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SweetWater Brew Your Cask Off 2013

SweetWater Brewery invites you to celebrate and sample cask ale at its finest during the “Brew Your Cask Off” Cask Ale Festival on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 6 – 10 p.m. More than 90 special guest brewers from across the Southeast – including restaurants, bars, retailers, beer writers, home brewers, and more – will work alongside SweetWater’s brewers, to create their own one-of-a-kind cask for festival attendees to sample and judge. The festival will also feature SweetWater’s award-winning lineup of lip smackin’ brews, live music, food trucks and tours of the brewery. Tickets are $35 per guest for online pre-sale and $40 per guest for day of purchase. Tickets include unlimited cask samples. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.brewyourcaskoff.com.

Tour De Fat Durham 2013

New Belgium’s Tour De Fat passed through Durham for the third time in as many years this past Saturday (June 15th). Here is some local coverage of the ride and the carnival that followed form local press.

N&O Story

Triangle.com photos

Herald Sun preview

New and Recent North Carolina Beer Arrivals

Here is a collection of new and recent beer offerings from North Carolina brewers that are out now or hitting the streets soon!

New Belgium delays construction in NC

Denver Post story about New Belgium’s progress in Asheville.

Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewing Co., the nation’s third largest craft brewer, announced Wednesday it is hitting the pause button for eight months on its $175 million East Coast brewery taking shape in Asheville, N.C.

Spokesman Bryan Simpson said the delay is the result of 70,000 barrels of capacity added in Fort Collins this year, bringing the brewery’s total capacity to 920,000 barrels and allowing New Belgium to satisfy its 2015 sales projections. There are no roadblocks in North Carolina, he said.

Photo of Asheville Newspaper’s Friday, 05/31/13 front page.

Sports Stadium Beer Bill (video)

ABC 13 in Asheville video clip about stadium beer bill.

NC State Excise Taxes

Nifty info-graphic showing NC State Excise Taxes on Beer as compared to the rest of the nation. Oh, North Carolina, you’re taxes are high but you’re no Tennessee! By the way North Carolina ranked 6th highest in 2011 and now show up in the 9th highest position in 2013

Source: http://taxfoundation.org/

Beers for Asheville Rare & Wild Beer

Beer line up announced for Asheville Rare & Wild Beer Tasting on March 31st in Asheville, North Carolina

Against the Grain Port Barrel-Aged Bo & Luke, Tickle Me Alemo & Citra Ass Down
Allagash Smoke and Beards & Mattina Rossa
Asheville Ratri Double IPA, Bier de Mardi Garde & Big Thankful Porter
Bell’s Sweet Potato Stout
Big Boss Hell’s Bizz-ness sour cuvée
Blue Mountain Barrel House Sour Cherry Lager & Barrel Aged Mandolin
Boulder BFU (Be Forever Unknown)
Brooklyn There Will Be Black & Silver Anniversary Lager
Deschutes Burgschrund Black & The Dissident
Founders Panther Cub Imperial Stout
Goose Island Bourbon County Cherry Stout & 2012 Bourbon County Coffee Stout
Haw River Farmhouse Ales Cotton Pickin’ Farmhouse IPA, Sun Hands Tripel, Rusted Plow & St. Benedict’s Brunch
Highland 2008 Cold Mountain & 2009 Auld Asheville Ale
Jester King Viking Metal
Mother Earth Brewing 2012 Tripel Overhead Barrel-Aged
New Belgium Barrel-Aged Love Oscar
Brewery Ommegang Game of Thrones Iron Throne
Oskar Blues Red Fox Ale
Samuel Adams 13th Hour Stout
Sierra Nevada Wolfinanny Wheatwine
Stone 11.11.11 Vertical Epic Ale in Red Wine Barrels
SweetWater Gangsta IPA
Thirsty Monk Imperial Amber
Weyerbacher Sour Black Pinot Noir Barrel-Aged

