Raleigh Triangle

Bottle rev and daily pint are great ones on your list! Try to make those happen for sure. The guys that run daily pint are awesome and have such a cool spot. Since it’s in the same general area, if you can make it to House of Hops give them a visit, too. Probably the most booming bottle shop/drafts in that area of Raleigh right now. Very nice and personable, tons of knowledge.

Most unfortunate you can’t get in Saturday! Burial is having their mobile beer truck at State of Beer with some very limited releases starting at noon.

 

Didn't quite make it everything on my list (and detoured to some unplanned stops), but thought I'd report back just the same.

I did manage to visit all three breweries I wanted to see. Bhavana was unique --I can guarantee I'd never been to a brewery/dim sum restaurant/bookstore/florist before. It was crowded despite the bad weather, but I managed to snag a seat at the bar. I enjoyed Grove, Pithy, & Cart (especially Grove), plus Bloom and Boult. Had excellent duck egg rolls. Just an awesome place. Picked up a bottle of Bouquet to bring back home.

Was only able to grab a couple beers at Bond Brothers. It was even more crowded than Bhavana --I guess there was some sort of 5k race of something that had just concluded. Long Story was solid, but I thought the Cinnamon Vanilla Variant stout was a bit heavy on the adjuncts, and bit light on the stout part of the stout.

Barrel Culture was a gem. Tasty, fruity sours & berliners, and a nice chill vibe. Nice to have some low abv options when going from place to place, too.

Best curated taplist was probably at State of Beer, where I had to select judiciously because I was driving. Dug the new, expanded place at The Glass Jug, and brought home far too many beers from its shelves (including Southward, which I was very pleased to grab). I also managed to visit North Street Beer Station and the Raleigh Beer Garden on my last day, both of which I'd missed on my previous visit. Overall, the area's beer scene has blossomed even more since I last checked in a couple years ago. One week was not enough to get to all the place I wanted to go.