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NC Beer in the next two weeks.

Jul 15

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You may have thought that North Carolina Beer was taking a little summer vacation, but it’s not true! There area few events coming up over the next couple of weeks that you should know about.

First up! This Saturday from 3PM to 9PM head over to the Aviator Brewery at 209 Technology Park Ln. Fuquay Varina, NC check out the Aviator Music Fest and Gulf Oil Spill Fundraiser. They brewed up a Black IPA to help raise money for the Florida Aquarium to assist with the oil spill, they’ll have live music and a few new beers on check it out. There’s no cover – just go get some great beer for a great cause!

On Tuesday, July 20, head over to American Brewmaster in Raleigh from 6PM to 7PM to meet Ray Daniels of the Cicerone program and author of Designing Great Beers

Next – make sure you head over to the Busy Bee Cafe in Raleigh next Wednesday for a special tapping of a Knob Creek aged Foothills Porter, exclusively released at the Busy Bee – the keg gets tapped at 6PM. Get it while it lasts!

On July 31st, go check out North Carolina’s largest hop farm at their First Annual Hops Festival. Check out their new trellising system and weed control system! See an oast at work! Food! Homebrew! It doesn’t get much better than this. 11:30 – 1:30 PM at Echoview Farms in Weaverville, NC. Click the link for details.

Finally, don’t forget about the upcoming Pleasure Island Brewery Invitational in Carolina Beach on July 31st from 3PM to 8PM. Proceeds to go the Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project and your North Carolina Brewers Guild – the Guild will be in attendance, make sure you swing by and say hi!

The following breweries will be there, as well as a couple of last minute additions, you can be sure:

GOOD VIBES BREWING COMPANY Wilmington, NC
TERRAPIN BEER CO. Athens, GA
FOOTHILLS BREWERY Winston-Salem, NC
THOMAS CREEK BREWERY Greenville, SC
HIGH LAND BREWERY Asheville, NC
LONERIDER BREWING CO Raleigh, NC
DUCK RABBIT CRAFT BREWERY Farmville, NC
NATTY GREENS BREWING CO Greensboro, NC
CATAWABA VALLEY BREWING COMPANY Morganton, NC
BIG BOSS BREWING CO Raleigh, NC
NEW SOUTH BREWING CO Myrtle Beach, SC
HUSKE HARDWARE HOUSE Fayetteville, NC
FRONT STREET BREWERY Wilmington, NC
WHITE WOLF BEER CO Wilmington, NC
CRAGGY BREW Ashville, NC
KIND BEER Charlotte, NC
BROOKLYN BREWEY Brooklyn,NY
JONES BREWING CO Latrobe, PA
BROUWERIJ BAVIK Bavikhove West Flanders, Belgium

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Views from this weekend’s Brew Bern Festival.

Jun 29

Posted by ncbeer in Brewbern, Eastern NC, Events, Video, festival | No Comments

Read about it, and see some photos at the Examiner.

Have more pictures? Let us know, or post them to our Facebook page.

And don’t forget about the Pleasure Island Invitational, just one month away!

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Tickets for Brew Bern Beer Fest On Sale Now

May 6

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New Bern will be hosting their first annual beer festival at the Riverfront Convention Center this summer on June 26, 2010. This 45,000 square foot venue is a first class, state of the art building located downtown in the city’s historic district on the Trent River waterfront. The festival will coincide with New Bern’s 300th birthday celebration and will focus on regional micro breweries.

Beer Army’s intent is to develop a craft beer scene and community in Eastern North Carolina by supporting our regional breweries. We feel the best way to accomplish this goal is by hosting a premier beer festival.

“We are excited to be associated with and raising money for Hope for the Warriors in this inaugural event.” said festival director Dustin Canestorp. Beer Army has chosen this charity due to their fiscal restraint in that 92% of every dollar donated goes to those in need. Hope for the Warriors is a non-profit charity whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for U.S. service members and their families nationwide who have been adversely affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. Our community has a strong sense of military service as we have three major military bases within a 50 mile radius.

Tickets went on sale on May 1st to the general public and are $35 in advance – $40 day of the event. Visit the festival website at www.brewbern.com for more information and updates.

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Hickory is the place to be this weekend.

Apr 16

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If you didn’t already know, Hickory is the place to be this weekend as the 8th Annual Hickory Hops Festival is taking place. Not only is it a top notch, Southern-local beer festival, it’s also where the final Best In Show Awards will be given out for the 5th Annual Carolina Championship of Beer, making Hickory Hops North Carolina’s version of the Great American Beer Festival. You can keep an eye out here for the results of the competition.

Don’t worry, though – if you can’t make it to Hickory there’s still plenty to do this weekend. You can check out Rhythm and Brews Festival at the Reel Cafe in Wilmington (benefitting Easter Seals UCP) on Saturday or head over to Aviator’s Perfect Landing Cornhole Tournament in Fuquay-Varina (benefitting the Special Olympics of North Carolina).

Finally – don’t forget that next week is Heinzelmännchen’s Anniversary Week – if you’re around Sylva, stop by the brewery and raise a pint in congratulations!

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NC Breweries Win Multiple Awards at World Beer Cup 2010

Apr 11

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What is the World Beer Cup? It’s the world’s largest beer competition. I can’t summarize it any better than the Brewers Association press release.

Brewers from six continents earned awards from an elite international panel of judges this week in the 2010 Brewers Association World Beer Cup—the world’s largest-ever commercial beer competition. The eighth bi-annual competition announced awards to brewers from 19 countries ranging from Australia and Italy to Iceland and Japan.

This year, 642 breweries from 44 countries and 47 U.S. states vied for awards with 3,330 beers entered in 90 beer style categories. The entries in each category were eligible for gold, silver and bronze awards. Judges presented a total of 268 awards.

The 2010 World Beer Cup eclipsed the record of the Brewers Association’s own Great American Beer Festival (GABF) to become the largest commercial competition ever. There were 3,308 entries judged in the 2009 GABF, compared to the 2010 World Beer Cup’s 3,330 entries judged.

“Brewers from around the globe participate in the World Beer Cup to win recognition for their creativity and brewing ability,” said Charlie Papazian, president of the Brewers Association, the U.S.-based trade association that has put on the competition every two years since 1996. “For a brewer, a World Beer Cup gold award allows them to say that their winning beer represents the best of that beer style in the world.”

There’s a full World Cup Fact Sheet that you can explore, but let’s get to the important part – the local heroes!

North Carolina came out with three silvers and a gold!

Silver: Herb and Spice Beer or Chocolate Beer
Lemon Grass Wheat Ale
Outer Banks Brewing Station, Kill Devil Hills, NC

Silver: Old Ale
Irish Walker
Olde Hickory Brewery, Hickory, NC

Silver: American-Style Imperial Stout
Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout
Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, NC

Gold: Sweet Stout
Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout
The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery Inc., Farmville, NC

Congrats to all of our local winners! Go try some of that beer!

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