>ROcÜZ\Y^OM^Ü>ROcÜZY_\Ü>ROcÜZK\^KUOÜ>ROcÜK\OÜ^ROÜWKXc KXNÜ^ROÜYXVcÜ8OaÜ,OVQS_WÜ,OO\Ü 09498NBBRangerMag.indd 1 12/16/09 2:31:28 PM Now what? Okay, you’ve got your glass, you’re through the entrance and you’re staring at 300 beers. Now what? You hold in your hands an invaluable tool in your quest for the best beer expe- riences. Our job, believe it or not, is to provide you with the best educational WORLD BEER FESTIVAL STAFF experience and information, such that you can become a better beer consumer— exploring the world of beer, making better beer choices, teaching your friends all about beer. PRODUCER With a festival this ecumenical, you really can’t lose in your choice of a strate- Daniel Bradford gy. The only way you can lose is by sticking with the old stand-by, the favorite of all favorites, for the night. That’s like going to a packed party and just talking with ASSISTANT PRODUCER Steve Winegar your BFF. Safe, but missing the whole point. No, you need a strategy. First things first, Grasshopper. Get to the closest booth with the least amount EVENT MANAGER of lines. Hand over your glass and ask to taste whatever beer the person behind Ola Nilbrink the booth likes best, and then, ask them why. This is called breaking the ice. You’re finally at the fest and you have a great beer in your hands. BEER COORDINATOR Now, stand back and give the next few hours of your life some careful Angela Campbell thought. You’re in a room with a few hundred beers and, no, you can’t taste them all. Not an option. Physically impossible. Plus we’ll get upset with you ALL ABOUT BEER MAGAZINE EDITOR and probably throw you out. However, there are a number of simple and EDUCATION COORDINATOR strategies to employ that will maximize your enjoyment, and at least one Julie Johnson of them will be just right for you. Let’s assume you have a favorite beer or beer style. This is the easiest ACCOUNT MANAGER approach. Flip to the back of this Beer Guide and look up your favorite Amy Dalton beer or one that you know is like it, and see what style it is. Next, run ADVERTISING & SPONSORSHIP through the beer listings in the back and find the other beers that are OPPORTUNITIES in that style, check them off and start your hunt. Not too shabby— Rob Ulick and everyone will be impressed that you’re on a mission. Of course, the opposite is equally fun. Chase down bunches of ALL ABOUT BEER MAGAZINE beers in styles that you’re not very familiar with. Brown ales or porters MANAGING EDITOR new to you? Chase the different interpretations of those styles from the Greg Barbera wide range of breweries at the fest. Which reminds me, yet a third strategy would be to follow a flavor that ALL ABOUT BEER MAGAZINE you might like. Enjoy the fruitiness of lambics? Look in the style directory for CIRCULATION MANAGER other styles in that vein and check out the beer list for beers in those styles. Patrick Morrison Back and forth through the book and you’ll end up with some wonderful FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHER beers to get on your next trip to the store. Frankly, I’m a fan of big malt and Kinsley Dey look to those styles. I tend to hang around with hop heads, however, and Dey Photography they’re great at bird dogging the IPAs and Double IPAs. If this is all too structured for you, consider my favorite strategy for maximiz- ART DIRECTOR ing my festival pleasure, which is the path of least resistance and familiarity. As I’m Don Shannon sure you’ve guessed, I go to a lot of festivals. I’m not such a fan of crowds and am Image Navigators extremely curious. I tend to stay away from the crowded booths and visit booths with breweries I’ve not met or it’s been awhile. Once there I will go up their beer BREW CREW MANAGER ladder from lightest body to heaviest, talking to the server or—if I’m lucky—the Keith Klemp brewer. The point is to have a plan, any plan, to guide you through this wonderful VOLUNTEER MANAGER world of beer—something that will transform your beer experience when the Matt Pennachi World Beer Festival is just a fond memory. So, go forward and conquer. In your hands is your ALL ABOUT BEER MAGAZINE map and in front of you is the great unknown, beyond Chautauqua Inc. which lie monsters. We’re here to be your guide. 501 Washington St., Suite H Enjoy the wide world of beer culture. Durham, NC 27701 tel: 919.530.8150 fax: 919.530.8160 Daniel Bradford www.allaboutbeer.com Producer, World Beer Festival Publisher, All About Beer Magazine World Beer Festival Raleigh 1 BEER EDUCATION The Renaissance in Beer he world of beer has changed dramatically. Bruce’s chain of Twenty-five years ago, virtually every beer sold in London brewpubs T the world fit within the light lager category: vague- reintroduced ly colored, with hints of flavor: very cold, very carbonated, drinkers there to and very clean. Beers were differentiated by their packaging. pub brewing. Then the renaissance began. Prince Luipold of After nearly a century of consolidation, only 15 percent of Bavaria restarted the 2,300 American breweries of the 19th century were still his family’s castle operating. The statistics were no different in Europe. Local brewery and and regional breweries were being swallowed by giants. The opened a brewpub decline in beer diversity and character accelerated. in Munich, site of Then, as happened with wine, cheese, bread, coffee and the Octoberfest numerous other foods, the qualities of beer began to capture celebration that the public’s imagination. In country after country, grass honored his ances- roots organizations moved to protect their favorite brew- tor’s wedding 400 years before. Russell Sharp, in a manage- eries and beers. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in ment buyout, took over the antique Caledonian Brewery, England is heralded as the single most successful consumer one of the last breweries left in Edinburgh, Scotland and beer movement, in that it stopped the extinction of real ale. returned it to its classic styles. The Japanese government PINT in Belgium worked for the preservation of lambics. removed minimum size requirements that protected large The American Homebrewing Association in United States breweries, and started an explosion of microbrewery open- promoted amateur beer making. Even an association to pro- ings. The few remaining bière de garde brewers in France tect traditional German beer gardens emerged. found people crowding their doors looking for farmhouse Then, beginning in the mid 1960s, antiquarian Fritz beers. Maytag took over the failing Anchor Brewery in San Fueling this excitement was a cadre of beer lovers and Francisco, reviving nineteenth century styles. Merchant homebrewers—people who, disenchanted with mass mar- Marine Jack McAullife, who missed the ales he had encoun- keted beers, had searched for records, techniques, and tered in Scotland, started the first new ale brewery in a cen- ingredients of classic beers. Beer lovers like Charles Finkel tury, also in California. Hop salesman Burt Grant, tired of unearthed exotic styles like Russian imperial stout and the timid hop flavors, opened the first brewpub, featuring returned them to the public. Authors such as the late the hoppiest beers brewed in the States. Two physicists in Michael Jackson directed the public’s attention to regional Boulder, CO began the Boulder Brewery to make the flavors found in corners of countries. Homebrewers, Randy British-style ales that they had enjoyed at conferences in Mosher to name one, unravelled the mysteries of making England. beers not tasted in almost a century. The audacious, like And that was just the beginning. By the 1980s, most Charlie Papazian, began adding unusual ingredients to his major U.S. cities could boast a diversity of imported beers homebrew, sparking brewhouse experimentation. unmatched anywhere else in the world. By the mid 1990s By the 1990s, American craft brewing had been seized over 400 new American breweries had opened, from an all upon by investors, with the result that the number of brands time low of 41 in 1981. State after state removed restrictions grew—as did consumer confusion. A famed “shake-out” on brewing beer and selling it on the same premises. removed brewing companies that couldn’t both brew good Homebrewers-turned-entrepreneurs took their favorite beer and run a smart business. recipes and went commercial, creating new legions of good As we moved into the new millennium, the American beer lovers. With a cry of “Drink local!” microbrewers and brewing community is diverse, professional, adventurous— pubbrewers produced nearly two million barrels of hand- and an accepted part of the landscape. Specialty beers are crafted beer, permanently changing the beer landscape. no longer an oddity: even beer drinkers who stick to the mainstream styles realize that he choices are much wider. Global Beer Revolution With convenience stores and gas stations including pale Similar dramas occurred around the world. Frank Boon ales and Belgian-style wit beers in their coolers, there’s no breathed life into ancient lambic blending in Belgium. David going back on beer diversity. 2 World Beer Festival Raleigh BEER EDUCATION Glossary of Beer Terms Abbey brewery. Founded by monasteries in France, high concentration of unfermentable sugars that sweeten the Belgium and Switzerland, abbey breweries are still sometimes beer, contributing to head retention. on the original site, but most often are names licensed to a Cask conditioned. The essence of the real ale revolution commercial brewery. Generally traditional recipes are used. in England, cask conditioning an ale delivers a beer that is still Adjunct. Unmalted grain, such as rice, corn, maize and alive and evolving with delicate complex flavors. Very sensi- wheat used in addition to malted barley to make a beer. They tive, it requires the ministrations of a talented brewer and cel- tend to stabilize and lighten the flavor of a beer. larman. Alcohol. An intoxicating by-product of fermentation, the Continuous brewing. Most major breweries use contin- process by which yeast acts on the sugars in the malt. Alcohol uous brewing, whereby beer is constantly moving through the content is expressed as a percentage of the volume or weight. brewing stages, as opposed to single batches being made inde- pendent of each other. Ale. One of the two major families of beers, produced by yeast strains that operate at warm temperatures, and at the top Contract brewer. Companies that hire a brewery to of the brewing vessel (hence, “top-fermented”). Quick fermen- make beer to their specifications are called contract brewers. tation at relatively warm temperatures produces typical fruity Some companies provide staff to oversee the brewing of their and spicy notes in ales. The traditional beer styles in England beer; others provide only the recipe to the brewery. and Belgium, although lager-loving Germany also produces Craft beer. A controversial term, it generally refers to some spectacular ales. beers brewed in traditional styles, without adjuncts or chemi- Aroma. The particular combination of smells from malt, cals, made in small batches by small brewing companies. hops, yeast and any unusual or distinctive characteristics in Esters. Esters are chemical compounds that result from the the beer. interaction of acids and alcohol, causing fruity flavors and aro- Barrel. One U.S. barrel equals 31 gallons. mas, such as banana, blueberry and pear, that intentionally or unintentionally occur in some beers. Bitter. One of the British ales almost exclusively served on draft in pubs. Fermentation. The process of producing alcohol and car- bon dioxide through the actions of yeast on sugars. Black patent malt. Malted barley roasted at high tem- peratures, black patent malt gives a darker color to the beer. Fining. A process of producing a “bright” beer by clearing the beer of unwanted haze through the addition of ingredients Body. The particular viscosity of a beer is described as full- such as isinglass or Irish moss, which takes particles out of the bodied, medium-bodied, or light-bodied, depending on the solution. sense of “thickness” or “thinness” in your mouth. Also called “mouthfeel.” High gravity brewing. Now used by some microbrew- eries, high gravity brewing means making concentrated wort Bottom-fermenting yeast or lager yeast. The and diluting it with water. It’s an economical way to make yeast used to make lagers is active—it ferments—at colder more beer with less equipment. temperatures and on the bottom of the fermentation vessel. Homebrew. Beer made at home. Conservative estimates Bouquet. The collection of smells, usually floral and spicy, have over two million Americans homebrewing. that a drinker smells before tasting the beer. Produced by the combination of malt, hops, yeast, and other additives such as Hops. One of the four principal ingredients in beer, hops are fruit. flowers from the vine Humulus lupulus, added to beer as a preservative, bittering agent and aromatic. Brewpub. A bar, restaurant or tavern that makes its own beer on the premises and rarely distributes it to other venues. Hydrometer. A thermometer-like device used to measure Considered the earliest form of commercial brewing. the gravity, or proportion of alcohol to water, of beer. Caramel malt. A sweet, coppery malt, caramel or crystal Keg. A vessel for serving beer in large quantities, varying in malt imparts both color and flavor to beer. Caramel malt has a size from five to 10 gallons. 4 World Beer Festival Raleigh Kraeusening. A German technique for adding fresh, young However, in England it means a serving that is 20 ounces. beer to a fully fermented batch, kraeusening is expensive and com- Priming. Priming is the process of adding sugar to the brew at plex but adds character to lagers. the beginning of the secondary fermentation, creating carbonation. Lager. One of the two major families of beers, produced by yeast Secondary fermentation. The final stage of the fermenta- strains that operate at cooler temperatures, and at the bottom of tion, that can last from three weeks to three years, depending on the brewing vessel (hence, “bottom-fermented”). Longer fermenta- the beer style. tion at relatively cool temperatures produces beers that are typical- ly clean and free of side flavors. The traditional beer styles in Shelf life. Describes the number of days, usually a maximum of Germany and central Europe. four months for commercially produced beers, that a beer will retain its peak drinkability. Malt extract. Malt extract, either a powder or syrup, results from evaporating excess water from mashed malted barley. Stealth microbrewery. A recent, and tongue-in-cheek term (also “faux micro”), this refers to a large brewery that creates a Malted barley. The basis of beer, malted barley results from brand name which suggests a small brewery under which it mar- sprouting and germinating barley for optimum starch content. kets specialty beers. Mashing. The preparation of the wort or liquid base of beer, Specialty brewery. The majority of the beer produced in the mashing converts starches to sugars by heating malted barley with world fits loosely into the so-called international lager style. The water. other 60-plus styles are termed specialty beers. Specialty breweries Microbrewery. Defined by industry associations as a brewery concentrate on these styles. that produces less than 15,000 barrels a year (105,000 cases). Top-fermenting yeast or ale yeast. A style of yeast that Mouthfeel. A sensory way of evaluating the body of a beer, works at room or warm temperatures and ferments at the top of mouthfeel describes the texture of beer on the palate ranging from the beer. full to light. Wort. The sweet liquid derived from heating the malted barley Primary fermentation. After pitching the yeast (adding the with water and hops. Wort is the beginning of all beers. yeast to the wort) and during the first five days on average, fermen- Yeast. Living micro-organisms that convert sugars to alcohol tation converts the sugars to alcohol, and produces carbonation in and carbon dioxide. the process of this conversion. Zymurgy. The art and process of fermentation. Pint. In the United States, a pint contains sixteen ounces. World Beer Festival Raleigh 5 BEER EDUCATION are the forefather of all amber beers, with their rich ruby color, malty beginning and dry finish. A Sample of Bock. Not what was left in the vats from the winter, but a beau- tiful spring beer with quite a goat’s kick. The basic style (there’s Classic Beer Styles maibock, helles bock and doppelbock) has a brown/ruby color, strong malt aroma with rich medium body and bitterness for oday’s revolution in beer originates in the rediscovery