Airiel Down to play acoustic show at the Aviator Brewery.

One of the finest Rock-N-Roll bands ever, Airiel Down is performing an acoustic show at  Aviator Brewing Company’s brewery Saturday October 30th. The show will start around 5:00. This is a show not to be missed, there will be great beer and great friends.
209 Technology Park Ln.
Fuquay Varina, NC 27526
(919) 567-BEER (2337)

Octoberfest at The Aviator Brewery Saturday 16th

Stop in at the Brewery on Technology Park Saturday October 16th to help us celebrate Octoberfest starting around 1:oo. There will be live music by The Magic Daddy’s, great food, and cold beer.

Aviator Brewing Company at World Beer Fest

Tim Szczesniak and I attended World Beer Fest in Durham NC as guests of Aviator Brewing Company to bring all of you good folks who could not make it an idea of what it was all about. There was a lot of great beer, interesting folks, and interesting folks (that was worth mentioning twice).  It would be easier to show you than tell you about World Beer Fest. Please click on the thumbnail for larger images.

Raleigh Beer Week

Beer Week schedule

Aviator Brewing in Fuquay-Varina NC now sponsors The Hotwires

Beer and bluegrass have always gone hand in hand. Look for us at their taphouse and other area locations where Aviator beer is served. Thanks to Aviator for producing great beers and sponsoring Raleigh’s urban bluegrass!

OktoberBeast Release Party!

Time	September 4 · 1:00pm – 9:00pm
Location	Brewery 209 Technology Park Ln Fuquay-Varina, NC

 

Release of Aviator OktoberBeast beer for the festive Oktoberfest season!

Look for lederhosen and oompah bands and bratwurst.

Florida Aquarium Fund Raiser.

Here are some images from the fund-raiser. Man that was a good time.

Hunter

Aviator Music Fest and Gulf Oil Spill Fundraiser

Come on out and try our new Black Belgian Single Hop India Pale Ale…this black beer symbolizes the Gulf Spill. We are donating money back to the Florida Aquarium to help with the cleanup effort. We also will have all our other beers on tap…about 8 right now. Also..come on out a and see some local bands! No cover..just the cost of beer. cheers, Aviator Brewing.

Aviator Brew Tour Every Saturday 3pm-6pm

Who doesn’t love a brewery tour…it is where we make the beer.  Come see the hops and barley….and most importantly drink some beer!

With all the summer heat a cold beer really hits the spot!!

Come on over to the brewery on Saturday from 3pm to 6pm for a tour of the brewery.  The actual tour starts at 4pm.

Right now we have the following beers on tap:

Old BullDog ESB
SteamHead
HogWild IPA
HotRod Red
King Rat Imperial Oatmeal Stout
Devil’s Tramping Ground Tripel
WortHog American Wheat

go to www.aviatorbrew.com to get the details on all the beers.

We moved out of the airplane hangar mid-April and are now located in a 10,000sq. ft. building.  We have some new tanks on order that should be here mid-July.  So look for many new beers to hit the streets soon!

Our tour covers the basic brewing process, the beer industry, hops, and whatever questions you might have.

Come on out…drink some beer.

cheers,

Mark

The Anatomy of an IPA

How We Make HogWild India Pale Ale.

We use Pale Ale malt (2-row barley 2-4lovibond), Vienna, and Crystal malts to create a beer that has enough body to support the large hop bill.

As you can probably guess we use all the big “C” hops in the beer.  Chinook, Columbus, and Cascade.  We also use Amarillo hops.  Amarillo is great for bittering becuase of the low cohumulone content.  Cohumulone can lend a harsh bitterness most of the time for mid range alpha acid hops.

One other vital ingredient for a big IPA is the water mineral balance.  We carefully balance out the magnesium, sulphates, calcium, sodium, carbonates, and chloride to give the beer the full hop effect.  Minor additions can make a big difference in the quality taste of the beer.  We do a complete inorganic chemical analysis on our water quarterly looking for variations in the make up of the water.

A beer containing this content of hops needs to have the maltiness and alcohol to support the flavor.  The alcohol by volume in HogWild IPA is 6.7%.

I think a big sin with IPA’s is to filter the beer.  Filtered IPA robs the beer of some flavor.  We age our beer and wait for it to clear then keg it.  This allows the beer to retain all the hoppy goodness that was carefully installed into the boiling wort.

Note the beer is very light in color for an IPA.  We like the combination of  the lighter malts and the heavy hoppiness for a refreshing punch in the jaw IPA.  Just a good combination in our minds.

If you get a chance to try the IPA let us know what you think!

cheers,

Mark.
BrewBoss…Aviator Brewing Co.