{"id":17,"date":"2026-03-26T07:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:46:25","slug":"statesville-craft-breweries-form-downtown-ale-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"Statesville Craft Breweries Form Downtown Ale Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four downtown Statesville craft breweries have joined forces to launch the Statesville Ale Trail, a collaborative passport program designed to draw visitors to the city&#8217;s growing craft beverage scene.<\/p><p>Participants who visit all four breweries \u2014 Fourth Creek Brewing, Broad Street Taphouse, Piedmont Ale Works, and Signal Hill Brewing \u2014 within 60 days receive a commemorative pint glass and entry into monthly prize drawings.<\/p><p>The trail was conceived after a downtown business survey showed craft beverages as the fastest-growing segment of Statesville&#8217;s hospitality sector. Combined, the four breweries have invested over $3 million in the downtown area since 2023.<\/p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re stronger together than competing against each other,&#8221; said Fourth Creek owner Mike Dellinger. &#8220;When people come downtown for one brewery, they end up visiting shops, restaurants, and galleries too.&#8221; Trail passports are free and available at any participating brewery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four downtown Statesville craft breweries have joined forces to launch the Statesville Ale Trail, a collaborative passport program designed to draw visitors to the city&#8217;s growing craft beverage scene. Participants who visit all four breweries \u2014 Fourth Creek Brewing, Broad Street Taphouse, Piedmont Ale Works, and Signal Hill Brewing \u2014 within 60 days receive a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}