balance only. of classic beer styles and the emergence of new styles. Dunkel. The original dark lagers, dunkels predate the beautiful T The sheer diversity in profiles lies at the heart of the golden pilsener with their brooding dark color, and malt notes explosion in new breweries and the renewed interest in old in the profile. Dunkels are complex with slight sweetness and breweries. balancing bitterness. While most styles have their moment in history, the demo- cratic nature of brewing allows brewers and the public to chal- Wheat Beers lenge style definitions, producing a continual evolution of some American wheat. A lighter, more carbonated ale, golden in styles and emergence or extinction of others. color with a light, dry finish. American wheats focus on refresh- Top Fermentation Styles: The Ales ment and are attracting new converts to specialty beers. Pale ale. The classic ale, pale ales have a pale to copper color Berliner weisse. Extremely light and highly carbonated, this with a fruity /flowery nose. They tend to finish bitter with traces weisse beer is highly acidic, and some drinkers choose to add of malt. their own syrups. Best tasted at sidewalk cafes in Northern Germany. Brown ale. Brown ales are considered working class beers in England, but are taking off in the States, no doubt because of Bavarian weisse. One of the fastest growing styles, the weisse their amber/brown color, slight sweet beginning and cola finish. beer usually has sediment (hefe-weizen) with obvious citrus, clove or nutmeg characteristics. India pale ale. An historical artefact, India pale ales emerged from the need for quality preservation during long voyages. Hybrid Fermentation Styles: Blending Brewing This resulted in a copper-colored, big-bodied, strongly bitter, Techniques rich ale with pronounced alcohol. Alt. A German ale noted for its copper color and wine-like taste. Scottish ale. The climate and relative isolation of Scotland led Kölsch. The legal name used only for beers of made in to a well-rounded, big malty beer with negligible hop flavor. Cologne, kölsch is pale gold, low in hop flavor and aroma with Porter. A very romantic style, porters harken back to pre-indus- a dry finish. trial England. Dark brown with ruby highlights and a slight Cream Ale. Uniquely American, cream ales combine warm fer- malty nose, porters have a medium, slightly chewy body with a mentation with cold lagering, producing a fruity, clean, dry flavor. clean, quick finish. Stout. Having descended from porters, stouts are darker in Specialty Beer Styles: Unusual Ingredients color, almost black. Ranging from dry to sweet, these medium Lambic. Spontaneously fermented beers from Belgium, where body beers start with a toffee, espresso profile and most finish the yeast is not manually added but allowed to drift in from the with a gristy dryness. surrounding countryside—probably the oldest brewing method still practiced. Lambics complex flavors can be enhanced by the Bottom Fermentation Styles: The Lagers blending together of different aged beers. Lambics are also com- Light lager. Believed to represent 95 percent of the beer sold in bined with fruit such as raspberries (framboise) or cherries the world, these lagers are light yellow in color, highly carbonat- (kriek) for sweeter beers that retain lambic’s underlying wild ed and vaguely bitter in the finish. They are noted for being character. clean, cold, refreshing and drinkable. Smoke beers. From Scottish ales to Bamberg rauch biers, Pilsener (or Pilsner). Born in the 1840s, the grandfather to smoke-flavored styles are as provocative as they are curious. light lagers, pilseners appealled to the eye as well as the palate. The addition of smoked malt (for example, peat or beachwood- Deep golden in color, with floral aroma, soft mouthfeel, and smoked) adds a level of complexity. long dry finish, pilseners are a multi-occasion beer. Trappist. Only seven monastic breweries can use this appella- Vienna. Similar to Märzen, and the abused Oktoberfest “style” tion, six in Belgium and one in Holland. Top fermented with (not a style at all, but the term for the beer served at festivals, multiple fermentations, Trappist ales are united by rich, com- and legally reserved for the six breweries of Munich), Viennas plex, yeasty flavors; deep auburn colors and big satisfying flavor. 6 World Beer Festival Raleigh Here’s to Fridays. Get your weekend started right with the Weekend Section of the Friday News & Observer. movies music dining leisure Weekend. BEER EDUCATION The Responsibility of Beer here is a world of difference between appreciating beer and guzzling beer. The alcohol content of beer effect, these individuals who consume or serve alcohol without T generally ranges from 3 percent to about 8 percent regard for its consequences have broken a social contract to by volume, with most beers at around 4 to 5 percent. As with protect others from excess. At the heart of individual responsi- the other four principal ingredients in beer, alcohol also has its bility is respect for this social contract. characteristics. Whether it’s taking the edge off a day at the While blood alcohol content (BAC) is a precise measure, office, complementing a well-cooked meal or contributing to the rate at which alcohol enters your bloodstream varies. Food pleasant company, alcohol can add to life’s pleasures. in the stomach, higher body weight and low fat ratios slow the However, an excess of alcohol has destructive effects. For absorption rate down. Taking drugs, legal (cold medicine, for individuals who consume alcoholic beverages abusively, the example) or illegal, can adversely affect tolerance, as can men- negative impacts range from painful hangovers to anti-social tal state. The spacing of drinks, taking time out or drinking and dangerous behavior. For society, it can result in extensive alternative beverages, slows alcohol absorption. damage to lives and property. Recognizing your own reactions to alcohol and knowing Faced with the failure of individuals to moderate their own when you are nearing the line between responsible and irre- behavior, this country is increasingly turning to the courts to sponsible behavior are absolutely indispensable to honor the seek redress for alcohol-related harm done to communities. In social contract, and to enjoy a fine beer. 8 World Beer Festival Raleigh BEER EDUCATION How Much is Too Much to Drink if You’re Driving ny alcohol you drink can be detected in your blood, and chemical tests can deter- A mine your blood alcohol concentration (BAC). For example, five parts of alcohol in 10,000 parts of blood is shown as 0.05 percent BAC. Drinking any amount of alcohol can impair your ability to drive. A driver with a BAC between 0.05 and 0.07 percent is presumed to be driving while his abili- ty to drive is impaired (DWI). A driver with a BAC of 0.08 percent or more is presumed to be driving under the influence (DUI). Both DWI and DUI convictions can mean penalties including jail, fines, public service and loss of your driving license. Know your limit. Your life, and the lives of others, depends on it. BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL FOR MEN DRINKS BODY WEIGHT IN POUNDS AIRED 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 1 .04.04.03.03.03.03.02.02.02.02.02.02.02.02.02.04 .03 .03 .02 .02 .02 .02 .02 Y IMP Y 2 .08 .06 .05 .05 .04 .04 .03 .03 33 .11 .09 .08 .07 .06 .06 .05 .05 AIRED – “BUZZED” – AIRED 4 .15 .12 .11 .09 .08 .08 .07 .06 Y IMP Y 5 .19 .16 .13 .12 .11 .09 .09 .08 AIRED TO SLIGHTL TO AIRED 66 .23 .19 .16 .14 .13 .11 .10 .09 = SLIGHTL = = IMP = 77 .26 .22 .19 .16 .15 .13 .12 .11 8 .30 .25 .21 .19 .17 .15 .14 .13 SUBTRACT ROUGHLY 0.015% FOR EACH HOUR OF DRINKING BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL FOR WOMEN DRINKS BODY WEIGHT IN POUNDS AIRED 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 1 .05 .04.0 .03.03.03 .03 .02 .02 .02 Y IMP Y 2 .09 .08 .07 .06 .05 .05 .04 .04 33 .14 .11 .11 .09 .08 .07 .06 .06 AIRED – “BUZZED” – AIRED 4 .18 .15 .13 .11 .10 .09 .08 .08 Y IMP Y 5 .23 .19 .16 .14 .13 .11 .10 .09 AIRED TO SLIGHTL TO AIRED 66 .27 .23 .19 .17 .15 .14 .12 .11 = IMP = = SLIGHTL = 77 .32 .27 .23 .20 .18 .16 .14 .13 8 .36 .30 .26 .23 .20 .18 .17 .15 SUBTRACT ROUGHLY 0.015% FOR EACH HOUR OF DRINKING World Beer Festival Raleigh 9 BEER EDUCATION How Beer is Made hat happens when the ingredients of beer—malted barley (malt), water, W yeast and hops—are combined? Let’s take a virtual tour through a brewery and see. Whether you visit a giant like Anheuser Busch, or your local brewpub, the steps are more or less the same. The first ingredient, malted barley, would make a perfectly respectable breakfast cereal: crunchy, bready, slightly sweet. The brewer mills the malt, cracking the grains between rollers to expose more surface area. Then, just as tea leaves or coffee grounds are steeped in water to extract their flavors, the malt is heated with water in a large kettle called a “mash tun.” The hot water pulls the sugars from the malt into a solution known as “sweet liquor.” The Magic of Fermentation The brewer rinses the malt (“sparging”) and strains it to get Cooled to the right temperature, and chock full of sugar, wort the last of the sugars into solution. The malt is now “spent is the perfect diet for yeast, the uni-cellular organisms that do grain,” useless for beer, but still good for baking, or for animal the work of fermentation. The yeast is pitched in and goes feed. ingesting sugar and making more yeast. But the brewer isn’t The sweet liquor is piped into the next large tank in the interested in yeast propagation, but in the by-products of the brewery, the brew kettle. Here, hops—green, cone-like process: when yeast consume sugars, they release carbon diox- flower—are added and boiled with the liquor. Hops added ide and alcohol, as well as the interesting extra fruity or spicy early in the process preserve the beer and add welcome bitter- flavors we associate with beer. ness to balance the sweetness of malt; a dose of hops at the After a while, the food runs low, and the increasingly alco- very end adds the flowery aroma we prize in many beers. The holic atmosphere becomes unfriendly: the yeast slow down, or new stew of malt sugars, hop flavors and water is called “wort.” even die. Fermentation is complete. The “green” beer is transferred to conditioning tanks to age. If the beer is an ale—a beer produced by a yeast that works at relatively warm temperatures—it can be ready to drink within days. If it is a lager, produced by a yeast that works at lower temperatures, it will need conditioning (“lager- ing”) at a cooler temperature for several weeks or longer. At this point, the beer is almost ready for you. In a brew- pub, you can order beer from serving tanks adjacent to the fermentation tanks—as fresh as beer can be. A distributing brewery puts its beer into bottles or kegs at this stage, either bubbling with the natural CO2 the yeast releases into the brew, or with the carbonation augmented in the beer or at the point of dispense. Either way, you should end up with a glass of fresh beer, packed with complex aroma and flavor. Take a moment to gaze through the golden, amber or mid- night liquid. Its elements have been soaked, warmed, germi- nated, toasted, milled, steeped, boiled, cooled, fermented, fla- vored, aged, gassed, and chilled. Four simple ingredients have been through a lot to make that simple glass of beer. Enjoy it! 10 World Beer Festival Raleigh BEER EDUCATION How to Choose a Beer You’ll Enjoy erhaps you’re attending your first beer festival. You enjoy beer, but If you enjoy: Try these beer styles: P you’ve never wandered far beyond mainstream lagers. Suddenly, here Coffee, chocolate Stouts and porters at over 300 beers, falling into as many as Sauvignon blanc, Kriek (cherry) lambic 70 styles. How do you decide where to other acidic white wines start? Chardonnay, toasty whites Authentic hefeweizen, dunkel Or perhaps you love beer in all its diversity, but your companion doesn’t par- Lighter red wines Biere de garde ticularly care for the beverage most often Bold, fruit-forward red wines Russian imperial stout associated with beer—the international Champagne Belgian wit beer pale lager style that makes up 90 percent of all beer sold. How can you guide your Port Barley wine companion to new flavor discoveries? Gin and tonic India pale ale Sometimes it helps to identify the other Bourbon Belgian dubbles, doppelbock flavors you enjoy, and then seek out a beer style that has some of the same character- Milk shake Milk stout istics. M a y1 5 & 1 6 M o o r e S q u a r e R a l e i g h N o r t h C a r o l i n a a r t s p l o s u r e . o r g Featuring the Art Market, Kidsplosure, Architects of Air’s Mirazozo and performances by Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Charlie Musselwhite, The Iguanas, Sachal Vasandani, Maurice Brown, Sharon Little, Tinsley Ellis, The Explorers Club and more! Sponsored by: Progress Energy, WRAL TV5/Mix 101.5 FM, City of Raleigh, Raleigh Arts Commission, The News and Observer, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, North Carolina Arts Council, Sunkist, Target and WakeMed World Beer Festival Raleigh 11 BEER EDUCATION Tasting Beer, and the Importance of Beer Sequence here is a difference between drinking beer, which is a Sip the beer. Beers vary in viscosity—what beer lover call wonderful pastime, and tasting beer, which is a more “mouthfeel.” Is it thick or thin in your mouth? Then appreciate T focused approach to learning about what you like the changing flavor in the beer. You may detect sweet, candy- and why. By taking the time to observe and talk about the beer like, caramel, fruity, yeasty or spicy flavors. Or you may be you’re tasting, you can appreciate its complexity. You’ll also reminded of toast, cloves, fresh apples or orange marmalade. know how to find other beers you’ll enjoy, wherever you go. Other flavor notes take over once you swallow the beer. Taste is very subjective and individual; so feel free to iden- Steps in tasting a beer: tify the flavors in any way that makes sense to you? Bananas? First, look at the beer. What color is it? Is it clear or cloudy? Soy sauce? Birthday cake? If that’s what you sense, it’s correct. Some styles are meant to be hazy, but most are not. Look at the foam: every style throws a characteristic head, some A note about sequences: scanty, some huge and rocky. Everything we taste affects whatever we put in our mouths Next, smell the beer. Aroma is half of taste (this is the best next, so bear in mind that every beer you sample will be reason to drink out of a glass, and not from a can or bottle). affected by the previous sample. The best plan is to start with Look for bready, caramel notes—these hint at a malt-accented beers that are lighter in character, and work up to heavier beer. Or is the aroma floral, grassy or citrussy? These may beers, so as not to overwhelm the more delicate beers. Or come from the hops. pause, have some water, and eat something neutral—pretzels can’t be beat! 12 World Beer Festival Raleigh BEER EDUCATION Pairing Beer and Food eer isn’t just for brats and pizza anymore. With the Or, find an proliferation of beer styles that are widely available, exciting contrast. B there really is a beer that can complement any food When serving a at all. In fact, some beer lovers will insist that beer is a better very rich food, companion for beer than wine, and it’s certainly true that cer- pair it with a beer tain foods that are awkward partners with wine find their per- that will cut fect match with the right beer. through the oili- There are no hard and fast rules for pairing beer and food, ness and refresh but here are some useful guidelines. the palate. For Try to match intensities. A very robust beer will overwhelm example, offset a delicate food. the intense, oily Look for a flavor “hook.” Brooklyn Brewmaster Garrett character of grilled salmon by pairing it with an assertively bit- Oliver used this concept to identify the dominant component ter India pale ale. in a food, and match it with a complementary hook in a beer. Desserts and sweeter beers can be wonderful companions. For example, many roasted or sautéed foods develop sweet, Chocolate desserts and stout are a natural pairing, or try a caramelized flavors. A beer with caramel notes, such as a creamy dessert with a porter (complement) or a fruited lambic dunkel, will underscore these flavors. (contrast). World Beer Festival Raleigh 13 BEHIND THE SCENES Behind the Scenes with the Brew Crew t has been my great pleasure to be associated with All All beer must be segregated for early and late sessions as it About Beer Magazine