Pisgah Brewing Company
TRP visited Pisgah Brewing Company in October of 2012. We were heading to Asheville for a wedding and were just outside of the city when it was getting dark and figured we should stop for the night. Maria looked up nearby breweries and Pisgah popped up in Black Mountain just east of Asheville. When we [...]
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Lonerider Brewing Company
TRP visited Lonerider Brewing for the first time in October of 2012. We have since made several visits to this local Raleigh brewery and it has become one of our favorite beer spots in North Carolina. Lonerider opened in January of 2009 and has quickly become one of the bigger operations in the state. While North Carolina [...]
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AleSmith Brewing Co
TRP visited AleSmith in November of 2011 when we swept into town for San Diego Beer Week. Founded in 1995 by Skip Virgilio and Ted Newcomb the brewery was putting out a good local product, but in 2002 AleSmith was bought by Peter Zien who took it to another level and created a name for [...]
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Copp Winery and Brewery
TRP visited Copp Winery and Brewery in December of 2012. Located in the small town of Crystal River, FL this brewery would be easy to miss if you weren’t specifically looking for it as it looks like a house from the outside. On the inside however, this is a play ground for fans of fermented beverages. The winery/brewery is [...]
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Cask & Larder: Southern Public House
TRP visited Cask & Larder in December 2012. We visited C&L on a tip from fellow beer blogger Gerard (Road Trips for Beer & Beer in Florida) and were not disappointed. Despite being open for only four months when we visited, they have already established a great atompshere with friendly staff and solid brews. While Cask and [...]
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Fullsteam Brewery
TRP visited Fullsteam Brewery in October of 2012. We had been looking forward to visiting Fullsteam ever since we started our eastern voyage. With our design backgrounds the Fullsteam visual concept always stood out to us as an innovative approach to craft beer branding, but we had yet to try their beer and weren’t quite sure what we were in [...]
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
TRP visited the Dogfish Head brewery in June 2012. Going into this visit Maria and I actually had not tried many of the “Off-centered ales for off-centered people”. We knew more about their great story and marketing efforts than their actual brews, so this was going to be our first opportunity to have several DFH [...]
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Swagger Fine Spirits and Food
TRP visited Swagger on May 15th of 2011 to kick off American Craft Beer Week and it was a truly fitting place to start. Swagger is located in an nondescript strip mall in the Waldo area of Kansas City. Just looking at the exterior we had a hard time believing that we would find fine [...]
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Beer Run
TRP visited Beer Run in October 2012 on our way out of Charlottesville. We had received several recommendations that we had to visit this beer lover’s haven before we left town and when we get those kind of glowing reviews we can’t turn them down. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from Beer Run since it is a combination of [...]
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Nail Creek Pub & Brewery
TRP visited Nail Creek Pub in Utica, NY in August of 2012. Utica’s brewing history dates back to the 1700′s when several maltsers and brewers inhabited the area. Today that tradition is a proud part of the city’s west side where the FX Matt Brewery (makers of Saranac and Utica Club) sits prominently in the [...]
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Southern Tier Brewing Company
TRP visited the Southern Tier Brewing Company in August of 2012 on our way out of New York. STBC located in the small town of Lakewood, NY, but is a big brewery doing big things. They have eight well crafted year round beers not to mention the and steady stream of big flavor limited edition and [...]
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Cigar City Brewing
TRP visited Cigar City Brewing in April of 2012. This had been a destination for us for a while now and was the one brewery we couldn’t miss visiting before we left the state of Florida. We had been able to try their Maduro Brown Ale before at beer fests but heard they had much [...]
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Hill Farmstead Brewery
TRP visited Hill Farmstead Brewery in August of 2012. When visiting the brewery keep in mind that North Greensboro, VT is a bit out the way and the brewery itself is off the beaten path. In fact this was only time we have ever had to take a dirt road to visit a brewery. There [...]
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Grey Sail Brewing Co.
TRP visited Grey Sail Brewing Co in July of 2012. We had picked up a six pack of their Flagship Ale upon entering Rhode Island and we instantly fell in love with this crisp summer beer. With it located in Westerly Grey Sail is right on the border of Rhode Island and Connecticut we figured [...]
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Brewery Ommegang
TRP visited Brewery Ommegang in August of 2012 on our way across upstate New York. Ommegang is located on the edge of Cooperstown, NY and the drive to get there takes you on a beautiful route through country back roads to reach the brewery which sits on a 136 acre plot of land. While the [...]
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