Beer Menu
date: label: date made
content: ca 2020
label: date made
content: 2020
notes: label: Description
content: Social distancing restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic forced many breweries to make changes to public gathering spaces like taprooms. This beer menu from the taproom of Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, was intended to be single-use, to avoid multiple customers handling the same menu.
label: Description
content: The menu showcases a selection of the brewery's year-round, seasonal, small batch, and "Southern Nouveau" categories of beer. (Southern Nouveau describes a series of barrel-aged beers.) Beers on offer include a blend of European- and American-inspired styles, plus experimental beers whose non-traditional ingredients (Earl Gray tea, pineapple, tangerine) are a hallmark of many creative craft breweries.
label: Description
content: Oscar Wong, who immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica to study engineering, later retired in Asheville and founded Highland Brewing Co. in 1994. The business initiated a surge in microbreweries in the area. When Wong retired from the brewery, Leah Ashburn, Wong's daughter, became the brewery's family owner, president, and CEO. Gaelic Ale, an American Amber Ale, is the brewery's flagship beer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina, Asheville
topic: label: associated subject
content: Infectious diseases
label: associated subject
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: associated subject
content: Public Health
label: associated subject
content: 2019-nCoV disease
label: associated subject
content: Disease prevention
label: associated subject
content: 2019 novel coronavirus disease
label: related event
content: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Highland Brewing Company through Leah Ashburn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0108.20
label: accession number
content: 2021.0108
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0108.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sign
label: Object Name
content: menu
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 21.6 cm x .01 cm; 11 1/32 in x 8 1/2 in x in