over the past fourteen years as both comes in: half for each session. It is marked during this time Ia writer and staff member of the World Beer Festival. It is with the booth destination number to further facilitate our an honor to be the leader of the much-ballyhooed Brew Crew, efforts. Overall, we handle about 1000 cases and 400 kegs of that gaggle of grunts that slings kegs, cases of beer, and bags of beer, some of which arrive late into the evening. All beer must ice, and generally supplies the muscle to keep the festival run- be placed strategically in the reefer and, by the end of the ning. night, the 45-foot trailer is filled to the brim. By my estimates, It is, however, a bit more complicated than simply lugging we move 10 tons of bottled beer (twice), 15 tons of kegged consumables. It is a three-day job, Friday through Sunday, and beer (twice), 3 tons of fresh water, and 12 tons of ice. Add to requires a mixture of hectic effort, on-the-fly decision making, that the innumerable number of discard buckets and other strategic planning, and composure during chaos. We are in the pieces, and it adds up to well over 65 tons, just on Friday and eye of the storm—or at least that is how it appears from our Saturday. Keeping 8,000 beer lovers happy is no small feat. seat—as the festival itself runs smoothly and without incident year after year. Following is a nuts and bolts account of our The Saturday Marathon World Beer Festival weekend. Saturday is when the real fun starts, usually around 7 a.m. As The festival weekend begins on Friday morning for me, my my motley crew gradually assembles in the morning, we get chosen right hand man, and a few members of my 25-member busy putting fresh water, bus tubs, and slop buckets out on the crew. A refrigerated truck is used to keep the beer cold during floor. This is also the perfect time to give the place a once-over the entire run of the event, keeping the beer in optimal condi- and make sure that nothing is missing and that we know tion and reducing the demand for ice. The reefer truck arrives where everything is. Another crew has been busy overnight early on Friday, and is parked so that we can easily load it with getting the booths set up with tables, chairs, and signage, mak- beer delivered during the day, and so it can be unloaded freely ing our job a lot easier. Festival maps and pamphlets are at our during the entire day on Saturday. disposal for easy deployment of everything, including beer. 14 World Beer Festival Raleigh First session beer goes out onto the floor around 9 a.m. The chain gang stretches from inside the truck to just outside, and the cases are loaded onto fifteen hand trucks, and quickly wheeled to the booths. Kegs go out at 10 and ice at 11. The energy is amaz- ing to watch over these few hours. During the festival, The Crew (clad in our official bright red Brew Crew festival t-shirts for visibility) is responsible for main- taining ice supplies, emptying slop, and retrieving additional beer. A subset of the crew concentrates on servicing the VIP, Brewers Hospitality, and All About Beer Tasting tents. Occasional requests by band members and restaurant workers are also hon- ored. We are a commando squad of sorts, ready to spring into action on every request. At times I feel like Vince Lombardi, barking orders and observing the tactical wherewithal of my min- ions. The jokes are predictably bad for the full 18-hour day. The Home Stretch During intermission, which is a mere two hours, we get busy again setting up the second session with reserved bottled beer, additional ice, and any requested kegs, and generally making sure that everything is ready to go for the later crowd. The second ses- sion is often a bit more, shall we say, animated, but our duties remain the same. I pray that my shoes and barking dogs last another six hours. I crack open my tenth pint of drinking water. Inevitably, we encounter mechanical issues during the event, mostly in the form of bruised and battered hand trucks with flat tires and loose wheels. A bicycle pump and basic tool kit fix most of the issues, but as always, a roll of duct tape and a crescent wrench are the saviors throughout the long and rugged day for other repairs. Saturday evening, post-festival, is spent rounding up leftover beer and supplies, and securing it either on the reefer truck or our rental cargo truck. My crew and I are visibly spent, but always manage to squeeze a little extra effort out of our aching muscles to finish the job. After peeling a layer of grime and beer and sweat soaked clothing from my body, a hot shower and a beer back at the hotel is in order. Sunday morning is attended by a few brave crew members, when we unload the beer and supplies in Durham. After that, we celebrate another festival success with a well-earned pint and lunch at The Federal in Durham, reflect a bit, and discuss the event. A glass of beer never tastes as divine as that one. Keith Klemp World Beer Festival Raleigh 15 FESTIVAL MAP SM 16 World Beer Festival Raleigh BREWERY LISTING 1 Thomas Creek Brewery 64 Aspall Cyders 2 New South Brewing Co. 64 Batemans Brewery 4 Craggie Brewing Co. 65 Brunehaut Brasserie 5 Skull Coast Ale Co. 65 Laverstoke Park Farm 6 Natty Greene’s Brewing Co. 65 Cotleigh 8 Foothills Brewing 66 Belize Brewing Co. 9 French Broad Brewing Co. 66 Shenzhen Kingway Brewery 10 Highland Brewing Co. 66 Saigon Beer Co. 11 Carolina Beer Co. 66 Viru 12 Red Oak Brewery 67 Trader Joes 13 Mash House Restaurant and Brewery 68 Great Lakes Brewing Co. 14 Carolina Brewing Co. 70 Saranac Brewery 15 Front Street Brewery 71 Warsteiner Brauerei 16 Wolf Beer Co. 71 Bitburger Brauerei 17 Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 72 Hoegaarden Brewery 18 Mother Earth Brewing 73 Spaten Braü 19 Orange Blossom Pilsner 74 Heineken Brewery 20 Atwater Block Brewery 75 Asahi Beer 21 Boulder Beer Co. 76 Moctezuma Brewery 22 Bear Republic Brewing Co. 77 Samuel Smith, The Old Brewery 23 Ballast Point Brewing Co. 78 Mendocino Brewing Co. 25 Aviator Brewing Co. 79 Harpoon Brewery 26 Boylan Bridge Brewpub 81 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 27 Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery 82 Anchor Brewing Co. 28 Rust Belt Brewing Co. 82 Lagunitas Brewing Co. 29 Capitol City Brewing Co. 83 Magic Hat Brewing Co. 30 R.J. Rockers Brewing Co. 84 Yuengling 31 Liberty Steakhouse and Brewery 85 Leinenkugel Brewing Co. 33 Moon River Brewing Co. 86 Cerveceria Costa Rica 34 Big Boss Brewing Co. 86 Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana 35 Sweetwater Brewing Co. 86 San Miguel Brewery 36 Michelob Brewing Co. 88 Kind Beers 37 Anheuser-Busch 89 Boston Beer Co. 39 Carolina Brewery 90 Pyramid Breweries 40 Spanish Peaks 91 Lao Brewery Co. 40 Damm 92 Tibet Lhasa Brewery 40 Murphy Brewery 93 Fox Hill Meadery 41 Blue Point Brewing Co. 94 Mad River Brewing Co. 42 LoneRider Brewing Co. 95 Fort Collins Brewery 43 Triangle Brewing Co. 96 Holy Mackerel Beers 44 Peak Organic Brewing Co. 97 Bison Brewing Co. 45 Gordon Biersch 98 B.Nektar Meadery 46 Starr Hill Brewery 99 Baltika 47 Kona Brewery 101 Left Hand Brewing Co. 48 Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. 102 Original Sin Hard Cider 49 Redhook Ale Brewery 103 Terrapin Beer Co. 50 Claro! 104 Avery Brewing Co. 51 Huske Hardware House Brewing Co. 105 Abita Brewing Co. 52 New Belgium Brewing Co. 106 Fullers Brewing Co. 53 Modelo 106 Huyghe Brouwerij 54 Spoetzl Brewery 106 Arcobräu Brauhaus 55 Blue Moon Brewing Co. 106 Paulaner 57 Green Mountain Beverage 107 Heavy Seas Beer 58 Breckenridge Brewery 108 Ska Brewing Co. 59 Pabst Brewing Co. 109 New Holland Brewing Co. 59 McSorley’s Brewery 111 Boone Brewing Co. 61 Wychwood Brewery 112 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 61 St. Peter’s Brewery 113 Belhaven Brewery 61 Black Sheep Brewery 113 Young’s and Co. 62 Bosteels Brewery 113 Blackthorn 62 Dubuisson Brewery 113 Charles Wells Brewery 62 DuPont Brewery 114 König-Brauerei 62 Slaghmuylder Brouwerij 114 Brasserie Lefebvre 62 Koningshoeven Brouwerij 115 North Coast Brewing Co. 62 Tilburg 115 Allagash Brewing Co. 63 Kaiser Brewery 116 Smuttynose Brewing Co. 63 Jever Brewery 117 Founder’s Brewing Co. 63 Gaffel Becker and Co. 118 21st Amendment Brewery 63 Yanjing 119 Stoudt’s Brewing Co. World Beer Festival Raleigh 17 A World Beer Festival Brewery Listing 118 21st Amendment Brewery 82 Anchor Brewing Co. 75 Asahi Beer Hog Heaven - American San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Tokyo, Japan Barleywine - This garnet-colored www.21st-amendment.com www.anchorbrewing.com www.asahibeerusa.com American-style barley wine is for hop lover. The intense dry-hop nose and Hell or High Watermelon Anchor Steam - Steam Beer - Asahi Super Dry - Light Lager the alcohol content are balanced for Wheat - American Wheat - A classic The deep amber color, thick creamy - A Japanese rice lager, pale yellow in a caramel candy-like malt finish. American wheat beer, which under- head, and rich flavor testify to the color, soft hop nose, and a rounded, Cellarable for three years. goes a traditional secondary fermen- traditional brewing methods of firm malty character, moderate bitter- The Reverend - Belgian tation using fresh watermelon. A Anchor Steam. ness, and a trademark dry finish. Golden Strong Ale - The Reverend is straw-colored, refreshing beer with a Liberty Ale - American Ale - A strong willed, assertive, and pure of kiss of watermelon aroma and flavor. special top-fermenting ale yeast is 64 Aspall Cyders heart, a heart of candy sugar. It con- Brew Free! or Die IPA - used during fermentation and is Suffolk, United Kingdom tains as many authentic imported American IPA - The top-selling beer responsible for many of Liberty Ale’s www.aspall.co.uk Belgian specialty malts as the brew- at the pub, this IPA starts big and subtle flavors and characteristics. ers could cram into our mash tun, finishes clean, leaving you wanting Aspall Perronelle's Blush and lots of Belgian dark candy sugar more. This aromatic golden IPA 37 Anheuser-Busch Cyder - English Cider - Deep blush stirred into the brew kettle. A divinely starts with a sucker punch to the St. Louis, MO color with a rich appearance. There complex and beautifully layered nose of six different hops, quickly www.budweiser.com is a subtle blackberry aroma with a beer with hints of dark cherries, cur- balanced by a solid malt backbone. hint of traditional cider apple. rants, and molasses, complemented Bud Light Golden Wheat – Smooth, silky and refreshing palate by an underlying spiciness. Sinfully 105 Abita Brewing Co. Witbier - A light beer brewed with beautifully balancing sweetness and smooth considering the high alcohol Abita Springs, LA golden wheat, corriander, and citrus acidity. Lingering aftertaste of content. Cellarable for up to four peels. Bud Light Golden Wheat has berries. years. www.abita.com 118 calories and 8.3 grams of car- Purple Haze - American Wheat bohydrates per 12- ounce serving 20 Atwater Block Brewery 25 Aviator Brewing Co. - A crisp, American-style wheat beer and is 4.1% alcohol by volume. Detroit, MI Holly Springs, NC with raspberry purée added after fil- Wild Blue - Fruit Beer - Brewed www.atwaterbeer.com tration. Therefore, you may see rasp- with a blend of two- and six-row bar- www.aviatorbrew.com berry pulp in the beer. The raspber- ley malt, classic aroma hops from Vanilla Java Porter - Robust Hot Rod Red - Irish Red Ale - A ries provide the lager with a subtle the Willamette Valley in the Pacific Porter - A robust porter made with somewhat classic Irish red ale. This purple coloration and haze, a fruity Northwest and German hops from chocolate malt, blended with vanilla ale is feisty and a bit hoppy. There is aroma, and a tartly sweet taste. the Hallertau region in Bavaria, and and Java coffee beans, balanced a malty sweetness and a somewhat Andygator - American IPA - all-natural blueberry syrup made with U.S. Golding hops. dry finish. Traditional East Kent Andygator, a creature of the swamp, from real blueberries. Dirty Blonde - Witbier - A Goldings but with a nice touch of is a unique high-gravity brew made Bud Light Lime - Fruit Beer - Blonde Ale made with unmalted Cascade and dash of roasted barley with pale malt, German lager yeast, Bud Light Lime is brewed using pre- wheat, coriander and orange peel. give this ale a great taste. and German Perle hops. Unlike mium grains, subtle hops and a nat- 104 Avery Brewing Co. Old BullDog ESB - Extra other high-gravity brews, Andygator ural lime flavor. Special Bitter - A dark amber beer is fermented to a dry finish with a Redbridge (Gluten-free) - Light Boulder, CO with a rich blend of malts. The base slightly sweet flavor and subtle fruit American Lager - Rich, hearty and www.averybrewing.com malt is full kilned pale two-row barley aroma. Reaching an alcohol strength full-bodied gluten-free lager brewed IPA - American IPA - In the and is combined with full tasting of 8% by volume, it is a helles from sorghum. Redbridge has a dis- 1700s, English brewers discovered crystal malt. This beer has a great dopplebock. tinctively fruity hop aroma, a sweet, that a healthy dose of hops and an heavy late hop addition of East Kent Restoration Pale Ale - toasted grain flavor and a well-bal- increased alcohol content preserved Goldings. American Pale Ale - This pale ale is anced, moderately hopped finish. ales during the long voyage to India BoneHead India Brown - liberally hopped and dry hopped to quench the thirst of British troops. American Brown Ale - A hoppy with American Cascade and fer- 106 Arcobräu Brauhaus Avery IPA, Colorado’s hoppiest pale brown ale brewed with Columbus, mented with California ale yeast. The Moos, Germany ale, has a citrusy, floral bouquet and Chinook, Amarillo Gold, and end result is a gold ale with a rich a rich, malty finish. Cascade. A plethora of hops com- body, mild bitterness and a snappy www.arcobrau.de White Rascal – Witbier - An bined with generous amounts of fresh citrus hop flavor and aroma. Bavarian Wheat - Weizen/ authentic Belgian-style wheat or chocolate malt. Weissbier - Arcobräu Bavarian “white” ale, Rascal is unfiltered and Devils Tramping Ground 115 Allagash Brewing Co. Wheat beer is cloudy pale yellow spiced with coriander and curaçao Tripel - Belgian Tripel - A hearty with a large white head. Fruity nose. Portland, ME orange peel, producing a refreshing- Belgian-style ale, this tripel ale will Malty and wheaty with hints of www.allagash.com ly fruity thirst quencher. grow hair in places you don't want. banana and mango. Ellie’s Brown - American Our tripel is a golden colored ale White - Witbier - Brewed with a Dark Wheat – Dunkelweizen - Brown Ale - This deep russet brew that has a fruity spicy flavor that fin- generous portion of wheat and a Arcobräu Bavarian dark wheat beer has the sweet and somewhat nutty ishes a bit sweet. The Devil’s Tripel special blend of spices, this beer is is brewed according to an old, tradi- character of Adam Avery’s late is light tasting from the addition of light and slightly cloudy in appear- tional recipe, naturally cloudy, subtle, (1992-2002) chocolate lab, for whom candy sugar, and just the right ance, with a spicy aroma. malty and mild. it is named. Crystal and chocolate amount of hops to balance out the malts give this beer a brown sugar sweetness. maltiness, with hints of vanilla and nuts, and subtle hopping. BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it World Beer Festival Raleigh notes 18 World Beer Festival Brewery Listing B 98 B.Nektar Meadery #7 Export Lager - Dortmunder 113 Belhaven Brewery 97 Bison Brewing Co. Detroit, MI Export - This elite beer is notable for Dunbar, Scotland Berkeley, CA www.bnektar.com its special mildness and full-bodied www.belhaven.co.uk www.bisonbrew.com taste. Wildberry Pyment - Pyment #8 Wheat - Weizen/Weissbier - Scottish Ale - Scottish Heavy Organic Honey Basil - Spice, style Mead - A mead made with shi- This beer is not filtered and contains 70/- - Classic Scottish ale. Ruby-col- Herb or Vegetable Beer - A special raz grapes, clover honey, and natu- biologically active substances that ored in the glass. Malty and hoppy, version of a pale ale brewed with an ral strawberry, blueberry and black- are useful for our health. with a sweet, smooth and creamy abundance of honey and a large berry flavor. 