Description: North Carolina brewery with two taprooms (downtown Durham and Boxyard RTP) - both serving food, cocktails, and craft beer brewed using local malt and Southern seasonal ingredients. Our downtown Durham location on Rigsbee Avenue specializes in elevated bar food, burgers, and sandwiches, while Fullsteam at Boxyard RTP makes fluffy square pizza.
We called. We wrote. We conquered.
In February 2003, a motley group of thirty-five beer lovers gathered at the All About Beer office to discuss one issue: how to lift North Carolina’s 6% alcohol by volume cap on beer. For seventy years, North Carolina had imposed a 6% ABV restriction on beer sold and brewed within the state. Only four other states -- West Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi -- had such a severe restriction.
The thirty-five of us (beer geeks, homebrewers, industry professionals) were fed up. This relic of Prohibition made it illegal to brew or sell one-third of the world’s beer styles, including Belgian ales, hoppy IPAs, and intensely malty dopplebocks. Beers meant for sipping and savoring…nothing like the American light lagers that dominated North Carolina’s store shelves.