Coming up this week in NC Beer:

Monday, February 2nd, 5:30 PM: Brewer’s Select Tapping Party: Rock Bottom Charlotte If you’re in the Charlotte area, head over to Rock Bottom and enjoy their latest beer, and help a good cause at the same time. A note from Rock Bottom Brewmaster David Gonzalez: “The beer is an Extra Special Bitter (ESB). The Charity is Classroom Central (they provide school supplies to needy children in the Charlotte area). For every pack of pencils, colored pencils, or Crayola Markers you bring, you get a ticket to our raffle. ie: bring 5 items, get 5 tickets. We will also donate $1.00 of every ESB sold that day to them.”

Friday, February 5th and Saturday, February 6th: Foothills Sexual Chocolate Release Friday night, bring your favorite rare beers from your beer cellar to Foothills and share them with beer geeks from around the country who are gathering for the 2010 release of Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout. Saturday morning, get in line early, because 1000 bottles of Sexual Chocolate are being sold at the opening of the brewpub (11:00 AM).

Coming later in the month: Check the NC Beer Calendar for upcoming events including back-to-back beer dinners in Durham – Big Boss at the Broad Street Cafe and Mother Earth at Dos Perros – as well as a beer dinner at Rock Bottom in Charlotte. More events are added all the time, keep an eye out here!