14% ABV #9 Extra Lager - Strong Lager finish. Belhaven has been brewing dose of fresh organic basil. A crisp, Orange Blossom Mead - - This beer is brewed from select this beer longer than any of the other clean beer. Traditional Mead - A mead made ingredients using the most up-to- beers they produce. Organic Imperial Brown - with the honey from bees that polli- date technology. It uniquely combi- American Brown Ale - Back by pop- nate the Florida orange crops. Aged nesa strong beverage with the light- 66 Belize Brewing Co. ular demand, this luscious brown ale on American oak. 14% ABV ness of taste. Belize City, Belize was first brewed in 2007 as a collab- Wildflower Mead - Traditional www.c2imports.com orative “Reunion” brew. Enjoy the Mead - A mead made with the wild, 64 Batemans Brewery malt complexity and soft palate! free range bees of Michigan’s wild Lincolnshire, England Belikin Beer - Light Lager - Organic IPA - American IPA - A thumb. Aged on American oak. 14% www.bateman.co.uk Belikin Lager has a true malt body true-to-style IPA, using a blend of ABV and the pleasure of fine hop aroma Cascade, Columbus, Centennial and Vanilla Cinnamon Mead - Combined Harvest and bitterness. Brewed in the clas- Pacific Gem hops. Methaglin Style Mead - Made with a Multigrain - English Ale - A com- sic lager style, it has 4.8% alcohol light clover honey, then aged on plex brew made from wheat, rye and and is Belize s favorite. 71 Bitburger Brauerei oats as well as barley. The color is American oak with whole vanilla 34 Big Boss Brewing Co. Bitburg, Germany beans and cinnamon sticks. deep, glowing, bronze/gold, with a www.bitburger.de tight, white head. Toasty and grainy Raleigh, NC 23 Ballast Point Brewing Co. aromas on the nose. The palate is www.bigbossbrewing.com Bitburger - German Pilsner smooth and full with an initial sweet- (Pils) - This full-bodied beer is San Diego, CA Angry Angel Kölsch Style www.ballastpoint.com ness that is quickly overtaken by a brewed according to the German gentle hop bitterness and crispy fruit Ale - Kölsch - Angry Angel Kölsch Purity Law. It has a dry-finished, Calico Amber - American acidity. is a refreshingly pale German- style hoppy taste and is one of Germany’s Amber Ale - Although inspired by Triple XB (XXXB) Classic ale. It is cold fermented and cold most popular beers. the British ales, Calico Amber Ale Pale Ale - Extra Special/Strong conditioned to achieve a beautiful uses American hops for crisp bitter- Bitter/English Pale Ale - A deep balance between biscuit malt flavors 1 Black Sheep Brewery ness and a hint of floral aroma. bronze color and tight, off-white and floral hop notes. It is light bod- ied and finishes somewhat dry to Masham, England Brewed with four malts, including head. On the palate, it is smooth www.blacksheepbrewery.com crystal malt for notes of toffee and and full, with a nice interplay enhance it's easy drinking nature. caramel, and hopped with Cascade between grassy hops and lemony Bad Penny Brown Ale - Monty Python’s Holy Grail and Centennial. House yeast pro- crispness, and a pleasing malt English Brown Ale - This dark brown Ale - English Pale Ale - Distinctive vides a fruity background and a backbone. the finish is long and ale is slightly sweet with a caramel English ale flavor with plenty of fruity Madeira-like richness. flavourful. and dark fruit finish. A showcase of hops and 4.7% ABV. Specially com- Yellow Tail Ale – Kölsch - A Mr. George’s - Robust Porter - fine English malts, floor malted the missioned to commemorate the 30th German-style Kölsch, a pale ale of A deep black color with reddish old way. We use pale, chocolate and anniversary of Monty Python’s Flying normal alcohol strength. It contains hints and capped by rich creamy crystal malts to produce a complex, Circus. some wheat, and has 23 IBUs of bit- foam. The aroma features roasted but easy drinking dark ale. Very rem- terness. German hops are used for grain notes with spicy-citrus hop iniscent of northern English ales. 113 Blackthorn aroma and a blend of American and notes. The palate is roasty with hints Hell’s Belle Belgian Blond Somerset, England German malts round out the recipe. of coffee and licorice and an under- Ale - Belgian Blond Ale - This subtle www.dryblackthorncider.com Similar to a pilsner, except that it is lying fruit accent with a long finish. but complex ale is meant to be a fermented at warm temperatures showcase for our favorite Belgian Blackthorn Cider – Cider - with ale yeast, then lagered like a 22 Bear Republic Brewing Co. yeast and beautiful Belgian malts. Blackthorn is a dry, yet sweet apple pilsner. It tastes very much like a These elements produce and clean cider with bushels of flavor. Healdsburg, CA spicy citrus finish. Hells’ Belle pils, except for the subdued fruiti- 55 Blue Moon Brewing Co. ness of the ale yeast, the crispness www.bearrepublic.com remains light and refreshing but still of the wheat and the lack of lager- Racer 5 - American IPA - This packs a 7% finish. Golden, CO like aromas. hoppy American IPA is a full bodied Blanco Diablo Wit Ale – www.bluemoonbrewingcompany.com Witbier - A traditionally spiced wit, beer brewed with American pale and Blue Moon – Witbier - Blue 99 Baltika crystal malts, and heavily hopped brewed with orange peel, coriander and fermented with a traditional Moon is orange-amber in color with St. Petersburg, Russia with Chinook, Cascade, Columbus a cloudy appearance because it is and Centennial. Belgian wit yeast. It has a dry, thirst www.baltikabeer.com quenching finish, perfect for summer unfiltered. It is also spiced with Hop Rod Rye - Imperial IPA - A coriander and orange peel in addi- #3 Classic Beer - Light Lager high gravity IPA brewed with 18% in North Carolina. 4.5% - This beer has a special velvety D’ICER – Dunkelweizen - A bal- tion to the hops. rye malt. Hop Rod Rye has a floral Rising Moon - Witbier - Brewed taste and pleasant bitter notes. hop aroma and subtle caramel notes ance between rich maltiness and the #6 Porter – Porter - This tradi- unique spicy fruity character impart- only in the spring, this wheat ale has with a slightly earthy and spicy rye a subtle citrus taste and a light tional dark beer is brewed according character. ed by this special yeast strain. Pairs to ancient English recipies. well with fun and excitement! amber color. BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notesWorld Beer Festival Raleigh 19 B-C World Beer Festival Brewery Listing 41 Blue Point Brewing Co. and a gentle counterpart to its sub- 114 Brasserie Lefebvre 29 Capitol City Brewing Co. Patchogue, NY stantial maltiness. Quenast, Belgium Arlington, VA www.bluepointbrewing.com 89 Boston Beer Co. www.brasserielefebvre.be www.capcitybrew.com Toasted Lager - American Boston, MA Blanche De Bruxelles – Amber Waves Ale - Amber Ale Amber Ale - Copper in color, this www.bostonbeer.com Witbier - The addition of coriander - An American amber ale with loads unique brew is made from six differ- and bitter orange peels during the of American aroma hops from the ent malts, including English pale, Sam Adams Boston Lager - brewing process contributes natural famed Yakima Valley on the West Crystal, Munich, Carapils, wheat and Vienna Lager - Full bodied and com- spice aromas. The brewing method, Coast and a healthy malt bill to sup- Belgian Caravienna. plex, malty sweet balance with dis- which includes infusion, is very slow. port them. Initially bitter and finally Hoptical Illusion - American tinct citrus, pine and spicy notes. A The unfiltered beer is bottled and sweet. IPA - This classic American style IPA strong, smooth finish and mouth feel. refermented with yeast and brewing Maibock – Maibock - This features a rare hop grown exclusive- Sam Adams Summer Ale - sugar. spring seasonal has a dark straw/ ly on a farm in Oregon. American Wheat Beer - Crisp, tangy golden color and a pleasant malty Rastafa Rye - American Rye and refreshing with a slight citrus flavor. 58 Breckenridge Brewery aroma. Vienna, Munich and wheat Beer - Rastafa Rye Ale is a hearty Sam Adams Blackberry Wit Denver, CO malts were usedfor this 6.6% brew. rye malt blended with fresh West - Fruit Beer - The blackberries used www.breckbrew.com Coast hops, resulting in a delicious, in this Blackberry Wit are sourced 11 Carolina Beer Co. deep copper ale with just the right from family farms, located at the foot Avalanche Amber Ale - Mooresville, NC amount of rye flavor to offset the of the Oregon Trail. A smooth, flavor- Amber Ale - Blended with pale and spicy, floral characteristics of the ful beer that brings blackberries, caramel malts and just a kiss of bit- www.carolinablonde.com hops. A portion of Rastafa Rye sales orange and coriander together with tering hops to create a refreshing- Carolina Blonde - Blonde Ale will be donated to TOCO (They an appealing malt character and but-flavorful, any-time beer. - Made with 100% real barley this Often Cry Outreach) to help under- spiciness from the hops. 471 IPA - American IPA - 471 is flagship beer is a full-bodied golden privileged children around the world. a double IPA, that combines pale, ale with a smooth, refreshing taste. Blueberry Ale - Fruit Beer - 21 Boulder Beer Co. Munich, caramel-30, Carapils and The hop aromas and flavors are This blueberry ale has 132 pounds Boulder, CO torrified wheat malts, with Chinook, mild. 5% ABV of blueberries carefully added to www.boulderbeer.com Centennial, Simcoe and Fuggles Cottonwood Endo IPA - each special batch that's brewed hops. It has a big, sweet mouthfeel, American IPA - This India pale ale Flashback Anniversary Ale - with 100% American ingredients. followed by more hoppiness than has a medium body and is copper in India Brown Ale - Citrusy with a you’ve ever had at one time. color. It is dry hopped for a strong prominent hop aroma, finishes clean, 111 Boone Brewing Co. Vanilla Porter - Porter - An ale hop nose and has medium malt crisp and dry with dark roasted fla- that has all the chocolate and roast- overtones. It has a light caramel Blowing Rock, NC vors from the biscuit and chocolate ed nut flavor of a classic porter, with character that blends all the flavors www.boonebrewing.com malts. an enigmatic surprise thrown in for to make one hop intense beer! 5.9% Hazed and Infused - Blowing Rock High Country good measure: real vanilla bean. ABV American Pale Ale - Hazed and Ale - American Pale Ale - An Agave Wheat - Fruit Beer - This Cottonwood Low Down Infused is “hazed” in its natural unfil- American ale is, perfectly balanced true American-style unfiltered wheat Brown - American Brown Ale - This tered state and “infused”—dry- with hops and malt and created in has something a little special – the is a smooth brown ale that boasts hopped—with Crystal and the mountain peaks of Western nectar of the great Salmiana Agave. hints of chocolate with roasted malt Centennial hops during fermentation North Carolina. Agave complements the refreshingly overtones. The Low Down Brown is a for a big, bold taste. Blowing Rock Summer Ale - light quality of our wheat and adds a well-balanced beer with a slightly Witbier - This hazy ale is character- 26 Boylan Bridge Brewpub subtle note of flavor that expands sweet finish. 5.25% ABV ized by a grain bill of pale malts and this beer’s uplifting taste profile. It is Carolina Strawberry Ale - white wheat. Additions of orange Raleigh, NC familiar, yet creative. Fruit Beer - A medium bodied ale peel and coriander spice further www.boylanbridge.com made with real, all natural Carolina accentuate this summer ale. 65 Brunehaut Brasserie Bruno Bitter - American Pale strawberries and the finest malts and Blowing Rock Bock - Bock - Ale - Bruno Bitter belongs in the pale Brunehaut, Belgium hops resulting in a refreshing, crisp Blowing Rock Bock is fermented with ale style grouping, but has a greater www.brunehaut.com beer that has just the right balance a proprietary lager yeast strain and variety of strength, flavor and of strawberries and real beer flavor. aged for five weeks. This bock beer St. Martin Blond - Belgian appearance than mainstream pale is brewed with domestic and German Blond Ale - Hazy gold with a creamy ales. This bitter has a deep amber 39 Carolina Brewery malts, and has a toasty malty back- white head. A yeasty and slightly color and was named for the Boylan bone and a subtle hop aroma. spicy and fruity blond beer of 7%. Chapel Hill, NC Bridge watchdog. St. Martin Brune - Belgian www.carolinabrewery.com Southbound Stout – Stout - Dark Strong Ale - With its aroma of 62 Bosteels Brewery Sky Blue Golden Ale – Kölsch Southbound Stout is a full flavored caramel and liquorice, this dark beer - This thirst-quenching brew is Buggenhout, Belgium classic beer with a dry roasted malt of 8% is drunk at room temperature. spritzy, not too malty, with the pleas- www.bosteels.dk taste and almost black color. St. Martin Triple - Belgian Endless Summer Ale - ing aroma of imported Hallertauer Triple Karmiliet - Belgian Tripel - Three varieties of malt and American Lager - Once named hops. While fermented warm like all Tripel - Brewed with oats, barley and three of hops create the robust char- Sidetrack Summer Ale, this brew is ales, Kölsch beer undergoes a cold wheat, Tripel Karmeliet has soft, full, acter of this triple-strength 9% pale now called Endless Summer Ale. A aging period like a lager, which rich grain character with hints of beer. perfect balance of subtle hop and results in a brew that is complex yet banana, vanilla and a slight, pleas- malt flavors make a crisp and easy to drink. ing bubble-gum aroma. A restrained refreshing summer brew. hop bitterness offers perfect balance BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes 20 World Beer Festival Raleigh World Beer Festival Brewery Listing C-F Copperline Amber Ale - lager beer. It is brewed from pilsner, 4 Craggie Brewing Co. 62 Dubuisson Brewery Amber Ale - This brilliant red ale, Munich, Carapils and caramel malts, Asheville, NC Pipaix, Belgium brewed with caramel and pale malts with Hallertau hops and weighs in at www.craggiebrewingco.com www.br-dubuisson.com is a best seller at the Carolina 6.5% alcohol by volume. Brewery. Using traditional brewing Battery Hill - English Style Scaldis - Belgian Dark Strong methods, the ale yeast provides a 86 Cerveceria Costa Rica Bitter - Pale and rye malts are Ale - The strength of Scaldis-12% touch of fruit and works in tandem San Jose, Costa Rica hopped with First Gold and paired ABV, is achieved only by fermenta- with the malt to make for a very www.beer.co.cr with a British yeast blend for a tart tion, not by evaporating or freezing. drinkable ale. Kent Golding hops malty taste with hoppy hints of the Scaldis is brewed with three different lend just enough bitterness and Imperial - Light Lager - Full English countryside. ABV 4.2% malts. Scaldis is toasty, slightly aroma to round out the flavor. bodied pale lager with smooth flavor. Swannanoa Sunset - Kölsch - sweet, with vanilla-like notes and a Flagship India Pale Ale - Munich and pilsen malts are double somewhat vinous character, dry with English IPA - This beer has a unique 86 Cerveceria Nacional hopped with Hallertau Tradition. This a pleasant nutty finish. floral aroma from the generous addi- Dominicana German brew is crisp and clean like tion of Cascade hops to the fer- Santo Domingo, Dominican a lager, but malty and hoppy like an 17 Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery menter in a procedure known as dry Republic ale. ABV 4.2% Farmville, NC hopping. www.presidente.com.do www.duckrabbitbrewery.com Firecracker Pale Ale - 40 Damm American Pale Ale - A special brew Presidente – Pilsner - A medi- Milk Stout - Sweet Stout - A tra- Barcelona, Spain ditional full-bodied stout brewed with to commemorate American Beer um bodied golden yellow pilsner www.damn.es Month, first brewed in 2004. This from the Domincan Republic. lactose (milk sugar), which gives it a snappy pale ale is a true American Estrella Damm - Light Lager - creamy mouthfeel. The subtle sweet- classic. It is a straw colored ale 113 Charles Wells Brewery This Spanish lager has a deep malt ness imparted by the lactose bal- made with fresh North West Chinook Bedford, Bedfordshire tone with a subtle hop presence, full ances the sharpness of the highly hops and the world’s finest malts. www.charleswells.co.uk bodied and smooth. roasted grains, which give the beer This is an easy drinking beer that its black color. still packs a punch. Wells Bombardier - Standard/ 112 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Märzen - Märzen - This is a Ordinary Bitter - This English bitter Milton, DE malty German lager style most famil- 14 Carolina Brewing Co. has a burnt copper color with a rich iar around Oktoberfest season. Soft aroma of peppery hops and raisins; www.dogfish.com malt flavors dominate this subtle and Holly Springs, NC the taste takes on more dark fruit Aprihop - American IPA - satisfying brew. www.carolinabrew.com and juicy malt flavors. Aprihop is an American IPA brewed Brown Ale - American Brown Carolina Pale Ale - American Wells Banana Bread - Fruit with pilsner and cystal malts mas- Ale - An American brown ale brewed Pale Ale - This amber colored beer Beer - This brew combines all the sively hopped in a continuous fash- with loads of hops from start to fin- is an American style pale ale. Three traditional qualities and style of a ion. The flavor is complemented by ish. Amarillo hops in the boil provide varieties of American grown hops Charles Wells bitter with the subtle the addition of apricots. a spicy citrusy bitterness. Saaz dry create a pleasing bitterness, aroma flavor of banana. 