“First established, but not first to sell,” head brewer and the hardest working of the Friends, Jon Fulcher, jokes as we begin our conversation. A...
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News and Notes QCBF 2013
With 80 degree temps, it sure hasn’t felt like it, but we’re just one season away from winter and that means Queen City Brewers Festival...
Working Overtime with Triple C Brewing Company
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Welcome To Our NEW Website!
Thanks for visiting the new site! As you can tell, we’ve finally done away with the old place holder page and stepped up to a...