The Beer News

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Here are this week’s news and events happening in the Charlotte, North Carolina area!

  • Wednesday, August, 21st. Sycamore Beer Pairing and Charcuterie Class. Sycamore Brewing. 6:30 pm-8 pm. Tickets at eventbrite.com Come chat with Chef Alisha at Sycamore Brewing, where you’ll pair a seasonal Sycamore flight with delicious Charcuterie. Chef Alisha will teach you how to take care of your boards, select just the right meats and cheeses for any budget, and let you in on some excellent catering tricks. She’ll introduce you to some luscious Italian flavors and offer you some Instagram worthy boards! Mix, Mingle, and Mangia! Grab some friends and enjoy the night!

 

  •  Wednesday, August 21st. Birdsong Brewing Event. Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse Uptown. 6 pm-8 pm. Enjoy Birdsong Swag giveaways and free beer samples!

    On Tap:
    Higher Ground
    Rewind Lager
    Game Winner IPA

 

  • Thursday, August 22nd. Seasonal Release: Wake Up Coffee Vanilla Porter. Birdsong Brewing Co. 3 pm-10 pm. As Summer winds down and your palate starts to crave something dark, join us for the release of our Fall Seasonal- Wake Up Coffee Vanilla Porter! We’ll be releasing draft and cans of Wake Up on Thursday, 8/22 at 3p!

    Our Wake Up Porter is an irresistibly smooth brew with locally roasted coffee and fresh vanilla beans. We use Central Coffee Co.‘s Sumatra Lintong coffee and carefully chosen specialty malts to create a warm foundation and light body. Madagascar vanilla beans lend a subtle sweetness on the finish that you’ll notice at the end of every velvety sip.

 

  •  Thursday, August 22nd. Divine Barrel Tap Takeover. Carolina Beer Temple Charlotte. 7 pm-10 pm Divine Barrel Brewing have been some of our absolute favorites in Charlotte since they first started brewing award-winning beers. Whether it’s their GABF Medal Winning Big Lubelski Gratzer, their insanely refreshing Cadillac Rainbows Berliner Weisse, or their Defensive Pancake Stout, they have never ceased to impress and amaze. This time around, we are tapping up a few new favorites. After all, we are a Temple, and what could be better for a temple than a touch of the Divine?

    TAP LIST:

    -Brettrospective Foeder-Aged Saison

    -Strictly Genteel West Coast IPA

    -Zest Intentions Sour Witbier

    -Beer Flavored Beer American Lager

 

  •  Friday, August 23rd. Triple Can Release 8.23.19. Wooden Robot Brewery. 3 pm- 12 pm. TRIPLE CAN RELEASE! FRIDAY AUGUST 23RD AT 3PM
    Join us Friday 08.23.19 for the Triple Can Release of Botoberfest, Overachiever & Green Beast!

    Can Release Details:
    Botoberfest – Oktoberfest-Style Lager $14 (+ tax)
    Overachiever – Juicy Pale Ale $14 (+ tax)
    Green Beast – IPA $16 (+ tax)
    Sold in 4-packs (16oz) – No individual cans
    No purchase limit

    Sales will commence at 3pm at BOTH The Brewery in South End & The Chamber in NoDa.
    * These beers can not be consumed on-premise *

    This beer will be FRESH! We will have a limited quantity of all three beers on draft. Come party with us!

 

  • Friday, August 23rd. Radio Haze Release. NoDa Brewing Company. 3 pm-10 pm. The return of this Juicy Hazy IPA is back, but this time we turned the juice up to 11. 👌 It’s a different batch from the last and brewed with your feedback in mind! It’s also brewed in partnership with The Woody and Wilcox Show.

    Radio haze, our latest year-round beer, is brewed with a fantastic hop blend that leads to mostly upfront juicy and tropical hop aroma. The hop blend consists of Mosaic, Citra, Centennial, and Chinook hops. Sitting at 6% ABV, it’s a whole lot of flavor without much bitterness. It’s hazy and smooth with a medium body, from heavy use of Torrified Wheat and Oats.

    Join us in the taproom on August 26th to get your hands on this new mouthwatering brew. It will be available on tap and in four-packs. You’ll also be able to purchase it around town the following week. 🍺

 

  • Saturday, August 24th. Pumpkin Latte Blonde Can Release Party! Sycamore Brewing. 12 pm-11 pm. Did you know that if you say ‘Pumpkin Latte Blonde’ 3x in a row, a girl in yoga pants will appear to tell you what she loves most about Fall? Join us Saturday, August 24th at 12noon for our can release!

