Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
Last week we headed out to Durham, North Carolina, to visit our daughter. Besides visiting and seeing the sights, I, of course, I checked out the local beer scene. I got to know some spots new to me, and took the opportunity to return to some of my favorites in the area. Naturally, I also…
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…
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…
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…