U.S. Open Beer Championship Announces Medal Winners
Breweries from China to the Czech Republic sent in almost 4,000 beers and ciders representing 90 different styles for the 2015 U.S. Open Beer Championship. This competition includes professional breweries and award-winning home-brewers. Today, judges from England, Canada and the U.S. announced the winners.
More than 20 international breweries from Australia, China, Czech Republic, Venezuela, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Scotland and England competed.
Ballast Point Brewing in San Diego, California was named Grand National Champion by winning three gold medals and one silver medal. Their three beers that were awarded gold medals were Ballast Point Pale Ale, Calico Amber Ale and Sculpin IPA.
Judging in the U.S. Open Beer Championships is blind; the judges do not know what beers they are tasting.
“It’s amazing what brewers will do to enter the U.S. Open. In the past, brewers have personally delivered their craft beers from Columbia and Brazil. This year, Joshua Deitner from Shanghai Brewery in China traveled 7,263 miles to deliver his beers personally,” said Dow Scoggins, Director of the U.S. Open. He added that the effort paid off: Shanghai Brewery’s Imperial American Brown Ale was awarded a silver medal.
Complete List of U.S. Open Medal Winners: http://www.usopenbeer.com/
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
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$10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
- New Favourite Friday: Try the latest & greatest!
Saturday:
- Bartender’s Choice: You never know what you’re going to get!
Sunday July 12th:
Wednesday July 15th:
- Crazy Mountain Brewing Company Event:
Please join us as we welcome our friend David from Crazy Mountain Brewing Company! We’ll be pouring and sipping a handful of their tasty beers fresh out of Edwards, Colorado. More details soon.
Thursday July 16th:
- Bull City Cider Kickoff:
We’re excited to welcome this new NC cidery to our market!
Hard cider doesn’t have to be sickeningly sweet and taste artificial. Bull City Ciderworks crafts refreshingly unique, gluten-free hard ciders using NC apples and a wide variety of local ingredients whenever possible. We don’t back sweeten with high fructose corn syrup, so you taste the apple in all its glory! We transform hard cider with ingredients ranging from tea, honey and hops to ginger, strawberry and spruce tips. We also conduct experimental small batches fermenting with unorthodox yeasts and bacteria to create unique hard cider that are distinctly Bull City! The BULL is busting out of the box and changing perceptions of what great cider is all about. Different is delicious.
We’ll be pouring the following on draft:
Smooth Hoperator– dry-hopped with Cascade, Citra & Galaxy; floral aroma, tropical notes and mild bitterness
Rhiz Up– spiced with generous amounts of fresh ginger rhizomes bullcityciderworks.com
Thursday July 23rd:
- Florida Beer Company Event:
Join us as we welcome our friend Ryan from Florida Beer Company! We’ll have the following on tap from FBC:
Swamp Ape Double Black IPA
Gaspar’s Porter
Devil’s Triangle IPA
Key West Sunset Ale
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Natty Greene’s Freedom IPA
Cider: Crown Valley Blackberry Cider
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Bombshell Lost My Way/Head Over Hops IPA
Brooklyn Sorachi Ace Saison
Coronado Orange Ave. Wheat
Crazy Mountain Scenic Route Kolsch
Crown Valley Ricochet Red Sour
Deep River Oxbow IPA
Duck-Rabbit Doppelbock
Foothills Gruffmeister Maibock
Foothills Hopjob Session IPA
Founders Double Trouble Double IPA
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride Pale Ale
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Liberty Bell Lager
Mission IPA
Service Brewing Company Ground Pounder Pale Ale
Southampton Bière de Mars
Stoudt’s American Pale Ale
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Legend Pale Ale With Whole Flower Citra Hops
Cask: Heavy Seas Loose Cannon IPA With Citra & Chinook Hops, Birch Wood & Lemon & Orange Zest
Cider: Ace Pineapple Cider
Cider: Naked Apple Blackberry Cider
Cider: Schilling Ginger Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Rivertowne Silly Rabbit Strawberry Cream Ale
Nitro: North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
21st Amendment Hop Crisis Imperial IPA
Ballast Point Barmy Apricot Ale
Ballast Point Ginger Big Eye IPA
Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA
Check Six Wendy’s Blonde Ale
Deep River White Lies White IPA
Duck-Rabbit Schwarzbier
Eel River Organic IPA
Epic Hop Syndrome Lager
Evil Twin Bikini Beer Session IPA
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Sudachi IPA
Evil Twin Mission Gose With Eucalyptus
Haw River 2 Prong Rye Double IPA
Humboldt Brown Ale
Local Option Walk Ov Shame Saison
Lost Coast Saison
Rivertowne Jahmon IPA
Service Brewing Company Compass Rose IPA
Service Brewing Company Rally Point Pilsner
Sierra Nevada Nooner Pilsner
Southampton Double White Ale
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New Cans & Bottles
Bell’s Oberon Cans
Left Hand Wake Up Dead Russian Imperial Stout Nitro
Parallel 49 Gypsy Tears Ruby Red Ale
Parallel 49 Toques of Hazzard Imperial White IPA
Steamworks Jasmine IPA
Stone RuinTen Triple IPA
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- Ballast Stone (Australia) 2012
Gamay Rosé- Domaine Pral (France) 2014
Gruner Veltliner- Allram (Austria) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Sauvignon Blanc- Queen Of Hearts (Santa Barbara County, California) 2009
Red:
Cabernet Sauvignon- Grayson Cellars (California) 2013
Merlot- 60 North (California) 2012
Pinot Noir- The Path (California) 2013
Syrah/Grenache/Mourvedre- Charles Thomas (Côtes du Rhone, France) 2013
Tempranillo- Vanesa (Spain) 2012
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Apricot: Blended sour blond ales aged in oak barrels with apricots for up to 15 months. 2014 vintage. 7.6% ABV
Cascade Blackberry: Blended sour wheat ales aged in oak barrels with blackberries for up to 12 months. 2014 vintage. 7% ABV
Cascade Sang Rouge: Blended sour red ales aged in oak wine barrels and oak foundres for up to three years. 2013 vintage. 8.4% ABV
Timmermans Oude Gueuze: Unflavoured lambic. 2014 vintage. 5.5% ABV
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With great trends come deceitful imposters, and as is the case with phony craft cocktail and wine bars, there are a lot of beer joints that really fall flat.
