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Cheers Charlotte 100th Episode! @CheersCLT @919Beer #ncbeer #craftbeer #podcast

There are few milestones podcasts like to celebrate.  The first show, the 50th show, maybe one year and the big one 100 SHOWS! Well that’s what the guys at Cheers Charlotte are marking this week.  They have released one show a week for the past 100 weeks.  Doing their very best to entertain, educate and inform the listener on whats going on in the craft beer world in Charlotte, in the state of…

North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival Details along with BJCP style discussions.

This week on Cheers Charlotte the executive director of Rural Hill and the North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival joins us to talk about this festival. What’s new for this years festival and what you can expect from this years bands.

We also discuss the two bills that were up for debate in the North Carolina legislature that would allow breweries in the state to produce over 25,000 barrels of…

Bayne Brewing Company-A Hidden Lake Norman Gem @ababeinbeerland @baynebrew #craftbeer #ncbeer #craftbrewery

Last Sunday, I was trying to find a way to chase the dreary weather blahs away. I came across a Groupon for Bayne Brewing in Cornelius. 18 bucks included one flight, one pint, and a souvenir glass for two! I had wanted to check this place out for a while and this was too great of a deal to pass up.

I was already familiar with the location, so it wasn’t hard to find. They renovated the space that…

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Art Sheppard of The Wandering Sheppard http://n0t.co/d @919Beer @RUWandering #919Beer #foodtruck #ncbeer #beericana

The Wandering Sheppard

This week, Joe and Adam hang out with Art Sheppard of The Wandering Sheppard food truck blog (@RUWandering). They discuss the growth of the local food truck scene and how the trucks are working with Triangle breweries to help each others’ businesses grow. Also, Wayne drops by to recap last weekend’s Asheville Comes East Ruckus Brew Fest and to give a quick Beericana…

Burgers and Craft Beer Equal Big Hit for Moo & Brew Fest

If you weren’t at Creative Loafing’s Moo & Brew festival on April 11th, you may have been the only one. With over 40 breweries and bottle shops and over 2,000 attendees, Moo & Brew was the place to be for any Charlotte beer lover. With so many great brews on tap, it was impossible to sample it all, but we certainly tried! I was especially impressed with the beer that Sycamore Brewing brought to…

Discussion of sour beer by Mike Tobsmeire, author of "American Sour Beers" and The Mad Fermentationist with Fermentation Nation craft beer podcast. #craftbeer #sourbeer #fermentationnation #MikeTonsmeire http://www.brewcarolina.com/beer-podcasts/mike-tonsmeire-sour-beer-and-fermentation-nation

Horse-blanket, goaty, barnyard, funky; all of these are descriptors one might hear when someone describes a sour beer. Despite these descriptors sour beers have a wide range of complex flavors that are usually more associated with wine than beer. They can be acidic, tart, dry, & fruity; these beers often hardly resemble a “beer” in flavor because they don’t have the bitter and/or malty  flavors…

Listen to Scott Mizerak of Foothills Brewing discuss the Triangle's craft beer scene. @919Beer #foothills #craftbeer #ncbeer

Foothills Brewing

This week, Joe and Adam talk to Scott Mizerak about the Triangle beer scene, branding, and Foothills turning 10!

Joe also recaps his Final Four experience in Indy.

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Birdsong Brewing Company: Grand Opening of the “New Nest”

Saturday was a beautiful day to celebrate craft beer in Charlotte and celebrate, we did. Kicking off craft beer month in style, Birdsong Brewing Company held a party of epic proportions to christen their “new nest,” as they quite artfully dubbed their new digs and welcomed over 1300 patrons. The aesthetics are the marriage between natural wooden tables and the industrial fortitude of steel and…

Check Out Mash & Sparge Setups By Fermentation Nation #fermentationnation #craftbeer #beer #homebrew

In last week’s Fermentation Nation Podcast we discussed different methods of mashing and sparging.  Mashing is the process by which hot water is added to malted barley to activate specific enzymes present from the malting process. When activated, these enzymes convert the starch in the grains into sugars that that can be consumed by yeast to produce alcohol (ethanol) during fermentation.

Mashing…

Mystery Brewing Company and NC Brewers Guild President talk with 919 Beer. #craftbeer #ncbeer #mysterybrewing

Erik Lars Myers joins Joe and Adam to discuss the NC beer scene. Erik is president of the NC Brewers Guild, so the guys naturally bug him with industry questions. Plus, they discuss  distribution in NC, writing beer books that become outdated before they’re published, and weird stuff, like brewing beer for a nerd cruise. Mystery Brewing Podcast Thanks, 919 Beer Podcast

Charlotte Craft Beer Week: Liberty Hosts The Lost Founders Event #craftbeer #founders

This past Tuesday at 6 PM I lined up with about 50 others to get my hands on some tasty goodness! People were belly up to the bar, up the stairs, and out the door of The Liberty. Founders Brewery, out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was there to co-host the event.

First, the thirsty patrons were greeted with a small pour of Blushing Monk. This brew is part of Founders Backstage series. Released in…

Check Out Bulldog Beer and Wine and JJ's Red Hots @CheersCLT

Episode 93 is all about puppies and hot dogs and who doesn’t like those things?

Well that’s not entirely true.

But we do have Rob Johnson owner of Bulldog Beer and Wine in studio to talk about his 2 year anniversary coming up this weekend.  We get into how he started his first shop in Boone, NC and his plans to open a second store here in Charlotte.

After that we talked with Jon Luther.  Jon…

Bull City Ciderworks on 919 Beer @bullcitycidery @919Beer @CheersCLT @Ferm_Nation #cider #hardcider #drinklocal

This week, Joe and Adam talk with Ryan Bogard about cider making, life in Durham, and their Kickstarter Campaign to move the brewery. Also, since they’ve been out a week, the guys recap what they were up to in ATL and the ACC Tournament.

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