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Winter & Holiday Beers

This is an update of my winter beer post from 2010. This time I’ve included label art and photos whenever they we’re available.

Here is a score card of Christmas and Winter brews in the North Carolina Beer scene with commercial descriptions from each respective brewery (except where noted).

How many have you tried?

HIGHLAND Cold Mountain Winter Ale
Our ever-changing spiced winter seasonal. A tasty brew that complements all your holiday festivities. It is typically malty in body, lightly hopped, and rounded out with spices that we vary from year to year.

OUTERBANKS BREWING COMPANY Santa’s Little Sledgehammer
A deep red Strong Ale boosted with Belgian Candi Sugar, fermented with Trappist Ale yeast and finished with ‘secret spices’! It’s smooth and creamy-rich, with a warm and
chewy texture and subtle spiciness. (10% abv.)

LONERIDER Belle Starr Dubbel
Be wary of Starr’s smile, there is something sinister behind her innocent look. Belle Starr is a Belgian-style Dubbel brewed with a rare Belgian yeast strain, caramelized beet sugar and festive holiday spices. Expect hints of dark fruit, sweet cinnamon-apple and a warming finish. ABV is 7.7%

MOTHER EARTH Silent Night Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Embellished with a hint of coffee and a touch of molasses, you’ll enjoy a bold, yet delightfully smooth brew. I pronounce this Barrel Aged Imperial Stout a sipper.

OLDE HICKORY Christmas Ale
Brewed with fond memories of fresh baked cakes and cookies, our Christmas Ale is made with local honey, freshly grated ginger and cinnamon and fresh orange zest. This special holiday beer is perfect for the merry season and best enjoyed in the company of friends and family.

ASHEVILLE BREWING Xmas Jam White Ale
Low-alcohol (4.5 percent ABV), Belgian-style wheat beer dosed with coriander and orange peel. This aromatic treat is as cloudy as a San Francisco morn, with vibrant carbonation and a twangy edge that hums on your tongue. (description from Slashfood)

OLDE MECKLENBURG Brewery Yule Bock
Get your goat on with this holiday special. Nothing warms you around the Christmas fire better than this super smooth, malty lager. But supplies are limited so make sure you get yours early. 7% ABV.

WEEPING RADISH Doppelbock
A very strong and rich lager; dark brown with ruby highlights. Brewed with over 50% Munich malt. A Bavarian specialty first brewed in Munich by the monks of St. Francis of Paula. (8.3% ABV)

NATTY GREENE’S Red Nose Winter Warmer
A winter warmer with a nice nutty malt / spice balance! Coming in slightly above 6% abv tastes like winter … smells like Christmas with nutmeg and ginger notes. (Craft Beer Collective – Dave)

LUMINA Holiday Ale
no description available

CAROLINA BREWERY Santa’s Secret
Our winter ale, brewed especially for the holidays, boasts a combination of six different malts all working together to produce a rich beer with a soft creamy mouthfeel. Without revealing all of Santa’s secrets, we can say that this tasty elixer contains a careful blend of coriander, cinnamon, orange and allspice. We think you’ll agree – it’s the closest thing to Christmas in a glass.

AVIATOR FrostNipper
Our interpretation of a fall seasonal beer. This beer will curl your toes and put goosebumps on your arms. A fine collection of traditional fall spices make this a great addition to the holiday season…it will make all humbugs cheery. The beer is dark in color…a bit darker than brown ale. There is a combination of Perle and Willamette hops to provide a contrasting intensity with the fall spices. The beer contains a generous amount of smoked malt. (7.3% ABV)

Just because they don’t have Santa Clause and snow flakes on their labels doesn’t mean that Foothills, Big Boss are not making winter brews:

FOOTHILLS Total Eclipse Stout
Robust full bodied stout made with roasted barley, black and crystal malts. Total Eclipse has a full mouth feel and a well balanced hop bitterness.

BIG BOSS Aces and Ates Coffee Stout
Our winter stout is brewed with ten different malts to create a complex and distinctive beer. We add organic fair-trade coffee, which is specially produced for Big Boss by coffee experts Larry’s Beans. We offer this synergistic seasonal brew for a limited time in the winter season. 8% abv

Do you have some other labels for me? CBC? Send them my way!!

WINTER & HOLIDAY RELEASE BREWS FROM 2010

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LoneRider to expand capacity

According to Triangle Business Journals Lonerider brewing of Raleigh is seeking $300K for expansion

Raleigh-based LoneRider Brewing Co. is selling a $300,000 stake to investors as it prepares to double its capacity.

The brewery, known for its Sweet Josie brown ale and Shotgun Betty hefeweizen, has sold $290,000 in shares to a total of 11 investors and is seeking to sell another $10,000, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

LoneRider CEO Sumit Vohra said he plans to expand LoneRider’s capacity from 7,400 barrels to nearly 15,000 by the end of next year, and perhaps further in following years, depending on demand. Vohra said he and co-owners hadn’t yet determined whether they will expand on Gulf Court in northwestern Raleigh, open a second location, or move to a larger space altogether.

He declined to discuss the financing details.

LoneRider regularly brews beer in three styles. Vohra said it’s likely to add new styles as it expands.

The Triangle’s brewing scene has grown dramatically in the last five years. Triangle microbreweries such as LoneRider are on track to brew a total of about 34,000 barrels in 2011, up nearly 60 percent from 21,500 last year.

Full story at the source

Securities and Exchange Commission Document (thanks Coriswrasse)

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Raleigh area brewers represented in new video

Greater Raleigh area beer scene represented in new video from VistRaleigh.com:

Big Boss Brewing, Aviator Brewing, Boylan Bridge Brew Pub, Carolina Brewing, Roth Brewing, Natty Greenes of Raleigh, Lonerider Brewing

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NC BEER News for September

Here are some of the biggest North Carolina Beer stories to hit the net in September. We’re going to start off with the news that a Colorado brewery is eying Asheville as a possible location for an East coast brewery:

ASHEVILLE ON SHORT LIST FOR NEW BELGIUM
New Belgium Brewing Co. is considering opening a new brewery in Asheville, N.C.

Bryan Simpson, media relations director at New Belgium, said the brewer has narrowed its search for a new brewery on the East Coast to four cities, and Asheville is on the short list. Simpson declined to reveal the other three cities under consideration.

The Fort Collins brewery, known for such beers as Fat Tire and Sunshine Wheat, has been exploring locations for a second brewery this year.

New Belgium sent a team to Asheville to talk with city officials, and Simpson said they received a warm welcome.

He said Asheville made the cut because of its central location on the East Coast, providing an easy jumping off point for distribution along the eastern seaboard that New Belgium is eyeing for expansion.

In addition to the prime location, Simpson said the city provides access to a high-quality water supply and a savvy beer drinking population.

“At this point, it’s on the short list; a few others are on the list,” Simpson said. “It’s not a decision we make lightly. … This is a big chapter for us to open a new brewery.”

Earlier this year, New Belgium expanded its distribution into Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, making New Belgium’s beers available in 28 states plus the District of Columbia.

The brewery hopes to have a final decision on where it will open the new brewery by the end of the year.

www.coloradoan.com

NC BEER IS BIG NEWS
The News and Observer points out what we already know: North Carolina Breweries are seeing growth. There are about 49 breweries and brewpubs in North Carolina – a number that has been quickly growing, said Anna Lockhart, executive director of the N.C. Brewers Guild.

“In the Southeast, we’re really ahead of the curve,” Lockhart said. “Our craft brewing industry got a late start compared to states like Oregon and California. Even though we’ve come onto the scene a little bit later, in the next 10 to 15 years or so we’ll catch up.”

Most of the state’s breweries and brewpubs are concentrated around Asheville and the Triangle, where there are more than a dozen.

http://www.newsobserver.com

LONERIDER RECOGNIZED
The LoneRider Brewing Company in Raleigh started more than two years ago with a dream and a plan.

Now, the small microbrewery is a success story, churning out three core beers, including Shotgun Betty and the award-winning Sweet Josey Brown.

“We were home brewers and beer geeks,” founder Sumit Vohra said of he and his two business partners.

The three combined their passion for microbrews and a booming craft beer market in North Carolina.

“Just in the first six months of the year, the revenue is up 15 percent,” Vohra said.

The LoneRider Brewing Company was one of 25 small businesses from across the state recognized as one of 25 “Companies to Watch” by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development during a ceremony at the American Tobacco campus in Durham on Wednesday. The CED recognized businesses with between 10 and 100 employees.

http://www.wral.com/

NATTY GREENE’S CONTRIBUTES TO GREENSBORO ECONOMYNatty co-owner gets nod from DGI for improvements to Greensboro.

DGI named Chris Lester, co-owner of Natty Greene’s, as the 2011 Jim Roach Downtown Person of the Year for his work promoting South Elm Street, where Natty Greene’s is located.

Lester is in Denver for the Great American Beer Festival, and Daniel Craft accepted on his behalf. Craft, president of Craft Insurance Center, and John Lomax, president of Lomax Construction, took the initiative to remodel the building at 345 S. Elm St. that now houses Natty Greene’s.