90min IPA - Imperial IPA - An hops in the fermenter provide a imperial IPA brewed to be savored refined flowery aroma. These hops and lingering hop taste. Our pale 50 Claro! ale's medium-light body and clean from a snifter. A big beer with a are supported by a grain bill of taste make it an excellent accompa- Netherlands, Holland great malt backbone that stands up seven varieties of malt. niment to a fine meal or a satisfying www.clarobeer.com to the extreme hopping rate. Porter - Porter - This dark, Palo Santo Marron - American robust porter features a pronounced drink all by itself. Claro! – Pilsner - Claro! is a Carolina IPA - India Pale Ale - Brown Ale - An unfiltered, unfettered, flavor of roasted grains reminiscent crisp, refreshing, flavorful beer creat- unprecedented brown ale aged in of dark chocolate. Oats added to the The IPA is more heavily hopped and ed by Dutch brewers to celebrate higher in alcohol than our pale ale. It handmade wooden brewing vessels. grist give a subtle round silkiness to the millennium. The fun, straightfor- The caramel and vanilla complexity the mouthfeel. is brewed with pale, caramel and ward confidence of the brand mir- cara-pils malts and finished with lots unique to this beer comes from the rors the flavor characteristics of the exotic Paraguayan Palo Santo wood 62 DuPont Brewery of Cascade and Crystal hops for a beer perfectly. strong, citrus/piney flavor and from which these tanks were crafted. Tourpes, Belgium aroma. It is 5.4% alcohol. 65 Cotleigh Palo Santo means “holy tree” and it's www.brasserie-dupont.com Carolina Nut Brown - wood has been used in South Somerset, UK American wine-making communities. Saison DuPont - Saison - The American Brown Ale - A medium classic example of the saison style. bodied, dark brown ale with a com- www.cotleighbrewery.com Midas Touch - Strong Ale - This recipe is the actual oldest-known fer- A pleasing pale straw color with a plex chocolatey, toasted malt taste. Barn Owl - Special/Best/ mented beverage in the world! It is dense creamy head. The nose is The word “nut” in the name implies a Premium Bitter - A distinctive and full an ancient Turkish recipe using the estery with citrus and spicy notes. dry nut-like taste that makes it dis- flavored premium strength bitter. original ingredients from the 2700 Full bodied and malty, it sparkles on tinct from some of the sweeter brown Copper colored premium ale with year old drinking vessels discovered the palate and finishes with a zesty ales. We use five different types of hints of toffee and nut and a smooth in the tomb of King Midas. hop and citrus attack. malted barley to give the beer its malty bitter sweet finish. Ingredients Somewhere between wine and color and variety of malt flavors. include pale, crystal and chocolate mead; this smooth, sweet, yet dry 8 Foothills Brewing Carolina Spring Bock – malt, Goldings, Fuggles and ale will please the Chardonnay and Winston-Salem, NC Maibock - Brewed in the style of a Northdown hops. German maibock, expect a smooth, beer drinker alike. www.foothillsbrewing.com fresh, malty taste and a slight alco- Torch Pilsner - Pilsner - A hol warming sensation from this pale Czech-style pilsner loaded with fla- BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes World Beer Festival Raleigh 21 F-G World Beer Festival Brewery Listing vor from Hallertau and Saaz hops. Serious hop bitterness along with of the classic ESB, biscuity and ses- ed using a special top fermenting 5.3% ABV unyielding grapefruit bouquet from sionable. yeast strain that we import specially Foothills Red - Irish Red Ale - the Amarillo dry-hop. Balanced with from Germany to brew it true to style. An Irish style amber ale. Deep red in the malty richness of four varieties of 15 Front Street Brewery The pinpoint bitterness of the appearance. Caramel aroma with imported Belgian caramel malts. Wilmington, NC German Hallertau hops and crisp subtle hints of tangerine. Moderate Pours a spectacular crimson with a www.thefrontstreetbrewery.com finish make this beer perfect for caramel sweetness with hints of creamy tan head. A generous addi- summertime enjoyment. 4.8% ABV; pumpernickel and slight notes of tion of rye malt accentuates a spicy Dram Tree Scottish Ale - bitterness 25 IBU. Available May tangerine rind. crisp finish. Scottish Irish Ale - A traditional through July Hoppyum IPA - American IPA - Double Trouble - Imperial IPA - Scottish-style ale. Deep red in color Hefeweizen - Weizen - A true A well-balanced, West Coast-style An imperial IPA that was brewed to and very malty. Not much hop char- Bavarian-style unfiltered wheat beer India pale ale featuring five hop vari- turn your world upside down. Hops acter at all. Caramel and chocolate with the yeast still present, our etals; 6.3% ABV. have got you coming and going: malts were added to give this beer hefeweizen is more effervescent and Hurricane Hefeweizen – pungent aromatics up front paired its color and great flavor. 7.2% ABV flavorful than other craft-brewed Witbier - A German-style unfiltered with a malt balanced backbone and American Amber Ale - wheat beers. Brewed with 65% malt- wheat beer, cloudy gold in appear- a smooth bitter finish. American Amber Ale - An amber ale ed wheat and 35% malted barley. ance with a rocky white head. Notes Dirty Bastard - Scotch Ale - generously hopped with American 5.5% ABV, bitterness 12 IBU, resid- of ripe banana, clove, vanilla, bub- Dark ruby in color and brewed with hops. Nugget, Cascade and ual sugar 2.8%. blegum and tapioca in the nose. seven varieties of imported malts. Ahtanum hops were used to give Pilsner – Pilsner - A crisp, gold- People’s Porter - Porter - Complex in finish with hints of smoke this beer a nice hoppy bitterness en, robustly hopped lager beer. Current holder of the World Beer and peat, paired with a malty rich- and aroma. A wonderful citrus aroma Brewed with two-row pale malted Cup Gold Award, a smooth and ness and a right hook of hop power is prevalent in this beer. 5.2 ABV barley and robustly hopped with drinkable porter; 5.8% ABV. to give it the bad attitude that a beer Hallertau and Tettnang aroma hops. Foothills Barrel Reserve - named Dirty Bastard has to live up 106 Fullers Brewing Co 5.4% ABV, bitterness 30 IBU, resid- Specialty Beer - Series 1 to. Ain’t for the wee lads’. Chiswick, England ual sugar 2% Foothills Barrel Reserve - www.distinguished-brands.com Specialty Beer - Series 2 93 Fox Hill Meadery 68 Great Lakes Brewing Co. Fuller’s London Pride - Sexual Chocolate - American Marshall, NC English Pale Ale - London Pride is a Cleveland, OH Stout - A cocoa infused imperial www.foxhillmead.com smooth and astonishingly complex www.greatlakesbrewing.com stout. Opaque black in color with a beer with a distinctive malty base dark brown head. Big chocolate Blackberry Mead - Traditional Dortmunder Gold - Light complemented by a rich balance of aroma with notes of espresso, black- Mead - A semi-sweet rich and fruity Lager - A smooth lager that strikes a well-developed hop flavors from the strap molasses, dark sweet toffee mead aged with oak. 11.7 ABV delicate balance between sweet Target, Challenger and Northdown and dark fruit. Ginger Apricot Mead - malt and dry hop flavors. Traditional Mead – A light woody fla- varieties. Burning River Pale Ale - 95 Fort Collins Brewery vor accompanies the ginger spice, 63 Gaffel Becker and Co. American Pale Ale - An assertively Fort Collins, CO apricot tanginess, and honey sweet- hopped American pale ale with cit- ness. 12%ABV Köln, Germany rusy and piney Cascade hops. www.fortcollinsbrewery.com Spiced Mead - Traditional www.gaffel.de Edmund Fitzgerald Porter - Rocky Mountain IPA - Mead - A blend of allspice, cinna- Robust Porter - A complex, roasty Gaffel Kölsch - Kölsch - The American IPA - This IPA is dry mon, orange zest, and cloves. porter with a bittersweet, chocolate- laws protecting the brewing of hopped for an intense floral aroma 11%ABV coffee taste and bold hop presence. Kölsch are as strict as Germany’s and a generous helping of malts are Traditional Mead - Traditional Commodore Perry IPA - Purity Law of 1516. Kölsch beer can added to create a backbone stable Mead - This traditional mead is American IPA - A medium-bodied only be brewed within the city of enough to support the characteristic made from multiple honey varieties and well hopped India Pale Ale with Cologne. As the best-known Kölsch bitterness of the beer. and is aged with oak. 13%ABV a dry, fruity aftertaste. brewery, Gaffel derives its flavor from Chocolate Stout - Sweet Stout Special Reserve Mead - an ale yeast that is “lagered” or aged - Subtle hop bitterness rounds out Traditional Mead – A big, strong, 57 Green Mountain Beverage in cold cellars. Gaffel is pale and the roasted barley and chocolate complex honey wine. 16% ABV faintly fruity with a crisp hop finish. Middlebury, VT malt character in this velvety smooth www.woodchuck.com stout. 9 French Broad Brewing Co. 45 Gordon Biersch Woodchuck Amber - Cider - Wheat Wine - Wheat Wine - Asheville, NC Atlanta, GA 50% malted wheat and a ravenous www.frenchbroadbrewery.com Amber was the first cider produced yeast yields a warming brew with the www.gordonbiersch.com under the Woodchuck name in 1991. Wee Heavy - Strong Scotch Ale It is a blend of Red Delicious and flavor of summer fruit and caramel. Märzen - Märzen - Smooth and - A Scotch ale with subtle sweet malt Macintosh apples fermeneted with 1900 Amber Lager - Amber auburn-hued with a caramel malt fin- flavor. champagne yeast to produce a Lager - German melanoiden and ish. Brewed with two-row pale malt- Rye Hopper - American Rye great tasting and refreshing product. Munich malts blend with Willamette ed barley, dark roasted Munich malt Beer - An American rye ale with It has a golden hue, medium sweet- hops to create a subtle and refresh- and caramelized Munich malt. 5.6% earthy citrusy flavors. ness with a crisp sparkling finish and ing lager. ABV, bitterness 18 IBU, residual Gateway Kölsch - Kölsch - A is 5% ABV. sugar 2.9%. German ale, golden in color, crisp Woodchuck Pear - Cider - 117 Founder’s Brewing Co. SommerBrau - Kölsch - and pleasant. Aged in small batches, the pear is a SommerBrau is a Kölsch –style beer. Grand Rapids, Michigan 13 Rebels ESB - Extra light flavorfull delight with a tantalizing Kölsch literally means the beer of www.foundersbrewing.com Special/Strong Bitter/(English Pale essence of pear flavoring. It has been Cologne (Köln), Germany. This beer Ale) - French Broad’s interpretation available since 2001 and is 4% ABV. Red’s RyePA - American IPA - style is a light bodied beer ferment- BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes 22 World Beer Festival Raleigh World Beer Festival Brewery Listing H-K Woodchuck Limited has 3.2% ABV. Ale - Witbier - The original surviving 106 Huyghe Brouwerij Release Spring - Cider - The Amstel Light - Light Lager - Belgian witbier. A delicious and Melle, Belgium Limited Release Spring Seasonal Amstel Light is a 3.5% ABV pale refreshing taste, naturally cloudy and www.pascalkolkman.com/delirium highlights the flavors and ingredients lager. brewed using a unique recipe of of the spring. This hand crafted wheat, malted barley and a subtle Fruli - Fruit Beer - Made with a cider is made with a delicate sweet- 10 Highland Brewing Co. hint of coriander and orange peel. blend of 70% white beer and 30% ness that does not overpower the Asheville, NC pure fruit juice. Früli is a high quality palate and exhibits a crisp compli- www.highlandbrewing.com 96 Holy Mackerel Beers premium beer from a craft brewery mentary balance of honey with Fort Lauderdale, FL in Belgium. Granny Smith apples. Gaelic Ale - American Amber www.holymackerelbeers.com Strongbow English Cider - Ale - A deep amber colored ale, fea- 63 Jever Brewery English Cider - A crisp, premium turing a rich, malty body. Cascade Holy Mackerel Special Jever, Germany imported cider from the U.K. that and Willamette hops add a complex Golden Ale - Belgian Golden www.jever.de delivers maximum refreshment in an hop flavor and aroma. This ale is Strong Ale - A strong golden ale authentic, traditional recipe. Light, balanced between malty sweetness brewed in the Belgian tradition. Dry Jever Pils - German Pilsner medium body with a dry finish. and delicate hop bitterness. yet flavorful; complex yet refreshing. (Pils) - Brewed in the small farm St. Terese’s Pale Ale - Handcrafted in small batches using town of Jever near the Dutch border, 79 Harpoon Brewery American Pale Ale - A golden ale pilsner malt, Saaz hops and Belgian Jever defines the classic German Boston, MA having a slightly malty body bal- Trappist yeast to create a fresh, Friesland pilsener. Jever has a soft anced by an assertive American hop Florida take on a style popular with yeasty palate is clean, crisp and www.harpoonbrewery.com flavor. This pale ale displays a deli- craft beer aficionados. refreshing, and has an assertive hop IPA - American IPA - In the tradi- cate hop nose due to the process of Holy Mackerel Black - finish. tion of IPA's, this copper colored ale dry hopping with whole leaf Belgian Dark Strong Ale - Dark is floral, medium-bodied, with a dis- Cascade hops. A crisp and refresh- chocolate barley and roasted grains 63 Kaiser Brewery tinct hop finish. ing beer perfect for any occasion. paired with American hops and Diviaopolis, Brazil UFO White - American Wheat - Kashmir IPA - American IPA - Belgian yeast create a mouthful of www.allgoodbrands.com Light, crisp, refreshing UFO White A full-bodied India pale ale. This flavors: dark chocolate and espresso follows in the tradition of spiced beer is golden in color with a moder- with a very subtle hint of pomegran- Xingu Black Beer - Schwarzbier wheat beers that have been brewed ate malty character and full hop fla- ate. Caramel and smoky flavors in (Black Beer) - Pronounced “shin- in Belgium for well over 300 years. vor true to the classic ale that trav- the middle and only a hint of berry in goo”, Xingu Black Beer is named Brewed with orange peel and a elled on sailing ships from England the finish. Bold yet not heavy, and a after the Xingu River, in the Amazon unique blend of spices. to India. Bold and brazen. perfect accompaniment for oysters, Rainforest. Inspired by old recipes of Black Mocha Stout - Sweet chocolate, triple cream brie with jam Indian beer, Xingu Black Beer is a 107 Heavy Seas Beer Stout - Highland’s most robust beer, or BBQ ribs. two-time winner of Beverage Testing Baltimore, MD having a very malty body with a Holy Mackerel Panic Attack Institute's Gold Medal as the best www.ccbeer.com large roasted chocolate flavor, all - Belgian Strong Ale - Strong Belgian dark lager in the world. achieved solely through the use of a amber ale with a hint of spice. 10% ABV 88 Kind Beers Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale - special roasted barley grains. It is American IPA - Called Hop 3 (hop black in color with a very clean finish 51 Huske Hardware House Charlotte, NC cubed) to reflect the enormous and moderate hop flavor. Brewing Co. www.kindbeers.com amount of hops in this beer: there Oatmeal Porter - Porter - A are over three pounds per barrel- Fayetteville, NC Pale Ale - American Pale Ale - unique Highland creation, this robust Medium-bodied amber colored pale and the beer is hopped in three beer is black in color, very malty with www.huskehardware.com ways: in the kettle, in the hop back ale. Earthy tones come from the mix hints of chocolate-roasted flavor and Level Headed Blonde - and dry hopped. of English and American hops. 7.3% a well--balanced hop character. Kölsch - An easy drinking German Small Craft Warning Über ABV Seven Sisters Abbey Style ale made with the finest German pil- pils - Imperial Pilsner - A pilsner- Belgian Style Red Ale - Ale - Abbey Style Dubbel - This sner malts and finished with German style bock lager. Rich, malty and Belgian Red - Red ale with toasted abbey style dubbel ale earns its Hersbrecker Hops. well-rounded but with a firm struc- and caramel notes. Hints of tropical appellation by being brewed with Killaman Irish Red - Irish Red ture of noble hops. Surprisingly pale and fruit flavors come through with double the normal grain bill and the Ale - A robust, more aggressive ver- in color for such a powerful, complex the addition of Trappist yeast. 