's your favorite local beer not brewed here and why?

    13 Rebels from French Broad. First beer I had in Asheville. Nostalgia.

  • If you were a beer, what style beer would you be and why?

    Pale Ale. My gorgeous complexion.

Ben Maki

  • Name and brew house nickname (or childhood nickname)?

    Anthem (retired)

  • When did you start working at Asheville Brewing, and what do you do here?

    August 2015, Brewer.

  • What's your favorite beer brewed at Asheville Brewing and why?

    Perfect Day, tastes so good.

  • What's your favorite local beer not brewed here and why?

    Plumage (Fonta Flora), because sisu.

  • If you were a beer, what style beer would you be and why?

    Gueuze, it’s complicated.