Some things go together perfectly, like peanut butter and jelly.

But instead of combining those two mainstays with their typical bread, a craft brewery in the western part of the state combined them with beer.

Rob Holliday takes us to Shelby's Newgrass Brewing.

(upbeat music) - Under starry skies and musical murals, folks are gathering round to lift up their glasses.

It's Friday night at New Grass Brewing in Shelby.

Whether you're inside the two-story dining room or outside on the patio with market lights and a mural of Shelby native and bluegrass icon, Earl Scruggs, you're in for a good time.

- It gives you something to look forward to come the weekend after a long, hard 40-hour work week.

If we're clocked out, what are we gonna do?

Let's go have some craft beer.

Let's go to Newgrass, you know, and have a good time.

- I think Newgrass is one of the best kept secrets that we have in Shelby.

It's one that I feel like not many people are fully aware of all the wonderful things that it has to offer.

- Newgrass has been serving up good times in glasses, on plates, and round tables since 2015.

- Typically on tap, we have around 10 or so of our beers.

We have some lagers, we have barrel aged.

- Along with several IPAs, stouts, and porters, taps change out a lot, and that is by design.

- Our brewer experiments a lot, does a lot of variations.

We've probably done 200 to 300 different beers.

- My go-to is the parting glass.

It's a dark, chocolatey beer, but it's nice.

And they got the Shelby All-Stars, which is like the hometown brew.

- But these days, Newgrass Brewing is becoming well-known for a sour beer with a flavor combination and a color that pretty much stand alone.

- One which may seem a little unusual is the Summer Camp Sammies, which is a PB&J sour.

- Yes, that PB&J, as in peanut butter and jelly in a beer.

- But it's not an in-your-face type, you know, it doesn't taste like somebody threw a bunch of peanut butter and jelly into a beer.

It's a unique beer that has a real market.

People seem to really enjoy it.

- And enthusiastically so in many cases.

- Peanut butter and jelly flavor, and it really tastes like peanut butter and grape jelly.

It is absolutely amazing.

It is a must try.

One that I get every time.

I try all the others, but I always come back to the Sammies.

- The Summer Camp Sammies and many other Newgrass beers are available in cans, a good option for curious friends at home who want to taste the beer themselves.

Breweries aren't always expected to have lots of food options, but New Grass certainly does.

The artistry that goes into the beer at brews is just as present in the food it serves.

- We have an incredible kitchen staff.

They're working in a very small kitchen, but produce some incredible food.

It's not your typical bar food.

It's, they do some pretty high-end dishes for a modest budget.

- Including fish on Friday nights and dishes that are available just about any time.

- Their cheese curds as an appetizer is really good.

And the smash burgers are amazing.

- One of our favorites is you can get the sampler, which gives you an opportunity to get three of the different appetizers.

And our favorites are the cheese curds, the summertime squash, fried squash, which is out of this world, and then the catfish bite.

- The beer and the food are obviously the main points of focus here at Newgrass Brewing, but there's another larger mission taking place here every day.

- It was about 2014, we started talking about our little town and how it was, we were making strides with economic development in the town, but the one thing that we were really missing was a craft brewery.

And all that has proven to be true.

The development after we opened in our central business district has been phenomenal.

We're thrilled to have it as a venue for folks.

- Our goal, I think, as community members is to continue to support local businesses so that our community can continue to thrive and we can continue to make this a place that not only the residents here love to come to, but also people from other locations come to visit.

- Newgrass Brewing is located at 213 South Lafayette Street in Shelby.

For more information on their live music and special events, visit Newgrass Brewing online.