Queen City Brewers Festival scheduled an overtime shift with the guys at Triple C Brewing Co. After an impressive showing at North Carolina Brewers and...
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08.032012March 8, 2012
Happy Hour with Heist Brewery
Heist Brewery joined the Queen City Brewers Festival lineup just a week before the Feb. 4th event date, making its first-ever beer tasting festival appearance...
20.012012January 20, 2012
Rediscovering Rock Bottom
The greater-Charlotte area has been blessed with several new breweries, but Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery (401 N. Tryon Street) is Uptown’s longest-standing source for...
21.122011December 21, 2011
Ass Clown Brewing Company Has Its Ph.D., In Craft Beer
What Ass Clown Brewing Company lacks in production size is made up in its wide range of mind-bending flavors and styles. Queen City Brewers Festival...
14.122011December 14, 2011
The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery: Pioneers of the Local Craft Beer Revival
After a hiatus in which the Queen City had no functioning breweries, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery started the Charlotte-area on a path that has seen...
07.122011December 7, 2011
Talking Beer With Darrin Pikarsky
Queen City Brewers Festival caught up with beer event extraordinaire, Darrin Pikarsky. The founder of the Charlotte Beer Club, Charlotte Craft Beer Week and the...
02.122011December 2, 2011
Hops In Matthews
Queen City Brewers Festival steered its way eastbound and dropped in at Hops in Matthews, NC. The bar, which has a Cheers-esque feel, was without...
23.112011November 23, 2011
No Doubt About NoDa Brewing Company
“Watch your feet, we’ve got kegs going out the door,” NoDa Brewing owner Todd Ford warned with a friendly gesture as Assistant Brewer Matt Virgil...
16.112011November 16, 2011
Coffee With Kind Beers
Queen City Brewers Festival paid a visit to the Pineville headquarters of Kind Beers for a meeting with owner Terry Bumbaugh. Terry starts his day...
01.112011November 1, 2011
Birdsong Brewing Prepares to Take Flight
Greeted by its mascot, “Cheez-It”, we immediately sensed a positive vibe walking into the Birdsong brewery. Conor Robinson, Birdsong’s head brewer, put a batch of...