E-Malt.com News article: USA, NC: Sanctuary Brewing Company to open in Hendersonville in August

Joe Dinan’s busy getting Sanctuary Brewing Company ready to brew after the Hendersonville City Council amended an ordinance that would allow breweries in downtown Hendersonville, WLOS reported on July 6.

“We’re kind of paving the way I guess,” Dinan said.

Dinan and his partner plan to open the brewery on First Avenue East, Hendersonville, in August.

“We can’t blow it,” Dinan said. “That’s not an option. We’re just going to put out the best beer that we absolutely can and I think people will come. It’s like our field of dreams, but for beer.”

Dinan says that city employees have been extremely supportive of the project with the dream extending beyond the walls of the building.

“fWe're known sort of as a retirement community but we're trying to attract the younger generation as well,” said Henderson County Tourism Development Authority Executive Director Beth Carden.

She says the microbreweries coming to the area will help attract that younger audience.

“You add us to the mix, and there’s another new place with a roof deck coming in, I think it’s going to be fantastic,” said Dinan.


08 July, 2015