Although I have not spent much time in the Carolinas, they are a couple of my favorite states. So, with very little persuasion, I recently headed off to see my little girl in Hickory, NC. I would not be surprised if you have never heard of this place as it is in the middle of nowhere, but they know their beer. I wished that we could have stayed longer, but did manage to get enough sight seeing to tide me over for a while. We were able to stop at a couple of brewpubs for a nic

Last weekend I was in Plumtree, NC at the Blind Squirrel Brewery. http://www.blindsquirrelbrewery.com/ They have a nice brewery there with an interesting story. I was there last year and it was a medium size brewery with distribution to all of the local bars, grocery stores and beer outlets. They also had a winery, made ciders, restaurant, lodge, zip line, rafting and many other activities. Sort of a one stop place for the weekend. This year all of that change. It was a f