Hot food, cold beer and blistering metal
Brewery/Taproom We stopped at NoDa's North Tryon Street location about opening time (noon) on a holiday weekend Saturday. The taproom itself is pretty good sized, and nice enough; there is a good bit of seating outside as well, which was really nice as it was a beautiful day. Parking was also plentiful, which is not... Continue Reading →
Brewery/Taproom Heist Brewpub is a fairly large, seemingly well-established place. Located in Charlotte's NoDa neighborhood, Heist has become well-known for the quality of their beer; Heist is also known for their massive whiskey selection and their kitchen, which turns out a nice selection of shared plate offerings, woodfired flatbreads, sandwiches and Charcuterie boards (note that... Continue Reading →
Baltic Porter, 8.5% ABV appearance: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | mouthfeel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25 A thin, brief-lived pebbly tan head sits atop a dark brown body with ruby highlights; lacing is fair, consisting of slabs and caverns. The nose is light in intensity, but attention-getting: a seamless, punchy blend of bitter... Continue Reading →
Brewery/Taproom I visited Wooden Robot at mid-afternoon on a Saturday. The brickwork exterior and the pseudo-industrial lettering above the entrance are echoed inside, which is brickwork with sparse use of heavy wood. Suspended ventilation ductwork and exposed beams and girders provide the semi-industrial feel often found in craft brewery taprooms; the fact that all of... Continue Reading →
Outer Limits Hot Sauce - Bayonne, NJ I don't know if this is a mashed hot sauce (where the chiles are fermented in brine prior to the sauce being made), but that's how it comes across. During the mashing process, as the yeast chew up the fermentables, flavors mellow and merge until you end up... Continue Reading →
