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Beer month showcases N.C.’s status as ‘Brewing mecca of the South’


English: Visitors posing with bottles of LoneR...

English: Visitors posing with bottles of LoneRider beer after a tour of the LoneRider Brewery in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

N.C. Beer Month, brought to you by the state’s Division of Tourism, is a 30-day celebration of the craft beer industry. The group wants pint lovers to head out – responsibly, of course – to breweries across the state for all-things beer. That includes specialty brews, beer dinners, beer cooking classes, beer making and “beer memories” intended to last longer than those from college.

It’s called beer tourism, and local breweries are ready for you to belly up to the bar.

Wilmington’s Front Street Brewery is participating all month with pint specials, a beer-pairing dinner and a limited-edition beer with an undeniable coastal flavor.

Brewmaster Kevin Kozek took a bushel of Eagle Island Fruit Seafood oysters up to NoDa Brewing Co. in Charlotte where he and the NoDa crew brewed an oyster stout. He said it’s a dark, English-style stout with notes of briny oysters.

“It

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