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
- Wednesday July 1st: Canada Day at Cape Fear Wine & Beer
Happy Canada Day! We’ll be pouring our old favourites:
Unibroue (Chambly, Quebec)
Blanche de Chambly (Belgian-style witbier)
Ephemere (Belgian-style witbier with apple juice & spices)
Maudite (Belgian-style strong ale)
as well as some occasional additions:
Steamworks Jasmine IPA
Parallel 49 Toques of Hazzard Imperial White IPA
Parallel 49 Gypsy Tears Red Ale
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$10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
- New Favourite Friday: Try the latest & greatest!
Saturday:
- Saturday July 4th: Join us for an event with Natty Greene’s of Greensboro, NC. We’ll have a firkin of their Freedom IPA to celebrate Independence Day.
- Bartender’s Choice: You never know what you’re going to get!
Sunday:
- Sunday July 12th: Go ahead and mark your calendars for our 12th anniversary party. We’ll have limited one-time commemorative shirts for sale and a selection of limited beers to toast 12 years in business.
- Beer Church: This week we’re doing a split church with two NC breweries- one old and one new (to this market, at least). First mass at 1 PM will be Bombshell Beer Company of Holly Springs. We’ll have their Lemongrass Pale Ale, Polished Pillsner and Head Over Hops IPA. Second mass will be Foothills Brewing Company of Winston-Salem. We’ll be pouring their Hopjob Session IPA & Maibock on draft.
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: RJ Rockers Grapefruit Rockhopper IPA
Cider: Julian Black & Blue
Blackberry & Blueberry Cider
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Founders Rubaeus Raspberry Ale
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Atwater Dirty Blonde Ale
Atwater Hop-A-Peel Double IPA
Atwater Voodoovator Doppelbock
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Check Six Brass Ring Pale Ale
Coronado Orange Ave. Wheat
Deep River Riverbank Rye-It Pale Ale
Eel River Emerald Triangle IPA
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Kabosu IPA
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride Pale Ale
Haw River Newlin’s Original Belgian Oatmeal Pale Ale
Haw River St. Benedict’s Breakfast Dubbel
Humboldt Brown Ale
Mission El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale
Off-Colour Troublesome Gose
Shmaltz He’Brew Messiah Nut Brown
Southampton Bière de Mars
Stoudt’s American Pale Ale
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Foothills Seeing Double IPA
With Grapefruit, Cherimoya Fruit & NC Honey
Cask: Legend Pale Ale With Whole Flower Citra Hops
Cider: Naked Apple Blackberry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout
Nitro: Moylan’s Special Bitter
21st Amendment Hop Crisis Imperial IPA
Allagash Confluence Sour Ale
Brooklyn Sorachi Ace Saison
Deep River Oxbow IPA
Deep River White Lies White IPA
Duck-Rabbit Doppelbock
Duck-Rabbit Schwarzbier
Eel River Organic IPA
Epic Hop Syndrome Lager
Evil Twin Bikini Beer Session IPA
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Sudachi IPA
Evil Twin Mission Gose With Eucalyptus
Founders Double Trouble Double IPA
Haw River 2 Prong Rye Double IPA
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Lost Coast Red IPA
Lost Coast Saison
Mission IPA
Rivertowne Jahmon IPA
Sierra Nevada Nooner Pilsner
Sierra Nevada Summerfest Lager
Southampton Double White Ale
Stone IPA
Uinta Baba Black Lager
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New Cans & Bottles
21st Amendment Hop Crisis Imperial IPA
Allagash Confluence Sour Ale
Cascade Sang Rouge Oak-Aged Sour Red
Champion Shower Beer Pilsner
Champion Tart Berlinerweisse
Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest Fresh Hop Ale
Terrapin Liquid Lunch Peanut Butter & Jelly Porter
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- The Path (California) 2013
Gamay Rosé- Domaine Pral (France) 2014
Gruner Veltliner- Paul D. (Austria) 2014
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Sauvignon Blanc- Lobster Reef (Marlborough, New Zealand) 2014
Red:
Cabernet Sauvignon- Bellula (France) 2013
Cabernet Sauvignon/Petite Sirah/Barbera- Double Decker (California) 2012
Merlot- 60 North (California) 2012
Pinot Noir- The Path (California) 2013
Tempranillo- Vanesa (Spain) 2012
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Apricot: Blended sour blond ales aged in oak barrels with apricots for up to 15 months. 2014 vintage. 7.6% ABV
Cascade Blackberry: Blended sour wheat ales aged in oak barrels with blackberries for up to 12 months. 2014 vintage. 7% ABV
Cascade Sang Rouge: Blended sour red ales aged in oak wine barrels and oak foundres for up to three years. 2013 vintage. 8.4% ABV
Timmermans Oude Gueuze: Unflavoured lambic. 2014 vintage. 5.5% ABV
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Recently Esquire Magazine released this list of 10 highly coveted beers. How many (if any) have you tasted?
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
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$10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
- New Favourite Friday: Try the latest & greatest!
Saturday:
- Saturday July 4th: Join us for an event with Natty Greene’s of Greensboro, NC. We’ll have a firkin of their Freedom IPA to celebrate Independence Day.
- Bartender’s Choice: You never know what you’re going to get!
Sunday:
- Sunday July 12th: Go ahead and mark your calendars for our 12th anniversary party. We’ll have limited one-time commemorative shirts for sale and a selection of limited beers to toast 12 years in business
- Beer Church: TBD. Masses are at 1 PM and 8 PM.
