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NC Brewers Guild to offer educational programming

2010-07-28T16:10:58Z

Starting soon – perhaps as early as this fall – the NC Brewers Guild will begin to offer educational programming, but we’d like your input, no matter who you are, member or not, and at every level of membership. What kind of topics are you interested in? When would you like to see educational pieces [...]

NC Beer in the next two weeks.

2010-07-16T13:51:05Z

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 [...]

Hickory Hops Gives Back

2010-07-10T14:52:09Z

Hickory Hops, the Hickory areas’ annual downtown beer festival, not only provides a boost to the local economy, it also makes a contribution that is felt statewide. For the second year in a row, Hickory Hops made a financial donation to the North Carolina Brewers Guild (NCBG). Festival organizers Jason Yates and Steven Lyerly of [...]

Ham’s Greenville closes its doors

2010-07-07T13:51:36Z

The Greenville, Daily Reflector has reported that long running brewpub, Ham’s in Greenville, NC has closed it’s doors. Ham’s Brewmaster T.L. Adkisson to move to Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem. The Greenville location of Ham’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, 701 Evans St., closed abruptly Sunday. Ham’s Brewmaster T.L. Adkisson said he was notified Sunday morning by company officials [...]

Views from this weekend’s Brew Bern Festival.

2010-06-29T12:09:04Z

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!

NC Hop Farm Tour

2010-06-23T14:22:32Z

From Erin Bonito, the County Extension Secretary for North Carolina State University (details below): “The Second Annual Hops Farms Tour is Saturday, July 31st, 2010 beginning at 8:00am at Winding River Hops Farm. The tour features two local growers in their second year of production and one premier local brewer.”

Coming Soon: Brew Bern and Pleasure Island Invitational

2010-06-21T17:38:37Z

It HOT in North Carolina this summer, and the only cure (aside from more cow bell) is a good beer festival. This weekend, June 26, head on down to New Bern, NC for the Brew Bern Festival – it’s the perfect combination: A riverfront attraction on a hot day, historic New Bern in the midst [...]

3 brewers in Edible Piedmont

2010-06-20T15:59:24Z

Edible Piedmont magazine has profiled three NC breweries in the Summer 2010 edition. Carolina Brewery, Natty Greene’s and Fullsteam brewing are featured in a story by Amber Nimocks. They go over what inspired them, their history and of course their beers! Digital Version of the Magazine is available here!

Recent NC beer news

2010-06-15T16:31:06Z

OK, I hope you like these “NC beer news round ups.” These are intended to be small stories or re-caps of recent events. For example, have you heard about this Chimay guy? He was posing as a member of the “Chimay beer dynasty” and used his influence to fraud investors in a money [...]

DRAFT Magazine’s Friday Field Trip: Mike Rangel and Asheville Brewing

2010-06-07T20:37:38Z

Last week’s Friday Field Trip on DRAFT Magazine’s website is a little trip to Asheville Brewing. Check it out: