Aviator Brewery

I recently made my way to Aviator Brewery, located in Fuquay-Varina, south of Raleigh, NC, for a brewery tour and a few pints. The brewery and tap house are located in an airport hanger. It shares the space with a kit plane built and flown by the owner, Mark Doble. Wooden casks, bags of grain, [...]

Beer-Can Chicken

Beer-can chicken is a fun way to cook a whole chicken on a grill. It’s more than just a novel trick, and it will impress your non-epicurean-minded friends. The purpose of the beer-can is to add flavor and retain moisture throughout the entire bird. Different beers bring their own unique flavors. For instance, stout beers [...]

Cuegrass Festival

It certainly is Spring now; when it’s not raining, it’s wonderful outside. The sun invites you outside to have a few drinks, listen to some music, and light up the grill. Over the weekend, Raleigh worked all three into its first Cuegrass festival: a potent mixture of beers, bluegrass, and barbecue.
There was a “Pigs on [...]