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Dam fine good beer! I picked some up just outside of North Myrtle Beach last week while on vacation. I believe the owner of the establishment said the breweries can self distribute in NC so I imagine he gets it from the source

Where in North Myrtle? I was there for a decent bit of last week and go often enough that it would be nice to know about such a place...
 
thats a cool little spot for sure! not a crazy amount on the shelfs but good stuff and they usually have great stuff on tap too. my parents live less than 5 min from there haha

Ahh... you’re lucky! Love the Calabash/Sunset Beach area. The seafood hut is to die for. I just call it the blue shack!
 
Facebook's friend algorithm just suggested a guy who lived down the street from me when I was growing up in rural NH. We took the same bus to school, were in Cub Scouts together, etc. Haven't really thought about him in a long, long time. I clicked to see what's he's up to now. Huh, all his cover photos are beer photos. Head brewer at some place called High Branch. Immediately log onto TB, found this thread in a search, and it looks like his juice is pretty legit. Niiiice. Good for him. I'll have to ISO some the next time I'm up in the MAW Shelf Turd rotation.
 
Facebook's friend algorithm just suggested a guy who lived down the street from me when I was growing up in rural NH. We took the same bus to school, were in Cub Scouts together, etc. Haven't really thought about him in a long, long time. I clicked to see what's he's up to now. Huh, all his cover photos are beer photos. Head brewer at some place called High Branch. Immediately log onto TB, found this thread in a search, and it looks like his juice is pretty legit. Niiiice. Good for him. I'll have to ISO some the next time I'm up in the MAW Shelf Turd rotation.

High Branch definitely *****.
 
Facebook's friend algorithm just suggested a guy who lived down the street from me when I was growing up in rural NH. We took the same bus to school, were in Cub Scouts together, etc. Haven't really thought about him in a long, long time. I clicked to see what's he's up to now. Huh, all his cover photos are beer photos. Head brewer at some place called High Branch. Immediately log onto TB, found this thread in a search, and it looks like his juice is pretty legit. Niiiice. Good for him. I'll have to ISO some the next time I'm up in the MAW Shelf Turd rotation.

High Branch definitely *****.

Yep High Branch is one of the best in the area for sure.

I don’t get up there often but next time I am I’d be happy to C+S for you if you don’t get a chance before then.
 
Yep High Branch is one of the best in the area for sure.

I don’t get up there often but next time I am I’d be happy to C+S for you if you don’t get a chance before then.
Awesome, thanks man! My beer budget is a bit limited at the moment due to an unemployment situation but hopefully that will be short lived. In other words, no rush but that would be awesome if the future timing works out.
 
Awesome, thanks man! My beer budget is a bit limited at the moment due to an unemployment situation but hopefully that will be short lived. In other words, no rush but that would be awesome if the future timing works out.

Damn that sucks...

Well I’m sure that won’t last long. So let me know when you need some cannage.
 
Facebook's friend algorithm just suggested a guy who lived down the street from me when I was growing up in rural NH. We took the same bus to school, were in Cub Scouts together, etc. Haven't really thought about him in a long, long time. I clicked to see what's he's up to now. Huh, all his cover photos are beer photos. Head brewer at some place called High Branch. Immediately log onto TB, found this thread in a search, and it looks like his juice is pretty legit. Niiiice. Good for him. I'll have to ISO some the next time I'm up in the MAW Shelf Turd rotation.

TJ is probably the coolest brewer in Charlotte and arguably the best. Him and his wife run a really cool ship up there in Concord
 
Facebook's friend algorithm just suggested a guy who lived down the street from me when I was growing up in rural NH. We took the same bus to school, were in Cub Scouts together, etc. Haven't really thought about him in a long, long time. I clicked to see what's he's up to now. Huh, all his cover photos are beer photos. Head brewer at some place called High Branch. Immediately log onto TB, found this thread in a search, and it looks like his juice is pretty legit. Niiiice. Good for him. I'll have to ISO some the next time I'm up in the MAW Shelf Turd rotation.

Where in NH? I grew up in Hopkinton.
 
Where in NH? I grew up in Hopkinton.
No kidding! I grew up in Greenfield, like 40 mins away. I'm actually headed back up there for a couple days around Christmas and I'm going to check out my brother's new house in Concord. Small world!
 
No kidding! I grew up in Greenfield, like 40 mins away. I'm actually headed back up there for a couple days around Christmas and I'm going to check out my brother's new house in Concord. Small world!

Super small world! I went to Concord Craft Brewing a year or so ago and was quite pleased.
 
I will be in Charlotte in a few weeks for a pretty short visit, and I would love some recommendations from all of you wonderful folks. Any help is immensely appreciated.

I was there once in January 2015, so I've been to a few spots, but after reading through this thread right quick, it seems some things have changed.

So it looks like I should probably visit Heist, Wooden Robot, Legion, High Branch, and Olde Mecklenburg.

It looks like I should maybe visit NoDa, Dreamchaser, Resident Culture, and Triple C.

I've been to NoDa before, but I had Hop Drop recently and still liked it, so I'm probably gonna go back. I also previously visited Birdsong, but nobody seems to talk about them, so maybe a return visit isn't worth my time? Is it worth renting a car for the day to drive out to Fonta Flora? I've always enjoyed their stuff, but it's kind of out of the way. IDK, help me out guys.

What are the can't miss foods and restaurants in town? Like, what is some **** in Charlotte that I should be embarrassed to leave town without eating? I don't remember where I ate last time, but I know I went to Salud, some other bar in that area, and I think we ate at some bakery over there as well.

Finally, where can a guy get a fine cocktail? Tiki is preferable, but any purveyors of well-made cocktails would be appreciated.
 
So it looks like I should probably visit Heist, Wooden Robot, Legion, High Branch, and Olde Mecklenburg.

It looks like I should maybe visit NoDa, Dreamchaser, Resident Culture, and Triple C

If your visit is short, I’d make sure to hit Resident Culture, Olde Meck, High Branch, Divine Barrel, and Heist.

Renting a car to hit Fonta and go on a hike would be a good move if the weather is nice. Definitely hit their Nebo location.
 
Seconded, but Resident Culture above all for me. With High Branch a close #2.
Starting to lean this way myself. I won't say heist beers have fallen off entirely, but there is a lot of mediocre batches coming out right now as they expand. Their food though. How is serving that stuff even legal?

Side note: Had a bold missy rocket ride IPA was super clean, balanced and I could find nothing wrong with it. Pretty nice coming from a relatively new brewery. Will be watching them and trying their stuff throughout the next year to see where they go.
 
Starting to lean this way myself. I won't say heist beers have fallen off entirely, but there is a lot of mediocre batches coming out right now as they expand. Their food though. How is serving that stuff even legal?

Side note: Had a bold missy rocket ride IPA was super clean, balanced and I could find nothing wrong with it. Pretty nice coming from a relatively new brewery. Will be watching them and trying their stuff throughout the next year to see where they go.

Every Bold Missy beer I've ever had has been horrid.
 
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