Guests at Taste’s BBQ, Beer and Bus Tour hopped on a Greenway Transit bus for an afternoon trip to three barbecue joints where they enjoyed the quintessential North Carolina meal paired with local brews. Led by All About Beer Magazine Publisher Daniel Bradford, the first stop featured beer samples from Hillsborough’s Mystery Brewing Company and food Hillsborough BBQ Company. Stop No. 2 was at The Original Q Shack, where beer from Top of the Hill was waiting. Finally, attendees arrived at The Pit for barbecue paired with Steel String Brewery beer. Bluegrass band The Stickley Brothers also performed at this final stop. Take a look through our pictures from the day!
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Photography by Karla Towle.
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An IPA and a stout at Mystery Brewing – the two beers offered at that stop.
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The tour group, including Jeff Stewart, center, tastes the Mystery Brewing beers at the first stop.
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Jeff and Linda Stewart with Molly and Paul Craven.
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Erik Myers from Mystery Brewing speaks to the tour group about the beer and food offered at the first stop as Chef Joel Bohlin from Hillsborough BBQ Co. looks on.
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The tour group listens to Erik Myers at the first stop, Mystery Brewing.
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Erik Myers from Mystery Brewing and Daniel Bradford, associate publisher of All About Beer Magazine.
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Taste the Event‘s Grace Beason and Rory Kelly Gillis.
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Barbecue from Hillsborough BBQ Co.
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Barbara Kannon and Jim Nisonger of Wake Forest get a plate of barbecue from Hillsborough BBQ Co.
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Mary and Dennis Beemer from Wheaton, Ill., and Sanford and Sandra Leake from Apex sit outside Mystery Brewing while enjoying their barbecue.
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Brent Mayo, a cook from Hillsborough BBQ Co., chops up barbecue while the group gets a tour of the pit.
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Father and daughter Jerry and Alison Trott from Durham enjoy the beer at Mystery Brewing.
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Jeff Stewart, Molly Craven and Paul Craven make their way through the line at The Original Q Shack.
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Beers from Top of the Hill, offered at the second stop.
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A plate of barbecue and sides from The Q Shack.
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Erin and Tom Burkert and Tera and Tom Simon go through the line at The Q Shack.
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All About Beer Magazine‘s Daniel Bradford talks beer with the tour group.
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Jerry Trott and the rest of the tour group enjoys their food and beer at The Q Shack.
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Lorraine and Jim Galkowski with Debbi and Glenn Schleicher.
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Richard and Barbara Dickinson.
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Clarence DelForge and Judy Kuecutgel from Cary hop on the bus to go to the final stop, The Pit.
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The tour group on the way to the final stop.
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Dennis Beemer grabs a Big Mon IPA from Carrboro’s Steel String Brewery at the final stop, The Pit.
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Mark and Theresa Davidson and Kabie and Rob Cocker of Raleigh enjoy their beer outside The Pit.
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Alison Trott and Jerry Trott on the rooftop patio at The Pit.
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Judy Kuecutgel and Clarence DelForge of Cary get food from The Pit.
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Steve and Becky Jensen and Bill and Ronni Dunmire, all from Pinehurst, enjoy their beers at the final stop.
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Barbecue staple sides: hushpuppies and biscuits at The Pit.
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Andrew Scharfenberg serves a beer to Molly Craven.
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Barbara and Richard Dickinson from Chapel Hill enjoy the bluegrass music at The Pit.
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Jim and Lorraine Galkowski and Glenn and Debbi Schleicher.
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The Stickley Brothers, Jeff and Don Stickley, from Asheville, perform their bluegrass music at The Pit.
