GAME DAY
Fans Flock to nearby brewpubs Story by Patrick Mason • Photos by Moddri Armstrong & Anthony “Brad” Mitchell
R
ed and white, the colors of choice for those out and about on Hillsborough Street and Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh were inescapable. It was as if a special occasion nudged everyone to coordinate the sea of red that flowed from one noisy watering hole to the next. It was college game day, the first of
many to come, as September beckons cooler weather, seasonal beers and the reason for so many early mornings and long nights — football season. For those wearing red shirts, hats with ‘Wolfpack’ stitched across the top or just plain love watching their local team, the start of football season beckons new hope. Just ask Daniel Blythe, a Raleigh transplant who was
swept up in the mania on Sept. 1. Blythe, originally from pro-sports town Atlanta, hopped on the college fandom train and now follows all three Triangle schools and their sports teams. But with Duke playing the Friday before and North Carolina across the country at California, N.C. State stole the stage as the only show in town on that Saturday. continued on page 26
24 | Carolina Brew Scene | Fall 2018