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Deep River Oxbow IPA With Chinook Hops
Cider: Naked Apple Blackberry Cider
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Left Hand Milk Stout
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
21st Amendment Brew Free Or Die! IPA
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Boulevard Saison Brett
Brooklyn Half Ale Saison
Champion Megaladon Imperial Coffee Porter
Check Six Hat In The Ring IPA
Coronado Orange Ave. Wheat
Deep River Cottontown Lager
Deep River White Lies White IPA
Foothills Hop Job Session IPA
Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride Pale Ale
Haw River Sun Hands Belgian Summer Golden Ale
Humboldt Brown Ale
Mother Earth Porch Pale Ale
Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
Southampton Burton IPA
Stillwater Mono Galaxy Dry-Hopped Pilsner
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Deep River White Lies White IPA
Cider: Julian Cherry Bomb Cherry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Bell’s Oarsman Berlinerweisse
Broomtail Smashing Grapefruits Imperial Pale Ale
Champion Solipsist Saison
Deep River Riverbank Rye-It Pale Ale
Deep River Mango Tango Foxtrot IPA
Deep River White Lies White IPA
Dogfish Head Festina Pêche Berlinerweisse
Duck-Rabbit Doppelbock
Eel River Emerald Triangle IPA
Eel River Organic Amber
Eel River Organic Blonde
Eel River Organic IPA
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Kabosu IPA
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Sudachi IPA
Evil Twin James Beer Berlinerweisse
Great Divide Showdown Rye IPA
Haw River Newlin’s Original Belgian Oatmeal Pale Ale
Haw River St. Benedict’s Breakfast Dubbel
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Lost Coast Red IPA
Mission El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale
Mission IPA
Rivertowne Jahmon IPA
Shmaltz He’Brew Messiah Nut Brown
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum IPA
Southampton Bière de Mars
Stoudt’s American Pale Ale
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- The Chard Project (California) 2012
Pinot Grigio- Santa Alessandra (Italy) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Torrontes- Filus (Argentina) 2013
Sauvignon Blanc Blend- Strauss White (Austria) 2013
Red:
Cabernet Sauvignon- Bellula (France) 2013
Cabernet Sauvignon/Petite Sirah/Barbera- Double Decker (California) 2012
Merlot/Petite Sirah/Syrah/Zinfandel- Red Splash (California) 2011
Pinot Noir- Periodic (Central Coast, California) 2012
Syrah/Mourvedre/Grenache- Chateau Roustan (Costières de Nîmes, France) 2013
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Apricot: Blended sour blond ales aged in oak barrels with apricots for up to 15 months. 2014 vintage. 7.6% ABV
Cascade Blackberry: Blended sour wheat ales aged in oak barrels with blackberries for up to 12 months. 2014 vintage. 7% ABV
Delirium Red: Tart ale with cherries. 8% ABV
Timmermans Oude Gueuze: Unflavoured lambic. 2014 vintage. 5.5% ABV
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It seems that everybody is brewing a session IPA these days. We’re not gonna lie, this is one trend we’re not mad at. To be able to keep the amazing aromas and bright flavours of a hoppy IPA but drop the palate busting and 6%+ ABV levels while keeping the alcohol content reasonable is a great concept. We’re seeing lots of new offerings in this style, especially this time of year. Keep an eye out for new arrivals like Ipswich S.I.P.A., Foothills Hop Job, Left Hand Introvert and so many more. Drink up and don’t worry about falling off of your barstool. Cheers!
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
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$10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
- New Favourite Friday: Try the latest & greatest!
Saturday:
- Bartender’s Choice: You never know what you’re going to get!
Sunday:
- Beer Church: This week we’re featuring a beer near and dear to our hearts. Recently Megan & Kris went to Wilmington Brewing Company to brew a batch of Sneaky Goose Double IPA with all of our friends up there. This Sunday we’ll be featuring a cask-conditioned version of Sneaky Goose with Amarillo Hops and a cask-conditioned Sneaky Goose with Mandarin Oranges and Centennial Hops. Don’t miss this sermon! Masses are at 1 PM and 8 PM.
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Blue Point Hoptical Illusion IPA
Cider: Doc’s Framboise Raspberry Cider
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Ballast Point Sextant Oatmeal Stout
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Benford/Evil Twin The Problem Solver Imperial IPA
Boulevard Hibiscus Gose
Broomtail Moe Beer Brown Ale
Coronado Orange Ave. Wheat
Crown Valley Coffman’s Coffee Porter
Deep River White Lies White IPA
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride Pale Ale
Great Divide Barrel-Aged Old Ruffian Barleywine
Haw River The Seven Faces of Pepe Grano
7 Grain 7 Peppercorn Saison
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Mother Earth Porch Pale Ale
Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
Southampton Bière de Mars
Stone Cali-Belgique Belgian-Style IPA
Troegs Hopback Amber Ale
Troegs Sunshine Pilsner
Troegs Troegenator Doppelbock
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Deep River Oxbow IPA With Chinook Hops
Cask: Deep River White Lies White IPA
Cider: Julian Cherry Bomb Cherry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Atwater Decadent Chocolate
21st Amendment Brew Free Or Die! IPA
Bell’s Oarsman Berlinerweisse
Blowing Rock Summer Ale
Boulevard Saison Brett
Brooklyn Half Ale Saison
Broomtail Smashing Grapefruits Imperial Pale Ale
Champion Megaladon Imperial Coffee Porter
Champion Solipsist Saison
Check Six Hat In The Ring IPA
Deep River Cottontown Lager
Evil Twin James Beer Berlinerweisse
Foothills Hop Job Session IPA
Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA
Haw River Newlin’s Original Belgian Oatmeal Pale Ale
Haw River St. Benedict’s Breakfast Dubbel
Haw River Sun Hands Belgian Summer Golden Ale
Humboldt Brown Ale
Left Hand Introvert Session IPA
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum IPA
Southampton Burton IPA
Stone Enjoy By 7.4.15 IPA
Stone Ruination IPA 2.0
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New Bottles & Cans
Allagash Victor
Allagash Victoria
Mikkeller Nugget Single Hop IPA
Sonoma Cider Hatchet- Apple
Sonoma Cider Pitchfork- Pear
Stone Bourbon Barrel-Aged Arrogant Bastard
Stone Enjoy By 7.4.15 IPA
Stone Ruination IPA 2.0
Victory Sour Monkey
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- The Chard Project (California) 2012
Pinot Grigio- Santa Alessandra (Italy) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Torrontes- Filus (Argentina) 2013
Sauvignon Blanc Blend- Strauss White (Austria) 2013
Red:
Cabernet Sauvignon- Poppy (Paso Robles, California) 2013
Merlot/Petite Sirah/Syrah/Zinfandel- Red Splash (California) 2011
Pinot Noir- Periodic (Central Coast, California) 2012
Syrah/Mourvedre/Grenache- Chateau Roustan (Costières de Nîmes, France) 2013
Zinfandel- Into Zin (Lodi, California) 2013
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Apricot: Blended sour blond ales aged in oak barrels with apricots for up to 15 months. 2014 vintage. 7.6% ABV
Cascade Blackberry: Blended sour wheat ales aged in oak barrels with blackberries for up to 12 months. 2014 vintage. 7% ABV
Delirium Red: Tart ale with cherries. 8% ABV
Timmermans Oude Gueuze: Unflavoured lambic. 2014 vintage. 5.5% ABV
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110-Year-Old Man Credits Long Life To His Daily Can Of Beer
Sage wisdom from Cape Fear Wine & Beer, or just a heartwarming feel-good story? We’ll let you decide.
Respect your elders.