 

  •  Saturday, August 24th, Beer & Dessert Day! Sycamore Brewing. 12 pm-11 pm. Your Mom’s Donuts & Holy City Waffles! Beer Pairings, Good Times! Family Friendly! Pumpkin Latte Blonde release!

 

  • Saturday, August 24th. Big OH Fest. Sugar Creek Brewing. 11 am-12 pm. As one of Charlotte’s most popular beers, The BIG Oh continues to grow and become a local Charlotte favorite. So we had this idea to celebrate this amazing beer with its own festival with all things OH! We’ll have live music, New BIG Oh merchandise, Special Big Oh beer releases with the release of the all-new “little oh”(session) and great beer specials! Come get some Oh! Saturday, August 24th.

    Live Music:
    Brother Watts 2pm-7pm
    Rocking out an eclectic mix of hits from the ’80s ’90s and today

    Big Oh Merchandise-
    Limited time Glassware- Details to follow
    Launching two new Big Oh t-shirt designs

    Drinks/ Specials:
    $4 Big Oh Draught
    $6 4 pack Big Oh To-Go
    Big Oh Brose- Blood Orange Slushy
    Small Batch Release- Little Oh (Session Blood Orange IPA)

 

  • Monday, August 26th. Mecktoberfest Märzeb Lager Release. Olde Mecklenburg Brewery. 11 am-9 pm. Get ready! Mecktoberfest is back on August 26th!

    Just in time for football season and everything we love about Fall!

    Mecktoberfest is wildly popular and beloved throughout the Charlotte region. As OMB’s Fall seasonal, Mecktoberfest is available in late August to November each year on draft (OMB Brauhaus & Biergarten and your favorite bars & restaurants in the Charlotte area), and in 6-packs and 12-packs at your local store.

    Rich and malty up front with a smooth satisfying finish, Mecktoberfest is a classic Märzen-style amber lager (known more popularly as the original Oktoberfest Bier). At 5.4% ABV and 24 IBU, Mecktoberfest is very well balanced; additionally, its strikingly beautiful, crystal clear burnt orange/amber hue (8.8 SRM).

    Mecktoberfest is in a small, elite class of beers who have won medals in international competitions on both sides of the Atlantic:
    GOLD – European Beer Star (Nuremberg, Germany)
    SILVER – Great American Beer Festival (Denver, CO)

    These competitions are the two of the most prestigious and difficult, with thousands of beers entered, hundred-member judging panels, and multiple days of blind tastings. To win two medals on two continents is an amazing feat and is the highest recognition of OMB’s dedication to quality and traditional brewing methods.

    Like all OMB beers, Mecktoberfest is all-natural — brewed in strict accordance with the famous German beer purity law of 1516: the “Reinheitsgebot.” In line with Reinheitsgebot, it was brewed using natural carbonation from the pure CO2 produced by the yeast during fermentation. We pull our brews from our lager tanks weekly, so you know it’s fresh. And, it was kept cold from production to delivery to you, because all beer should be kept cold to maximize freshness. We hope you enjoy this pure, fresh, cold beer. Prost! 

 

Hopfly Brewing Co. Beach Beer Session India Pale Ale

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Hopfly Brewing Co. Beach Beer Session India Pal Ale, 4.9% ABV out of Rocky Mount, North Carolina that I purchased from Pop the Top, Beach Beer is brewed with lots of wheat and flaked oat with Citra and Galaxy hops. Beach Beer pours a Slightly hazy light yellow color with a two and a half finger rocky white head doesn’t seem to fade leaving behind awesome lacing and giving off a hoppy aroma of citrus with some very light pine notes and great citrus fruit notes. There is a nice citrus flavor that is smoothing tasting and nicely hopped but not overly hoppy and in your face. There are nice orange and grapefruit flavors that finish a with a nice bitter citrus note and have a nice bitter slightly tropical citrus aftertaste with a smooth and light mouthfeel. Hopfly Brewing Co. Beach Beer Session India Pal Ale is a smooth IPA that is an A. It is a good beach beer, good to have a few. I think it does not overpower your mouth with lots of sweetness or bitterness it has just the right balance and is surprisingly smooth and I quite enjoyed this beer and you should too! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly. 

