On a recent visit from North Carolina, my daughter brought me a few bottles of beer from that state. When I had visited her there a few years ago, a brewery I had been eager to try out was Haw River Farmhouse Ales. The brewery is located in Saxapahaw, on the shores of the Haw…
Category: North Carolina
Raleigh, NC: Raleigh Beer Garden
One of my destinations in North Carolina –a recommendation from Susana– was the Raleigh Beer Garden, on Glenwood Avenue in downtown Raleigh. The Beer Garden, rather than a garden, is actually a three-story affair, with three regular bars, which are expanded on weekends with a draft setup on the rooftop patio. One of the…
Raleigh, NC: House of Hops
Another nice beer spot I enjoyed in North Carolina is House of Hops Craft and Draft tap house and bottle shop in Raleigh. I happened upon it purely by chance: as I was slowing for an intersection I noticed its streetside sign out of the corner of my eye. Without a second thought, I turned…
Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Brewery
At the beginning of the month I had the chance to travel to North Carolina and to visit several beer spots in the “Triangle” while there. The first of these was the Carolina Brewery in downtown Chapel Hill. I had spotted the brewery on Franklin Street, Chape Hill’s main street, on my way out of…