Popular North Carolina Brewery Celebrating 12th Anniversary With Events This Saturday
Beer lovers, it’s time for a celebration this weekend. This coming weekend, October 28th, NoDa Brewing Company will toast 12 years of brewing excellence with a party you won’t want to miss. Saturday’s event will feature craft beer, live entertainment, food, and more! The fun will fun all day from noon to 10 p.m. So what can you expect from the NoDa Brewing Company anniversary?
First up (and arguably most important) there will be limited edition beer releases including:
- 12th Time’s the Charm: Double Dry-Hopped West Coast IPA
- Boba Brett: Four-year-aged American Sour Ale
- Berry Blend Boba Brett: Four-year-aged American Sour Ale with raspberries and blackberries
- Hazy When Wet: Hazy Wet-Hopped IPA
There will also be two different brewery tours for you to get a behind-the-scenes look at the brewing process. Tours include a 2 p.m. Tour with Chad Henderson (Head Brewer & Co-Owner) and a 4 p.m. Tour with Matt Virgil (Head of Production & Co-Owner). And like any good celebration the day will be full of live music including Putney’s End from 2 – 4 p.m. and The Jamie McLean Band from 8 – 10 p.m. Two food trucks A Tana Empanada and VJ’s Chicken Insanal will be on site as well.
And finally, attendees will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to take in a comedy show from the hilarious Zac Toscani. The show will take place in the pavilion from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Otherwise the event is free to attend! You can get more info on the NoDa Brewing Company anniversary celebration here.
30+ Local Beers Awarded Medals At The 2023 North Carolina Brewers Cup
If there is one thing North Carolina has a lot of, it’s craft breweries. Especially in the Charlotte area. In the trendy areas like Southend, Plaza Midwood, and NoDa there is seemingly one of every corner. But even nearby towns like Pineville, Matthews, and Concord have a local brewery as well. But with all that craft beer around it can be hard to know where to go and what to try. I personally enjoy beer but I know nothing about it and or what I may like on a menu. So I need all the help I can get. So what is the best of the best? That is determined by the North Carolina Brewers Cup Competition.
The yearly competition is administered by the North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild. This year the competition received 873 entries. These were submitted by 122 independent North Carolina craft breweries. And marks the largest commercial beer competition in the Southeast. Winners were selected by certified beer judges from across the Southeast.
There were 36 style-based beer categories and a winner of a gold, silver, and bronze medal was awarded in each category. A few honorable mentions were given out as well. Winners ranged from all ends of the state from Asheville to the coast. But there were a ton of beers (37 in fact) in the Charlotte local area that made the list. And no matter what kind of beer you like there is an award-winning one in that style you can try.
So keep reading to see and learn about each of the local beers that were awarded medals at the 2023 North Carolina Brewers Cup. You can read more about the judging here and see the complete winners list from the entire state here.
Melanie Day is a graduate of North Carolina State University. She has worked for Beasley since 2012 in a variety of behind-the-scenes roles in both digital and promotions. Melanie writes about a diverse range of topics some of her favorites include travel, restaurants, Taylor Swift, and college athletics. When not at work you'll find her at a country concert or NC State sporting event.