Commonwealth Brewing Company Limoncello

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One of my favorite liquors, Limoncello Italian lemon-flavored alcohol, and the locals sometimes home make it. This. Commonwealth Brewing Company Limoncello, 3.9% ABV, brewed in Virginia Beach, Virginia is a Gosé style ale brewed with Lemon Beebrush, Lemon Balam, Lemon Zest and Lactose. Lemoncello is Commonwealth Brewings interpretation of Italian Limoncello. Limoncello pours a yellow color with a two-finger white head that fades steadily and has sweet lemon aroma with a pinch of saltiness to it. The flavor is not as I expected with a nice semi yet sweet lemon at the front with a little salt in the middle of the mouth with a little twinge of bitterness at the back, with a smooth finish of sweet/semi-salted lemon and a slight tartness that has a lemon balm and slightly sweet aftertaste with a light refreshing mouthfeel. The Gose aspect of Limoncello is muted and sometimes nonexistent, but overall Commonwealth Brewing Company Limoncello is a C+, a little above average but I have had better Gosé Ales and a better Lemoncello Style beer. Deep River Brewing Limoncello is a better Lemoncello beer. Commonwealth Brewing Company Limoncello is not the worst but it’s interesting enough for a try! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Throwback Thursday:

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Originally posted June 13th, 2016.

Well, I have not seen too many dark beers as a spring seasonal but Mystery Brewing Company in Hillsborough, NC have and this is Jack Thorne English-Style Porter 5.2% ABV. I represented from the brewer has told me that Mystery Brewing brews different beers for each season but they are the same or similar style and that they do not have any year-round offerings. Jake Thorne pours a thin black color with a slightly off white head of one fine size. The aroma is very porter like but on the lighter side with nice malted notes (malts which are from RB Malt). There is a faint coffee aroma as well. The taste is lighter for a porter, which is nice for this time of year, but nothing like a summer beer. Jack Thorne has some sweetness to it but just a little bit. But this is a drinkable beer. The mouthfeel is light for this type of beer style. Jack finishes light smooth with a subtle sweetness. After taste is malted with some sweet light roasted flavors. This is a good dark beer for springtime, so I would say this is a B+ beer. It is neither to alcoholic nor heavy, it’s good and drinkable. Yes, I highly recommend trying Mystery Brewing Jack Throne London Style-Porter, especially if you like Guinness. But it wouldn’t beer my number one choice for an 80 to 100-degree day, but it’s not a bad one either. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Burial Beer Co. Metallic Vessels Black Lager with Coffee

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Have not had to may dark beer on here so I thought I would review one, Burial Beer Co. Metallic Vessels Black Lager with Coffee, 5% ABV from Asheville, North Carolina brewed with boldly-roasted Onyx Coffee Roasters Coffee in which I purchased from Pop the Top Bottle Shop. Metallic Vessels pours a dark black color with brown edges and a two-finger beige head that slowly fades, and there is sediment in the glass. This black lager has a nice big aroma of sweet roasted coffee and malted notes with a little biscuit scent peeping in. Taste of Metallic Vessels is nice with fresh roasted semi-sweet coffee with nice hints of malted biscuit notes with a nice sweet roasted coffee finish and a malty coffee aftertaste with a full mouthfeel, but not as full-bodied as you would think. Burial Beer Co. Metallic Vessels Black Lager with Coffee is not heavy dark beer but more towards the lighter side of the dark beer spectrum and Burial Beer Co. Metallic Vessels Black Lager with Coffee is an A. It’s just big coffee flavor, which is supposed to be but that does mute any other flavors a little, but overall a good beer and one I recommend trying! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

The Beer News

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Here are this week’s news and events happing in the Charlotte, North Carolina area!

  • Thursday-Friday, August 15th-16th. Flat Brim Hazy IPA Can Release. Triple C Brewing Company. Thursday 4 pm – Friday at 10 pm. We are celebrating Triple C Brewing’s 7th Anniversary Party a couple days early with the return of our favorite Hazy IPA!

    Flat Brim IPA is brewed with ridiculous amounts of Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe hops and only 5.2% ABV.

 

  • Thursday, August 15th Resident Culture Lagerfest Sneak Preview Event! Carolina Beer Temple Charlotte. 12 pm-11 pm. RESIDENT CULTURE IS BACK! We never get tired of saying that. Ahead of their epic upcoming Lager Fest beer festival, don’t miss this chance to save yourself a drive to Plaza Midwood and try a selection of hot new and old favorite beers from the company named one of 2018’s hottest new breweries by RateBeer. Just check out this tap list!

