April is North Carolina Beer Month, and this year, Our State turned to its readers to help celebrate the state’s best in brewing. More than 65 Tar Heel breweries were nominated by the Our State staff in 20 categories, and thousands of North Carolinians weighed in to pick the winners. Download the BEER NC app to learn more about the winners, listed below, and discover a new brewery near you.
Impressive Outdoor Space: Highland Brewing Company
Beloved Brew – Dark: Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Big-Hearted Brewery: Appalachian Mountain Brewery
Fantastic Food: Bull City Burger and Brewery
An Eye for Art: Wedge Brewing Company
Pint Pioneer: Weeping Radish Farm Brewery
Magical Mashup: Asheville Brewing Company
Creative Name: Fainting Goat Brewing Company
Local Music Hub: Pisgah Brewing Company
Eco-Defender: Mother Earth Brewing
Beloved Brew – IPA: Hop, Drop ’n Roll IPA, NoDa Brewing Company
New Brewery on the Block: Shortway Brewing Company
Sweet View: Hickory Nut Gorge Brewery
Local Landmark – Eastern: Mother Earth Brewing
Outstanding Label Art: Foothills Brewing
Unique Locale: Haw River Farmhouse Ales
Local Landmark – Western: Burial Beer Co.
Unusual Brew: Bacon Oyster Stout, Ass Clown Brewing Company
Farm-to-Table Brews: Fullsteam Brewery
Local Landmark – Central: The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery
To commemorate our 90th anniversary, we’ve compiled a time line that highlights the stories, contributors, and themes that have shaped this magazine — and your view of the Old North State — using nine decades of our own words.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
Us? An icon? Well, after 90 years and more than 2,000 issues celebrating North Carolina from mountains to coast, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve earned the title.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
