Triangle Brewing Company

Maxim Magazines 365 Beers in One day!

2012-02-17T12:34:00.001-05:00

Can you find the Triangle Golden and White Can's in the pyramid?

Stout(s) Release Party

2012-01-02T10:48:00.001-05:00

This January on Friday 13, TBC will be releasing our Winter Stout on Draft at the brewery. We will also release the Best of Both Worlds Stout on draft for the first time. You will be able to purchase pints and growlers of both. Best of Both Worlds will ONLY be available on draft that night! Some come on out get ya some!

New Years Beer to Go Sales

2011-12-29T16:44:00.002-05:00

TBC will be open on Friday Dec. 30 from 4-7pm for growler sales. We will also be open on Saturday Dec 31 for our regular tour and sales 1-3pm. Please call in advance to reserve your keg! Cheers and happy New Year!

Holiday Beer To Go Sales!

2011-12-20T11:59:00.002-05:00

Due to popular demand, Triangle Brewing Co. has decided to open on Thursday Dec. 22 from 12-7pm and Friday Dec. 23 from 12-7pm for Beer To Go Sales. You will most likely need to call us at 919.683.2337 to access the gate. Come get your last minute growlers, six packs, and merchandise presents. Cheers.

2011 Triangle Brewing Co. in Review

2011-12-12T11:20:00.002-05:00

Well as 2011 comes to an end, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the activities that Triangle Brewing Co. participated in. Kind of a year end summary! Wow, it doesn’t seem like January 2011 was that long ago. In 2011, TBC made a conscious effort to adjust our festival schedule; we attended as many festivals as previously, but wanted to make sure that all of them benefited a non profit organization. Eric Diehl joined our staff in March of 2011 and has done a great job replacing Luke Studer (who is now brewing at Bull City Burger & Brewery). This 2011 was the first winter of canning our Belgian Style Golden and White Ales. Sales continue to increase for both as we entered Grocery Stores. We also started contract canning for Carolina Brewery, getting them their Sky Blue Golden and Flagship IPA into cans, which has led to a great collaboration between breweries. The NC Brewer’s Guild continues to grow and prosper with the addition of new breweries and the support of the entire NC public and brewing community.

We celebrated a few receptions at the Brewery again this year! Our 4th Anniversary Pub Crawl was also a very exciting event, especially with the introduction and addition of The Roxy. Summer was hot, but didn’t keep people away from the crawl or our tours. Fall came and went with the celebration of our 5th Annual Black Friday Cask Festival. We had 18 casks from 18 different NC Breweries. DJ Ras J rocked the house and was a good time had by all. Todd Isbell from Liberty Steakhouse and Brewery took home the trophy for the Brewer’s Choice Award for his cask of Kitchen Sink IPA!

Currently, Triangle is working on label approval for our IPA can. It recently passed TTB approval and will hopefully be ready for filling in Jan. 2012. No I don’t have a more exact date than that! Triangle Brewing Co. continues to grow and looks to double our production in 2012. This wouldn’t be possible without the support of all of you. With this plan, we have added our 4th employee, Kit Verbal! He has just started and appears to be a great addition to our staff, but will continue to require lots of hazing before he catches a break!

TBC is also proud to help out within our community with our “Touching the Triangle” program. Here is an abbreviated list of TBC sponsored ventures in 2011:

Duke School for Children
Common Ground Theater
Labor of Love Collective Gallery
Ronald McDonald House Durham
Hemophilia of NC
Special Olympics of NC via Fuqua Business School
NC Therapeutic Riding Center
NC Justice Center
Girls on the Run
St. Philips Episcopal Church J2A
Urban Ministries
Duke’s Pink Smash Breast Cancer Tour
Cystic Fibrosis Society
Autism Society of NC
Bachelor Auction for Lymphoma
Abundance Foundation- Pittsboro
NC Brewer’s Guild
Durham Central Park
And many more!!!

The Holidays are Coming!

2011-12-11T09:58:00.002-05:00

There is a lot going on in the world this month. Lots to do and so little time. Don't forget to stock up with your favorite Triangle beers for the holidays. We have some new sweatshirts, tee's, hats, and ceramic mugs that are perfect for that someone special. When your loved one opens that special gift, Everyone will know that you went to Triangle!!

We have a couple of more tours to round out this year. We will be closed Saturday Dec. 24, Sorry NO Tour!

Don't forget to reserve your New Years Keg! Reserve in advance so you have what you want and need. Cheers.

The Winter Stout is in the tanks and looks to be ready by Jan. 7 or so. We will be having a release party for it, so keep your eyes and ears open.