Craft noted that the stretch of South Elm Street from the 200 block to the 800 block contains a wealth of historic buildings, but unfortunately some are poorly maintained.

“It’s a shame that we don’t care more about that core street,” Craft said.

http://www.bizjournals.com

MOTHER EARTH NAME CONTROVERSY
Another story has surfaced, this time from WITN: VIDEO
A popular Kinston brewery says it won’t have to change its name, even though it lost a trademark dispute with another closely-named brewery on the other side of the country.

The owners of Mother Earth Brewing in Kinston aren’t saying much about last month’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s decision which dismissed its trademark invalidation case against Mother Earth Brew of Vista, California. The California company says it can now ask Mother Earth Brewing to stop using the name. Both are microbreweries.

Daniel Love, from the Mother Earth in California, tells WITN News that he trademarked his name 30 days before the Kinston Mother Earth did so in 2009. Love says the trademark case was dismissed on August 22nd “with prejudice”, according to Love that means the Kinston company cannot appeal.

When contacted Monday, Trent Morgan in Kinston said he couldn’t speak with us about legal matters.

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Raleigh Beer Tour

Photos from a recent Raleigh beer tour (Saturday July 30th) with Jason and Julie of world famous Buisin’ Ales in Asheville. HopZilla and myself chauffeured the beer couple to 3 breweries and 4 beer bars in 8 hours including Roth, Lonerider, Big Boss, Busy Bee, Raleigh Times, Flying Saucer and Foundation.

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July Beer News

KEEP THE GLASS AT DRAFT
This past Tuesday Draft in Raleigh (formerly High Five) debuted it’s keep the glass / rare beer night with a sweet New Belgium tulip glass and six beers on draft. Here are some upcoming Tuesday specials:

Aug. 2: Highland Brewing – Barrel Aged Smoked Cherry Chocolate Stout
Aug. 9: Great Divide Brewing – Belgium Style Yeti
Aug. 18: Mash House Brewery – Belgian Style Tripel
Aug. 23: Fullsteam Summer Basil
Aug. 30: Lonerider Sundance Kid Pilsner

http://draftraleigh.com/specials/

WEEPING RADISH
Our state’s oldest craft brewery, brewpub AND farm brewery is featured profile in this Hamptonroads.com article. On a side note, Weeping Radish made a small appearance in the new issue of NEW BREWER magazine where they mentioned their 25th anniversary IPA made with their own estate grown hops.

MYSTERY BREWING
The Heraldsun.com spoke with Erik Lars Myers about his book, his brewery, saison ales and how his Mystery Brewing Company will give Hillsborough something the community can be proud of:

“You can’t have enough breweries, local breweries,” said John Scott, a part-time bartender at Antonia’s restaurant on Churton Street. “Micro-breweries are the future. They help the local economy.”

ROANOKE RAILHOUSE IN NC
Richmondbizsense.com has a short but sweet article about VA based Roanoke Railhouse who debuted locally at the Raleigh World Beer Festival:

“The brewery started production in January 2009. It was founded by Steve Davidson, a real estate agent who was helping the owner of a former Dr. Pepper bottling plant find a tenant. Davidson himself decided to take the building over and start a brewery for himself.

Two years later, their beer is carried in more than 100 bars and restaurants in Southwest Virginia as well as the Raleigh, N.C. area.”

BREW THRU
The drive in beer store known as BREW THRU sure does get a lot of press. This latest article in Encorepub.com magazine actually mentions North Carolina brands including Lonerider.

Presently, the Carolina Beach store carries 50 different craft beers and they hope to keep expanding in that department. “Just in the last couple years, we have seen customers come through who previously only drank domestics, gradually move into the more complex flavors of craft beers. It is really exciting watching the change and seeing our customers’ knowledge increase. At the store, the staff and managers continuously educate themselves, so that we can make suggestions and recommendations to customers who want to explore the world of craft beers.”

While the staff pays accolades to breweries like Heavy Seas (Baltimore, MD) and SweetWater (Atlanta, GA), they are not shy about praising many of North Carolina’s fine beers. Mother Earth Brewery out of Kinston, NC, is a top choice for Brew Thru employees. The store also carries North Carolina breweries such as Highland, Duck-Rabbit, LoneRider, Natty Greene and more. More about LoneRider when you visit the article.

BREW BERN
The Brew Bern Beer festival took place yesterday in the New Bern Convention Center. “Let’s start drinking, shall we,” said Dustin Canestorp, as the doors opened. He is a Marine and founder and general of Beer Army, which organized the event.

In a welcome to patrons in the event brochure, “A beer revolution has started in Eastern North Carolina,” said Canestorp, which he hopes will rival the “Beer City USA” title now held for the third year by Asheville.

“There are 44 different microbrews,” said Sandy Weiss, a volunteer whose husband Dick Weiss runs the Home Brew Haus on U.S. 70 East. “Anyone paying the entry fee gets a glass” marked at two ounces for the sample taste. COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE

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TWIN CITY TAPS FEST

PRESS RELEASE FOR TWIN CITY TAPS FESTIVAL IN WINSTON SALEM ON AUGUST 13:

Nearly Two Dozen North Carolina Brewers Lined Up for Twin City Taps

Twin City Taps has enlisted 21 breweries that will be on hand to pour craft beers and talk about them during the Aug.13 beer festival at BB&T Ballpark. Participating breweries as of July 25 include: Aviator Brewing Company, Big Boss Brewing Company, Carolina Blonde, Carolina Brewery, Craggie Brewing Company, Foothills Brewing, Four Friends Brewing, French Broad Brewing Company, Fullsteam, Green Man Brewery, Highland Brewing Company, Liberty Steakhouse and Brewery, Loes Brewing Company, LoneRider Brewing Company, Mother Earth Brewing Company, Mystery Brewing Company, Natty Greene’s Pub & Brewing Company, Olde Hickory Brewery, Red Oak Brewery, Roth Brewing Company, The Duck- Rabbit Craft Brewery, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, Weeping Radish Farm Brewing “We’ve lined up some of the best regional beer producers to be at Twin City Taps,” Josh Neelon of Twin City Taps said. “Just this week, additional breweries have signed up to come to Twin City Taps, so the list of great craft brewers attending our event is likely to continue to grow.

“Twin City Taps is featuring only craft beer brewers from North Carolina to assure that the quality of the beer served will be outstanding,” Neelon added. “Similar to the exceptional quality of the beer, we want the overall experience at Twin City Taps to be a great one. To that end, we’re selling a maximum of 4,000 tickets to ensure that all guests have easy access to parking, restrooms, food and most importantly of all, cold beer.”

Musical performers slated for Twin City Taps include: Possum Jenkins, Old Southern Moonshine Revival, Da Stateside Lion Reggae Band and Brickfoot Down.

General admission tickets to Twin City Taps are $35, and VIP tickets are $55.

For more information or to purchase tickets please visit www.TwinCityTaps.com, call 336.714.6871 or go to the box office at BB&T Ballpark.

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NC News round up

CONGRATS TO NORTH CAROLINA WINNERS
NC breweries place in US Open Beer Championships
Winners in the 2011 United States Open Beer Championships – the only brewery competition to include professional breweries and award-winning home brewers – were announced this week. More than 1200 beers in more than 50 different categories were submitted.

Fullsteam, Mother Earth, Lexington Ave Brewing, Lonerider all placed with multiple medals. Check out the results here: http://www.usopenbeer.com/

SUMMER BREWS IN THE TECHNICIAN
Mark Herring of NCSU‘s technicianonline.com wrote a feature story. Mike Natale at Roth Brewing, Mark Doble of Aviator, Joe Zonin of Carolina and yours truly, representing Big Boss, are all quoted for the story.
N.C. boasts one of the largest numbers of craft breweries in the U.S., and within a 25-mile radius of N.C. State there are 12 breweries, many of which are taking advantage of the change of seasons to rotate their specialty beers.

BELTLINE BREW TOURS DURHAM
Andrea at the newsobserver.com spoke with Will Holland about his Beltline Brew Tours new regular hours of operation: Beltline Brew Tours is now offering a once-a-month tour of three Durham breweries: Fullsteam, Triangle Brewing Company and Bull City Burger and Brewery. The next tour is 11:30 a.m. July 16. Tickets are $40 to $45.

ASHEVILLE BREWING GETS DISTRO DEAL
Tony Kiss outlines the deal between Asheville Brewing and their local Budweiser distributor as they begin canning their beers for distribution. …the brewery hopes to be canning beers, something that no other Asheville beer maker has yet done.

A lot of this has to do with Asheville Brewing’s recent distribution deal with Budweiser of Asheville. To really grow the business, the brewery needed an organization to get its products out there in stores, bars and restaurants.

As the brewery cranks out more ale and gets that canning line going, Budweiser of Asheville will be placing the product in more spots around Western North Carolina, making it much more convenient to purchase.

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NC Beer Event Coverage!

