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HOT SPRINGS - While Asheville is known as Beer City and seemingly has a brewery around every corner, Madison County does not have as many places to sit down and sip a brew. Now though, residents have another spot where they can grab a beer, as Big Pillow Brewing is open for business in Hot Springs.
Owners Amy Rubin and Chris Donochod named the brewery after a rapid on the French Broad River.
Donochod, who worked as a raft guide on the river in the 1990s, said the couple have longstanding connections to Hot Springs. As the river is what brought us to Hot Springs, we wanted the name to reflect our passion for whitewater and the French Broad river, he said. I ve always been a fan of Hot Springs. I continued to come back. I m one of the co-founders of the French Broad River Festival. We started that in 1998, and that always kept me coming back to town every year.