This month’s History Happy Hour will help you prepare forthe start of autumn with a program about a favorite fall beverage!

Join us as we welcome Kim Floyd and Jeff “Puff” Irvin fortheir presentation, “The In-Cider’s Scoop.” They will be talking about thehistory of apples and cider as well as the science behind the deliciousbeverage. Kim Floyd is the directorof the North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum, and Puff Irvin is the Director of the Craft Beverage Instituteof the Southeast at Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College. The NorthCarolina Craft Beverage Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting thestate’s craft beverage story, and celebrates its role in building and defininga local, state, and national community. The Craft Beverage Institute of theSoutheast at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is designed tosupport the rapidly growing craft beverage industry in Western North Carolinaand the Southeast by providing curriculum and non-credit courses in brewing,distilling, fermentation and related business practices.

This presentation will be online-only, and will be availablevia Zoom and Facebook live. The Zoom login information is available on Facebookand the Heritage Alliance website. You can connect directly with the programvia Zoom or watch the live stream on the Chester Inn’s Facebook page. Thisprogram is free and open to the public!

This project is funded under an agreement with the TennesseeDepartment of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee Historical Commission. For more information on the Chester Inn Museum, History HappyHour, or the Heritage Alliance please call our office at 423.753.9580 or theChester Inn Museum at 423.753.4580.  Youcan also contact the organization via email at info@heritageall.org.  Additional information about the HeritageAlliance and its mission can be found online at http://www.heritageall.org/.Be sure to follow the Chester Inn and Heritage Alliance Facebook pages forupdates about events at the Chester Inn and other Heritage Alliance programs.