Cheers Charlotte Radio
If you have an ear for beer, there’s a new Charlotte beer podcast you’ll want to give a listen. Fresh off the heels of the excellent Charlotte Beercast comes Cheers Charlotte, a new podcast “exploring the world of craft beer, homebrewing, great food and good living in Charlotte, NC.” Hosting the podcast are Jay Brown [...]
Birdsong Brewing brews Session IPA for “Duckworthy Series”
Birdsong Brewing has brewed a new beer in honor of Duckworth’s, one of the brewery’s first accounts. The Session IPA is the first in the “Duckworthy Series,” and it will be on tap at the brewery and all four Duckworth’s locations beginning June 18 when Duckworth’s opens its new Huntersville location. The Huntersville Duckworth’s will [...]
Charlotte Beer: Father’s Day 2013
Dads love beer, right? Of course they do. The trouble is that every year when Father’s Day rolls around, the shopping malls and big box stores would have you think that what dad really needs is a pair of beer boxers. Or a Budweiser sign to hang in that man cave. A big novelty mug [...]
Charlotte Brewers Festival Photos
I had such a great time at Saturday’s inaugural Charlotte Brewers Festival. It was great to meet new people and run into so many old friends. One of those friends was gracious enough to snap a few photos. This gallery comes courtesy of Blair, who you can — and should — follow on Twitter at @QueenCityBeer. [...]
Pig Pickin’ & Cornhole Tournament at OMB
The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery will host a pig pickin’ and cornhole tournament at the brewery from 12-8 p.m. on June 8. The $20 entry fee will get you a plate of food (BBQ and two sides), a pint of beer and live music. For another $5, you can enter into the brewery’s cornhole tournament. For [...]
Can you send me to CANFEST?
How great would it be to take a six-pack of NoDa Brewing’s Monk’s Trunks cans to the beach? To enjoy cans of Birdsong’s Jalapeno Pale Ale at a cookout? To sit around a campfire with a can of Triple C Brewing’s Smoked Amber? Right now, this is a pipe dream — but I want to turn [...]
NoDa Brewing pulls a Night Shift in Massachusetts
NoDa Brewing’s Chad Henderson is in Boston for the American Craft Beer Festival, but that doesn’t mean he’s taking time off. In fact, he’s working the night shift. Chad is brewing a collaboration beer with Night Shift Brewing out of Everett, MA. The beer, according to NoDa Brewing’s Facebook page, will be a “sour ale aged [...]
Charlotte Beercast Episode Three: “I’m a Backside Guy.”
The third episode of the Charlotte Beercast is now online here, and you can also pull it up on the iTunes store (you can rate the podcast there, too). Be sure to follow them on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with future episodes. On the third episode, Josh, Ryan, Jeff and Mark discuss the following: Grand Rapids, MI was [...]
Birdsong Brewing to release Squirrels on Geese
What’s higher than the higher ground? Why, Squirrels on Geese, of course. Squirrels on Geese, Birdsong’s first bottled beer, is the brewery’s Higher Ground IPA aged for six months in oak barrels that once held Chardonnay. It is the first of the “Take Flight” series, and only 600 bottles of it were produced. The brewery will [...]
On Hornets and Hops
British General Cornwallis and his men marched into Charlotte in 1780, five years after Captain James Jack had delivered the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence to Philadelphia. Cornwallis and his troops burned down the tavern that Captain James Jack and his father owned and lived in, and soon occupied the city — but not for long. [...]