Imperial Amber Releases 12/2

2011-11-30T13:57:00.002-05:00

Rufus returns to Triangle Brewing Co. this Friday 12/2. So you can stop by and growlers filled on Saturday! This big arse Amber has enough hop kick to wake the dead. Get it while you can. Cheers.

2011-10-18T10:39:00.000-04:00

Homebrewing 101 Class

2011-10-14T05:42:00.001-04:00

Beginning Brewing 101 “Brewing with Extract” on your stovetop (link on Right)
Saturday, December 3rd, noon to 3:00PM @ Durham Cookery
Rick Tufts
Head Brewer/ Owner, Triangle Brewing Company

In this first class, we are going to lay the groundwork for the rest of your brewing education. As with every new skill, it helps to learn to do things the right way the first time and dispel some of the myths, mysteries, and possible fears of brewing at home.

Learn how to brew great beer in your kitchen using, extract malts, hop pellets, yeast and water. This is an introductory course, so no experience necessary! This class has been designed for the would be brewer who has either purchased some basic equipment or is thinking about the idea of brewing.

This is a hands on course that will cover wort/mash production, boiling, hop additions, cooling, yeast, and fermentation. Everything you need to know to go home and produce your first solo batch.

2-3 hour course with a 45 minute follow up at Triangle Brewery to sample the final result (approx. 3 weeks later).  

5th NC Black Friday Cask Festival

2011-10-13T09:32:00.001-04:00

5th Annual NC Black Friday Cask Festival
Friday, November 25, 2011 from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)
Durham, NC | Triangle Brewing Company

Tickets are on sale thru Eventbrite. $30 in advance or $40 at the door. Price includes 5 hours of cask ales from approx. 20 NC Breweries. Commemorative glass. If you are coming into town, we have worked out a special rate at the Durham Marriott, click the link below. You will be directed to the property's home page with the negotiated rate code already entered in the appropriate field. You must type in the correct date though! Nov. 25, 2011!!!! Rate is $99.00 a night with a free shuttle from the hotel to Triangle Brewing Co. and back.

Durham Marriott City Center

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/rducv?groupCode=ncbncba&%3Bapp=resvlink&%3BfromDate=11%2F25%2F11&%3BtoDate=11%2F27%2F11

Wet Hop IPA Cask 10/6

2011-09-28T11:06:00.001-04:00

Mitch's Bar & Grille has just opened on Ninth Street (where Dogstar Tattoo use to be), so in celebration Triangle Brewing Co. will be tapping a cask of our Wet Hopped IPA at 5:30 on Thus. 10/6. The Wet Hops in this beer where grown locally by Farmer Needham and were added in the mash and continuously throughout the boil. Wet hops are hops that are picked fresh the day prior to our using, sometimes referred to as a harvest ale. Cheers and hope to see you.

Intro to Home Brewing 9/24

2011-08-21T12:02:00.002-04:00

Beginning Brewing 101 “Brewing with Extract” on your stovetop
Saturday, September 24, 12-3:00 PM
Rick Tufts
Head Brewer & Owner, Triangle Brewing Company

In this first class, we are going to lay the groundwork for the rest of your brewing education. As with every new skill, it helps to learn to do things the right way the first time and dispel some of the myths, mysteries, and possible fears of brewing at home.

Learn how to brew great beer in your kitchen using, extract malts, hop pellets, yeast and water. This is an introductory course, so no experience necessary! This class has been designed for the would be brewer who has either purchased some basic equipment or is thinking about the idea of brewing.

This is a hands on course that will cover wort/mash production, boiling, hop additions, cooling, yeast, and fermentation. Everything you need to know to go home and produce your first solo batch.

2-3 hour course with a 45 minute follow up at Triangle Brewery to sample the final result (approx. 3 weeks later).

Special thanks to Bull City Homebrew who will offer a 10-15% discount for the first purchase for all who take the course!
To Register: http://durhamcookery.com/culinary-workshops

Events

2011-08-04T06:53:00.002-04:00

This Thursday we are participating in a Beer & Bowling event at the AMF Lanes in Durham. Stop by for some cheap bowling and tasting brews. This coming Monday Pinhook in Durham is doing a local brew, local pint night featuring Triangle Brewing Co. $3.00 pints and an extra $1 to keep the glass! Good deal! Festival season is approaching and so are a host of sampling events. Check out our calender to find where we will be this week! Cheers.

Summer Review

2011-07-20T10:09:00.003-04:00

OK, now that everyone has recovered from our 4th Anniversary Pub Crawl here is a little look back and look ahead to what's going on this summer. The Pub Crawl was a great event, Special Thank you's to Alivia's, West End Wine Bar, The Roxy, Devines, and James Joyce. The beers were flowing and da peoples were stumblin! Good Times!

