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April 26, 2013  A post from our Director of Community Optimism, Brian Mister: Wow. I am still awestruck. I cannot say thank you enough to everyone that helped out with Beers For Boston. This Wednesday, we nearly doubled our highest participation ever with, hat had to be, over 500 runners. It couldn’t have been for [...]

March 2, 2013  A post from our Director of Community Optimism, Brian Mister: #CLTbeer. A hashtag that unites a community. A very social one. I was going to start this blog talking about how everyone seems to be on social media but we already know that. This blog’s already been published on our Facebook, Twitter, [...]

February 12, 2013  A post by Cat Wile, a NoDa Brewing employee currently on leave & traveling the world: I started working for NoDa Brewing Company shortly after leaving my corporate job this past spring and after many months of drinking many a pint at NoDa, debating my fate. Turns out things work out. Sadly [...]

January 29, 2013  A post from our Director of Community Optimism, Brian Mister: In my last blog, I wrote about how the food truck scene in Charlotte is exploding. Well, we’re going back to them again just to give you an in-depth look. We’ll be posting recipes over the next few months that are relevant [...]

January 7, 2013  A post from our Director of Community Optimism, Brian Mister: Food trucks in Charlotte are gaining more and more attention since the first one arrived in July of 2009. The bright orange cart known as Harvest Moon Grille debuted downtown on July 4, 2009 using locally sourced ingredients from their own farm, [...]

October 22, 2012   Grab a beer, sit back and enjoy a post from our head brewer, Chad Henderson:  Have you ever been impacted so heavily by a dream, movie or experience that it stays at the forefront of your mind for days, weeks or even longer after the experience?  Well you would know exactly what [...]

September 26, 2012  A post from our head brewer, Chad Henderson: A couple months ago it felt like Christmas in July.  Not because the immense heat started to make me delusional and hallucinate snow and reindeer in the NoDa Brewing parking lot, but because NoDa Brewing received some “toys” I had been wishing for since [...]

June 26, 2012  A post from our Director of Community Optimism, Brian Mister: Beer contains four main raw materials: water, hops, yeast and grain. Some beers use more ingredients, like Coco Loco, to add flavors, colors, and aromas. We add 100 lbs. of toasted organic shaved coconut to each 15 BBL (465 gallons) batch. In [...]

December 3, 2011 Many of you have asked about growlers so I thought I’d answer all the questions we have received to hopefully answer all the lingering questions out there. What is a growler?  A growler is a 64 ounce / ½ gallon glass jug that we fill with your favorite NoDa brews for you [...]

October 6, 2011 We have finalized our Charlotte Oktoberfest line-up.  There’s a little something for everyone.  See you Saturday!!! Three new additions:  Gordgeous – Strong Pumpkin Ale Brewed with organic pumpkin, caramelized with brown sugar and spiced with crystallized ginger, coconut, allspice, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. It’s a thick and saucy brew for the fall.  [...]

September 22, 2011 Our first Oktoberfest as a brewery is just over two weeks away; first of many that is.  That’s a pretty big deal to us and to celebrate, we are bringing an awesome beer lineup for your drinking pleasure.  Instead of having you wait in full anticipation, we thought we’d share most of [...]

August 30, 2011 A post from our guest blogger, Charles Willett: With all the enthusiasm and appreciation my friends at NoDa Brewing express each time they talk about the craft beer scene around Oregon, I was understandably excited about heading out to the 24th Annual Oregon Brewers Festival. Not only were 80+ breweries taking part [...]

August 24, 2011 This week, we are placing all our brewing tanks in their final home on the brewery side of the building. With that, we thought we’d tell you a little about our tank family. First off we have our 15 barrel brewhouse with the accompanying fermenters (1-15 bbl & 2-30 bbl tanks), 30 [...]

August 9, 2011  A post from our brewer, Chad Henderson: We’ve all been working hard at the brewery.  This past week has been both hard and very rewarding.  I’ve recently taken a step back and really thought about all that has come about in recent times… We were approved for our last and most difficult permit, [...]

July 30, 2011  A post from our brewer, Chad Henderson: Ever since I became aware of the craft beer scene, one “style” or “category” of beer that always intrigued me, and was highly anticipated by the craft beer community, have always been  anniversary beers.  No matter what the style or direction the brewery was expressing, [...]

July 7, 2011  A post from one of our “hop goddesses”, Erica Cline: When I was considering my decision to move to Asheville, NC this summer, I sort of made a pros and cons list in my head.  Con: it’s two hours away from Charlotte.  Pro: it beat out Portland as Beer City, USA for [...]

June 23, 2011  A post from our Assistant Brewer, Matt Virgil:  A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.  This was my fifth year there and I can already tell you I’ll be there again next year!    Something really cool they started was the [...]

June 21, 2011  This Saturday’s tasting at Mac’s on South Blvd., as well as other scheduled tastings, have been postponed until we receive our brewer’s notice (formal approval to open the brewery) from the Federal Trade Tax Bureau (TTB).  The TTB is the agency that regulates the brewing industry as well as fire arms, tobacco and all [...]

June 4, 2011  A post from our brewer, Chad Henderson: These last few weeks have been crazy… Crazy Awesome that is!  NoDa’s been pouring at Rural Hill, Gastonia Grizzlies, and The Pizza Peel.  We got great praise for our brews at all events.   We also got a chance to preview the concept behind our specialty [...]

May 20, 2011  Last Saturday, the NoDa Brewing crew along with many other breweries and beer enthusiasts braved the elements to attend two great festivals.  Those of you, who did, know who you are and we salute you!  Who’s going to let a little rain get in the way of great beer?  Not any of us.  [...]

May 3, 2011  A post from our brewer, Chad Henderson: Each day that passes I get more and more excited about the opening of NoDa and getting the chance to bring what we have to the craft beer world.  Our release party went over better than expected and I truly believe that the outpour of [...]

April 28, 2011 Thank you to all that attending this past Saturday’s debut tasting at Duckworth’s.  The weather cooperated and we had a wonderful, sunny afternoon on the patio with good friends & good beer. That’s what it’s all about!  A special shout out goes out to Mike and the whole Duckworth’s crew for their help [...]

April 16, 2011 Today we are launching our website and with that, our blog.  Big day for us.  We now have a home and presence in the world wide web (does anyone call it that anymore?).  Glad you found us and decided to visit. Our blog will be about NoDa Brewing, the local beer scene, [...]