Brewed and Bottled Imperial Coco Loco
Partnered with USNWC for Inaugural Race Series
Benefited charities including North Mecklenburg Animal Rescue, Carolinas Breast Cancer Fund, Florence Crittenton, Safe Alliance, Blue Ridge Boxers, 24 Hours of Booty, and many more
Held a wedding ceremony for one our employee, Courtney Valvo Lynch, at the brewery
Purchased bottling line from Holy City Brewing
Performances from bands such as Sol Driven Train, Matrimony, and Time Sawyer in addition to our live music every Friday at 6:30
Filmed Harlem Shake
Paired JJ Red Hot’s bacon with beer
Poured at Denver’s Rare Beer Festival benefiting Pints for Prostates
Celebrated first NC Beer Month with collaborations from Mother Earth Brewing (Word To Your Mother – Saison) and Front Street Brewery (Mother Shucker – Oyster Stout)
Created and hosted North and South Carolina Brewers for the Inaugural Top of the Hop Pro-Am Competition which led to the brewing of the winning entry, Hot Pistol
Planned and held inaugural Charlotte Brewers Festival in conjunction with the other Charlotte Breweries
Assisted Beard and Mustache Club of NC raising over $1000 for Charlotte Battered Women’s Shelter
Welcomed our new neighbor, King of Pops
Hosted Blondes vs Brunettes benefiting Alzheimer’s Association
Ran for Beers for Boston having 500+ in attendance
Collaborated with New Belgium to brew Funkaversary in honor of Brawley’s Beverage ten year anniversary
Chad Henderson makes the cover of South Park Magazine
Matt Virgil makes the cover of Creative Loafing
Threw our inaugural NoDa 5k benefiting Be Strong Stay Strong with almost 1,000 runners
Hung sound panels for a better experience in the tap room
Chad threw out the first pitch at the Charlotte Knights baseball game
Helped Smile We Get To Make Beer, a documentary on our brewery, become fully funded through KickStarter
The chicks of Chickspeare performed Romeo & Juliett and Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
Brewed collaboration with RJ Rockers (PIPA Long Hoppings – Pineapple IPA)
Gordgeous ranked 32nd best Pumpkin Ale on BeerAdvocate
Doubled our locations in Panthers stadium including cans
Hosted our second annual Pink Pint Night with Charlotte Radiology raising almost $2,000 for Carolinas Breast Cancer Research
-Pouring in Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Time Warner Arena, and Fillmore
Sponsored a local rugby (Charlotte Barbarians) and soccer (Anything Else) team
Suzie featured in NY Times, AOL Finance, and Guidant commercial
Celebrated 2 years in Charlotte!
Canned Hop, Drop ‘n Roll and Jam Session
Worked with Wine & Design to create Pints and Paint at the tap room
Bottled Tart Attack for Rare Beer of the Month Club honoring Pints for Prostates
Held a Pimento Cheese Off
Sold 100,000 cans in 2 months
Increased capacity by 123% by adding 3 60 BBL fermenters and 1 60 BBL brite tank
Increased production by 242% brewing a total of 4,000 barrels
And much much more…
We had the best year ever and have many more plans for 2014!