Food, of course, brings people together; for much of civilization, celebratory gatherings have centered around it. And this is precisely what chef Mike Moore—of the Asheville-based The Blind Big—depends upon for his pop-up supper club. Once you become a member of the club, you are secretly informed of these events, held at various locations throughout […]
Greg Barbera
Bio: Greg Barbera is a freelance writer living in Chapel Hill. He writes about automobiles for Chevy Culture, food for Chapelboro.com, and contributed to the upcoming second edition pressing of 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die.Link: http://www.thechestpains.blogspot.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/gregeboy
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What beer to drink—and what beer to avoid—with sushi
-GUIDE TO SUSHI- An enthusiast’s guide to suhi in the Triangle The couple that keeps the Triangle’s kaitensushi—or sushi conveyor belt—spinning at Kurama Trawling the Triangle for the best vegetarian sushi Five Triangle chefs share their secrets for sushi at home What beer to drink—and what beer to avoid—with sushi Rice is, of course, synonymous […]
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Two Brothers’ beef jerky plays well with beer
Beef jerky makes me think of cowboys and campfires, of high-plains drifters sitting under a starry sky while staring at a cast iron pot and tugging on a whiskey flask. But lately, a trip to Sam’s Quik Shop in Durham for beer is not complete for me until I leave with a pack of the […]
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The season of Deep River Brewing’s Mango Tango Foxtrot IPA
As a kid, I always looked forward to sweeps week, the time when television companies would broadcast new episodes of popular shows to drive up ratings andif they were luckyset up a season of success. But two times a year seemed to turn into four, which seemed to turn into, well, just about all the […]
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Fortnight Brewing in Cary, born of wanderlust
Englishman Stuart Arnold lives 3,800 miles from where he grew up, and missed the ales of his homeland so intensely that he had to start his own brewery. We sit down in cozy leather chairs with a flight of beers at Fortnight Brewing Company in Cary. I have many questions, starting with the pub’s blonde […]
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A career in beer for Deep River Brewing’s Sam Byrd was obvious
Beer has always been part of Sam Byrd’s life. “My mother’s father started a beer distributorship in upstate New York right after the end of Prohibition,” says the 36-year-old rep for Clayton’s Deep River Brewing Company. He sips on a Riverbank Rye pale ale on a gloriously sunny day in Durham while recalling his beverage […]
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Having a pint with Eric Knight of Steel String
Craft beer years are like dog years. one year can feel much longer than in some other businesses. This month, Carrboro’s Steel String brewing celebrates its second anniversary. But, 27-year-old soft-spoken and bespectacled Eric Knight explains that for him and his partners, it really feels like four years because it took an additional two years […]
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Triangle Brewing and Top of the Hill cross the Duke-UNC divide for special beer release
People take their basketball seriously around here. They take their craft beer seriously, too. Strong opinions are expressed by both crowds with a fanaticism bordering on religious zealotry. Heated arguments ensue. Lines are drawn. Yet both can unify communities. So a collaboration brew made by brewers from Durham and Chapel Hill seems like a perfect […]
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After 20 years, Brad Wynn of Big Boss still looks ahead
I don’t even know what to tell you,” says Brad Wynn of Big Boss Brewing Company when asked his job title. “Brewery worker?” he suggests with a slightly questioning tone, while pulling a pint off the draft system at the taproom on the second floor of the Raleigh brewery. The 52-year-old Pennsylvania native has been […]
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Talking bar music and brews with the seemingly ubiquitous Ben Fletcher
If you’ve had a beer in a downtown Durham bar in the last five years, chances are Ben Fletcher served it to you. The 35-year-old Fletcher, a native of Des Moines, Iowa, started working at bars when he was 21. He moved to Durham 10 years ago, and began tending bar at The Federal on […]