6% addition of Belgian dark candi sugar. sion of its mass-produced cousin, beer. ABV Fermenting with Trappist yeast cre- our red is made with British caramel 47 Kona Brewery ates dark fruit esters. Pilsen, pale, malts, finished with East Kent Kailua-Kona, HI 74 Heineken Brewery extra special and chocolate malts Goldings and Williamette Hops. www.konabrewingco.com Amsterdam, Netherlands evoke classic Belgian ale sweet aro- Sledge Hammer Stout - Stout www.heineken.com mas with a hint of nuttiness. Use of - An imperial oatcreme stout made Longboard Lager - Light Hallertau Hersbrucker and German Heineken - Light Lager - with flaked oats and barley, finished American Lager - A smooth Island select hops enhance authenticity Heineken is a 5% ABV pale lager. with lactose for extra body and lager perfect for sitting on the and provide a restrained bittering of Heineken Light - Light Lager - creaminess. Slightly sweet and full- beach, by the pool, or at your 20 IBUs and a slight spicy aroma. A light beer with 99 calories per 12 bodied. favorite watering hole. A slightly spicy hop aroma and smooth, clean ounce bottle and 6.8 grams of car- 72 Hoegaarden Brewery Farmhouse Ale - Bière de bohydrates. The beer has fewer Garde - A blonde French-style ale finish gives this lager true craft cre- calories, fewer carbohydrates and Hoegaarden, Belgium full of four different Franco-Belgian dentials. This is the flagship for Kona less alcohol than lager beers such www.hoegaarden.org.uk/ malts, finished with a touch of floral Brewery, bringing liquid aloha 12 or Strisselspalt hops. 16 ounces at a time. as the Heineken Pilsener. The beer Hoegaarden Original White BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes World Beer Festival Raleigh 23 K-M World Beer Festival Brewery Listing Fire Rock Pale Ale - hop extract with a little malty balanced Brewed with select wheat and pale this a very well rounded, characterful American Pale Ale - A copper col- finish. Lighter in color, bitter in taste. malt, Cluster hops and natural beer. ored pale ale with a sweet hop finish coriander, for a soothing taste. and subtle malt flavor. The Galena 91 Lao Brewery Co. Summer Shandy – Fruit Beer - 94 Mad River Brewing Co. hops give this brew a mellow aroma Vientiane, Laos Shandy is lemonade flavored beer, a Blue Lake, CA but rich, almost earthy, taste. One of light and crisp refreshing flavor. www.madriverbrewing.com the original Kona brews from the Big www.paleewong.com Berry Weiss – Fruit Beer – Island. Beerlao Lager - Light Lager - Berry Weiss is brewed with pale and Jamaica Red - Standard/ Wailua Wheat - Witbier - Beerlao is a premium authentic rice wheat malts and cluster hops. The Ordinary Bitter - The Jamaica Red is Wailua Wheat is a filtered wheat beer beer brewed from a unique blend of brew is flavored with a blend of a unique malty red bitter ale. This brewed with Lilikoi, a tropical pas- the finest European and Lao ingredi- blackberries, elderberries, and mahogany hued ale brings an sion fruit. With a sweet nose and ents, a fusion of the best traditions of loganberries. intense spectrum of hop flavors from fruity finish, this limited release from East and West. Honey Weiss – Weissbier – spicy aromatic to lingering bitter, all Kona has people asking for this year Beerlao Dark Lager - Dark Brewed with pale and wheat malts underscored by a full-bodied round. Named for the famous Wailua Lager - With this tropical style of and cluster hops with a hint of caramel richness. Falls on the road to Hana on the dark lager, hops take a back seat on Wisconsin honey. Mad Belgian Golden Ale - island of Maui. the palate while sweet malts and Classic Amber – American Belgian Golden Strong Ale - Pours a dark sugar flavors play through the Amber - Brewed with a premium shimmering gold with a frothy white 114 König-Brauerei center. There's an added bitterness blend of pale, caramel, and Munich cumulus head. The mouth is crisp, Duisburg, Germany to balance the sweetness, which malts with a complex citric hoppy dry and refreshingly effervescent, www.koenig.de also gives Beerlao Dark its unique flavor. light to medium body with a dreamy, character. well balanced honey complexity. Konig Pils - German Pilsner 31 Liberty Steakhouse and Low, low IBU's and only 6.6% ABV (Pils) - A classic German pilsener, 65 Laverstoke Park Farm Brewery leaves our Golden Ale with a drinka- very light straw to golden in color. Overton, UK High Point, NC bility of 100% pleasure. This brew is well-hopped and Steelhead Extra Pale Ale - exhibits a spicy herbal aroma and www.laverstokepark.co.uk www.tbonz.com American Pale Ale - The Mad River flavor, and distributes a flash of cit- Organic Ale - English Pale Ale - Dry Hopped Kellerbier - Flagship Brand, Steelhead Extra rus-like zest. The ale has a remarkably full flavour Kellerbier/Zwickelbier - Dry-hopped Pale Ale is a bright golden hued ale and has been produced utilising unfiltered German-style lager of medium body with a spicy floral 62 Koningshoeven Brouwerij traditional hops and barley grown on Blackberry Wheat - Fruit Beer hop character and very mild bitter- Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands the farm. - American wheat ale infused with ness. Organic Lager - English Lager pure blackberry puree. Steelhead Double IPA - www.latrappe.nl - Unlike normal beers that use CO2 Imperial IPA - Malty, hoppy and Quadrupel - Belgian Strong Ale to produce their fizz, Laverstoke 42 LoneRider Brewing Co. strong, this Double IPA is dry - Quadrupel sits at the top of the Park Farm’s ale is bottle conditioned Raleigh, NC hopped with Amarillo hops for fresh Koningshoeven range. At 10% alco- so that it continues to ferment in the www.loneriderbeer.com piney and citrus flavor and aroma. hol by volume, it’s a big deep amber bottle using live yeast, producing a Aggressive, but perfectly balanced. beer with a rich, warming flavor. Full- “real” ale which enhances the flavor Shotgun Betty - Weizen/ bodied and mild, slightly sweet with as well as creating the bubbles. Weissbier - Shotgun Betty is a sexy, 83 Magic Hat Brewing Co. just a hint of bitterness to round out tough cowgirl who is always armed South Burlington, VT the palate. In the nose you will 101 Left Hand Brewing Co. and dangerous. Don’t be fooled by www.magichat.net detect fruit: a faint, pleasant yeasti- Longmont, CO her good looks, she will have you for ness and just a touch of resiny hops. an appetizer! That's why we picked #9 - Not-quite Pale Ale - A beer www.lefthandbrewing.com her to represent our hefeweizen. cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose 82 Lagunitas Brewing Co. Milk Stout - Sweet Stout - Shotgun Betty is a wheat beer with a mysterious and unusual palate will Petaluma, CA Roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee rich, banana-clove nose and refresh- swirl across your tongue and ask flavors build the foundation of this ing dry finish. Sound good? Try one. more questions than it answers. A www.lagunitas.com sweet. "Chocolate Milk for Adults!" But beware, once Betty gets a hold sort of dry, crisp, refreshing, not- IPA - American IPA - A well-bal- 5.9% of you there is no escape. quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible anced IPA with huge hop character 400 Pound Monkey - English Sweet Josie - American Brown to describe because there’s never and enough malty richness to keep Style IPA - English Style IPA - more Ale - A temptress who will seduce been anything else quite like it. things insane and drinkable. earthy, spicy, zesty than Americian you, but leave your wallet feeling Wacko - Fruit Beer - Wacko - is Pilsner - Boehmian Pilsner - A style. 6.8% Polestar Pilsner - Pilsner empty. Sweet Josie is crafted in the a delicious summer beer with a big, Czech-style pilsner brewed with - A zesty German-style pilsner with a American Brown style. This is a com- malty aroma, a subdued hop bite loads of Saaz hops. Light and easy dry crisp finish. 5.0% ABV plex beer balancing a nice hop bit- and a clean, slightly sweet finish. to drink yet full of flavor. Good Juju - Spice/Herb/Beer - terness with a generous amount of Wacko is the liquid song of summer. Brown Shugga - American A light pale ale brewed with organic chocolate and aromatic malts. Strong Ale - This American strong ginger to create a spicy aroma and Peacemaker - American Pale 13 Mash House Restaurant ale is brewed with 200 pounds of unique flavor. 4.2% ABV Ale - Peace is a dangerous thing. and Brewery brown sugar in each 30 barrel- Peacemaker is a West Coast style batch. Light body, dark crystal malts 85 Leinenkugel Brewing Co. American pale ale that uses several Fayetteville, NC and the brewery’s best selling sea- Chippewa Falls, WI hop varieties to produce a unique www.themashhouse.com sonal. www.leinie.com and bountiful hop aroma with a bal- Hefeweizen - Weizen/Weissbier West Coast Style IPA - anced bitterness. A special blend of - The Mash House Hefeweizen is an American IPA - Seven hops and one Sunset Wheat - Witbier - American and European malts make unfiltered South German style, BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes 24 World Beer Festival Raleigh World Beer Festival Brewery Listing M-N Unfiltered to create a unique look Best served with grilled, barbecued Pale Ale. As such, one can expect 52 New Belgium Brewing Co. and a one-of-a-kind flavor, with hints and German-style foods. Swamp Fox to pack a much bigger Fort Collins, CO of banana and clove. punch on all counts: more malt, www.newbelgium.com Irish Red - Irish Red - Brewed in 76 Moctezuma Brewery more alcohol and a whole lot more the tradition of the ales of Ireland, Monterrey, Mexico hops! Fat Tire Amber Ale - Belgian this use Horizon hops and www.dosxx.com Style Pale Ale - Like the ageless imported malt to make our Irish Red 18 Mother Earth Brewing delight of pedaling a bicycle, Fat light-bodied and very drinkable. Tecate - Light Lager - Tecate is Kinston, NC Tire Amber Ale’s appeal is in its feat IPA - American IPA - This IPA is one of the more popular Mexican www.motherearthbrewing.com of balance: Toasty malt flavors (sorta copper colored and big in hop bit- imported beers, first brewed in 1944. like biscuits just pulled from the terness, flavor and aroma, using an Carta Blanca - Light Lager - Sisters of the Moon - oven) coasting in equilibrium with enormous amount of Northern Carta Blanca is a light bodied brew American IPA - Using a hopback crisp hoppiness. Brewer and Cascade hops to create with a slightly sweet corn flavor and gives this IPA a huge, juicy hop taste Ranger IPA - American IPA - a very refreshing ale. a spicy, earthy hop smell. while remaining balanced. Mild malt We’re talking three pounds of hops Maibock – Maibock - A crisp, Bohemia - Light Lager - flavor is detected in the background per barrel. With pale and dark clean brew with big malt character. Bohemia is rich in hops and corn Weeping Willow Wit – Witbier - This caramel malts that bring out the hop giving it a unique flavor among the wit offers a light flavor that carefully aroma and flavor from start to finish, 59 McSorley’s Brewery Mexican beer family and a sweet- balances sweet and tart. Can you Ranger IPA is a sessionable beauty. Willkes Barre, PA ness with the aftertaste. guess the secret spice? Mighty Arrow Pale Ale - www.mcsorleysnewyork.com Endless River - Kölsch - American Pale Ale - Mighty Arrow 53 Modelo Kölsch - is a favorite light beer style, Pale Ale provides lots of pleasurable McSorley’s - Scottish Irish Ale - Mexico City, Mexico hands down. Crisp, tangy and light sniffs from Cascade, Amarillo and A classic ale craft-brewed in the tra- www.gmodelo.com on the pallet: outstanding Golding hops with a fetching honey dition of Olde New York. Munich Dunkel - Munich malt base. Staying true to the Negro Modelo - Munich Dunkel Dunkel - This Munich dunkel is a American style of pale ale, Mighty - To achieve its unique taste, Negra 78 Mendocino Brewing Co. mild lager that just happens to be Arrow has a clear golden color. Ukiah, CA Modelo uses a greater quantity of dark. It drinks incredibly smooth with www.mendobrew.com malt, the finest hops, a special yeast a malty finish. 109 New Holland Brewing Co. and the purest water. It is a deli- Tripel Overhead - Belgian Eye of the Hawk - American cious, creamy, full-flavored dark Holland, MI Tripel - This Belgian-style tripel is www.newhollandbrew.com Pale Ale - Generous amounts of pale brew with a pleasant malt aroma and crafted with honor to the Belgian and caramel malt and our special dry hop flavor that has a smooth Trappist monks who perfected this Mad Hatter IPA - American IPA proprietary yeast strain produce an mellow taste. notoriously smooth and balanced - Highly hoppy India pale ale. Dry- extremely well balanced ale with an Modelo Especial - Pilsner - A brew and leaked the secret to out- hopping provides a floral hop aroma, alcohol 8% ABV. Eye of the Hawk rich, full-flavored pilsner beer with a siders just a half century ago. This is while the lively and hoppy body is Select Ale is coppery amber in color slightly sweet, well-balanced taste, a complex sipping beer that offers subtly balanced with delicious malt and characterized by a luxurious light hop character and crisp finish. amazing zest yet finishes smooth notes. Hatter’s hop character makes caramel malt flavor, a substantial and sweet. it a great fit for spicy dishes, bitter mouth-feel and a slightly warming 33 Moon River Brewing Co. greens and beef. yet dry finish. Savannah, GA 40 Murphy Brewery Full Circle – Kölsch - A Kölsch- White Hawk IPA - American www.moonriverbrewing.com Cork, Ireland style beer, Full Circle is a refreshing IPA - American West Coast Cascade celebration of our brewery’s belief in Savannah Fest Bier - Light hops are blended with a very gener- www.murphys.com balance. The soft, well-rounded malt Lager - The best known fest biers ous dose of English Fuggle hops. Murphy’s Irish Stout - Dry character, light hop profile and crisp are those brewed for Octoberfest, This combination makes for a very Stout - Murphy’s is a light, sweet, dry finish bring us back around to the but the fact of the matter is, Festival aromatic character, as well as a truly stout with a hint of caramel flavor. familiar tastes of classic, thirst- beers are always in season in authentic English flavor you must Murphy’s Red Ale - Irish Red Ale - quenching beer. We recommend Full Germany. It's no different in taste to believe,“Hopheads” will love Well balanced and full-bodied, this Circle with fish and just about any- Savannah, GA, so we brew this mel- this brew! truly refreshing red beer has a thing from the grill. low, malty lager year round! unique specialty beer flavor. Dragon's Milk - Oak Aged Ale - Slow-vannah Pale Ale - 36 Michelob Brewing Co. A barrel-aged stout with roasty malt American Pale Ale - All the hoppy St. Louis, MO 6 Natty Greene’s character intermingled with deep goodness of an IPA, the quaff-ability vanilla tones, all dancing in an oak www.stonemillpaleale.com of a mild ale (4.0% ABV), without Brewing Co. bath. Pairings: red meat, smoked Shock Top - Witbier - A unfil- tasting watered down. Greensboro, NC foods, balsamic, rich cheese and tered Belgian-style wheat ale, this Wild Wacky Witbier – Witbier www.bigdraft.com dark chocolate. beer is naturally cloudy with a light - It's wild... it's wacky... it's a brew Buckshot Amber Ale - Charkoota Rye - Smoked golden color. that has been described as a virtual American Amber Ale - A full-bodied Dopplebock Lager - A malty back- Amberbock - Traditional Bock - party in your mouth! The exotic fruiti- amber ale with rich, smooth flavor bone of rye and four other malts, Michelob AmberBock is an American- ness of fresh ground corriander and notes of caramel and toffee. including malted barley smoked over style bock beer with a rich, malty seed and curacao bitter orange peel American Pale Ale - American cherry wood. Its smoke-forward and smooth taste that is hearty and coalesce energetically within this Pale Ale - A medium-bodied deep body is balanced with tones of deep full-bodied, yet finishes cleanly. lightly tart wheat ale. golden ale with distinct, bitter charac- molasses and caramel, with a crisp, Anheuser-Busch introduced this pre- Swamp Fox IPA - American ter and a hoppy, piney, citrus finish. clean lager finish. Pairings: charcu- mium-plus beer nationally in 1995. IPA - The Swamp Fox is the big- terie and all things pork! brother-beer of our Slow-vannah BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes World Beer Festival Raleigh 25 N-S World Beer Festival Brewery Listing Black Tulip - Belgian Tripel - each bottle. The yeast ferments all Brown Ale - Smooth brown ale with hops. Unfiltered and unpasteurized Mysterious, alluring, elusive; these the sugar and leaves behind a deli- nice Hallertau hop kick. like all Red Oak Brewery beers. are the storied characteristics of the cate honey and orange blossom Amber Ale - American Amber Black Tulip Tripel. Golden in color, character. Ale - This amber ale features a 49 Redhook Ale Brewery this delightful beer with a slightly Orange Blossom Pilsner beautiful balance of sweet caramel Seattle, WA sweet body and ester-laden charac- Squared - Fruit Beer - Brewed with malts and spicy Hallertau hops. ter reveals a dance between Belgian half the water and has twice the www.redhook.com ale yeast and Michigan beet sugar, alcohol by volume than that of the 90 Pyramid Breweries Long Hammer IPA - American hints of bananas and rock candy, Original Orange Blossom Pilsner. Seattle, WA IPA - A great crisp taste with won- with a dry finish. Cheese to try: Goat OBP2 is made with twice as much www.pyramidbrew.com derful hop aroma, this is a pitcher cheeses, especially firm and dense; real orange blossom honey, all natu- friendly IPA all Hop Heads can enjoy. peppercorns. ral ingredients and no refined sugar. Haywire Hefeweizen - This is one of Redhook’s oldest and Weizen/ Weissbier - This refreshing best-selling brews. 