Proud to Partner with Shirley’s Angels
While we never imagined opening our doors serving to-go beers and stocking grocery coolers, we always knew that supporting non-profits, doing good things in our community was part of the plan. We’ve had to pivot on a lot of things, but have not wavered in supporting organizations where our team is personally invested. Shirley’s Angels is one of those organizations and a partner you’ll likely hear more about in 2020. We’ll kick off our support by donating half of the LostAsana Yoga proceeds to them this week. Meet Shirley’s Angels…
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Quarantine Conversation Series: A Chat with Richard Greene, Executive Director of NC Brewer’s Guild
If this interview would’ve happened six months ago, we’d be talking about hard cider and kombucha. Instead, here we are talking about the state of the craft brewing industry in the midst of a global pandemic.
Richard Greene is the executive director of the NC Brewer’s Guild whose mission is to position North Carolina as a leader among the best craft beer states in the nation. Greene’s job is three-fold: to promote the industry; be an advocate for craft breweries and provide education about our industry.
Where does a crisis like the coronavirus fit into NCBG’s advocacy plan? Well, crisis’s like this you simply don’t plan for, but you do lean on emergency preparedness and a clear honest voice of what’s happening. That’s exactly what we’ve seen from Greene and the organization that brewers in this state look to as a guidepost.
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Quarantine Conversation Series: A Chat with Aaron Gore of Fresh Pitch Beverage Consulting
As we prepare to pour our beers, opening in a drastically different fashion than originally planned, we look for insights and advice where we can get it. And inspiration – we’re taking daily doses of that too.
We’d like to share our conversation with Aaron Gore, certified cicerone and founder of Fresh Pitch Beverage Consulting. He’s been helping craft breweries succeed for more than a decade. His observations are worth passing along to our collaborative community.
What has this time has taught us? The craft beer industry is creative, resilient and certainly not for quitters.
Here’s what Aaron had to say…
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Introducing Trek Porter
As we continue to introduce you to our Basecamp beers, here’s an introduction to Trek Porter. This beer was inspired by Meriweather Lewis and William Clark, who set out on an expedition into the unknown with the goal of discovering a Northwest passage – a waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. Over the following two years, their band traveled nearly 8000 miles while enduring challenges including intense weather, hostile Native Americans, continual episodes of food scarcity, and even a foray by the Spanish from New Mexico attempting to imprison their team. Learn more about their trek and the beer that this expedition inspired…
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Introducing Emmer Wheat
As we continue to introduce you to our Basecamp beers, here is our forth introduction to the lineup. Our Basecamp beers will always be available in our Tap Room and their stories makeup the heart of our brand. Meet Emmer Wheat and learn why King Tut took comfort in it…
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Introducing Equator Juicy IPA
Here’s the story that inspired Equator Juicy IPA
The SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship that was launched in 1892 and served as both a passenger liner between Canada and Australia and later as a troop transport in World War 1. In May of 1918, six months before the conflict ended, the Warrimoo met its demise after colliding with the French Warship Catapulte. As the force of the collision reverberated through the ships, several depth charges slid off their racks and subsequently detonated. Both ships were…
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Sessionable Beers and What That Actually Means; In our Tap Room and Across the Industry
Brewers and beer aficionados can wax eloquent on the topic of sessionable beers, but for new lovers of craft brews or newly of-age beer drinkers, it may be a head scratcher. Who better to explain the term, expand on the topic and talk about how sessionable beers fit into Lost Worlds’ lineup than our Head Brewer, David Gonzalez (DG).
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Introducing Euchre Golden Ale
Every beer we brew is inspired by an adventure. Here’s the story behind Euchre, one of our six Basecamp Beers and the second in our release. You’ve already met our Vista IPA, meet Euchre, our Golden Ale.
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Behind the Barrel: Rock the Worlds ESB
Beer collabs begin brewing in a variety of ways. In the case of our recent collab with Rock Hill Brewing Company, it started with a conversation. As brewers do, the two head brewers, Jerod Jones of RHBC and our own Head Brewer, DG, started talking about the brewing equipment. As luck would have it, RHBC has a very similar Brew House to the one we are planning -- both direct-fire Deutsche systems. Jerod graciously invited the Lost Worlds crew to spend a day brewing their Bad Mama Jama Imperial Brown Ale and learn the system
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5 Fantastic Finds for the Beer-lover on your Gift List
Still scratching your head and scrolling through Amazon? With less than a week until Christmas, we’ve got your go-to gifts straight from the brewer’s mouths for the beer-lover on your list. Sit back in your favorite brewery, grab a pint of craft beer in your left hand, your phone in your right, and click your way to the fa la la finish line.
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Behind the Barrel: Worlds Collide APA
We have had a blast with this beer collaboration! When we sat down with our old friends at Catawba Brewing, both their Founder, Billy Pyatt, and their Head Brewer, Dave Cobb, They asked us what kind of beer we were thinking of brewing. With our interest in more sessionable styles, and thinking about Catawba's line-up, this is where the fun started — and ours worlds collided. Ultimately, we landed on an APA — one of the first styles that helped the craft revolution get back on track in the 1980s and became a staple in the1990s. So we set out to come up with the recipe, Catawba procured the ingredients and the games began.
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The Importance of Community, and our First Charity Partner.
Our friends across craft breweries have been instrumental in our start-up. And core to that is the local community that we all call home. They are the organizations in our community that carry the load of making our neighborhoods better and safer places to live. We’re one big community, and craft breweries have the potential to be strong partners for non-profit organizations. So, naturally when it came time to release our first beer, Worlds Collide, in the Catawba Tasting Room, both breweries wanted a community partner to benefit from the proceeds. The choice was simple…
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