The Asheville Rare & Wild Beer Tasting will be held at 66 Asheland Ave. in Asheville on May 31 from 6-9 p.m. Fewer than 50 of the 250 tickets for the Asheville Rare & Wild Beer Tasting are still available. They can be purchased online at: http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/venueSearch.jsp?venue_id=9521. Tickets are $75 and include admission to the event, beer sampling, commemorative tasting glass, program and heavy hors d’oeuvres. More information about the event can be found at www.arwbt.com. Each brewery will pour unique beers. Some will be rare and others will be “wild” featuring barrel aged, sours, cask conditioned and vintage beers. – See more at: http://ashevillebeerweek.com/blog/#sthash.RljVLJVY.dpuf

Steel String Brewing Video

Steel String intro video by Richard Mitchell

Hi-Wire Brewing takes over old Craggie Space

Article and video from the Citizen Times about Hi-Wire brewing. The Circus themed brewery is set to debut this summer in the old Craggie Brewing location in downtown Asheville.

See it all at www.citizen-times.com

Asheville’s new Hi-Wire Brewing has both. The brewery will open in early June in the old Craggie Brewing location at 197 Hilliard Ave, in what has become the city’s fast-growing brewing district.

The beers all have a circus theme in their names. And Hi-Wire will offer Asheville’s first year-round German-style pilsner as one of their flagship brews, plus 12-ounce bottled beers from the get-go.

Also from Citizen Times: Beer Guy: Wedge Brewing taps into outdoor movies

AUDIO ARCHIVES: Beer in NC

The state of Craft Beer in North Carolina as discussed in Jan 2012 WUNC radio report.

Foothills celebrates Winston-Salems 100

Video and story about Foothills brewing 100 Foot beer to celebrate from WFMY

Winston-Salem is preparing to celebrate its 100th birthday, and to mark the occasion, Foothills Brewery is making a limited edition beer called Hundred Foot.

The name was chosen to reflect the collaborative nature of Winston and Salem joining to become one city 100 years ago, and the beer is a cream dry ale hopped with, appropriately, centennial hops.

The only batch was bottled live during News 2′s Good Morning Show on Friday.

Hundred Foot will be available at most of the city’s centennial events, at Foothills’ downtown Winston-Salem pub; and in limited release 22 oz. bottles at selected retail establishments.

Mims Distributing Company Adds Carolina Brewing Company

Mims Distributing Company (http://www.mimsdistributing.com), a beer distributor that services a nine-county area in and around the Triangle, has announced that it has added Carolina Brewing Company brands to its roster. Based in Holly Springs, N.C., Carolina Brewing features three year-round, four seasonal and four special occasion beers, including Carolina Pale Ale, a light-bodied amber beer that is one of the best-selling beers in the Triangle.

Starting as a concept developed by two brothers, John and Greg Shuck, and their friend, Joe Zonin, Carolina Brewing Company began operations in 1994 and brewed its first beer, Carolina Pale Ale, in 1995. Later that same year, the brewery introduced Carolina Nut Brown Ale, adding seasonal beers in 1996, bottles in 1997 and Carolina IPA in 2005. In 2011, Mark Heath and Van Smith joined the brewery as partners, with the idea of growing the much-loved brand beyond the Triangle.

Carolina Brewing Company’s year-round styles include Carolina Pale Ale, Carolina India Pale Ale and Carolina Nut Brown Ale. Seasonal brands include Carolina Spring Bock, Carolina Summer Ale, Carolina Oktoberfest Lager and Carolina Winter Porter. For more information on the brewery, visit http://www.carolinabrew.com.

Quotes:
“We are very excited to announce our partnership with Carolina Brewing Company,” said Chip Mims, CEO. “This brewery produces one of the most beloved beers in the Triangle, Carolina Pale Ale, and we are so happy to be able to help them expand their brand’s footprint throughout our service region.”

“Carolina Brewing Company is excited to join the Mims Distributing family in the Triangle,” said Joe Zonin, sales manager of Carolina Brewing Company. “Mims Distributing has the craft beer expertise and dedicated service that we need to continue our accelerated growth in the region.”

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