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Posted by Dave on December 9th, 2011 | Comments Off
Discussing Asheville beer news plus Sierra Nevada & New Belgium potential build
Reporter Jake Frankel and beer columnist Anne Fitten Glenn discuss the state of beer business and culture in Asheville. Hosted by Margaret Williams. Podcast produced by Steve Shanafelt. Theme music is “jam band spy song” by E. Lee.
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Posted by Dave on December 9th, 2011 | Comments Off
Recently posted on Youtube with Paul from Duck Rabbit
Rep. Price joined Public Radio East to talk about his decision to co-sponsor the Small BREW Act, which would cut the excise tax on beer produced by small brewers. North Carolina is home to more small breweries than any other state. The story also focuses on other aspects of the effort to pass the legislation.
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Quick lil demo on ripping caps with the Brewsees in tote.
Are you looking for something that says “Bad Ass” and “practical” all in one gift? Look no further than BrewSees, the shades with a built in bottle opener. I have to admit, when I was first introduced the very idea of this product it seems like a cute novelty idea.
Once I got a hold of a pair of Brewsees I was proven wrong.
First of all the carrying case for your new pair of glasses is a bottle koozie! The lenses are polarized for full UV protection set in a heavy polycarbonate frame. The business end of this pair of glasses is the bottle opener at the end of each arm. Anodized aluminum makes opening bottles as easy as putting on your glasses.
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Posted by Dave on November 20th, 2011 | Comments Off
Video and photos from “underground competitive drinking sport” known as the beer mile, held in a secret location on 11/19/11.
From Kevin:
1) Jon Odgers dominated with 8:38
2) Ian VanGundy 9:02, awesome first race
3) Kevin Boyett 10:23, dropped 4:03 off PR
4) John Rabon 12:28, valiant first effort
5) Joe Winegarden 11:21, w/penalty lap for puking
6) Jerry Winegarden 15:08, had a cold
Shout outs to our officials: timer Ted Gross; photographer David Rogers; DJ & photographer Harmony Schilling; Crowd Control & Security Adam Springs.
video and photos: Away Team Media craftbeercollective.com
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Posted by Dave on November 5th, 2011 | Comments Off
New canned beers from Asheville & Carolina are set to hit store shelves soon and much to the delight of hopheads both beers are IPAs. Through web and tweet reports from both breweries, we learn that beer drinkers are a little closer to more beer cans on shelves around the state. Shiva IPA from Asheville Brewing and Flagship IPA from Carolina Brewery in Chapel Hill/ Pittsboro. Here are their Federal Approved label images below:
Images courtesy the Alcohol, Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau.
Thanks to mountainx.com we discovered this video of Asheville Brewing’s canning line
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Posted by Dave on October 28th, 2011 | Comments Off
Here is a clip of Stone Brewing Company’s Greg Koch finishing his speech on top of the bar at Tyler’s Tap Room in Durham, North Carolina. This took place on October 27th, 2011 while the craft beer pioneer was on his 15th anniversary book tour.
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Posted by Dave on October 5th, 2011 | Comments Off
Here is a preview of beers to look out for at World Beer Fest Durham this weekend October 8th. We love our North Carolina Beers (it looks like Mystery Brewing will make it’s festival debut here) but I couldn’t help notice the array of out of market beers that will be available at this year’s World Beer Festival in Durham. Here are a few:
Plus this video from NBC 17 shows World Beer Festival creator Daniel Bradford and NC brewers Guild director Anna Lockhart tasting some North Carolina Brews with their hosts. Also noted in this interview is the fact that all the NC breweries will be grouped together:
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Posted by Dave on August 30th, 2011 | Comments Off
This video profile of Duck Rabbit Craft Brewery in Farmville, owner Paul Philippon talks about beer styles he likes and even mentions the possibility of bringing on a Black IPA / Cascadian Dark ale in the future:
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Posted by Dave on August 29th, 2011 | Comments Off
Here are some of the better stories to make their way around the North Carolina beer world.
Asheville Scene in WSJ Asheville, a Blue Ridge Mountain town of 75,000, has 10 breweries, with two on the way. That can’t compare with the 40 in Portland, Ore., but it stacks up to other beer havens like Milwaukee and Boulder, Colo., which both have fewer than a dozen. “Asheville is definitely on the map and well recognized in the craft-brewing industry,” says Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association in Boulder.
Nantahala Brewing Company
Nantahala brewer Chris Collier explains his story and why North Carolina is a great place for beer in the south:
“Basically, the reason I went to North Carolina is threefold: You can self-distribute, we can have a taproom and sell off-premise, and as you grow your business, you can write your contract anyway you want,” Collier said.
Collier estimates North Carolina has more breweries and brewpubs than the rest of its Southern neighbors combined.
“That is not coincidence,” he said.
Brewers pay expensive excise taxes — about $25 per keg — on their beer, but it is a price that allows them to operate their businesses with relative freedom
CONGRATS TO Jason McCammon The Hendersonville, N.C., resident, who will turn 30 in a couple of weeks, now has something else to celebrate besides the milestone birthday.
His award-winning home-brew — a German-style dark lager called Monkey’s Uncle Munich Dunkel — has been released commercially by Olde Hickory Brewery and is available at a few Asheville-area bars and restaurants.
In late April, McCammon’s beer won a Best of Show gold medal at the Olde Hickory Pro-Am home-brew competition, beating out 130 other entries from the Southeast.
Brewmaster Jamie Bartholomaus said the brewery has purchased a building off Stratford Road to start bottling its beer. The expansion allows production to move from a 7,000-square-foot space to a 48,000 square-foot-space. The current facility can produce two 22 ounce bottles each minute. The new facility, which will be operational within the next six weeks, will boost production to about 100 bottles per minutes, owners said.
MOTHER EARTH TOUR
Micro Beer Reviews posted this video of the Mother Earth Brewery:
BELT LINE BREW TOURS
Crossdrinker.com posted this video of Beltline Brew tour outside the beltline tour of Durham, featuring Bull City Burger, Fullsteam & Triangle brewing.
TASTY BEVERAGE OPENS Sean Pratt of Cary, graduated from Cary High School in 2002 and then went to NCSU, graduating in 2007. While studying in Sweden he fell in love with craft and specialty beers. He partnered up with Johnny Belflower (Rocky Mount Senior High School and Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida).
After years of planning they have opened a new shop called Tasty Beverage Company at 327 W. Davie St. Suite 106, in Raleigh in the historic Warehouse District of Downtown Raleigh. carycitizen.com
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