🚨 URGENT: Black Mountain Brewing Needs Your Help 🚨

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For seven years, Black Mountain Brewing has been a gathering place for neighbors, families, hikers, bikers, and everyone passing through our sweet mountain town. We’ve survived storms, economic challenges, and—just last year—Hurricane Helene. But today, we’re facing the biggest threat to our existence.

On Labor Day Weekend, without warning, the Town Building Inspector shut down our top deck—a deck that was fully permitted, engineered, approved, and safe—slashing our capacity from 89 to 25 people.

His statement? That it “never should have been allowed to be built.”

We—and our engineers—strongly disagree.

The impact has been devastating:
• Our Head Brewer, fresh off winning a Gold Medal for Best NC-Grown Beer, didn’t get paid this month and is now furloughed until we can find a path forward. Effective immediately, our brewing operation has been suspended.
• Jade, who runs SMOKE BLK MTN, had to close her food truck due to the sudden drop in business.
• On two different occasions, three different Town officials signed of on NC ABC permits validating that BMB was in good standing and fully permitted by the Town's building, zoning, and fire officials.

Now, our ability to survive into 2026 is now at risk.
All because of a sudden reinterpretation of codes for a structure that has stood safely for 7 years. And now has 2 different structural engineers confirming the deck is structurally sound for public use.

We’ve done everything right:
✔ Fully permitted
✔ Engineered drawings approved
✔ Passed inspections
✔ No issues for 7 years
✔ Additional 2nd engineer confirming the deck is structurally sound

Yet the Town refuses to give us clear written instructions on what they want in order to let us reopen. Their last suggestion? Enclose both levels and add sprinklers—turning a deck built for mountain views into a massive, costly construction project. Hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This is not sustainable—and it's not fair.

It’s not just about Black Mountain Brewing.
Small businesses across town have shared stories of fear, pressure, and retaliation for speaking up.

We’re asking for the simplest, most reasonable solution:
➡️ A moratorium on shutting down previously permitted businesses unless there is a proven, critical safety issue.
Let us operate safely. Let us survive. Let the community we serve be heard.

❤️ HOW YOU CAN HELP (4 ACTION STEPS)

1️⃣ Email the Town Commissioners TODAY
Tell them you support Black Mountain Brewing and want the deck reopened.
➡️
Pam King ( pam.king@tobm.org)
Alice Berry ( alice.berrry@tobm.org)
Archie Pertiller ( archie.pertiller@yahoo.com)
Ryan Stone ( stonemr6@gmail.com)
Doug Hay ( doughay.bmt@gmail.com)
Our goal: 500 community emails.

2️⃣ Share this post.
This Thanksgiving, tell your friends and family. Awareness = pressure.

3️⃣ Visit Us
Come have a beer. Buy merch. Get a gift card.
Your support helps our people get paid through a rough winter.
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4️⃣ Support Our Legal Defense & Employee Support Fund
Look for that link coming soon!

Black Mountain Brewing was built to bring people together. When we support one another, everyone wins.

We’re fighting to keep that dream alive.
Thank you for standing with us.

#SaveBlackMountainBrewing