    TAP LIST

    +Oversoul – 7% ABV – Hazy IPA hopped with Citra and Strata

    +Comfortable Chaos – 7% ABV – Southern Hemisphere Hazy IPA hopped with Ella, Wakatu, Rakau, Pacific Jade, and Galaxy

    +For the First Time Again – 4.5% ABV – Mini German-Style Pils

    +Island Time – 4.5% ABV – Mexican Lager w/ Lime collab w/ Casita Cerveceria

    +This Thing – 5.4% ABV – Pilsner Hopped w/ Saphir collab w/ Unseen Creatures

    +Thunder Study – 7% ABV – IPA hopped w/ Galaxy and Citra

  • Friday, August 16th. Gordgeous Release. NoDa Brewing Company. 2 pm-10 pm. The return of your favorite fall brew is back on August 16, this time as a Gold medal winner. 🎃

    Gordgeous is a well-balanced pumpkin Ale using over 50 lbs. of pumpkin and 42 lbs. of brown sugar for every batch! Our spice blend is not the typical for pumpkin beers, either. We use whole-seed spices cracked at the brewery on brew day which includes allspice, cardamom, cloves and freshly shaved whole ginger root.

    Join us in the taproom — starting at 2 pm — to get your hands on this all-time favorite brew. 🍺 

 

 

  • Saturday, August 17th. Lager Fest: A Celebration of Lager Beer. Resident Culture Brewing Company. 5 pm-10 pm. Tickets at eventbrite.com. We are incredibly excited to announce that on August 17th, in conjunction with our dear friends at Casita Cerveceria, Resident Culture will be hosting our inaugural Lagerfest: A Celebration of Lager Beer.

    We have been working closely over the last few months to bring together some of the most outstanding lager brewers in the country (if not the world). It is no secret how much we love lagers and we are incredibly excited to share our love of lager beer with Charlotte.

    Many more exciting details coming soon, including brewery announcements, stay tuned.

 

 

 

 

 

Beer & Chips Pairing: Trophy Brewing Co. & Cape Cod Kettle Cooked Waffle Cut Sea Salt

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Trophy Brewing Co. Foam Party Pilsner, 5.0% ABV & Cape Cod Kettle Cooked Waffle Cut Sea Salt for this Beer & Chips Paring. I have previously review Foam Party Pilsner not too long ago. These Cap Cod Chips from Hyannis, Massachusetts are a deeper yellow color with a tight lattice cut to them and are similar to a waffle fry but not as thick, there is a potato aroma with a nice touch of sea salt and a faint crispy almost burnt aroma as well. The chips have a nice medium crunch with a nice amount of potato flavor that is salty but over salted. Foam Party Pilsner does cut some of the salt flavors and complements the somewhat greasy potato notes and together they finish nicely with a good amount of malty potato and an aftertaste of slight salt and nice greasy potato. This is a good paring of Trophy Brewing Co. Foam Party Pilsner, 5.0% ABV & Cape Cod Kettle Cooked Waffle Cut Sea Salt, pilsner goes very well with salty potato chips. This Beer & Chips Paring is a B+. The salt flavor is there but not so in your face kind of there, it has more potato flavor than anything else but these chips are a nice and welcome addition to the beer! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!       

Trophy Brewing Co. Foam Party Pilsner

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Trophy Brewing Co. Foam Party Pilsner, 5.0% ABV purchased from Pop The Top Bottle Shop is brewed on a larger recipe off Trophy Brewings 20 barrel system designed for maximum foam and crispness using a technique called ‘spunding’ which Trophy has allowed for some natural carbonation to build up during fermentation creating a higher level on the finish for supreme head retention. Foam Party pours a golden yellow color with a three-four finger foamy white head that sticks around for a while leaving good lacing behind. There is a crisp malty aroma with light sweet notes wafting into the nose with a nice crisp semi-sweet malted flavor washing over your tongue with a brightness to the overall flavor. Foam Party Pilsner finishes bright refreshing with a nice malty sweetness and an aftertaste that is a little bready/biscuity with a light mouthfeel. Trophy Brewing Co. Foam Party Pilsner is a great example of a taste Pilsner, one that is an A. I recommend trying this as I will over and over again. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!      

The Beer News

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Here are this week’s news and events happening in the Charlotte, North Carolina area!

  • Wednesday, August 7th. pilot Batch Release: Citrus Red Ale. Pilot Brewing. 2 pm-9 pm. Did you know every time we release a Pilot Batch, we have it on $3 special for release day! That’s right! Don’t miss out on the special release of our Charlotte BeerBabes-inspired Citrus Red Ale. This classic red ale lends true juiciness from the use of orange zest in the brew and dry-hopped with Citra Hops.

 

  • Thursday, August 8th. Better in Color Kviev Citrus Ale Release. Birdsong Brewing Co. 3 pm-10 pm. Isn’t everything better in color? Of course, we’d make this beer just in time for the Charlotte Pride Parade because our beer is #BrewedForEveryone! Always has been, always will be! Join us for the release of this special brew (Draft Only) at 3p on Thursday, August 8th and then come out and cheer us on in the Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade 2019 on August 18th! Pride gear encouraged!

