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‘Beltline Brew Tours’ Gets Underway This Saturday.

Mar 29

Posted by ncbeer in Events, The Triangle | No Comments

Long a twinkle in founder William Holland’s eye, Beltline Brew Tours will embark on its first tour this Saturday, April 3rd.

Beltline Brew Tours provides up to 30 people a private tour of 3 different breweries in the Triangle. Customers will meet at a brewery, get on a 30 passenger mini-bus, and enjoy a comfortable ride around the Triangle to visit and support our local breweries. Traveling between breweries will give customers the opportunity to play beer trivia for a chance to win special prizes from Beltline Brew Tours as well as ask questions about the breweries, beer, and brewing in general. At each brewery, customers will be treated to a behind the scenes/”private” look at the facility and get to sample their beer on tap at that given time.

“I am a beer lover, and for years have been aware of many local breweries that the Triangle has to offer,” said Holland, “so, I came up with a way to spread the word, and to do it in a fun and safe way. I’m very excited and pleased to offer this service to anyone and everyone over the legal drinking age.”

Beltline Brew Tours will open with one tour available visiting LoneRider, Triangle Brewery, and Natty Greene’s Brewpub in Raleigh, but they hope to grow to include many more of the numerous microbreweries in the area.

Make sure to book your tour, now!

You can do so online via eTix or through the Beltline Brew Tours website.

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This week in NC Beer: Mother Earth, LoneRider, and more Charlotte Beer Week!

Mar 18

Posted by ncbeer in Charlotte, Eastern NC, Events, The Triangle | No Comments

Three cool events are rolling your way this week, with the first being today.

Today marks the opening of Mother Earth’s new tap room. It’s located right next to the brewery. Brewer Josh Brewer has this to say: “All four of our staple beers will be on tap along with a cask IPA on hand pump,a barrel aged Imperial IPA blended with a Belgian Tripel along with a sneak peak of our new Belgian Tripel. Come join us!” Even if you’re nowhere near Kinston, it’s probably worth the trip. Help them celebrate this awesome new expansion!

This Sunday, the 21st, as part of Charlotte Craft Beer Week, head on down to the Flying Saucer (in Charlotte, of course) for a benefit to specifically benefit the North Carolina Brewers Guild. There will be a HUGE line up of NC Beers including:

Foothills Torch Pilsner
Foothills Seeing Double IPA
Foothills Red
Highland Gaelic Ale
Highland Oatmeal Porter
Highland Abbey
Red Oak
Battlefield Bock
Olde Mecklenburg Fruh Bock
Duck Rabbit Barleywine
Cottonwood Lowdown Brown
Lonerider Shotgun Betty
Mother Earth Endless River Kolsch
French Broad Wee Heavier
French Broad Rye Hopper
Catawba Valley White Zombie Wit
Catawba Valley Farmer Ted’s Cream Ale
Pisgah Pale Ale
Asheville Pizza and Brewing Shiva IPA
Big Boss Little Larry’s Belgian Pale Ale
Big Boss D’Icer Dunkel-Weizen
Big Boss Monkey Bizz-ness
Green Man IPA
Green Man Porter
Natty Greens Regulator Doppelbock
Natty Greens Salute Stout

All Beers at the event are $2.75 – All kegs tapped at 12pm. Go show your support for the NC Brewers Guild. Representatives and Brewers will be in attendance and Guild Enthusiast memberships will be available, as well.

Finally! Next Saturday, March 27 marks LoneRider Brewery‘s Brew It Forward, Part Deux homebrew competition. Entries are due this Saturday, March 20th but the competition itself is open to the public, if you sign up for a ticket. The short and sweet details:

1. Festivities will begin at 1 PM. There will be music, food, and of course beer
2. Please bring your Eventbrite registration proof for entry
3. Winners of Brew It Forward will be awarded their medals that day
4. If you submitted beers to event your name will be on the list. No need to register
5. Gunslinger Czech Style Pilsner from last years winner (Kevin Consentino) will be available to sample during the event

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More rare beer and another beer dinner – coming up quick!

Feb 17

Posted by Erik Myers in beer dinner, Events, The Triangle | 1 Comment

First – this Friday! Don’t miss Aviator’s Limited Release party – they’re releasing a limited number of 750 mL corked bottles King Rat Imperial Oatmeal Stout – at their taproom at 600 E. Broad St. in Fuquay-Varina. $14/ea. Get ‘em while you can!

Second – next Tuesday! LoneRider follows up Mother Earth’s incredibly successful beer dinner at Dos Perros in Durham with one of their own. The menu looks fantastic – go see how well beer pairs with fantastic Mexican food. $35/seat – contact Dos Perros for reservations.

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NC Beer – the Weekend of Jan. 23, 2010

Jan 21

Posted by Erik Myers in Eastern NC, Events, The Triangle, Western NC | No Comments

Jan. 23: 3rd Annual Asheville Winter Warmer Festival

Tickets are now sold out to this festival, but it promises to be quite an event for those who have them. The lineup includes 9 breweries from the Asheville and Western NC area, 5 from the Piedmont and Triangle area, and even a couple from our neighboring states TN and GA, live music, and local food. If you’re not going, find someone who is and live vicariously through them. If you are going, let us know what you think about it!

Jan 23: LoneRider Turns One

If you don’t get a chance to head up to Asheville this weekend, make sure to swing through the Triangle and make a stop by LoneRider and their tasting room for their first birthday celebration. All proceeds made on the 23rd go to benefit a charity. While you’re there, make sure to ask them about their upcoming homebrew competition.

Jan 25: Triangle Beer Dinner: Alivia’s in Durham

While technically not part of the “weekend”, if you’re in the Triangle area, don’t miss Monday night’s beer dinner at Alivia’s Durham Bistro featuring a full flight of beers from the Triangle Brewery. Contact Alivia’s for details and tickets.

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LoneRider

Mar 21

Posted by ncbeer in Interviews, The Triangle | No Comments

Steve Kramling, Mihir Patel, and Sumit Vohra are three everyman working in office jobs until the idea of starting their own brewery moved from the watercooler conversation to reality. LoneRider is a production brewery in Raleigh just around the corner from the Research Triangle Park where they all met. They opened in January this year. We sat down recently and they told Know Your Brewer about their experiences in opening LoneRider Brewery.

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