(Photo caption: The world’s first canned beer is sold on January 24, 1935. You can thank Krueger’s Beer in Richmond, Virginia for making it happen with a first run of 2000 cans. This photo from the FDR Library shows soldiers receiving World War II beer rations: Sgt. Henry Klein sells T/4 Ralph Lohman his ration of American beer. Seven cans were rationed in Sept. but future deliveries were uncertain.)
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3
Please join us next week for an event with our friend JP of Sonoma Cider! We’ll have a few of their handcrafted, certified organic ciders on hand, including a very limited offering, The Washboard, a Sarsaparilla Vanilla cider.
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$10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
- New Favourite Friday: Try the latest & greatest!
Saturday:
- Bartender’s Choice: You never know what you’re going to get!
Sunday:
- Beer Church: Last but certainly not least, our final Ballast Point for the month of May will be Dorado Double IPA. Do not miss this beastly 90 IBU brew! Masses are at 1 PM and 8 PM.
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Deep River Riverbank Rye-It With Jameson Oak Chips
Cider: Crown Valley Strawberry Cider
Cider: Julian Cherry Bomb Cherry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Left Hand Milk Stout
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Aviator Habanero Saison
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Boston Beer Co. Longshot Rebel Rouser Imperial IPA
Brooklyn I Wanna Rye-It IPA
Champion/NOFX Stickin’ In My Rye IPA
Check Six Curtiss Jenny Brown Ale
Crown Valley Big Bison Dubbel
Crown Valley Farmhouse Lager
Duck-Rabbit Doppelbock
Finch’s Sobek & Set Black IPA
Foothills Maibock Lager
Fuller’s London Porter
Great Divide Barrel-Aged Old Ruffian Barleywine
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Orange Blossom Weisse Weisse Baby
Otter Creek Over Easy Session IPA
Southampton Burton IPA
Stillwater The Devil Is People Sour Smoked Wheat Ale
Toasted Coconut Porter
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Heavy Seas Loose Cannon IPA
With Amarillo, Cascade & Citra Hops
and Dried Grapefruit Peel
Cask: Heavy Seas Loose Cannon IPA
With Centennial, Fuggle & Saaz Hops,
Cherry Wood and White Pepper
Cider: Naked Apple Blackberry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: North Coast Old Rasputin
Russian Imperial Stout
21st Amendment Brew Free Or Die! IPA
Anderson Valley Holy Gose
Bell’s Oarsman Berlinerweisse
Blowing Rock Summer Ale
Brooklyn Half Ale Saison
Check Six Dugan’s Chocolate Stout
Crown Valley Coffman’s Coffee Porter
Crown Valley Gunslinger Double IPA
Epic Lil Brainless on Raspberries
Evil Twin Citra Sunshine Slacker IPA
Great Divide Chocolate Oak-Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
Heavy Seas Smooth Sail Summer Ale
Humboldt Brown Ale
Ipswich Route 101 IPA
Ipswich S.I.P.A.
Lost Coast Alleycat Amber
Moylan’s Orange & Black Congrats Ale Black IPA
North Coast Red Seal Ale
Smuttynose Hayseed Saison
Southampton Bière de Mars
Southern Appalachian Pilsner
Stone Cali-Belgique Belgian-Style IPA
Victory Lager
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New Bottles & Cans
Anderson Valley Boont Barl Bourbon Barrel-Aged Amber Ale
Great Divide Barrel-Aged Old Ruffian Barleywine
Left Hand Twin Sisters Double IPA
Stone Mutt Brown
Stone Points Unknown IPA
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- The Chard Project (California) 2012
Pinot Grigio- Musaragno (Italy) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Sauvignon Blanc- Mira Bueno (Spain) 2014
Syrah/Grenache Rosé- Charles Thomas (Côtes du Rhône, France) 2014
Red:
Cabernet Sauvignon- Wente (California) 2012
Merlot- Incorvaia/Noni Bacca (Wilmington, NC) NV
Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon- Villa Puccini (Tuscany, Italy) 2009
Syrah/Mourvedre/Grenache- Chateau Roustan (Costières de Nîmes, France) 2013
Zinfandel- Into Zin (Lodi, California) 2013
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Apricot: Blended sour blond ales aged in oak barrels with apricots for up to 15 months. 2014 vintage. 7.6% ABV
Cascade Blackberry: Blended sour wheat ales aged in oak barrels with blackberries for up to 12 months. 2014 vintage. 7% ABV
Delirium Red: Tart ale with cherries. 8% ABV
Timmermans Oude Gueuze: Unflavoured lambic. 2014 vintage. 5.5% ABV
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Brewconomy is a documentary about North Carolina beer.
Through the voices of brewers, community leaders, government officials, scientists, farmers, business owners and others, Brewconomy tells the story of craft brewing’s affect on agriculture, community and economy. These effects include providing jobs, increasing tax revenue, strengthening community ties, encouraging agricultural innovation, and production and generally improving the overall state economy.
The rise of craft beer is here. Even though it represents less than 10% of the total beer sales in the United States craft beer is growing steadily, especially in North Carolina. Brewconomy explores the growth of Southern beer and its positive impact on the agriculture, community and economy. As educated consumers choose more robust, flavourful beers, how will the state meet demand? Will it reach a tipping point? Or will craft beer bring more great things to North Carolina?
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
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$10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
- New Favourite Friday: Try the latest & greatest!
Saturday:
- Bartender’s Choice: You never know what you’re going to get!
Sunday:
- Beer Church: Continuing on with our Ballast Point month of beer church, this week we bring you Calico Amber Ale. It’s an ESB-inspired amber chock full of malt body and American hop profiles. First mass is at 1 PM and second mass is at 8 PM.
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Wednesday 5.13.15:
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BALLAST POINT PRESENTS CAPE FEAR
In a world dominated by beer mediocrity, one brewery stands alone. Undefeated. Unwaveringly consistent. Until it meets its match. A bar with the same passion for quality.
Together they can conquer the world.
Coming this May, the biggest blockbuster of the decade.
BALLAST POINT PRESENTS: CAPE FEAR.
Fear the fear.