Triangle does have a few events coming up on our calender. We have a beer dinner scheduled for Aug. 1 at Panzinella in Carrboro. I believe the start time is 6pm, more details to follow as it gets closer.

Currently in the fermentor is our Imperial Amber! I have dry hopped that bad boy on two separate occasions and it is almost ready. Keep your eyes and ears out for the release party, should be coming soon. Uncle Needham reports that the Habaneros are growing very well and should be ready for harvest by the end of August. That puts a mid September release date (tentatively) for the Habanero Pale Ale. It will be released at the brewery first, so keep an eye on our calender of Hoppenings.

The White and Golden continue to do very well in the can, so we are currently working on the IPA can. The art work is almost completed, then off for approval and printing. Hopes are to have it release in early fall!

Final Countdown!

2011-07-06T06:27:00.000-04:00

Beer to Go 4th of July Weekend

2011-06-28T06:52:00.003-04:00

Triangle Brewing Co. will be open for beer to go sales on Friday July 1 from 3-5pm. We will also be open on Saturday July 2 from 11:30am to 3:30pm (or so). You will need to call us at 919.683.2337 to access the gate unless you arrive Sat. after 1 for our tour. If you are looking for a keg, please call ahead to reserve your favorite flavor and a tap handle. Cheers and happy 4th!

Pub Crawl July 9th

2011-06-19T12:04:00.002-04:00

Ok folks, sorry about the delay on getting this information out. Our 2011 Pub Crawl is scheduled for Saturday July 9. We will be kicking off the event at Alivia's Durham Bistro. The Crawl kicks off at 5:00pm for our firsts featured beer at Alivia's. Quite a few of us will get to Alivia's early (4pm or so) so we have an opportunity to eat before we begin the debacle. We plan to leave Alivia's once we kick the featured keg and move on to the next venue. This will be around 6pm. I am not sure which location will be next, but we will be going to Alivia's, Devines, Casbah, West End Wine Bar, and Durham's newest spot "The Roxy"!! Early next week, I will have the official time schedule, so you can make plans with additional friends. All of the bars are a brief walk from each other, so park once and stagger! We plan to have live music at the final location and have a variety of our beers on. The only cost for you is whatever your bar tab is for the evening. The featured Triangle Beer at each location will be on special for the day. Try to bring some cash so we can speed up the check out and not drive all the bartenders crazy! Cheers and see you soon!!

Check out our new webpage!!!

2011-06-19T11:14:00.002-04:00

We recently had an overall happen to our webpage. The new one is up and running, but still working out some kinks. Hope you enjoy the videos. Cheers.

2011 Pub Crawl

2011-06-12T17:47:00.003-04:00

Welcome one, welcome all to Triangle Brewing Co. 4th Anniversary Pub Crawl. The Pub Crawl is scheduled for July 9 (starting time TBD). We will be kicking it off at one of our newest accounts and making our way to a total of five different venues, with each venue featuring a different Triangle beer. The last location will have live music. Stay tuned for the line up. Cheers.

Cask Night at Casbah Tonight!

2011-05-21T11:11:00.002-04:00

May 21 is finally here! Come celebrate the end of the world (for some), and a great night of craft beer! This is our final event for American Craft Beer Week. 10 firkins of cask ale from Triangle Brewing Co., Natty Greene's, Top of the Hill, Roth Brewing, and Carolina Brewery. The line up consist of: Triangle Bourbon Aged Abbey, Triangle Stout, Triangle IPA dry hopped, Natty Greene's Golden- Mango, Natty's OTBrown with Rosemary and Mint, TOPO's Ram's Head IPA, TOPO's Frank PORTER Graham, Roth's Raleigh Red dry hopped, Carolina's Flagship IPA dry hopped, and Carolina's Bull Pen Pale dry hopped. $35 at the door. Event is from 6-10pm. Food trucks and live music from Aminal and Pink Flag. Cheers.

Can Party @ Sam's Quick Shop

2011-05-02T09:33:00.002-04:00

This coming Saturday May 7, TBC will be participating in a celebration of canned craft ales at Sam's Quick Shop in Durham. The event is 12-4pm. There will be live music and food trucks (I believe). We will be there pouring our Belgian style Golden Ale, Belgian style White Ale, and our Belgian style Lambic Ale (which won a Silver Medal at the CCB's).

There will also be our typical tour that day (1-3pm), so stop by both if you have the time. Cheers.

