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Hundreds of people waited in line to get into the Beer Fest right at 3 p.m. when the general admission opened.

Bubbles, brews and sweet potatoes: High Country Beer Fest marks 19th year [staff featured]
Sep 3, 2026

BOONE — Thousands of beer lovers filled the Watauga County fairgrounds Saturday for the 19th annual High Country Beer Fest, sampling pours from 37 breweries under cooperating skies.

Faculty and Staff, Fermentation Sciences
Tents with people drinking beer in front of them.

Beer, bubbles and Boone businesses come together for Beer Fest [faculty featured]
Sep 2, 2026

Despite the nation’s declining alcohol sales and general consumption, here in the High Country, t

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A bunch of sweet potatoes.

Upcycling sweet potato field waste into a plant-based milk [faculty featured]
Aug 19, 2026

North Carolina grows most of the sweet potatoes in the US, which means it accumulates most of the sweet potato waste, too.

Faculty and Staff, Fermentation Sciences, Grants and Research
Careers in fermentation

Apples, Australia and vaccines
Aug 6, 2018

Three alumni from the fermentation sciences program at Appalachian State University dem

Fermentation Sciences, Students, Alumni
Master Brewers Association publishes Fermentation Sciences Undergraduate research

Master Brewers Association publishes Fermentation Sciences Undergraduate research
Apr 15, 2018

Master Brewers Association publishes Fermentation Sciences Undergraduate research

Department News, Fermentation Sciences, Students, Grants and Research
Dr. Stephan Sommer

Research of molds, bacteria in winemaking funded
Jan 29, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Dr.

Fermentation Sciences, Faculty and Staff, Grants and Research