Not only will Durham host All About Beer’s World Beer Festival on Saturday, October 8, 2011 (which has likely been on area beer lovers’ calendars for quite some time), but it will also be the site for a few other beer events both before and after the Durham Bulls Athletic Park sees its last pretzel necklace this weekend.
Sam’s 2nd Annual Pre-World Beer Festival Party
Sam’s Quik Shop
Friday, October 7, 2011
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Keep the Glass!
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy | $7.00
Sierra Nevada/Dogfish Head Life & Limb | $6.00
SweetWater Danktank Goulash | $5.00
Samuel Adams Double Pumpkin | $5.00
LoneRider Coffee Porter | $5.00
Smuttynose single bottle sales
Fullsteam Pre-World Beer Festival Tappings
Fullsteam Brewery
Friday, October 7, 2011
4:00 p.m. – until it runs out
El Toro Cream Ale on cask with North Carolina blueberries
2010 First Frost winter persimmon ale
El Toro Cream Ale, Rocket Science IPA, and Working Man’s Lunch
El Tango shandies
Draft Abita root beer
North Carolina beer guest taps
All About Beer’s World Beer Festival-Durham
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Afternoon session @ 12:00 pm. – 4:00 p.m.
Evening session @ 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
North Carolina beers being poured:
Aviator Brewing Co. (Fuquay-Varina, NC)
Hog Wild IPA
Devil’s Tramping Ground
OktoberBeast
Big Boss Brewing Co. (Raleigh, NC)
Bad Penny
Blanco Diablo
Sack Time
Harvest Time
Boone Brewing Co. (Blowing Rock, NC)*
Blowing Rock High Country Ale
Blowing Rock Oktoberfest
BottleTree Beer Co. (Tryon, NC)*
Belgian Blonde
Bull City Burger and Brewery (Durham, NC)
Stierstadt
Pigmeat Markham
Pro Bono Publico
Stonewall Jackson
Carolina Brewery (Chapel Hill, NC)
Sky Blue Golden Ale
Copperline Amber Ale
Flagship India Pale Ale
Oatmeal
Carolina Brewing Co. (Holly Springs, NC)
Carolina Pale Ale
Carolina IPA
Carolina Nut Brown Ale
Carolina Oktoberfest
Carolina Beer Co./Cottonwood Ales (Mooresville, NC)
Cottonwood Blonde
Cottonwood Endo IPA
Cottonwood Pumpkin Spiced Ale
Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery (Farmville, NC)
Milk Stout
Porter
Brown Ale
Amber Ale
Foothills Brewing Co. (Winston-Salem, NC)
Torch Pilsner
Hoppyum IPA
Seeing Double IPA
People’s Porter
Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC)
Fullsteam
El Toro Cream Ale
Working Man’s Lunch (with mini MoonPies)
Day session: the last keg of Summer Basil
Evening session: bourbon-barrel-aged Fullsteam
Kind Beers (Charlotte, NC)*
Pale Ale
Belgian Style Red Ale
LoneRider Brewing Co. (Raleigh, NC)
Shotgun Betty Hefeweizen
Sweet Josie Brown Ale
Peacemaker Pale Ale (maybe batch of dry-hopped w/ Centennial and lemon zest added — via @defaultroute)
Mash House Restaurant & Brewery (Fayetteville, NC)
Irish Red
IPA
Hefeweizen
Octoberfest
Mother Earth Brewing (Kinston, NC)
Weeping Willow Wit
Dark Cloud
Sisters of the Moon
Endless River
Old Neighborhood Oatmeal Porter
Mystery Brewing Co. (Hillsborough, NC)* [plans to open 2012]
Langhorne
Queen Anne’s Revenge
Six Impossible Things
Roth Brewing (Raleigh, NC)
Raleigh Red
Forgotten Hollow
Dark Construct
Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery (Chapel Hill, NC)
Kenan Lager
Old Well White
Ram’s Head IPA
Blue Ridge Blueberry Wheat
Triangle Brewing Co. (Durham, NC)
Belgian-Style Golden Ale
Belgian-Style White Ale
*not listed as North Carolina brewery permitted by NC ABC Commission
The North Carolina Brewers Guild will also have a tent at the festival. For more information and for a listing of all beers being poured, see the World Beer Festival-Durham Beer Guide.
1st Annual Ales for Rail-Trails 5k
Fullsteam Brewery
Sunday, October 9, 2011
4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
The race will be a 5k run or walk from Fullsteam onto the American Tobacco Trail and back. This is a family event. Kiddies and strollers welcome. Please support North Carolina Rail-Trails in a day of fitness, fun, and ales!
After the race, stay and enjoy the music of Mary Johnson Rockers and the Spark. Fullsteam will debut a limited edition Rail-Trail Pale Ale, with proceeds benefiting North Carolina Rail-Trails.
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Cynthia
I can’t believe I missed this awesome weekend! I was so close to the city but I was busy with work. Please post pictures of the events. Did you attend the daily events in this schedule? I am so jealous!
Win Bassett
Thanks for your comment Cynthia! Richard and I attended Fullsteam’s pre-WBF tappings and the World Beer Festival. We may post some pictures to our facebook page soon! http://www.facebook.com/NCBrewing