Thank you all for thirteen incredible years.

In 2011, with a mediocre business plan, no professional brewing experience, and way less money than I needed, I opened TRVE with no grander machinations than making some good beer and listening to the music I liked. All I wanted to do was create a space in craft beer that was different than all the other spaces I’d seen. Pretty sure we nailed that brief.

I could not have done any of this alone; My sincerest, deepest thanks to everyone who made their indelible marks on TRVE. From the maniacs in the brewery to the masochists behind the bar, you all are such an immense part of why this place was what it was. I always wanted so much more for you all.

Equal thanks go out to all the patrons who called this place home. Heavy Metal Cheers it certainly was. Y’all kept the lights on, hell or high water.

I constantly say that our beer got good when I stopped making it. So much of our notoriety is largely thanks to Zach, who truly made our beer program what it is today. I am so sad that we are having to do this when the beer coming out of Asheville is some of the best you’ve made in your career. I hope your continued quest for perfection in your art (of all sorts) never ends.

More than anyone, I have to thank my wife EJ, who helped Zach and I by keeping the wheels on this thing through crisis after crisis after crisis. I’m so sorry it was so hard for so long. I love you.

Ultimately, this brewery has provided me with things that cannot be measured by capitalism, no matter how hard that vicious and broken machine may fumble around with spreadsheets and ledgers in trying. I am rich beyond measure in handshakes, high fives, and hugs. My mantra through making this decision has been and will continue to be “No man is a failure who has friends.”

Nick Nunns
Founder
TRVE Brewing Co. (2012-2025)