Cheers to 40 Years

10/15/2025

A history & celebration of craft beer & brewing in North Carolina. It's the 40th anniversary of NC craft beer, the 20th anniversary of Pop The Cap, and it's NC Beer Month! So we've put together an awesome, FREE event for people on Thursday October 23rd, including a panel discussion with Kinney Baughman, Bobby Bush, and Julie Johnson! Read more here.

Kinney Baughman Collection

10/1/2025

Kinney Baughman is an American homebrew entrepreneur, nationally awarded craft brewer, and former head craft brewer at the Tumbleweed Grille in Boone North Carolina who is best known for helping pioneer the craft beer revolution of the 1980s - 1990s. The Kinney Baughman collection includes materials spanning the length of his career, including photographs, brewing recipes, breweriana, published articles, and much more, all donated to Well Crafted NC.. View the Kinney Baughman Collection here.

Bobby Bush Collection

1/10/2022

The Bobby Bush collection includes over 1000 articles, photographs, manuscripts, and publications from Mr. Bush's prolific writing career donated by the author to Well Crafted NC. All material with a copyright owned by Mr. Bush or in the public domain is available online and provided freely for research. View the Bobby Bush Collection here.

North Carolina Triad Beer: A History

8/2021

The Well Crafted NC team have published a book giving a brief (about 140 page) overview of the history of the Triad beer brewing industry, from early Moravian communities to the operators of nineteenth-century saloons and from Big Beer factories to modern craft breweries. You can view more here, and order online or at your local bookstore.

Chapters include: Beer and Brewing in Early North Carolina; Saloons of the Triad; Prohibition in the Triad; Big Beer Comes to the Triad; The Brewpub Boom; and Craft Beer in the Triad Today.