It was a big weekend of events for North Carolina breweries. Beer City in Asheville, Blues-N-Brews fest in Fayetteville and two Raleigh Breweries (LoneRider and Big Boss) are featured at SAVOR beer and food pairing event in Washington DC. Here are some press coverage and photos I dug up:

Blues-N-Brews
Article at fayobserver.com/

BEER CITY
Video from WLOS

SAVOR
Big Boss at Churchkey DC DCist.com
LoneRider and Big Boss make the top 25 to try at SAVOR: dcbeer.com

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NC Beer @ SAVOR

Two North Carolina Breweries will attend SAVOR, the ultimate beer and food pairing event in Washington DC on June 3rd and 4th.

Big Boss Brewing and LoneRider brewing of Raleigh will join 72 breweries from all around the United States for 144 food dishes prepared specifically for each of the 144 beers being offered!

If you’re lucky enough to have tickets this is what you can expect:

LoneRider Brewing Company
Shotgun Betty Paired with Banana Bread
Chef’s Pairing Notes: The beer resembles the bread in the notes of vanilla and banana. Also try smelling both of them and looking for the same notes.

Sweet Josie Paired with Shrimp in a Blanket
Chef’s Pairing Notes: Gentle chocolate aromas and candy sugar notes pair nicely with the gastrique and help cut the shrimp and polenta.

Big Boss Brewing Company
High Roller Paired with Stromboli
Chef’s Pairing Notes: this beer matches well with the spice in the pepperoni.

Monkey Bizz-Ness Farmhouse Ale Paired with Chilled Pork Rillette
Chef’s Pairing Notes: The barnyard flavors of the beer are classically paired with pork for a jump “back in time” to a traditional farmer’s evening snack.

bigbossbrewing.com/
www.loneriderbeer.com/
More info on SAVOR: savorcraftbeer.com/

For a complete list of participating Breweries and their food pairings visit savorcraftbeer.com

In addition to participation at SAVOR, Big Boss will host a cask and draft event at the ChurchKey (1337 14th Street Northwest, Washington D.C.,) on Wednesday, June 1st featuring: On Cask: Big Boss High Roller IPA Big Boss Bad Penny Brown Ale On Draft: Big Boss Blanco Diablo Big Boss Hell’s Belle Belgian Blonde Big Boss D’Icer Dunkelweizen Big Boss Monkey Bizz-Ness Big Boss Big Operator Belgian Black Raspberry Big Boss Angry Angel Kölsch.

And on Saturday June 4th at Birch and Barley Big Boss will a part of a multi-brewery brunch that will feature owners and brewers from Short’s, O’Dell, Rouge, Sierra Nevada and Boulevard Brewing. At the brunch they will pair Whiskey French Toast with Apples & Mascarpone with Big Boss D’Icer Dunkelweizen.

DC BEER

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#ACBW American Craft Beer Week

American Craft Beer Week begins today and for those of us living in North Carolina it’s never been easier to celebrate. The number one thing you should do this week: visit your local brewery!

After that, check the ACBW schedule of events for beer dinners, cask tappings and pint nights near you. And YES! You can search by state with many NC breweries participating: LoneRider, Olde Hickory, Big Boss, Fullsteam, Rock Bottom, Carolina and Triangle.

Social Beer App Untappd has a badge awaiting you: Untappd

And, don’t forget to use #ACBW and #NCBEER in your twitter conversations.

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Hops of Spring Beer Festival

Surf City’s Hops of Spring Beer Festival on April 30th to benefit www.hopeforthewarriors.org

On Saturday, April 30, The Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism will host a Hops of Spring Beer Festival on the Island in Surf City at the Beach House Marina. From 2 to 6 p.m. there will be eight NC breweries represented: Good Vibes Brewing Company, Wilmington; Weeping Radish Farm and Brewery, Jarvisburg; Lone Rider Brewing Company, Raleigh; Wolf Beer Company, Wilmington; Kind Beers Brewing, Charlotte; Carolina Brewery, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro; Huske Hardware House Pub and Brewery, Fayetteville; Natty Greens Brewing Company, Greensboro with 14 different brews for the discriminating palate to savor. Bald Fury will be playing that afternoon for your listening pleasure. Blankets and/or lawn chairs are suggested for comfort. Admission is $10 per person with children under 12 free. You must be 21 to taste or purchase beer. We will have a 50/50 raffle with the drawing at 6 p.m. You must be present to win. Proceeds will be shared with the Hope for the Warriors™ organization in Jacksonville. The mission of Hope for the Warriors™ is a promise that the sacrifices of the wounded across military service branches and throughout the nation will not be forgotten, nor their needs unmet. Their many programs have been implemented to fulfill this promise. See their story at www.hopeforthewarriors.org. Come enjoy an afternoon on Topsail Island and help a worthy cause at the same time.

Source: http://www.topsailadvertiser.com/

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