    Inspired by heart-shaped glasses and sunny days by the pool, Better in Color is a bright citrus ale with zesty aromas of Meyer lemon, Mandarin orange, and grapefruit. Using Kveik
    (pronounced ‘kVike’ like a bike) yeast, this beer is soft on the palate and light in the body making it a perfect summertime slammer.

 

  • Friday, August 9th. Lobster & Beer Lunch! Sycamore Brewing. 12 pm-3 pm. Enjoy a Lobster & Beer Lunch every Friday in August at Sycamore Brewing with our friends from Cousins Maine Lobster!

 

  • Friday, August 9th. Bacon & Beer Flight Night. Unknown Brewing Company.  3 pm-11 pm. Don’t miss out on our Bacon + Beer Flight Night on Friday, August 9th!

    We hand-selected four different mouthwatering kinds of bacon that pair perfectly with a flight of four refreshing beers. We will be starting when doors open at 3pm, so hurry while supplies last.

 

  • Friday, August 9th. Dreamsicle IPA Release. NoDa Brewing Compan. 2 pm-10 pm. National Creamsicle Day is right around the corner, which means it’s that time of year again. 🙌

    We’re bringing this tasty beer back to you on draft and in cans! This crisp West Coast style IPA marries the intensity of Amarillo, Centennial and Citra hops with the subtle sweetness of vanilla beans and orange peel. This pint is a 7% ABV nostalgic dream you’ll never want to wake up from! While you’re here, be sure to grab some grub from TIN Kitchen, too.

    Join us in the taproom — starting at 2 pm — to get your hands on this highly anticipated brew. 🍺

 

  • Saturday, August 10th. LoSo Block Party. The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery. 2 pm-11 pm. Mark your calendars for August 10th!

    Day-long neighborhood block party hosted by:
    The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery,
    Doc Porter’s Distillery,
    GoodRoad CiderWorks,
    Great Wagon Road Distilling Co. & The Broken Spoke,
    Lower Left Brewing Co
    Queen Park Social,
    Red Clay Ciderworks,
    Sugar Creek Brewing Co.,
    The Brewers at 4001 Yancey,
    Thirsty Nomad Brewing Co.

    The LoSo (Lower Southend) neighborhood is excited to host its 4th Annual LoSo Block Party! Complete with live music, local vendors, food, and plenty of drink, this party is sure to rock the block.

    This year’s party is on Saturday, August 10th 2:00PM-11:00PM.

 

  • Saturday, August 10th. Rèserve Noir Series Bottle Release. The Chamber by Wooden Robot. 12 pm-11:30 pm. Join us for the exclusive bottle release of the first 5 bottles of the Rèserve Noir Series this Saturday, August 10th at The Chamber

    Doors will open at noon at The Chamber ONLY and bottle sales will commence at the main bar. There is a very limited quantity of bottles available so please plan accordingly.
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    Rèserve Noir – Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale 6.2% – $16 / 4 bottles per person
    Rèserve Noir with Cherries – Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale with Cherries 6.2% – $18 / 4 bottles per person
    Rèserve Noir with Fig – Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale with Fig 6.2% – $18 / 4 bottles per person
    Rèserve Noir with Plum – Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale with Fig 6.2% – $18 / 4 bottles per person
    Double Barrel Rèserve Noir – Dark Sour Ale aged in Red Wine and Whiskey Barrels 6.5% – $20 / 2 bottles per person
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    Hope to see you all on Saturday 08.10.19!

 

  • Sunday, August 11th. Pumking Release Party. Brewers at 4001 Yancey. 1 pm-10 pm. Long live the KING! Pumking is back and he is bringing Warlock with him! 🎃

    Come enjoy live music by Nectar, Pumking flights, and Pumking sampling.

Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields We Know

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Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields, We Know Pale Ale, 5.8% (purchased from Pop The Top) is a collaboration between Burial Beer Co. and the band Dead Meadow and is double dry-hopped with Citra, Comet, and a big dose of Columbus Cryo hops. Beyond The Fields, We Know Pale Ale pours a bright cloudy yellow color with sediment floaters and a two-finger quickly fade-in white head, with big bitter grapefruit and hoppy aromas that is a nice and juicy on the nose. The taste is quite bold with a juicy bitter grapefruit orange with the growth of bitterness on the back of the tongue/mouth with a bitter citrus finish and a dank bitter aftertaste with a fuller mouthfeel. This is a wild pale ale that is nearly an IPA and Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields, We Know Pale Ale is a B- beer. It has a good wallop of hoppy bitter citrus flavor that is good but I not for more than two pints. If you like hoppy bitter citrus IPA like Pale Ales than Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields, We Know Pale Ale is one you should try. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!