We stopped back by Steel String in Carrboro, reviewed by Mike and The Brew Crew back in June, because we’d heard they were branching out a bit in their beers. We’d heard right: of the five Steel String beers on tap this week, two were grisettes. Grisettes are typically light farmhouse-style ales designed to quench…
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Malt-clad Beers at Ironclad Brewing in Wilmington
Ironclad Brewing is within walking distance of the old shipyards where its namesakes were crafted and the history of downtown Wilmington is woven into this bar. Down by the waterfront in Wilmington, NC, Ironclad Brewing is 0.3 miles (7 minute walk) from Flytrap Brewing and 0.2 miles (3 minute walk) from Front Street Brewing–a great walking…
Ponysaurus Express: Ponysaurus in Durham
The half-pony, half-raptor tap handle has been spotted roaming about at bars and restaurants throughout Durham and the Triangle for the past few years. (You had one job, Phil! One job!) But hold on to your butts: Ponysaurus is now open with their own taproom on Hood Street in Durham. They started their soft launch the last…
Pound-for-Pound Champion: Pig Pounder Brewery
There’s no need to pound the beers at Pig Pounder in Greensboro: like most pigs, their beers are best best low-and-slow. (Not sure how the “low” part works in this analogy? Hang with me here.) At first, everything seems exactly what you’d expect. Folks were friendly, but maybe a little too friendly. As we walked…
Reader: Fuquay is An (Under-Rated) Micro-Brew Heaven
One of our readers, Eric, sent us some compelling reasons to make a trip off the beaten Triangle path and make a night out in Fuquay a priority. (You’re also welcome to submit your own reviews any time!) All I’m going to say is, Broad Street in Fuquay is one of the most underrated nightlife spots in the Triangle. As…
With So Much Drama in the L-B-C: Lynnwood Brewing Concern
Lynnwood Grill and Brewing Concern in North Raleigh is in a pretty nondescript shopping center off of Furniture Row (Glenwood Ave.) with a Lowe’s, a Cineplex, and a Food Lion. And the interior–while certainly not nondescript–evokes a happy hour and sports bar feel, in the vein of a Carolina Ale House or Tyler’s. But you wouldn’t expect…
Father’s Day Mash-Up in Fayetteville: The Mash House Brewing Company
You may not make it down to Fayetteville unless you have orders from the United States federal government requiring your presence there or unless you were born there and your family is still there. Luckily, I’m in the latter camp, so this Father’s Day I made a trip down to The Mash House Brewing Company with Mom…
A Taste of Honey: Bull City Ciderworks
I’ve been putting off writing up some of my favorites (notably, Fullsteam, Mystery, Haw River, and Bull City Ciderworks). Bull City gets Durham kudos for finding a hole in the wall on a couple-block section of downtown that was not yet full of awesome businesses and made it cool. Pre-renaissance, downtown Durham was apparently full…
Triangles Are My Favorite Shape: Triangle Brewing Company
We live in Durham-ish, so of course we’ve been to Triangle Brewing Company’s Pint & Plate at Brightleaf Square. But we revisited it again. Just for you. In fact, we’ll send you the bill. We typically pop in to Pint & Plate in the early afternoon or on weeknights, so it hasn’t always been busy, but…
Out in Front of NC’s Beer Scene: Front Street Brewery
I’ll admit to being biased in favor of the small start-up breweries in the bad area of town (up-and-coming area!), where an owner/brewer still works the bar on occasion, everyone who works the bar can thoroughly discuss the brews, and you never have to wait long for a pour. Front Street Brewery is not that brewery….
Crank It Up: Raleigh’s Crank Arm Brewing
Crank Arm Brewing: Focusing on the Nuts and Bolts. And Gears. Lots of Gears. This Kickstarter-funded brewery is tucked in at West Davie and Dawson Streets, near Fiction Kitchen, (James Beard Winning) Ashley Christensen’s Poole’s Diner, and Red Hat Amphitheater. The crowd had a slightly higher “bro quotient” than our typical Durham scene, but we were visiting…
First in Flights 