Steve Winegar

June 7, 2010 | Staff Reviews

Great Lakes Brewing Co. Lake Erie Monster Imperial India Pale Ale

My brother Paul and my brother-in-law Rick Deakins are really great guys – I can count on both of them to bring along beers from Great Lakes Brewing Co., a home town favorite of mine, every time they come to ...

May 13, 2010 | Beer of the Week

Twisted Pine Brewing Company Hoppy Man

Another warm spring day in NC – humid with temperatures well up into the 80s....

May 3, 2010 | Beer of the Week

Grand Teton Brewing Co. Lost Continent Double IPA

I’ve got regularly-scheduled racquetball match on Wednesday evenings....

April 6, 2010 | Staff Reviews

Boulder Beer Company Flashback India Style Brown Ale

I was working late at the office one night because I had plans that kept me on this side of town....

March 30, 2010 | Beer of the Week

Victory Brewing Company’s Yakima Twilight

Beer culture has invaded the far reaches of the earth. I’ve got proof....

March 17, 2010 | Beer of the Week

Great Divide Brewing Co.’s Claymore Scotch Ale

I hurt my back on the racquetball court last night. I guess that means I’ll have to take tonight off… perfect excuse for a beer at the end of the work day....

February 8, 2010 | Staff Reviews

Rogue Juniper Pale Ale

Ola Nilbrink (our events manager) and I recently went to meet the wonderful team we have working for us on the upcoming World Beer Festival-Richmond. After a very long but productive day we had worked up a good thirst. When ...

January 4, 2010 | Staff Reviews

Dominion Millennium

What’s with all the talk about global warming? I went for a run after work a few weeks ago and the temperature had already dipped deep into the 30s – way cold for North Carolina! Old Dominion’s Millennium proved to be ...

December 17, 2009 | Staff Reviews

Nogne-O #100

Our events manager and I stop by Green’s Beverages on our trips to Columbia, SC, to check in on our World Beer Festival sponsor and friend there, Dave Smith....

November 30, 2009 | Beer of the Week

Samuel Smith Taddy Porter

My son David turned seventeen recently. He got to choose the restaurant for dinner that evening and, given his love of good beef that meant Angus Barn in Raleigh....