On March 24, 1989; the Exxon Valdez, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil. It was considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters. It wasn't one of the world's largest oil spills, but due to it's remote location, government and industry response efforts were difficult and hard to implement.
The oil spill eventually covered 1,300 miles of coastline, and 11,000 square miles of ocean.
As to the beer:
Pisgah Brewing Company is located in Black Mountain, North Carolina (a couple miles away from Frank and Dana's).
This mouth watering stout is brewed with organic, fair-trade coffee beans from Dynamite Coffee Roasters and weighs in at a respectable 6.8%. The aroma of fresh coffee leaps from the glass, and finishes slightly dry. Treat yourself to the finest coffee stout this season. Available at the tap room and in 22oz bottles at your local grocer and specialty beer store.
Oddly, on March 24, 1944; 76 prisoners began breaking out of Stalag Luft III, in an event that was to be dramatized in the movie The Great Escape. So, I was going to pick that event, and found a one time brewed beer called, The Great Escape. It was made by Asheville Brewing Company. But then I found Valdez by Pisgah, and went with that; either way, it was destined to be an Asheville beer day.
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