<P> In January 2012 , Sierra Nevada announced it would build a second brewing facility with an attached restaurant in Mills River , North Carolina . The LEED - Platinum - certified building opened in early 2014 on a forested tract adjacent to Asheville Regional Airport , re-using the cut - down trees as lumber both in the building and for the rainwater cisterns that flush the toilets . </P>
when did sierra nevada brewery open in asheville
January 2012