Cheers Charlotte Radio | Craft Beer and Homebrew Podcast

The gang is back together and festival season is upon us!

We’re live once again from the NC Brewers and Music Festival at Rural Hill. Our guests include:

Nils Weldy and Adam Glover- Talking about CLT Brewed Week

Elise Gatliff- Talks about what’s happening at Southern Range Brewing

Jeff Bowman- Head brewer at Midnight Mulligan Brewing

Special thanks to our awesome sponsors: Queen City Podcast Network, Hopped Up Network, Southern Strain Brewing, and Sublmnl Design.

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Festival goers rejoice- The NC Brewers and Music Festival is back!
Our long-time friend and festival director, Jeff Fissel, joins us for a breakdown of this year’s festival. This year’s festival will highlight beer from across North Carolina as well as awesome live music from The Steeldrivers, Jade Bird, Katie Pruitt, Acoustic Syndicate, and many more. Join us May 6th and 7th at the 2022 North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival.

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week Weezie talks with Sam Fitz from D.C. based Anxo Cidery. Sam did a zoom talk on his cider in 2020 with Weezie in attendance and his knowledge of the segment is astounding. So he thought he would be great to have on and get his answers to the 12 questions. Look for Anxo ciders all over North Carolina and if you dont see it, ask for it.

Now lets get hisanswers to the 12 questions...

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week Weezie talks with Nils Weldy, who by the way is the whole reason Cheers Charlotte exists. Nils introduced Cesar and Jay at a meeting for Queen City Brewers Festival and that started it all. Nils is now the Executive Director of the Charlotte Independent Brewers Alliance. Nils is a staple in the Charlotte beer world working behind the scenes to make it one of the best in the country.

Now lets get hisanswers to the 12 questions...

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week Weezie sits down with his high school friend and pitmaster for the Midwood Smokehouse Matt Barry. Matt has been making some of the best BBQ in the Carolinas for over 10 years now. After studying in Texas he brought back those skills to North Carolina and is one of the leading pitmasters in North Carolina.

Now lets get hisanswers to the 12 questions...

Photo Credit: The Charlotte Observer

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week Weezie sits down with Brad Burton the Sales Manager at Newgrass Brewing in Shelby, NC. This little brewery has reinvented itself making some of the craziest pastry sours around.

Now lets get hisanswers to the 12 questions...

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This year marks Moo & Brew Festival number 6. This year’s festival returns to the NC Music Factory with lots of great burgers, music, and craft beer. Festival director Ken Thomas joins us to talk about what you can expect at this year’s festival. The music headliner is country star Mitchell Tenpenny but there are also great performances from other bands such as Cheers Charlotte Radio friends- Ancient Cities.

Our host Jon Eberhard from Resident Culture Brewing hops on to talk about their upcoming beer releases. Trust us, you will not want to miss these hop series beers coming out soon.

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week Weezie sits down with Annie Hildreth Account Manager for Fonta Flora Brewing. Jay and Annie have a lively discussion about the 12 questions and their shared hobby of riding bikes.

Now lets get her answers to the 12 questions...

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Who doesn’t like beer and bbq? We certainly do! Our two guests this week make it their life goal to bring Charlotte the best of craft beer and bbq in one single spot. Joey and Nick Abate are the organizers of the Hops and Hogs Festival. Be sure to check out this year’s festival happening September 4th and 5th at the Park Expo in Charlotte. Listen in to get a preview of what you can expect then get your tickets HERE.

A real bonus for us this week was being able to record on location at High Branch Brewing's new location. We sat down with head brewer and founder TJ Creighton to talk about this new chapter in the brewery's story. Check out the new space yourself by directing your GPS to 305 McGill Ave NW #100, Concord, NC 28027.

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We’re very excited to welcome Vaulted Oak Brewing to the Charlotte beer community. Our long-time friend Kiel Arrington joins us to talk about his vision becoming a reality. Kiel and head brewer David Carey sit down with us to share a couple of pints and talk about what makes Vaulted Oak a unique experience. Opening a new brewery is never a walk in the park but opening one in an old bank adds a few extra challenges. Be sure to stop by Vaulted Oak in the MoRA neighborhood to try a great beer made by great people.

Our taste palates would also like to thank Toby Hufhandand Fabio Durazzo of Sal’s Pizzeria for bringing out some of the best pizza in Charlotte. We got to talk with the duo about their philosophy on pizza and beer.

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