2011 Hickory Hops & CCB

2011-04-21T06:15:00.003-04:00

2011 Hickory Hops and the Carolinas Championship of Beers

Threatened by morning rain and all-day winds, Hickory Hops, one of the South’s most popular beer festivals, culminated for some with the announcement of the big winners in the Carolinas Championship of Beers (CCB) competition. Over 2000 festivarians were in attendance in downtown Hickory, NC on Saturday to enjoy beer from 42 breweries and to applaud the four Best of Show winners.

The CCB, which just closed on its 6th rendition, starts with craft brewed beer. Hickory Hops participants are encouraged to send bottled beer in for judging. The beers, which totaled 286 beers from 39 breweries, were entered into specific categories, 133 in total, as determined by the brewers. On March 26, three weeks prior to Hickory Hops, fifty volunteers gathered at Olde Hickory Brewery to judge the unmarked beers for adherence to specific category characteristics. When the first round finished three hours later, 29 beers had been awarded gold medals. 55 received silver. An equal number of bronze winner were identified.

For CCB round two, a smaller group of certified judges convened to determine the best of the 29 golds. Called the Best of Show round, four beers – first, second, third places and honorable mention – were proclaimed the best of the best.

Greensboro’s Natty Green Brewing Company claimed “First Place – Best of Show” for brewer Sebastian Wolfrum and his brewing team’s Wood Aged Sour Ale. Brewer Ian Burnett was on hand to receive the grand prize, but Wolfrum credited brewer Scott Christoffel with creation of the barrel-aged sour beauty. Acidic, decidedly sour and full of flavor, this traditional style beer is an acquired taste for sure but a delicacy for many beer aficionados. The Natty Greene’s company is comprised of brewpubs in Greensboro and Raleigh as well as a production brewery near the Greensboro Coliseum. Natty’s scored a second gold in the first round with Black Powder Imperial Stout.

“Second Place – Best of Show” was awarded to Olde Hickory Brewery. Head brewer Steven Lyerly’s Irish Walker impressed judges in both CCB rounds with its rich, malty body and filling texture. Co-owner Lyerly and business partner Jason Yates are part of the local team that makes Hickory Hops and the CCB competition happen each year. Olde Hickory also garnered a double-pair – two silvers and two bronze medals - in first round competition

Farmville, NC’s Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery owner/brewer Paul Philippon was on hand to receive the “Third Place” plaque for his sultry, delicious Duck-Rabbit Barleywine. Last years Best of Show winner, Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout, also took gold in the earlier round.

For the first time ever, the Best of Show judges chose to recognize an Honorable Mention designee. Winston-Salem’s Foothills Brewing claimed that honor for head brewer Jamie Bartholomaus’ extremely popular Barrel-Aged Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout. Released every February to a long line of eager buyers, the barrel-conditioned version also scored gold at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival.

Triangle Brewing Company had another stellar showing both in the Medals and being the first brewery to provide all casks for the festival. Triangle won a silver medals for their Habanero Pale Ale and Belgian Style Lambic, and a bronze medal for their Belgian Style Golden Ale.

Proceeds from this year’s CCB, totaling over $1500, will be donated to the North Carolina Brewers Guild for use promoting the State’s 45-ish breweries. Hickory Hops will also make a substantial donation to the Guild.

WBF Raleigh!!

2011-04-01T11:59:00.002-04:00

Sorry folks, Triangle Brewing Co. will not be at the World Beer Festival in Raleigh on Saturday, April 9. BUT, we will be open for our typical Saturday tour that day. As always, gates open at 1:00pm with the tour starting at 1:30 and it continues to be everyone's favorite price: FREE!! Cheers and hope to see you!

Cask Night at Casbah

2011-03-19T09:04:00.005-04:00

Sat, May 21 – CASK NIGHT AT CASBAH

Unlimited samples of cask conditioned ales from local breweries such as Triangle Brewing Company, Roth Brewery, Natty Greene’s, Top of the Hill and Carolina Brewery.

Live music from Aminal and Pink Flag

Food truck rodeo.

Commemorative glass included.

Session: 6-10pm
Tickets: $30 in advance / $35 day of event
Advanced tickets can be purchased here.*

Sponsored by Triangle Brewing Co. and All About Beer Magazine to benefit Durham Central Park

*Casbah Durham is a private club and according to NC State Law, memberships are required. Lifetime memberships are $5.
Hard tickets are available to purchase at Triangle Brewing Co. and below is the link for online thru Etix.

https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1452046&cobrand=casbahdurham

Tickets Available Now!!!

2011-03-16T08:08:00.001-04:00