Put ramekins on a baking sheet. Bake for 25-35 minutes, until puffed and golden. Remove from oven, and let stand for 5 minutes. With a flexible spatula, remove strata to
Download BEER NC to gain early access to our monthly beer event guides. • • • Craft Beer and Artisan Cheese Tasting • Charlotte • November 1, 7-9 p.m. Beer and cheese?
Download BEER NC to gain early access to our monthly beer event guides. • • • Craft Beer and Artisan Cheese Tasting • Charlotte • November 1, 7-9 p.m. Beer and cheese?
Download BEER NC to gain early access to our monthly beer event guides.
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Craft Beer and Artisan Cheese Tasting • Charlotte • November 1, 7-9 p.m. Beer and cheese? Yes, please. At this event at Bold Missy Brewery, hosted by a highly trained expert in international artisan cheese, you’ll enjoy pairings as you learn about Italian cheese and tasty brews. Purchase tickets here. Bold Missy Brewery• 610 Anderson Street, Charlotte, NC 28205
Get in the spirit on National Stout Day by drinking tasty dark beers and enjoying live music at Double Barley Brewing. The brewery also will be celebrating the release of a seasonal beer, Sparkky’s Coffee Milk Chocolate Stout.
Learn the basics of beer making in this class hosted by Mica Town Brewing. Take a look at ingredients and try a few different styles of brews. The class includes a flight of beer and a pint glass to take home. Purchase tickets here.
Fill your bowl with chili and fill your glass with craft beer at this downtown festival and cook-off. Then, vote for your favorite chili in four categories: red, non-red, vegetarian, and hot. There also will be live music. Purchase tickets here.
This fifth annual festival at Burial Beer Co. is a celebration of community, of the season, of change, and of harvest. Try offerings from brewers, winemakers, and chefs, and enjoy live music. Purchase tickets here.
Lenny Boy Brewing Co. and Cackleberry Farms are pairing up for a unique beer and cheese tasting. Each beer is paired with a cheese made especially for the occasion, and the cheesemaker will be on hand to answer questions. Purchase tickets here.
Munch on a pretzel and try a limited release beer on draft at the Glass Jug Beer Lab. The pretzels, made at Guglhupf bakery, pair well with Sierra Nevada’s beer mustard.
What better way to wash down a donut than with a beer? Pop the Top Craft Beer Shop will open early to serve Skillet Donut by Burial Beer Co. with free donuts from Your Mom’s Donuts. The shop will also serve flights.
Eat fresh steamed oysters, listen to live music, and try a drink special at Waterman’s Brewing Comapny. Participants can purchase general admission for oysters and beer or VIP tickets for access to all-you-can-eat oysters. Purchase tickets here.
Watch local breweries compete to brew, filter or infuse the strangest beer ever created. Enjoy some great food and music too at the Unknown Brewing Company. Purchase tickets here.
Bring the whole family for this afternoon celebration at the Tarboro Riverfront. This event will include food trucks, music from The Still Shakers, nine local breweries, a cidery, and a winery.
Southern Pines Brewing Company and local Paradox Farms are pairing up to show beer and cheese lovers how to make their favorite snack. This private class includes an abbreviated Beer 101 class and a tour of Southern Pines Brewery. All participants will receive a commemorative glass. Purchase tickets here.
The Big Sip • Winston-Salem • November 11, 6-11 p.m.
Enjoy spirits, beer, wine, and coffee while listening to live music and participating in a silent auction at Millennium Center downtown. There also will be a chili and stew cook-off, and restaurants and bars will compete for the title of Best Craft Cocktail Purveyor.
Millennium Center • 101 West Fifth Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Sit back, relax, and enjoy a four-course dinner paired with four 10-ounce beers at BottleDog Bites and Brews. This event is hosted in partnership with Double Barley Brewing. Purchase tickets here.
Sample Crystal Coast Brewing Company’s beer and meet members of their team while taking part in giveaways and prizes at The Crooked Lotus craft beer and wine shop. Tickets will be available the day of the event.
The Crooked Lotus • 1283 North Carolina Highway, 210 Unit G, Sneads Ferry, NC 28460
Sip delicious beer at the Bullpen while enjoying some freshly shucked oysters. Bull Durham Beer Co. will also release a new winter ale. Purchase tickets here.
The Bullpen • 359 Blackwell Street, Suite 135, Durham, NC 27701
Drinksgiving • Fuquay-Varina • November 21, 4-11 p.m.
Celebrate a season of thankfulness with live music and beer at Mason Jar Lager Co. Customers can enjoy $4 lagers during this event.
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.
One of the last old-school fish houses in Onslow County stands sentry on the White Oak River. Clyde Phillips Seafood Market has served up seafood and stories since 1954 — an icon of the coast, persevering in pink.