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2nd Annual Brew Durham ~ March 31st

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Another great opportunity for Triangle beer lovers to taste the region’s finest home brewed beer while supporting a great cause!  BrewDurham is a beer festival celebrating homebrewers from Durham, NC and surrounding areas, and the beer that they make! This event is organized by Keil Jansen and proceeds will benefit The Scrap Exchange, a nonprofit creative reuse center in Durham.  BrewDurham will include two sessions on Saturday March 31, 2012. Session 1 runs from 1-4 pm.  Session 2 runs from 5-8 pm.   The festival will include food trucks, music and of course, beer.  The Triangle’s finest homebrewers are bringing 60+ beer types for your tasting and enjoyment.

Where:
The Scrap Exchange, 923 Franklin Street – Durham, NC (Google Map)

When:
Saturday, March 31st
Session #1: 1-4 pm
Session #2: 5-8 pm

Tickets:
Tickets are on sale now!  Link to buy tickets

Tickets are $30 per person with $5 Designated Driver/Non-drinking tickets also  available.

Food:
Chirba Chirba Dumplings and Pie Pushers  will be on location to satisfy your food desires.  In addition, LOAF will be baking pretzels to amp up the FestVibe.  Durham’s newest food truck, Monut’s Donuts will be onsite making donuts for everyone!

Music:  To be announced soon!

Beer:
At last count, there were more than 70 different beers registered to be available at BrewDurham! You can view the list of beers here.

Transportation:
There will be parking available at the event, but we’d love to see people using the Bull City Connector to get downtown to keep the party alive!  The BCR runs every 20 minutes on Saturday and will take you downtown past The Pinhook and Motorco and The Cookery, home of many of Durham’s finest food trucks.

To get an idea what the event is like, check out this video from the inaugural Brew Durham event held back in 2011:

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Free Burgers for a Year! Anniversary Golden Bull Search at Bull City Burger & Brewery in Durham

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Flight of Beer Samples ~ From left to right: Parrish Street Pale Ale, Pratt Pilsner, Bull's IPA, & Youngen Horny Barley Wine.

Bull City Burger & Brewery in Durham is celebrating its one year anniverary this month. To help them celebrate they are holding another “find the golden bull” contest like the one they did to mark their grand opening back in March 2011. The owner has hidden 5 small golden bull figures around Durham. Each day they post a clue about where they are hidden. If you find one of the golden bulls you win a free burger a week for the next year! You read the contest clues and rules here.

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The Bar at Bull Coty Burger & Brewery

Sadly, I have yet to eat one of their burgers but I hear they are fantastic. They use locally sourced meat that is hormone and antibiotic free. They also brew their own beer onsite and serve up some incredible “dirty” fries. I stopped in Bull City to sample some of their beers (pictured above). You can sample 3 or more of their beers for just $1 each and full pints are only $4.22.

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Seating at Bull City Burger & Brewery

Seasting consists of chairs at the bar and large community tables on the main floor where groups can sit together. You place your order at the counter and are given a number to display on your table and a server will bring you your food. Bull City Burger has been well received by the burger loving crowd and plays a strong role in the ongoing revitalization of downtown Durham. To learn more about the menu and beer offerings check out their website and facebook page. Check back here soon for a full review of their burgers as I plan to eat there early next month and get some additional photos!

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Brewgaloo Local Beer Fest ~ Raleigh City Plaza April 28, 2012

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Shop Local Raleigh presents Brewgaloo 2012, the first super cool festival of its kind, will be held in downtown Raleigh’s City Plaza on April 28, from 3-9pm. This event supports Shop Local Raleigh and its mission to sustain programs that strengthen our local businesses.

Brewgaloo will feature craft breweries from the Triangle and partners with local food trucks. Entertainment will be provided for guests by live local bands.

General admission is free and includes a pint glass (special unbreakable acrylic souvenir glasses will be available while supplies last). Guests can purchase $1 drink tickets to use for 3oz samplers (1 ticket), or full pints (5 tickets).

Drink ticket pre-sales start on February 20 at: http://shoplocalraleigh.org/care/Brewgaloo and continue through March 20. You can purchase 25 tickets for $20 and receive a FREE acrylic souvenir pint glass.

Brewgaloo 2012 Saturday, April 28, 2012, rain or shine General Admission: 3:00 – 9:00PM

If you have any questions, email: brewgaloo@shoplocalraleigh.org.                         Follow Brewgaloo on Twitter for updates: http://twitter.com/brewgaloo                 “Like” Brewgaloo on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Brewgaloo

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World Beer Festival Returns to Raleigh April 14, 2012

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Beer Taps at Tugboat Brewery in Portland, Oregon

Late last week All About Beer magazine announced the dates for the Raleigh World Beer Festival. The 2012 event will be held April 14 in Moore Square.

Tickets will go on sale to subscribers of All About Beer Magazine on February 27, 2012.  Tickets will go on sale to the general public on March 5, 2012.  The festival offers two four-hour sessions.  Standard admission to a single session is $40 in advance.  Admission gets you an event program, tasting glass, and access to sample literally hundreds of different beers from all over the word, including all of local breweries from right here in the Triangle. There are also special VIP tickets available for $75 that give you access to certain beers not made available to the other event attendees. As in the past, the event is broken up into two sessions. The first session (afternoon session) runs from 12-4pm. The second session (evening session) runes from 6-10pm.

Tickets can be purchased online here  or etix.com and at select retail outlets in the Triangle area.

If you plan to go this event I highly recommend you plan on getting your tickets as soon as they go on sale. This event has been known to sell out quickly in the past.  If you wait too long you will find your only option is surfing craig’s list for tickets at inflated prices.

Note: The pictures above and below were taken on my recent trip to Portland Oregon where I was fortunate enough to sample many fine local brews.

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Beers at Portland Grocery Store

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Picture of the Week ~ Fullsteam!

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This week’s picture was taken in Durham while enjoying a nice cold pint of Fullsteam’s Rocket Science IPA.  On this particular evening the Will & Pops  food truck made a very welcome Monday night visit. 

Fullsteam offers a great selection of beers that “celebrate the culinary and agricultural heritage of the South”. They also have guest taps offering a few beers from other local Triangle breweries.  Since Opening last August, their family friendly tavern at the brewery has become a favorite location for community events.

You can typically find one or more of the popular local food trucks parked outside the brewery on any given evening. Check out their website for more info about their beer making philosophy and get the latest news on events and food trucks scheduled.

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