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Broomtail Moe Brown With Coffee & Cranberry
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Cider: Sonoma Cider The Anvil
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Moylan’s Dragoon’s Dry Irish-Style Stout
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Anchor Spring Saison
Ballast Point Big Eye IPA
Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Habanero Sculpin IPA
Big Boss Bad Penny Brown Ale
Big Boss Night Knight Black IPA
Carolina Brewing Company Groundhog Day
Imperial Stout
Evil Twin Soft DK Imperial Stout
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride
Grand Teton Lost Continent Double IPA
Great Divide Rumble Oak-Aged IPA
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Lagunitas Scare City Imperial Coffee Stout
Mission Coconut Brown
Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
Oskar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils
Southampton Double White
Triangle Cherry Lambic
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Erie Mad Anthony’s Pale Ale
Cask: Foothills People’s Porter
With Coffee, Hazelnut & NC Honey
Cider: Julian Black & Blue
Blackberry & Blueberry Cider
Cider: Julian Cherry Bomb Cherry Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: North Coast Old Rasputin Russian
Imperial Stout
Anchor IPA
Benford Smoked O’Hickory Brown
Coronado Barrelman’s Brown
Deep River Oxbow IPA
Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck Imperial Stout
Evil Twin Molotov Lite Imperial IPA
Finch’s Sobek & Set Black IPA
Foothills Hoppyum IPA
Green Flash Jibe Session IPA
Humboldt Brown Ale
Humboldt Red Nectar
Mikkeller Koppi Coffee IPA With Citra & Michiti Hops
Natty Greene’s Old Fort Black IPA
Oskar Blues G’Knight Imperial Red IPA
Oskar Blues Pinner Throwback IPA
Shmaltz She’Brew Triple IPA
Stoudt’s Revel Red
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New Bottles & Cans
Anderson Valley Holy Gose Cans
Cascade Apricot
Cascade Blackberry
Girardin Gueuze 1882
Hanssens Lambic Experimental Raspberry
Hanssens Oude Gueuze
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay/Viognier- Oveja Negra Reserva (Chile) 2012
Chenin Blanc- Fairvalley (South Africa) 2013
Pinot Grigio- Villa Puccini (Italy) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Verdejo- Verdeo (Spain) 2013
Red:
Cabernet Sauvignon/Malbec/Syrah- Estampa Reserve (Chile) 2012
Merlot- Steeple Jack (Australia) 2010
Pinot Noir- Old Soul (Lodi, California) 2013
Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon- Villa Puccini (Tuscany, Italy) 2009
Shiraz- The Corker (Australia) 2012
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Apricot: Blended sour blond ales aged in oak barrels with apricots for up to 15 months. 2014 vintage. 7.6% ABV
Cascade Blueberry: Blended wheat and blond ales aged in oak barrels up to eight months on oak, then aged on three months on fresh blueberries. 2014 vintage. 8.19% ABV
Delirium Red: Tart ale with cherries. 8% ABV
Timmermans Oude Gueuze: Unflavoured lambic. 2014 vintage. 5.5% ABV
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We’re getting ready to roll out an entire month of amazing sour ales! Sours are amazingly refreshing on a warm day. Every spring, we amass a worldly selection of sour ales for our month-long promotion, April Showers Bring May Sours. Offerings from all over Europe and the United States will line our coolers and draft lines all month.
Some beer trends come and go, but sours have long-lasting appeal. Many Belgian and German breweries that produce sours have been doing so for hundreds of years, and American breweries that produce sours have sealed a place in the market.
“Sour” is a term that covers many types of beer, including Lambics (both flavoured i.e. Kriek, Framboise, Pêche, etc. and unflavoured i.e. Gueuze), Flanders reds & Flemish browns (both flavoured i.e. cherry and unflavoured), as well as German styles Berlinerweisse and Gose.
Yeast is the magic component that determines a sour. Some yeasts are purposely added to the beers to procure that sour flavor. However, lambics are brewed with an open fermentation technique, allowing natural wild airborne yeasts to ferment and impart a unique sour flavor.
Cape Fear Wine & Beer has around a dozen different type of sour ales in bottles and on draft year-round, but the entire month of May is devoted to showcasing these standard and several rare, unique sours. We’ll be introducing various types of sours from all over the world all month long. Stay tuned to our newsletters and our facebook page for the newest additions, and ask your bartender for the sour ales available.
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
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Let’s Get Tropical with The Unknown Brewing Company: April 29th @ 6:30 PM
Join us as we get tropical with our friends from Unknown! We’ll be tapping kegs of Let’s Get Tropical IPA, Scratch & Sniff Session IPA & Head First Pale Ale, as well as a firkin of Silverback Stout. The Unknown crew really know how to party– don’t miss out!
$10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
- New Favourite Friday: Try the latest & greatest!
Saturday:
- Bartender’s Choice: You never know what you’re going to get!
Sunday:
- Beer Church: All five Sundays in May, we’ll be rolling out some extremely limited Ballast Point glassware! Please join us on Sunday, May 3 for the first of five- Big Eye IPA. Big Eye is the classic west coast style IPA, full of piney & sprucey hops and a caramel malt backbone. The first mass is at 1 PM and second mass is at 8 PM.
