here are this week’s news happing in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
- Thursday, January 17th. Sierra Nevada Event!Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse Ballantyne. 6 pm-8 pm. Sierra Nevada swag giveaways and free beer samples!
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Resilience IPA, Sierra Nevada’s brand new Brut IPA & Sierraveza will be on tap all month. Come getcha some!
- Thursday, January 17th. India Pale Lager Release. Catawba Brewing Co. Charlotte. 3 pm -10 pm. It’s week #3 of the passport program and we’re hopping over the lighter side of things! Get it? “Hopping?”… Well, even if you don’t get our cheesy dad joke, you’ll still love this smooth and slightly hoppy India Pale Lager. Stop by your local Catawba tasting room for a pint and the password!
- Friday, January 18th. Small Batch Release. Ced Clay Ciderworks. 3 pm-11 pm. This month’s small batch is a play on the classic drink, Gin & Juice; juniper, coriander, OJ and lime semi-dry.
- Friday, January 18th, NoDable Release: Dr. Juice’s Hops on Pop. 3 pm-10 pm. Each month, we release several brand new brews as part of our “NoDable” Series on Fridays. This week’s brew is our Dr. Juice’s Hops on Pop. A Juicy IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic and Summit hops, making it a hoppy and citrus forward beer. We’re thrilled to note that the malt in this brew comes from two local NC companies. The base grain is a 2-Row grain — called Carolina Gold — from Carolina Malt House, Inc. (grown just 30 miles from our brewery)! Additionally, this brew utilizes Epiphany Wheat malt from Epiphany Craft Malt.
While you’re here, be sure to try a few of our 25+ brews and some TIN Kitchen for dinner. And, don’t forget you can take this week’s NoDable and many of our other beers to-go in a crowler!
- Saturday, January 19th. Lenny Boy Raw Bar “Pop-Up”. Lenny Boy Brewing Co. 3 pm-5 pm. Join The Waterman at Lenny Boy Brewing Co. for a FREE Raw Bar “Pop-Up” on Saturday, January 19th from 3pm-?
Enjoy FREE Oysters on the half shell (till they run out) from The Waterman, delicious craft beer and kombucha from Lenny Boy.
We will have live music from Ezra Root, tons of swag and giveaways!
Pepperbox Doughnuts and Glory Days Apparel will also be onsite from 3-6pm!
Tag a friend, mark your calendar, and prepare for a great time!
- Saturday, January 19th. Beer Garden Brew Pup Day! Sycamore Brewing. 12 pm-10 pm.
Bring your pups, your family and friends and join us for our first Beer Garden Brew Pup Day! We’ll have dog merchandise and treats from local vendors, $1 off your first beer if you bring your pup, free dog toys with any pint of Sycamore Beer purchased, Live music, Gyro Twins Truck and more!🍻🐶
Take a photo of your pup using #BeerGardenBrewPup in the Sycamore Beer Garden for a chance to win a $50 Sycamore Gift Card!🎉
- Sunday, January 20th. Sugar Creek Raw Bar “Pop-Up”. Sugar Creek Brewing. 4 pm-6 pm. Join The Waterman at Sugar Creek Brewing for a FREE Raw Bar “Pop-Up” on Sunday, January 20th from 4-6PM.
Enjoy FREE Oysters on the half shell (till they run out) from The Waterman, delicious brews from Sugar Creek, games, swag, and giveaways!
Tag a friend, mark your calendar, and prepare for a great time!
- Sunday, January 20th. Bots N’ Beans Chilli Cook-Off. Wooden Robot Brewery. 1 pm-3 pm.
Bring on the Beans! Join us for our 1st Chili Cook-Off on Sunday 01.20.19! Sample various Chili recipes and cast your vote for the best! Every medium and large Beer purchase gets you a ticket to cast a vote! One winner will receive a gift basket worth over $100 of WRB merch, gift cards, and prizes from your favorite local spots!
Think your Chili has what it takes to win the competition? Submit the form – – – > http://bit.ly/2R8MbCGThis is a FREE EVENT!
$1 off all Medium Brews ALL DAY LONG.#BeansNBots Come Party!
- Monday, January 21st. Beer and Chocolate Pairing with Potts Chocolate. Pilot Brewing. 5 pm-8 pm. Why do beer and chocolate go so well together? One reason is that they share two fundamental flavors — bitter and sweet. With beer the bitterness comes from hops — this flower is one of beer’s basic ingredients; and the sweetness is derived from natural sugars in the malted cereal, which is another one of the ingredients. But beer is more than just bitter or sweet. Spice, vanilla, caramel, fruit, smoke, coffee, nuts, citrus, and floral are amongst the hundreds of flavors that tasting experts have noted in beer.
Join Pilot as we team up with Potts Chocolate to guide you through a world of chocolate and beer. Through a pairing of four beers and four chocolates, learn how chocolate is a champion at coating the mouth, and how beer is very efficient at cleansing the palate at the same time as complementing or contrasting flavors.
Guided by our Certified Cicerone®, Rachael Hudson, and Chocolatier of Potts Chocolate, Blair Potts. Did you know that Blair Potts was one of the original founders of the first craft brewery in Connecticut? There is no better pair to lead you through the craft chocolate and beer world.
Please visit Pilot Brewing, or call, to purchase your ticket today!
Two sessions will happen at 5pm and 7pm. Seats are limited to 15 per sessions. Tickets are $20.
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