2 New South Brewing Co. 102 Original Sin Hard Cider unfiltered wheat ale delivers a dis- Redhook ESB - Extra Special Myrtle Beach, SC New York, NY tinctively smooth flavor- worth shar- Bitter - ESB is the original flagship www.origsin.com ing with friends! brew from Redhook. Extremely well www.newsouthbrewing.com Audacious Apricot Ale - Fruit balanced malts and hops, it gets the White Ale - Witbier - An Original Sin Cider - Cider - A Beer - This flavorful apricot ale bold- inspiration from itstraditional bitters American interpretation of a classic 6% alcohol cider made from domes- ly combines the taste and aroma of you would find in an English pub. Belgian wheat ale or “witbier.” Light tic Granny Smith apples. Light and fresh apricot with the smooth finish Rope Swing - Pilsner - A Czech and refreshing, brewed with just a crisp with a smooth finish, Original of wheat malt. Its refreshing unfil- style pilsner with subtle maltiness, a hint of a orange zest and coriander. Sin contains no artificial flavors or tered character and fruit flavor make very crisp finish with a straw color. Nut Brown Ale - American colors, allowing the natural flavor of it worth savoring. Brown Ale - Beautiful mahogany the apple to speak for itself. O.S. is 28 Rust Belt Brewing Co. color. A traditionally mellow English gluten-free. 30 R.J. Rockers Brewing Co. Youngstown , OH Spartanburg, SC hop character, in a very drinkable 59 Pabst Brewing Co. www.rustybrew.com brown ale, with pleasant hints of www.rjrockers.com chocolate and caramel in the finish. San Antonio , TX Rusted River Irish Red - Irish Dark Star Porter - Robust www.pabst.com Bell Ringer Ale - Strong Ale - Red Ale - A ruby red ale with a malty Porter - A robust porter brewed for A high gravity offering weighing in at caramel flavor, hints of toffee and Pabst Blue Ribbon - Premium the winter months. 8.5% ABV. It has a touch of sweet- hazelnut. Medium body with a pleas- American Lager - This classic premi- IPA - American IPA - An unfil- ness but overall a very balanced ant smoothe dry finish. um lager brew is hand crafted with a tered copper-colored ale with a drink. Beware...or you might get your Old Man Hopper IPA - hefty infusion of six-row barley, plus a dense head. With its pleasant bitter- bell rung! American IPA - This brew has 52 unique combination of Pacific domes- ness, sturdy alcohol content, intense Son of a Peach Wheat Ale - IBU’s and is dosed nicely with tic and imported Yugoslavian hops. hop aromas and creamy, smooth Fruit Beer - A warm weather seasonal. American hops and backed with Aged at high gravity, PBR is then mouthfeel. It is an unfiltered American wheat with caramel malt to give a smooth finish. cleared and finished to the smooth, real Carolina peaches brewed in! Coke Oven Stout - Stout - A 115 North Coast Brewing Co. robust likeness of a fine pilsner. Rockhopper IPA - Imperial IPA dark ale with roasted flavor and a Fort Bragg, CA - This mean penguin weighs in at strong malt profile with a dry finish 106 Paulaner 7% ABV with 90 IBU's. It partakes in that gives a taste of dark chocolate. www.northcoastbrewing.com München, Germany a 90 minute boil with nine hop addi- Red Seal - American Amber Ale www.paulaner.de tions of Warrior and Amarillo hops. 66 Saigon Beer Co. - Malt and hops are beautifully mar- Hefe-Weissbier - Weizen/ Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam ried in this full-bodied, copper-red 12 Red Oak Brewery Weissbier - Specially produced top- pale ale. Red Seal is generously Whitsett, NC www.sabeco.com.vn fermented yeast is what gives it its hopped for a long, spicy finish. An Saigon - Light Lager - Using unmistakeable character: sparkling www.redoakbrewery.com excellent accompaniment to grilled classic brewing techniques, Saigon- light, fruity, and just a tiny bit bitter. meats and rich sauces. Red Oak Amber Lager - Export is brewed using only high Because it is not filtered during the Blue Star - American Wheat Amber Lager - Red Oak is brewed quality malt and hops imported from brewing process, it retains its origi- Beer - Choice American barley and according to the 1516 Purity Law Germany, Czech Republic, France, nality and the many vitamins, miner- wheat malts are combined with a only Bavarian malted barley, noble Denmark, or Australia. als and trace elements. blend of noble hops to create this hops, and lager yeast. Humminbird - Helles Lager - light, fruity, refreshing beer. Brewed 44 Peak Organic Brewing Co. 77 Samuel Smith, in the style of the American beer ren- Humminbird is brewed with three dif- aissance, Blue Star is unfiltered, the Washington , DC ferent Bavarian malts, with noble The Old Brewery yeast adding a complex note to the www.peakbrewing.com hops from Tettnang. This helles is Tadcaster, England flavor profile. unfiltered and unpasteurized result- www.merchantduvin.com IPA - American IPA - A hoppy yet ing in a smooth malt flavor. smooth IPA showcasing Nugget, Battlefield - Bock - Battlefield Taddy Porter - Robust Porter - 19 Orange Blossom Pilsner Simcoe and Amarillo Hops. 7.2% Orlando, FL is brewed with Munich and roasted A very dark porter, fairly full in body ABV, 74 IBU. malts giving it a distinct taste of coffee and packed with flavor. Intense, dry www.uniquebeers.com/obp Espresso Amber Ale - and chocolate. Noble Czech Saaz tangy character of roasted barley. American Amber Ale - This unique Orange Blossom Pilsner - and Spalt hops balance the flavor. Pale Ale - English Pale – A ale has an incredible coffee nose Fruit Beer - Brewed with 2.3 tea- Big Oak - Maibock - Brewed beautiful balance of malts and fresh and front palate. spoons of orange blossom honey in with Vienna malt and Czech Saaz hops. Nut Brown Ale - American BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes 26 World Beer Festival Raleigh World Beer Festival Brewery Listing S Organic Lager – English Lager assertive and full of flavor and aro- slight residual sweetness from honey free of the bitter aftertaste found in - A full-bodied lager with lots of malt mas highlighting the complex citrus, malt and hints of citrus and tropical many micro, specialty and imported and hop character. A touch hoppier pine and herbal character of whole- fruits from the unique Belgian yeast beers than many lagers yet perfectly bal- cone American hops. it is fermented with, leaving a crisp Shiner Black - Dark Lager - anced. dry finish. Bohemian Black Lager, crafted 108 Ska Brewing Co. Robust Porter - Robust Porter according to exacting old-world 86 San Miguel Brewery Durango, CO - A smooth and very drinkable beer, standards with imported Czech Mandaluyong City, Philippines www.skabrewing.com characterized by its well-balanced Saaz, Styrians Hops and selected www.sanmiguel.com malt and hops, plus subtle notes of roasted malts, is the darkest beer we True Blonde Ale - Blonde Ale - coffee and chocolate. brew. Initially added to the Shiner San Miguel - Pilsner - It has a A crisp blonde ale. Golden in color, family as the 97 Anniversary Brew, slight hoppy note with a distinct bit- medium in body-She’s brewed with 40 Spanish Peaks the unique and complex flavor of this ter hop character. It has a well-bal- the help and the honey of Durango’s Denver, CO rare brew found such a following anced medium body and slides honeyville bees. www.blackdogales.com among customers that they brought smoothly on the palate with a pleas- Modus Hoperandi - American it back for good! ant clean finish. IPA - An American India pale ale Black Dog Ale - American Shiner Hefeweizen - Weizen - with a deep golden-orange color. Amber Ale - A deep amber ale with This beer captures Old-World 70 Saranac Brewery Bitter and hoppy with a surprisingly a pleasant hop aroma. It has layers Munich malt, wheat grist used in a Utica, NY smooth finish. of malty flavors that give it a com- scant 1% of all brews worldwide, www.saranac.com plex and well-balanced taste. A sub- orange and lemon zest in a frothy 5 Skull Coast Ale Co. stantial and pleasant ale that retains classic example of bottle-condi- Pale Ale - English Pale Ale - Fort Mill, SC a high level of drinkability. tioned beer. Adding clover honey This true English pale ale is rich and Honey Raspberry - Fruit Beer - and yeast just before it' s bottled fruity, yet finishes crisp. It has a cop- www.skullcoastales.com This is a medium-bodied ale with a touches off a unique, secondary fer- per amber color and medium body. Maelstrom India Pale Ale - light amber color. It’s made with wild- mentation process inside every keg American IPA - This is not your typi- flower honey and natural raspberry and bottle before its final release 66 Shenzhen Kingway Brewery cal IPA. There are seven different, extract giving it a unique fruity taste, from the brewery. Shenzhen, China but complementary, Northwest hops soft palate and a touch of sweetness. Shiner 101 - Pilsner - With the added during our own proprietary, www.kingwaybeer.hk same commitment to well-crafted almost continuous, hops addition 73 Spaten Braü beer with no frills, classic recipes Kingway - Light Lager - schedule. Not only do we add them Munich, Germany and bold taste. And with just four Applying traditional German brewing for 90-minutes during the boil, but ingredients-hops, barley, yeast and techniques, Kingway has made bold we also dry-hop the hell out of it. www.spatenusa.com water- our 101st anniversary beer is innovations to create a unique inter- Spaten Bock - Blonde Bock - the culmination of more than a cen- national light flavor on the basis of 62 Slaghmuylder Brouwerij Deep golden in color with a rich tury of brewing know-how. mellow taste. Ninove, Belgium malty taste. www.witkap.be Franziskaner Dunkel Hefe 81 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Weiss - Dunkelweizen - Top fer- 61 St. Peter’s Brewery Chico, CA Witkap Triple - Belgian Tripel - mented, unfiltered dark wheat beer Suffolk, England www.sierranevada.com Witkap has a very high fermentation with a light body and a subtle roast- www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk temperature (22 degrees Celsius). It ed flavor. Pale Ale - American Pale Ale - Organic English Ale - English is held at this temperature for five Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse - This is the classic example of the Ale - Organic Hallertau hops from days. The beer is aged for four Weizen/Weissbier - A top fermenta- American pale ale style. It has a New Zealand provide the distinctive weeks at 5 degrees Celsius. The tion beer noted for its agreeable deep amber color and a full-bodied, palate. The yeast used is St. Peter's beers are then centrifuged. At bot- level of carbonation, zesty wheat fla- complex character. The fragrant own single strand variety. The result tling, Witkap is dosed with candi vor and naturally occurring cloudi- bouquet and spicy flavor are the is a delicate, clean, crisp, lightly car- sugar and new yeast. It is a blonde ness. It is brewed from wheat malt, results of generous use of the best bonated, traditional English ale with beer that sparkles like champagne. barley malt, hops and water accord- whole-cone Cascade hops. a full citrus hop aftertaste. ing to a time-honored Bavarian Summerfest - Pilsner - Sierra 116 Smuttynose Brewing Co. recipe and in strict adherence to the Summerfest is a refreshing, pilsner- 46 Starr Hill Brewery Portsmouth, NH Bavarian Purity Law of 1516. style lager. Its incredible smoothness www.smuttynose.com Crozet, VA comes from an extra-long lagering 54 Spoetzl Brewery www.starrhill.com period. Lighter in body than Sierra’s IPA - American IPA - A liquid other ales but just as complex in salute to the glory of the American San Antonio, TX Lucy - English Ale - Lucy is a character, Summerfest quenches hop grower. The citrusy hop flavor www.shiner.com light English summer ale, spiced with ginger, lime and coriander. It will your thirst with big aroma and a from a mixture of Simcoe and Shiner Bock - Bock - Bock remind you of warm summer nights tangy hop bite. Santiams is pleasantly balanced by reflects the tradition of genuine on the beach. Kellerweis - Weizen/Weissbier - a smooth bitterness from the Bavarian beers as a brew only a Northern Lights - American One of the only American Amarillo hops. The beer itself is light craftsman like Kosmos Spoetzl, IPA - Northern Lights is a classic hefeweizens made using the tradi- bodied and crisp with a golden color trained in the “Old Country” could American-style India pale ale. tional Bavarian style of open fermen- that will throw a slight haze, as we bring to life. With its deep amber Characterized by its full-flavored bit- tation, adding uncommon depth and bottle it unfiltered. color, distinctive rich flavor and full terness and citrus aroma, a perfect flavor complexity. Star Island Single - Belgian body, Shiner Bock demonstrates the blend of barley and hops make this Torpedo Extra IPA - American Pale Ale - A lower alcohol session- care of a handcrafted brewing a very balanced IPA, not to mention, IPA - A big American IPA; bold, able, abbey-style ale, featuring a process to bring forth a mellow taste BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes World Beer Festival Raleigh 27 S-T World Beer Festival Brewery Listing a deliciously crafted piece of the hops and double the flavor of the world's finest ingredients including 67 Trader Joes heavens. original Rye Pale Ale recipe. (Hence Himalayan spring water, Saaz hops, Raleigh, NC The Love - Witbier - The Love is the name Rye Squared.) With its yeast and a maximum possible www.traderjoes.com an unfiltered wheat beer, also known mammoth hop aroma, bitterness and quantity of Tibetan barley. Bright as a hefeweizen. It is distinguished flavor, this beer is not for the faint at golden yellow color. Sautéed haricot Trader Joe's Light Beer - by its extremely light body and hints heart. vert, mesclun and crouton aromas Pilsner - From the Tecate region, this of banana and clove. A slice of follow through on a crispy entry to a beer is smooth in flavor, and has a lemon can complement this refresh- 1 Thomas Creek Brewery dryish medium body with lemon refreshing and light body to it. ing brew. Greenville, SC yogurt and roasted potato and root Oranjeboom - Light Lager - A www.thomascreekbeer.com vegetable notes. Finishes with an crisp golden lager with a slightly 119 Stoudt’s Brewing Co. astringent, tart citrusy fade with hoppy finish. Adamstown, PA Appalachian Amber Ale - grassy, mossy hops. Hefeweizen - Weizen/Weissbier www.stoudtsbeer.com American Amber Ale - A full-bodied, - A full-bodied, unfiltered and unre- crisp and refreshing American-style 62 Tilburg fined wheat beer. Flavors of citrus, American Pale Ale - American amber ale with a malty flavor, rich Tilburg, Netherlands orange, banana, & cloves. Pale Ale - A crisp pale ale with medi- caramel color, smoky notes and a www.latrappe.nl Stockyard Oatmeal Stout - um body and a light amber color. smooth aromatic finish. Stout - A creamy stout made in the Generous additions of Cascade Class Five IPA - American IPA Tilburg's Dutch Brown Ale - true Irish tradition. Dark and rich in hops provide a refreshing bitterness - A citrusy and crisp, fully hopped Belgian Dark Ale - Tilburg's Dutch color this stout has aromas and fla- and vibrant citrus aroma. India pale ale brewed for a true hop Brown Ale is a top fermented ale. vors of fresh coffee, roasted oats, Scarlet - English Pale Ale - This head with hop varietals ranging from The beer is brewed with top quality and dark chocolate. English-style ale is brewed with Magnum and Cascade to a dry hop- barley malt, fine selected hops and Maris Otter and caramel malts for a ping with Willamette and Centennial. yeast according to an ancient old 43 Triangle Brewing Co. rich reddish-copper color and a Deep Water Dopplebock - recipe. It's fruity character can best Durham, NC smooth malty palate. Doppelbock - A full-bodied, be descriped as “full bodied and www.trianglebrewery.com German-style dark lager with a rich superb and refreshing aftertaste”. 