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Heavy Seas Gold Ale
with Chinook & Sorachi Ace Hops,
White Oak, Orange & Grapefruit
Cider: Julian Black & Blue
Blackberry & Blueberry Cider
Cider: Schilling Ginger Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Starr Hill Oatmeal Stout
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Anchor Spring Saison
Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Thai Chili Wahoo Wheat
Carolina Brewing Company Groundhog Day
Imperial Stout (NC)
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Imperial Brown Ale
Dogfish Head Theobroma Ancient Ale
Double Barley Touché IPA (NC)
Evil Twin Soft DK Imperial Stout
Foothills Torch Pilsner (NC)
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride
Great Divide Old Ruffian Barleywine
Humboldt Brown Ale
Left Hand Great Juju Imperial Pale Ale With Ginger
Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s IPA (NC)
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout (NC)
Rivertowne Hop Lace White IPA
Southampton Double White
Unknown Let’s Get Tropical IPA
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Unknown Silverback Stout (NC)
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Cider: Sonoma Cider The Anvil
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Cider
Mead: Redstone Nectar Of The Hops
Dry-Hopped Mead
Nitro: Left Hand Milk Stout
Nitro: North Coast Old Rasputin
Russian Imperial Stout
Anchor IPA
Ballast Point Habanero Sculpin
Benford Smoked O’Hickory Brown
Big Boss Bad Penny Brown Ale
Big Boss Night Knight Black IPA
Coronado Barrelman’s Brown
Deep River Oxbow IPA (NC)
Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck Imperial Stout (NC)
Evil Twin Molotov Lite Imperial IPA
Finch’s Sobek & Set Black IPA
Foothills Hoppyum IPA (NC)
Grand Teton Lost Continent Double IPA
Great Divide Rumble Oak-Aged IPA
Green Flash Jibe Session IPA
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Humboldt Red Nectar
Lagunitas Scare City Imperial Coffee Stout
Lost Coast Indica IPA
Lost Coast Sharkinator White IPA
Mikkeller Koppi Coffee IPA With Citra & Michiti Hops
Mission Coconut Brown
Natty Greene’s Old Fort Black IPA (NC)
Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale (NC)
Oskar Blues G’Knight Imperial Red IPA (NC)
Oskar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils (NC)
Oskar Blues Pinner Throwback IPA (NC)
Shamltz She’Brew Triple IPA
Stoudt’s Revel Red
Troegs Hopback Amber
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- De Lyeth (Sonoma County, California)
Chenin Blanc- Fairvalley (South Africa) 2013
Pinot Grigio- Villa Puccini (Italy) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Verdejo- Verdeo (Spain) 2013
Red:
Barbera- Quattro Mani (Italy) 2012
Cabernet Sauvignon- Bellula (France) 2013
Merlot- Steeple Jack (Australia) 2010
Pinot Noir- Brownstone (Lodi, California) NV
Shiraz- The Corker (Australia) 2012
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Blueberry: Blended wheat and blond ales aged in oak barrels up to eight months on oak, then aged on three months on fresh blueberries. 2014 vintage. 8.19% ABV
Delirium Red: Tart ale with cherries. 8% ABV
Timmermans Oude Gueuze: Unflavoured lambic. 2014 vintage. 5.5% ABV
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Join us on Saturday, April 18 for Record Store Day! At Cape Fear Wine & Beer we have always supported all music and musicians, locally-owned record stores and, of course, good craft beer. Dogfish Head is Record Store Day’s official brewery and has released several world-class beers devoted to timeless musicians, such as Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and Robert Johnson’s Hellhound. We’ll have limited Dogfish beers on tap and free glassware.
Our resident DJ Greg Jaeger will be spinning some old school CFWB records during the event.
On tap we’ll have the following beers:
61 Minute IPA
Burton Baton Oak-Aged Imperial IPA
Palo Santo Imperial Brown Ale
Theobroma
In bottles we’ll have the following beers:
60 Minute IPA
90 Minute IPA
Aprihop IPA
Black & Blue
Indian Brown Ale
Midas Touch
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
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CANADIAN BEER EVENT: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 AT 6 PM
Please join us as we welcome Kyle Bush of 2×4 Brewing & Imports and Patrick Robinson of Fine Wine Trading Co. as we pour some world-class Canadian offerings from Howe Sound Brewing & Parallel 49 Brewing Company of British Columbia, Canada. Come taste some beers from our neighbours to the north.
On draft we’ll have Howe Sound Three Beavers Imperial Red Ale and Parallel 49 Filthy Dirty IPA. In bottles we’ll have Parallel 49 The Toques Of Hazzard Imperial Wheat IPA and Steamworks Jasmine IPA.
- $10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
- New Favourite Friday: Try the latest & greatest!
Saturday:
- Bartender’s Choice: You never know what you’re going to get!
Sunday:
- Beer Church: Join us this Sunday for a sermon with the Dark Beer Specialists, Duck-Rabbit Brewery of Farmville, NC. We’ll be filling their pint glasses with bottles of Milk Stout as well as drafts of Amber, Brown and Imperial Stout. Masses are at 1 PM and 8 PM.
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Deep River Oxbow IPA With Cucumber (NC)
Cider: Julian Black & Blue
Blackberry & Blueberry Cider
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Mead: Redstone Sunshine Nectar Apricot Mead
Nitro: Left Hand Milk Stout
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Broomtail Moe Brown Ale (NC)
Deep River Backcountry Black IPA (NC)
Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck Imperial Stout (NC)
Evil Twin Imperial Wheat Lager
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride
Great Divide Old Ruffian Barleywine
Howe Sound Three Beavers Imperial Red Ale
Humboldt Red Nectar
Lonerider Dead Eye Jack Porter (NC)
Lonerider The Hops You Rode In On IPA (NC)
North Coast Red Seal Ale
Quest Kaldi Coffee Stout
Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Hoppy Lager (NC)
Smuttynose Rhye IPA
Southampton Biere de Mars
Southampton Double White
Stone Odd Year Old Guardian
Barleywine Extra Hoppy
Victory Summer Love Ale
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cider: Julian Cherry Bomb Cherry Cider
Mead: Redstone Black Raspberry Mead
Nitro: Green Man Forester Stout (NC)
Nitro: Erie Skipper’s Coffee Stout
Anderson Valley Holy Gose
Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’ IPA
Broomtail Ares Pale Ale (NC)
Carolina Brewing Company Groundhog Day Imperial Stout (NC)
Deep River Oxbow Stout (NC)
Deep River Riverbank Rye-It Pale Ale (NC)
Evil Twin Molotov Lite Imperial IPA
Evil Twin Soft DK Imperial Stout
Humboldt Brown Ale
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Lost Coast Sharkinator White IPA
Meantime Naval College Old Porter
Mikkeller Koppi Coffee IPA With Citra & Michiti Hops
Mission Coconut Brown
North Coast Puck Petit Saison
Omnipollo Nathalius Imperial IPA
Orange Blossom Pilsner Squared
Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s IPA (NC)
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout (NC)
Rivertowne Hop Lace White IPA
Stillwater Stereo IPA
Stoudt’s Revel Red
Sunken City Dam Lager
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New Bottles & Cans
Foothills IPA Of The Month- April
Heavy Seas Phantom Ship Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tripel
New Holland Black Tulip Tripel
Rogue Hazelnut Brown Ale
Victory Kirsch Gose
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- Helena Ranch (California) 2013
Gruner Veltliner- Wimmer (Austria) 2013
Pinot Gris- Jovino (Wilammette Valley, Oregon) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Verdejo- Navesur (Spain) 2013
Red:
Barbera- Quattro Mani (Italy) 2012
Cabernet Sauvignon- Brownstone (California) 2012
Grenache- Noni Bacca (Wilmington, NC) NV
Pinot Noir- The Pinot Project (California) 2013
Red Blend- Kimmel Redessence (Mendocino, California) 2012
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Blueberry: Blended wheat and blond ales aged in oak barrels up to eight months on oak, then aged on three months on fresh blueberries. 2014 vintage. 8.19% ABV
Founders Blushing Monk: Imperial Belgian-style raspberry ale. 2015 vintage. 12.3% ABV
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For the third year in a row, NC breweries, craft bars, restaurants, bottle shops and more have collaborated to put on a month-long celebration of all things beer in our fine state. Over 90 breweries and countless other beer destinations are participating in this year’s NC Beer Month. We’ll be featuring breweries from the mountains to the coast in our various events throughout the month. Be on the lookout for great local drafts, Randalls, beer churches, and more.
