Fainting Goat By Jenny White
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ews Alert: There are no goats present at Fainting Goat Brewing Company and Taproom in Fuquay Varina’s downtown historic district. There could be some fainting. The brewery gets its name from owner Tim Reichert. In addition to being a veteran, master brewer and having a great sense of humor, Reichert suffers from something called Laughter Induced Syncope, which — you guessed it — causes one to faint when laughing. “My friends nicknamed me ‘the 34 | Carolina Brew Scene | Fall 2018
fainting goat’ and it just stuck,” Reichert said. Reichert and his business partner, MaryAnn Durborrow, opened the Fuquay-Varina brewery in 2015, and it’s been going strong ever since. In fact, Fainting Goat Brewing Company is expanding. The company recently announced it has purchased an 8,000-square-foot building in downtown Benson and will relocate and expand its brewing space to the Benson location and open a second taproom. The Fuquay-Varina space will remain open as a taproom.
The expansion comes as high demand for its flagship beers — Der Hoof Hefeweizen, Brewquay DIPA and Butthead Brown Ale — has caused the Fainting Goat Brewing Company to outgrow its current 2,500-squarefoot brewery and taproom. Reichert says the company experienced rapid growth and success since opening in 2015, and the Fuquay location has reached its brewing capacity of 300 barrels per year. The new brewery location will output about 1,000 barrels per year. The newest Fainting Goat brewery
