2011 Triangle Brewing Co. in Review

Well as 2011 comes to an end, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the activities that Triangle Brewing Co. participated in. Kind of a year end summary! Wow, it doesn’t seem like January 2011 was that long ago. In 2011, TBC made a conscious effort to adjust our festival schedule; we attended as many festivals as previously, but wanted to make sure that all of them benefited a non profit organization. Eric Diehl joined our staff in March of 2011 and has done a great job replacing Luke Studer (who is now brewing at Bull City Burger & Brewery). This 2011 was the first winter of canning our Belgian Style Golden and White Ales. Sales continue to increase for both as we entered Grocery Stores. We also started contract canning for Carolina Brewery, getting them their Sky Blue Golden and Flagship IPA into cans, which has led to a great collaboration between breweries. The NC Brewer’s Guild continues to grow and prosper with the addition of new breweries and the support of the entire NC public and brewing community.

We celebrated a few receptions at the Brewery again this year! Our 4th Anniversary Pub Crawl was also a very exciting event, especially with the introduction and addition of The Roxy. Summer was hot, but didn’t keep people away from the crawl or our tours. Fall came and went with the celebration of our 5th Annual Black Friday Cask Festival. We had 18 casks from 18 different NC Breweries. DJ Ras J rocked the house and was a good time had by all. Todd Isbell from Liberty Steakhouse and Brewery took home the trophy for the Brewer’s Choice Award for his cask of Kitchen Sink IPA!

Currently, Triangle is working on label approval for our IPA can. It recently passed TTB approval and will hopefully be ready for filling in Jan. 2012. No I don’t have a more exact date than that! Triangle Brewing Co. continues to grow and looks to double our production in 2012. This wouldn’t be possible without the support of all of you. With this plan, we have added our 4th employee, Kit Verbal! He has just started and appears to be a great addition to our staff, but will continue to require lots of hazing before he catches a break!

TBC is also proud to help out within our community with our “Touching the Triangle” program. Here is an abbreviated list of TBC sponsored ventures in 2011:

Duke School for Children
Common Ground Theater
Labor of Love Collective Gallery
Ronald McDonald House Durham
Hemophilia of NC
Special Olympics of NC via Fuqua Business School
NC Therapeutic Riding Center
NC Justice Center
Girls on the Run
St. Philips Episcopal Church J2A
Urban Ministries
Duke’s Pink Smash Breast Cancer Tour
Cystic Fibrosis Society
Autism Society of NC
Bachelor Auction for Lymphoma
Abundance Foundation- Pittsboro
NC Brewer’s Guild
Durham Central Park
And many more!!!