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
Thursday:
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FOOTHILLS DECADE PARADE: April 2nd at 4:30 PM
Celebrating ten years of great Foothills beers! We’re pleased to be the final spot on the Foothills Decade Parade in Wilmington.
Join Foothills Brewing as we celebrate our 10th Anniversary. Our Decade Parade will march through all of Wilmington!!! We’ll hit Bombers Bev Co, Lighthouse Beer & Wine, Wilmington Brewing Company and Cape Fear Wine & Beer all via the Port City Brew Bus!! Seats are limited so join us early or meet us at your nearest bar on the Parade!
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ExBEERiment: Join us as we kick off NC beer month with Broomtail Craft Brewery located right here in Wilmington! Josh will be infusing their Acerbic Ecstasy IPA with grapefruit & cilantro. The first pint pours at 9 PM!
Friday
Saturday:
- World Beer Quest: Geographically-themed beer specials.
Sunday:
- Beer Church: This week we’ll be featuring one of NC’s most established breweries. Highland Brewing Company started rolling craft beers out of Asheville in 1994. We have their Gaelic Amber Ale, Oatmeal Porter and St. Terese’s Pale Ale in bottles and will be filling up their pint glasses with these original NC craft beers. First mass is at 1 PM and second mass is at 8 PM.
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Blue Point Hoptical Illusion IPA
Cider: Julian Black & Blue
Blackberry & Blueberry Cider
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Mead: Redstone Sunshine Nectar Apricot Mead
Nitro: Left Hand Milk Stout
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Achouffe Houblon Chouffe Hoppy Belgian Tripel
Achouffe McChouffe Belgian Brown
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout
Carolina Brewing Company
Dark Crystal Black IPA (NC)
Coronado Orange Avenue Wit
Coronado Skull Wrapper IPA
Crazy Mountain Pale Ale
Deep River Cottontown Lager (NC)
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride
Grand Teton 5 O’clock Shadow Double Black Lager
Howe Sound Pothole Filler Imperial Stout
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
Oatmeal Stout With Coffee
Parallel 49 Salty Scot Sea Salted Caramel Scotch Ale
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine (NC)
Southampton Keller Pils
Unknown Ginger Wheat (NC)
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Blue Point No Apologies Double IPA
Cider: Schilling Ginger Cider
Mead: Redstone Sunshine Nectar Apricot Mead
Nitro: Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
Ballast Point Piper Down Scottish Ale
Bell’s Oberon Summer Wheat
Carolina Brewing Company Groundhog Day
Imperial Stout (NC)
Champion/NOFX Stickin’ In My Rye IPA
Deep River Riverbank Rye-It Pale Ale (NC)
Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck Imperial Stout (NC)
Evil Twin Soft DK Imperial Stout
Great Divide Old Ruffian Barleywine
Humboldt Brown Ale
Left Hand Good Juju Ginger Beer
Oskar Blues G’Knight Imperial Red IPA (NC)
Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA (NC)
Quest Ellida IPA
Quest Kaldi Coffee Stout
Quest Smoking Mirror Smoked Porter
Smuttynose Rhye IPA
Stone Odd Year Old Guardian Extra Hoppy
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New Bottles & Cans
Alewerks Rapadou Porter
Bell’s Jupiter Imperial Brown Ale
Grand Teton Oud Bruin
Grand Teton Splash Down Belgian-Style Golden
Stone Chai-Spiced Russian Imperial Stout
Troegs Perpetual IPA
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- Macon-Villages (France) 2013
Gruner Veltliner- Wimmer (Austria) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Rosé- Chateau de Sours (Bordeaux, France) 2012
Verdejo- Navesur (Spain) 2013
Red:
Cabernet Sauvignon- Alpataco (Patagonia, Argentina) 2011
Grenache- Noni Bacca (Wilmington, NC) NV
Malbec- Baudron (Mendoza, Argentina) 2013
Pinot Noir/Syrah- Tricky Rabbit Reserva (Chile) 2014
Zinfandel Blend- Cameron Hughes (Lodi, California) 2012
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Blueberry: Blended wheat and blond ales aged in oak barrels up to eight months on oak, then aged on three months on fresh blueberries. 2014 vintage. 8.19% ABV
Founders Blushing Monk: Imperial Belgian-style raspberry ale. 2015 vintage. 12.3% ABV
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Longmont, CO & Brevard, NC—Ladies and gentlemen, hop occultists from all walks of life, please give a thunderous round of applause for the fourth incarnation of Oskar Blues’ GUBNA Imperial IPA. Weighing in at 100+ international bitterness units and 10 percent ABV, this complex and chameleonic concoction packs a wallop. The Granddaddy of all Oskar Blues’ hop grenades in a can, GUBNA obliterates the ordinary. If G’Knight or Deviant Dale’s seem too tame for you, it’s time to experience the most challenging and notorious elixir from OB’s diabolical roster of ferocious fermentables.
Every year, Oskar Blues’ eccentric fellowship of deranged brewers work with hop growers to seek out the most potent, unique and mind-bending hop varietals of the season. By annually altering the hop bill, GUBNA continually reinvents itself while letting the best and brightest of these powerful flowers flourish.
GUBNA v 4.0 is aggressively dry-hopped with the citrusy Chinook (this year’s legendary crop was especially complex), the tropical fruit and red berry notes of Mosaic, and the zesty lemon Sorachi Ace strain. Showcased on a base recipe of Rye (now double the amount than previously used), North American Pale, and Munich malts, these three formidable hop varieties are given free rein to assault the senses in a strangely schizophrenic symphony of bewildering bitterness, complemented perfectly by the pleasant warmth to be expected from that 10 percent booziness.
The GUBNA pairs beautifully with grilled salmon, cured meats, sharp cheeses and spiced or caramel-rich desserts. Simultaneously subtle yet over-the-top, GUBNA also holds up wonderfully when used for grilling beer-can chicken. Of course, this frothy behemoth is glorious on its own as well.
Spring’s hoppy answer to the gargantuan chocolate malt bomb Ten FIDY (OB’s infamous Winter seasonal), GUBNA 2014 will be available on tap and in 12-ounce 4-packs from March until May. Always evolving, no two GUBNA yearswill ever be the same, so grab version 4.0 while you still CAN!
