We are excited to share that Sierra Nevada Brewing announced today that they plan to locate their East coast brewing, bottling, and distribution operation in Mills River, NC. They are planning on including a tasting room and restaurant.
You can read a statement by Sierra Nevada Founder and Owner, Ken Grossman, here.
Jan 22
ROTH BREWING – Featured on pages 18 – 19 in the Raleigh Downtowner. (Correction to people featured in first photograph: Ryan Roth & James Weber)
Did you know that everything at Roth is done by hand on the brewing house side? They even built their own bottling line! Roth Brewing is a great example of what Charlie Papazian stated in an interview this past March: “The 1,700+ small American breweries account for about five percent of all the beer enjoyed in the United States and 50 percent of brewery jobs”.
FRONT STREET BREWERY - Raising Funds for Breast Cancer Awareness
SHADE TREE BREWING – Set to open in the Triangle by 2013
THE DUCK-RABBIT CRAFT BREWERY – Celebrating their Milk Stout
The Mash House Chophouse and Brewery — one of North Carolina’s premiere micro breweries located 
in Fayetteville, NC and established in 2001 — is seeking a new Head Brewer. The Head Brewer is responsible for the entire brewing process including raw material selection/purchasing, recipe formulation, production and quality. Responsibilities also include budgeting/financial planning, capacity modeling and all necessary tax/production reporting. All applicants must be safe minded, efficient and quality-focused. We are seeking a qualified candidate for an immediate opening. Mash House blends are served at all Rocky Top Hospitality restaurants. Rocky Top Hospitality, owner of the Mash House, is one of the largest locally owned restaurant groups in the state. We pride ourselves on featuring a variety of craft beers as an important part of our other concepts, like Tribeca Tavern and Draft.
DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
• Brewhouse operations: milling, mashing, lautering, boiling, whirlpooling, Brewhouse CIP • Cellar related operations: Filter operations, fermenter CIP/scrub/sanitation, cell counting, checking gravities, monitoring fermentation (including glycol controls), capping/chilling, scheduling and procedures, graining out, BBT cleaning and sanitizing, recording fermentations.
• Packaging operations: Carbonation of beer, cleaning and casking beer into kegs, checking CO2 in beer • Quality Assurance Operations: Cell counts, pitch rates, gravity measurements, process sampling, yeast viability measurement, taste panel.
REQUIREMENTS:
A formal brewing education is highly desirable. A minimum of 3 years experience brewing in a production brewery with brewing experience in many styles of craft ales and recipes of your own. Must demonstrate competency in brewhouse equipment/system. Basic computer proficiency required.
We offer competitive salary, health, dental & eye insurance.
Contact Jen Washburn at Jen@themashhouse.com for further information.
Meet Joel McClosky and Andrew Deming of Four Saints Brewing Company, scheduled to open in 2013.
Q & A with Four Saints Brewing
Jan 16
WHAT: Big Boss Run Club
WHEN: Each and Every Tuesday
WHERE: Bottle Revolution in Raleigh
The Big Boss Run Club takes place every Tuesday at Bottle Revolution in Raleigh until Daylight savings time begins. After that we’ll switch back to Big Boss and run the greenway once again! Next week: the first 24 runners at Bottle Revolution will received a Big Boss pint glass.
WHAT: Big Boss Beer Dinner
WHEN: Wednesday
WHERE: Ri Ra – Charlotte
RiRa’s Beer Dinner feat. Big Boss Brewing Co. Appetizer “High roller” beer cheese soup Salad Cajun-inspired Cobb salad paired with Hell’s Belle Relevé “Bad Penny”-Glazed Lamb Lollipops Entrée Orange-Glazed Red Snapper with Wild Mushroom Risotto Paired With Blanco Diablo Dessert Dark Chocolate and Raspberry Mousse Paired With Big Operator Each course has been inspired by a perfectly matched Beer from Big Boss brewing company in nearby Raleigh, NC The cost of the dinner is $45 per person Reservations can be made at (704)333-5554 or simply inquire with your Rí Rá server.
WHAT: Maiden America
WHEN: Wednesday
WHERE: Big Boss Tap Room
When we open at 4 today we’ll debut Bobby’s new Pale Ale called Maiden America! Tastes like freedom!
WHAT: Big Boss Untappd Invasion
WHEN: Thursday
WHERE: Duckworth’s – Charlotte
Big Boss Draft and Untappd Invasion- Indulge with 8-10 Big Boss Drafts including 2012 Big Operator release, the very limited Buffalo Trace Bourbon Barrel aged Aces & Ates, a surprise keg of Harvest Time Pumpkin Ale and a special Appetizer Menu to pair with some of our favorite year-arounds. We are encouraging all of our fellow beer aficionados to tag Duckworth’s and Big Boss on your untappd apps, see you in “THE PUB.” WWW.DUCKWORTHS.COM 704.527.5783
WHAT: Tasty Beer & Cheese tasting
WHEN: Thursday 5:30 – 7:30
WHERE: Tasty Beverage Co – Raleigh
Try some Big Boss Beers paired with cheeses at Tasty Beverage co this Thursday starting at 5:30pm. There will be a special draft and keep the glass offer as well. See you there!
NEXT WEEK!
WHAT: Big Operator Celebration
WHEN: Wednesday the 25th
WHERE: Big Boss tap room Raleigh
Join us for the release of Big Operator with appearances by our cocoa provider, Elemental Chocolate Company & friends Cup Cake Brewery.
Big Operator Belgian Black Raspberry & Chocolate stout is shipping out this week! This is a full-flavored black ale infused with locally roasted cacao from Elemental Chocolate Company of Raleigh with added raspberry overnighted to us from the Pacific North West. We even created a special glass for this beer: No tiny snifters for Big Operator. We made a 16 ounce stemmed glass with Euro style reflective print. http://bigbossbrewing.com/big-operator.aspx
