This NC Brewery Among Nation's Elite, Magazine Says

A Raleigh-based pop-up tap room is among the 15 most elite brewery operations in America this year, according to a popular beer magazine.

The editors at Hop Culture have included Ancillary* Fermentation from Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina on its exclusive list of just 15 breweries in the nation "to watch" in 2019.

The editors at Hop Culture describe Ancillary* Fermentation as a brewing operation that has stayed true to the core values while staying small and local.

"Ancillary Fermentation is a fermentorium, and an art project, and a traveling conceptual pop up taproom, and a brewery, and a lot less pretentious than it sounds. It’s a partnership between a bunch of Raleigh-Durham beer folks, centered on the idea that beer should be more experimental, more experiential, and a hell of a lot weirder," the brewery's website says.

“We’re particularly intrigued by the concept of the pop-up taproom, and expect that 2019 will bring some exciting new themes,” Hop Culture said.

Here is Hop Culture’s full list of 15 best breweries to watch in 2019:

• Hitchhiker Brewing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Brouwerij West, San Pedro, California
• Wunderkammer Bier, Greensboro, Vermont
• Bent Paddle Brewing Company, Duluth, Minnesota
• Other Half Brewing Co., Brooklyn, New York
• Garrison City Beerworks, Dover, New Hampshire
• Floodland Brewing, Seattle, Washington
• Separatist Beer Project, Easton, Pennsylvania
• Ancillary Fermentation, Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina
• Foam Brewers, Burlington, Vermont
• Definitive Brewing Co., Portland, Maine
• Troon Brewing, Hopewell, New Jersey
• Unseen Creatures Brewing & Blending, Miami, Florida
• Charles Towne Fermentory, Charleston, South Carolina
• Safety Team Brewing Co., Richmond, Virginia

Kara Seymour, Patch Staff, contributed

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