In honor of this auspicious occasion, both Oskar Blues locations (in Brevard, NC and Longmont, CO) will be hosting release parties on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at both Tasty Weasel tap rooms. If you’re lucky enough to be in either location, stop in and enjoy specialty barrel-aged and firkin variations on GUBNA 4.0, along with food, brewery tours, live music and general debauchery.
Oskar Blues gained notoriety as the first craft brewery to seriously consider putting serious beers into recyclable aluminum cans more than 10 years ago. Initially laughed at by their colleagues, the trend caught on when other breweries took notice and agreed that cans are simply a better vessel for keeping beer fresher longer, away from the adverse effects of UV light and ingress oxygen.
Since then, OB has evolved into an off-kilter “jack of all trades” in the beer world, adding four Colorado restaurants , the Hops & Heifers Farm and REEB Cycles hand-made bicycle company to the family. Seriously focused on having fun, pushing boundaries and making stuff we like, Oskar Blues is like no other craft brewery in the world.
Do yourself a favor and get some GUBNA before it’s gone. If you need help, visit our on- line beer locator.
Harrumph!
About Oskar Blues Brewery
Founded as a brewpub by Dale Katechis in 1997, Oskar Blues Brewery launched the craft beer-in-a-can apocalypse in 2002 using a tabletop machine that sealed one can at a time. In 2008, the makers of the top-selling pale ale in ColoRADo, Dale’s Pale Ale, moved into a 35,000-square-foot facility in Longmont, ColoRADo. The brewery has since experienced explosive growth—packaging 59,000 barrels of beer in 2011 and 86,750 barrels in 2012. In December of 2012, Oskar Blues opened the doors to an additional brewery in Brevard, North Carolina. Together, the breweries packaged 119,000 barrels of beer in 2013, distributing trailblazing craft brews to 34 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. http://www.facebook.com/OskarBluesCans http://www.facebook.com/OskarBluesBrewerySoutheast http://twitter.com/oskarblues http://twitter.com/oskarblueswnc http://www.youtube.com/oskarbluescans
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Monday:
- Massage Monday: 5-8 PM $10 for 10 minutes with licensed therapist, Josh Lentz.
- Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18.
- Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours.
Tuesday:
- $1 off all ciders, glasses of wine & mead.
Wednesday:
- $10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice.
- Free wine tasting: from 5-7 PM, with two whites and two reds.
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, Marks of Distinction, as well as beer from us.
Thursday:
Friday
Saturday:
- World Beer Quest: Geographically-themed beer specials.
Sunday:
- Beer Church: Please join us this week as we feature Achouffe Brewery of Belgium. We’ll have gnomed stemware to fill with McChouffe Belgian Brown Ale and Chouffe Houblon Belgian IPA. Masses are at 1 PM and 8 PM
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Departures
Don’t miss your connection! These drafts are currently on tap but they won’t last long!
Cask: Heavy Seas Scotch Ale With White Oak
Cider: Julian Cherry Bomb Cherry Cider
Cider: Original Sin Dry Cider
Mead: Redstone Sunshine Nectar Apricot Mead
Nitro: Atwater Decadent Chocolate
Nitro: Wexford’s Irish Cream Ale
Atwater VJ Black Vanilla Java Imperial Stout
Avery/Russian River Collaboration Not Litigation Belgian-Style Dark Ale
Ballast Point Even Keel Session IPA
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Benford Smoked O’Hickory Brown Ale
Coronado Orange Avenue Wit
Crazy Mountain Pale Ale
Dogfish Head Aprihop IPA
Flat Top Black Rye IPA
Founders Pale Ale
Fuller’s London Porter
Fuller’s London Pride
Great Divide Old Ruffian Barleywine
Howe Sound Total Eclipse Of The Hop Imperial IPA
Humboldt Nectar IPA
Oskar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils
Southampton Keller Pils
Southern Tier Where The Helles Summer Lager
Terrapin Hop Selection Imperial IPA
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Arrivals
These beers are scheduled for landing very soon. They’ll be on our itinerary shortly.
Cask: Blue Point Hoptical Illusion IPA
Cider: Julian Black & Blue
Blackberry & Blueberry Cider
Mead: Redstone Sunshine Nectar Apricot Mead
Nitro: Left Hand Milk Stout
21st Amendment Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat
Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout
Bell’s Oberon Summer Wheat
Broomtail Acerbic Ecstasy Pale Ale
Carolina Brewing Company Dark Crystal Black IPA
Carolina Brewing Company
Groundhog Day Imperial Stout
Champion/NOFX Stickin’ In My Rye IPA
Coronado Skull Wrapper IPA
Deep River Cottontown Lager
Deep River Oxbow IPA
Deep River Riverbank Rye-It Pale Ale
Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck Imperial Stout
Founders All Day IPA
Howe Sound Pothole Filler Imperial Stout
Left Hand Good Juju Ginger Beer
Oskar Blues G’Knight Imperial Red IPA
Parallel 49 Salty Scot Sea Salted Caramel Scotch Ale
Quest Ellida IPA
Quest Golden Fleece Belgian Pale Ale
Quest Kaldi Coffee Stout
Quest Smoking Mirror Smoked Porter
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine
Smuttynose Rhye IPA
Stone Odd Year Old Guardian Extra Hoppy
Unknown Ginger Wheat
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New Bottles & Cans
Bell’s Oberon Summer Wheat
Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA Cans
Unity Vibration Kombucha Pale With Juniper & Grapefruit Aged In Bourbon Barrels
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Wines by the Glass
White:
Chardonnay- Macon-Villages (France) 2013
Gruner Veltliner- Steininger (Austria) 2013
Pinot Grigio- Barone Fini (Italy) 2013
Riesling- Sun Garden (Germany) 2012
Rosé- Domaine Pral (France) 2014
Red:
Cabernet Sauvignon- Ballast Stone (Australia) 2011
Grenache- Artazuri (Spain) 2012
Malbec- Ruta 22 (Mendoza, Argentina) 2013
Pinot Noir- Brownstone (Lodi, California) NV
Zinfandel Blend- Cameron Hughes (Lodi, California) 2012
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Inside the Connoisseur’s Cabinet
Cascade Blueberry: Blended wheat and blond ales aged in oak barrels up to eight months on oak, then aged on three months on fresh blueberries. 2014 vintage. 8.19% ABV
Founders Blushing Monk: Imperial Belgian-style raspberry ale. 2015 vintage. 12.3% ABV
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