35 Sweetwater Brewing Co. creamy flavor, roasted nut tones and Triangle Belgian-Style Atlanta, GA an easy finish with notes of coffee 27 Top of the Hill Restaurant Golden Ale - Belgian Golden www.sweetwaterbrew.com and toasty chocolate. and Brewery Strong Ale - This strong golden ale Pump House Porter - Robust Chapel Hill, NC measures in at 8% and showcases a 420 Extra Pale Ale - Porter - A fully-flavored and fully variety of the ingredients and brew- American Pale Ale - A West Coast hopped robust English-style porter www.topofthehillrestaurant.com ing methods that help differentiate style pale ale with a good hop feel to with a deep charcoal brown hue and Kenan Summer Lager - Light Triangle beers. The Strong Golden is it that finishes with a nice clean crisp a proper bitter finish. Lager - Once called the Leader- fermented at a higher temperature taste. River Falls Red Ale - Irish board Trophy Lager, this is a refresh- than our other beers adding an Blue - Fruit Beer - A lighter style Red Ale - The Thomas Creek flag- ing beer that has a light, delicate undercurrent of fruitiness (although pale ale with a hint of fresh blueberry. ship beer, a medium-bodied, taste and a dry finish. Original there is no fruit in the beer). Very IPA - India Pale Ale - A mammoth extremely smooth Irish-style red ale Gravity 1040, Alcohol by Volume lightly filtered, the Golden exhibits IPA that is defined by generous with an evenly roasted malt charac- 4.2%. complex mouthfeel, strong malt fla- quantities of premium hops. An ter from start to finish. Old Well White - Witbier - A vors, a spicy hop presence and extensive dry-hopping process con- Dockside Pilsner - Pilsner - A smooth and light wheat beer that is soothing alcohol warmth, followed by tributes to its intense flowery hop light bodied, golden German style characteristically cloudy. Spiced with a clean, dry finish. It is excellent with smell character with an underlay of pilsner with a very light clean finish orange peel & coriander. Quite dif- food as well as served by itself. grapefruit. and just enough hops complexity to ferent and unexpected. Original Xtra- Pale Ale - Best Bitter - An Road Trip - Pilsner - A fiery pil- keep its microbrewed integrity. Gravity 1052, Alcohol by Volume American-style Xtra Pale Ale (XPA) sner fermented at ale temperatures Up The Creek Extreme IPA - 5.5%. highlights the subtle and sophisticat- for a fuller flavor, capped by an Imperial IPA - UTC is mashed in at a Ram’s Head IPA - American ed flavors of our American Midwest intense spicy hop finish. low temperature to increase the IPA - The brew-master’s favorite! grown malts. Washington grown amount of fermentable sugars while Strong hop flavor dominates this Palisade, Centennial and Magnum 103 Terrapin Beer Co. reducing residual sweetness. This internationally known beer. hops create an extremely balanced Athens, GA creates a hoppy behemoth of a beer Lake Hogan Hefeweizen - beer with a beautiful straw color. This www.terrapinbeer.com with its alcohol well hidden. Weizen/Weissbier - A traditional crisp and refreshing ale is a session Dirty Monk - Beligian Porter - Hefeweizen brewed from a special beer for sure! 4.5% ABV. Rye Pale Ale - American Pale Somewhere between a Belgian strain of yeast with hints of clove, Belgian-Style White Ale - Ale - A hoppy beer with a smooth black ale and IPA, The Dirty Monk, a banana and even bubble gum. Witbier - An interpretation of a tradi- clean finish. Made with 10% rye and robust Belgian has smoky tones and Blackwood Mountain Stout tional Belgian wheat beer, Triangle five different hops. a slightly bitter finish. - Stout - Named for the prominent White Ale is unique and truly refresh- Sunray Wheat Beer - landmark easily seen from our out- ing. The style gets its name from the American Wheat Beer - An unfiltered 92 Tibet Lhasa Brewery door deck when looking north, this white, slightly cloudy appearance of wheat beer made with Georgia coast Lhasa, Tibet smooth and balanced nitrogenated this unfiltered wheat ale. Brewed honey from the Savannah Bee Co. beer is a wonderful example of its with a generous amount of white and Hopsecutioner - American IPA www.lhasabeerusa.com style. Original Gravity 1046, Alcohol red wheat (grown in Scotland Co. - The brewery’s newest year-round Lhasa Lager Beer - by Volume 4.1% NC) and our own special blend of beer, a super hoppy India pale ale. Dortmunder - Export Lhasa Beer is a spices, White Ale is complex in fla- Rye Squared - Imperial Pale super premium quality all-natural, all- vor without being overpowering or Ale - Double the malt, double the malt lager beer made with the cloying. Overall, it is a beer that is BEER RATING SYSTEM: 1- Had it, 2- Liked it, 3- Loved it, 4- Buying it notes 28 World Beer Festival Raleigh World Beer Festival Brewery Listing T-Y light, fruity and very drinkable during 16 Wolf Beer Co. 63 Yanjing caramel malt for a subtle sweetness a hot summer day. 5% ABV. Wilmington, NC Beijing, China and a combination of Cluster and Winter Stout - Foreign Extra www.wolfbeercompany.com www.yanjing.com Cascade hops, this true original Stout - An aromatic blend of choco- promises a well balanced taste with late and roast malts truly enhances White Wolf, Golden Ale - Yanjing - Light Lager - A premi- distinct character. this stout. A solid, satisfying beer Golden Ale - White Wolf is brewed um lager beer from China, Yanjing Light Lager - Light Lager - with a rich black over ruby hue, with three special malts. It is simple Beer is brewed with pure mineral Skillfully pairing a caramel malt flavor creamy tan head, coupled with an on the palate, well-balanced with water collected 300 meters beneath and mild hop character creates a underlying espresso finish. There is subtle character at 5.5% A.B.V., the Yanshang Mountain and is certi- beautifully rich-colored beer with deep no coffee in this stout, but you sure White Wolf Golden is a good beer for fied “Green Food”. amber highlights that finishes smooth taste the “Best of Both Worlds”. everyone. and clean, with only 99 calories. India Pale Ale - India Pale Ale Lock’s Timber Wolf, Nut 113 Young’s and Co. Black and Tan - Dark - At the request of the hopheads, Brown Ale - English Brown Ale - London, England American Lager - Combines Triangle produced this IPA with a This Nut Brown Ale is brewed with www.youngs.co.uk Yuengling’s popular Dark Brewed deep golden color, plenty of hop bit- six malts. The flavor boasts hints of Porter and Premium Beer to create a terness balanced by malt sweet- caramel and burnt sugar. Double Chocolate Stout - brew that is rich and dark in color, ness. Because of the extensive dry Sweet Stout - Chocolate malt and with a well-balanced flavor and a hopping, there's a floral and citrus 61 Wychwood Brewery real dark chocolate are combined smooth finish. Faint sweetness with hop finish. It's then lightly filtered to Witney, England with Young’s award-winning rich, full hints of caramel and coffee from the maintain the appropriate body and www.wychwood.co.uk flavored dark beer to craft a satisfy- dark roasted malts. flavor. The beer features a combina- ing, but not overly sweet experience. Bock Beer - Bock - This sea- Hobgoblin Ale - English Ale - tion of American grown malts to bal- 84 Yuengling sonal release resurrects an old brew- ance the large amount of hops. The Powerful full-bodied copper red, ery tradition of producing a bock in IPA also uses six hop varieties at well-balanced brew. Strong in roast- Pottsville, PA the late winter and early spring. 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OUTDOOR 71 Warsteiner Brauerei DUR Warstein, Germany www.warsteiner.de DINING Premium - German Pilsner (Pils) - Warsteiner Premium is a slightly IN APEX & DURHAM pale German-style pilsner with a clean crisp refreshing taste. HAM BEST DRAUGHT BEER Dunkel - Munich Dunkel Lager - Warsteiner Dunkel is a medium bod- SELECTION IN THE TRIANGLE ied German dark lager with a deep chestnut brown hue, toasty malt and mocha aromas. ALL AT A 48 Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Portland, OR CARR www.widmer.com Hefeweizen - Weizen/Weissbier TYLER’S - The first America-style hefeweizen, this golden unfiltered wheat beer is truly cloudy. Drifter Pale Ale - American NEAR YOU Pale Ale - Brewed with generous BORO amounts of Summit hops, a variety 102 E. MAIN STreet known for their intense citrus flavors and aromas, the bittering hops are CARRBORO perceptible enough to give the beer 324 BLACKWELL ST, SUITE 400 a crisp, clean, quenching finish, yet also soft enough to keep the beer DURHAM smooth and balanced. 1479 Beaver Creek Commons Dr www.tylerstaproom.com Apex World Beer Festival Raleigh 29 FESTIVAL MUSIC Joystick Cover band playing a mix of 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s top 40 hits and southern rock classics. The Plaids Joystick Greensboro based cover band playing a broad range of dance, beach and rock classics. Falls Too Far Original band playing crow friendly pop rock. Compared to Match Box 20 or Sister Hazel. Finally Friday Raleigh area College favorite jam band. Kenny Hartsell Laid back Raleigh area singer doing the songs you want to hear. Johnny Connell Seasoned acoustic act doing everything from Journey to Oasis. World Beer Festival MAIN STAGE: Raleigh ‘09 12-4pm Joystick, The Plaids 6-10pm Falls Too Far, Finally Friday VIP TENTS: 12-4pm Kenny Hartsell 6-10pm Johnny Connell World Beer Festival Durham ‘08 World Beer Festival Raleigh ‘09 30 World Beer Festival Raleigh …by the All About Beer Magazine booth (#60) for your limited-edition festival t-shirt, souvenir glasses, and more. Subscribe to All About Beer Magazine for the best on beer and get in on the subscribers’ ticket presale for the next festival. Get a free American Brew DVD with the purchase of $25 or more in merchandise. Don’t miss out….stop by NOW! GoSTOP! to Booth #60 for all your World Beer Festival souvenirs, including: • T-shirts • Beer glasses • Subscriptions • DVDs ALL ABOUT BEER MAGAZINE BOOTH #60 World Beer Festival Raleigh 31 BEER FLIGHTS Get the most out of the festival--and make some sense of the 400 beers on offer for tasting--by organizing your sampling around a theme. Here are a few ways to plan your festival session today. TARHEEL BREWS Sample some great beers made by North Carolina brewers. Twenty-four breweries: twenty-four different beer styles. BOOTH BEER NAME BREWERY LOCATION 9 Gateway Kölsch French Broad Brewing Co. Asheville, NC 12 Humminbird Helles Lager Red Oak Brewery Whitsett, NC 16 White Wolf, Golden Ale Wolf Beer Co. Wilmington, NC 4 Swannanoa Sunset (German style) Craggie Brewing Co. Asheville, NC 31 Blackberry Wheat Liberty Steakhouse and Brewery High Point, NC 18 Weeping Willow Wit Mother Earth Brewing Kinston, NC 42 Shotgun Betty Hefeweizen LoneRider Brewing Co. Raleigh, NC 6 Buckshot Amber Ale Natty Greene’s Brewing Co. Greensboro, NC 26 Bruno Bitter Boylan Bridge Brewpub Raleigh, NC 39 Firecracker Pale Ale Carolina Brewery Chapel Hill, NC 11 Cottonwood Endo IPA Carolina Beer Co. Mooresville, NC 25 Old BullDog ESB Aviator Brewing Co. Holly Springs, NC 15 Dram Tree Scottish Ale Front Street Brewery Wilmington, NC 34 D’ICER Dunkelweizen Big Boss Brewing Co. Raleigh, NC 14 Carolina Nut Brown Carolina Brewing Co. Holly Springs, NC 88 Belgian Style Red Ale Kind Beers Charlotte, NC 51 Killaman Irish Red Huske Hardware House Brewing Co. Fayetteville, NC 13 Maibock Mash House Restaurant and Brewery Fayetteville, NC 111 Blowing Rock Bock Boone Brewing Co. Blowing Rock, NC 43 Triangle Belgian-Style Strong Golden Ale Triangle Brewing Co. Durham, NC 10 Seven Sisters Abbey Style Ale Highland Brewing Co. Asheville, NC 8 People’s Porter Foothills Brewing Winston-Salem, NC 27 Blackwood Mountain Stout Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery Chapel Hill, NC 17 Milk Stout Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery Farmville, NC THE HOP HEAD’S DELIGHT If you love the flavor of hops, here are some of the festival’s bitterest brews. 82 Liberty Ale Anchor Brewing Co. San Francisco, CA 1 Up The Creek Extreme IPA Thomas Creek Brewery Greenville, SC 104 IPA Avery Brewing Co. Boulder, CO 64 Triple XB (XXXB) Classic Pale Ale Batemans Brewery Lincolnshire, England 22 Racer 5 Bear Republic Brewing Co. Healdsburg, CA 21 Hazed and Infused Boulder Beer Co. Boulder, CO 112 90 Minute IPA Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton, DE 41 Hoptical Illusion Blue Point Brewing Co. Patchogue, NY 107 Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale Heavy Seas Beer Baltimore, MD 70 West Coast Style IPA Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma, CA 94 Steelhead Double IPA Mad River Brewing Co. Blue Lake, CA 52 Ranger IPA New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins, CO 81 Torpedo Extra IPA Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico, CA 103 Hopsecutioner Terrapin Beer Co. Athens, GA 108 Modus Hoperandi Ska Brewing Co. Durango, CO 5 Maelstrom India Pale Ale Skull Coast Ale Co. Fort Mill, SC 32 World Beer Festival Raleigh NOT AFRAID OF THE DARK BEER FLIGHTS A selection of dark beer styles. From soft maltiness to burnt toast, dark beers are packed with flavor. 36 Amberbock Michelob Brewing Co. St. Louis, MO 91 Beerlao Dark Lager Lao Brewery Co. Vientiane, Laos 62 Tilburg's Dutch Brown Ale Tilburg Tilburg, Netherlands 2 Nut Brown Ale New South Brewing Co. Myrtle Beach, SC 63 Xingu Black Beer Kaiser Brewery Diviaopolis, Brazil 99 #6 Porter Baltika St. Petersburg, Russia 64 Mr. George’s Ruby Porter Batemans Brewery Lincolnshire, England 116 Robust Porter Smuttynose Brewing Co. Portsmouth, NH 112 Palo Santo Marron Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton, DE 96 Holy Mackerel Black Holy Mackerel Beers Fort Lauderdale, FL 40 Murphy’s Irish Stout Murphy Brewery Cork, Ireland 28 Coke Oven Stout Rust Belt Brewing Co. Youngstown, OH 95 Chocolate Stout Fort Collins Brewery Fort Collins, CO YOU PUT WHAT IN MY BEER? Sometimes, there’s more to beer than barley, hops, yeast and water. 40 Honey Raspberry Spanish Peaks Denver, CO 113 Wells Banana Bread Charles Wells Brewery Bedford, England 118 Hell or High Watermelon Wheat 21st Amendment Brewery San Francisco, CA 97 Organic Honey Basil Bison Brewing Co. Berkeley, CA 58 Agave Wheat Breckenridge Brewery Denver, CO 19 Orange Blossom Pilsner Squared Orange Blossom Pilsner Orlando, FL 109 Charkoota Rye New Holland Brewing Co. Holland, MI 37 Wild Blue Anheuser-Busch St. Louis, MO 43 Rauchbier Von Durham Triangle Brewing Co. Durham, NC 30 Son of a Peach Wheat Ale R.J. Rockers Brewing Co. Spartanburg, SC 90 Audacious Apricot Ale Pyramid Breweries Seattle, WA 101 Good Juju Ginger Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont, CO 89 Sam Adams Blackberry Wit Boston Beer Co. Boston, MA 20 Vanilla Java Porter Atwater Block Brewery Detroit, MI 113 Double Chocolate Stout Young’s and Co. London, England CULTURE CLASH Taste some classic European styles and bold American interpretations. 63 Gaffel Kölsch Gaffel Becker and Co. Köln, Germany 23 Yellow Tail Ale Ballast Point Brewing Co. San Diego, CA 114 Konig Pils König-Brauerei Duisburg, Germany 45 Pilsner Gordon Biersch Atlanta, GA 106 Hefe-Weissbier Paulaner München, Germany 54 Shiner Hefeweizen Spoetzl Brewery San Antonio, TX 114 Blanche De Bruxelles Brasserie Lefebvre Quenast, Belgium 33 Wild Wacky Witbier Moon River Brewing Co. Savannah, GA 106 Fuller’s London Pride Fullers Brewing Co. Chiswick, England 68 Burning River Pale Ale Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland, OH 62 Saison DuPont DuPont Brewery, Tourpes, Belgium 51 Farmhouse Ale Huske Hardware House Brewing Co. Fayetteville, NC 113 Scottish Ale Belhaven Brewery Dunbar, Scotland 117 Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale Founder’s Brewing Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan 73 Spaten Bock Spaten Braü Munich, Germany 72 Bock Beer Yuengling Pottsville, PA 62 Triple Karmiliet Bosteels Brewery Buggenhout, Belgium 25 Devils Tramping Ground Tripel Aviator Brewing Co. 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