Editor’s Draft
Carolina Brew Scene Staff, Credits, & Contributions Publisher Mark Wilson
Editor
Jeff Herrin
Production & Art Director Becky Wetherington
Content & Photography Abbi O’Leary Adam Jennings Bill Stancil Brie Handgraaf Corey Davis Josh Walfish
Contributors
Anita Riley Greenville Girls Pint Out Jenna Bailey Kymberlie An Lamonte Blue Nicole Schmidt
Advertising Bryan Wilson Lewis Smith
Contact
bwilson@rmtelegram.com lsmith@rmtelegram.com
On The Cover
Photography by Abbi O’Leary
Anne Craig, left, and Abbie Decker enjoy a beer at Koi Pond Brewing Co. in Rocky Mount.
we’re not just a one trick pony North Carolina’s greatest gift to the world walks on four legs and goes well with hush puppies. And some would say that barbecue alone should secure our place as the Cradle of Modern Civilization. But in recent years, our fine state has been slowly pulling back the curtain on another backyard secret. Around the hickory pits and charcoal grills where good pigs go to become great dinners, men and women battling heat and mosquitoes refresh themselves with beer. True. It was little more than a mass-produced product of blandness, at first. But over the past decade or so, we have watched its metamorphosis into an explosion of finely crafted scents, colors and flavors, barely contained in a glass. From Asheville to Charlotte to Raleigh-Durham to the coast, a new wave of creation and delight has become a heralded complement to a great plate of ‘cue. North Carolina’s reputation for craft beer is real. The state consistently is named as one of the best producers in the country. Major players from the West Coast and beyond have opened breweries here. And now Eastern North Carolina is coming into the picture in a huge way. Led by Duck-Rabbit, a well-established success story in Farmville, new breweries are opening in places like Rocky Mount and Tarboro. This inaugural issue of Brew Scene offers an early, in-depth look at the vision and work behind the burgeoning craft beer industry in Eastern North Carolina. In future issues, we’ll expand our horizons to take in other locales as well. But it’s an exciting time in our part of the state for new players like Koi Pond, Sweet Taters, The Tarboro Brewing Company -- and us. So relax a little bit. Fix yourself a barbecue sandwich. Pour yourself a glass. We’re happy to be at the table with you.
Jeff Herrin, Editor
carolinabrewscene.com
Summer 2016
Carolina Brew Scene
5
