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Fullsteam Brewery

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Year-Round American Beers‏

Full Steam

This is where it all began. a home brewer, a backyard recipe, and a vision to become a landmark brewery for the south. full steam is a true-to-style American common lager, a hoppy amber beer inspired by our dream to make a positive impact on a local community and build a southern beer economy. full steam is the first beer we ever brewed and our namesake for the adventure it launched. 5.5% abv, 30 IBU

Rocket Science

Rocket science is a true-to-style American ipa inspired by the quest for harmony. we longed for an ipa that exuded confidence in its restraint, that paired well with any meal, and that wouldn’t destroy your palate. we found equilibrium in the optimal balance of sweet malts and bitter hops, an ipa both refreshing and refined. 6.8% abv, 67 ibu

El Toro

El toro is a true-to-style American cream ale, brewed with 100% north carolina barley and corn. inspired by our home city of durham, this straw-colored beer is welcoming and unpretentious. a perfect beverage when you “just want a beer.” 4.5% abv, 15 ibu

Seasonal Southern Beers: Southern Adventure

Southern adventure is our farm-forward beer series — seasonal beers inspired by the farm and food traditions of the south. rarely bound to tradition or to style, the southern adventure is our quest to answer the question, “what *is* southern beer

Working Man's Luncho

Our tribute to the southern tradition of an RC cola and a Moonpie. we brew working man's lunch beer with Biscuity malts, vanilla, and chocolate nibs from Raleigh’s own Escazu artisan chocolates. we then get a little zany and brew with a German Weizen (Weihenstephan) yeast strain to lighten the beer up and impart Estery banana and clove notes. the dark beer for 'round the year availability: year-round, 22oz bombers at our tavern and select markets, including the Durham farmer's market. 5.7% abv.

Common Good

Kentucky common is one of the rare beer styles invented in america, not adapted from another country. a century ago, if you walked into a tavern in central kentucky and ordered "a beer," chances are high you'd get a pint much like this: refreshing, deep red, and sour-mashed. we brew our version with 100% n.c grain (rye, corn, barley) and virginia apples for an added tartness availability: spring 2014 on draft and in 22oz bombers. 5.4% abv

Carver

A crisp, refreshing lager brewed with 200 pounds of north carolina sweet potatoes per batch...and zero ounces of pie spice. savory and earth. deliciously smooth. carver celebrates the subtle flavor of north carolina’s most prized crop. availability: year-round, 22oz bombers at our tavern and select markets, including the durham farmer's market. 5.5% abv.

Brown Porter

We house-smoke north carolina six-row barley over hickory wood, imparting a sweet, subtle smoke to our hickory-smoked brown porter. depending on your comfort level with smoked beers, you may find hogwash subtle or overwhelming. try it with north carolina barbecue for some smoke-on-smoke action, or go for the Trifecta of awesome: bacon, beer, and chocolate availability: year-round, draft only for now. 5.4% abv.

Forager‏

Forager is a new series of draft and (sometimes) 750ml bottled beer, brewed with ingredients harvested by you, the community. too many trees go unpicked: persimmons, pears, figs, paw paws. seeds mature into a resplendent harvest, only to go untouched until frost. we hear it all the time: “we have a persimmon tree

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Specifically beer using local farmed ingredients

Paw Paw Belgian-Style Golden Ale

Paw paw (asimina triloba) is the largest edible tree fruit native to north america –but you may have never seen one before. the nondescript trees grow in wet, shady groves, often along the banks of rivers. paw paws taste like mango-meets-butterscotch-meets-banana. in other words, they’re delicious. but the fruit’s notorious short shelf life keeps them from being commercially viable.we forage for wild paw paws around jordan lake, and a few north carolina foragers who know the fruit bring us their harvest. availability: fall. 8.1% abv.

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First Frost Winter Persimmon Ale

Persimmon (Diospyros Virginiana) — literally, “fruit of the gods.” sweet and savory, with natural notes of cinnamon and apricot, the orange-globed persimmon fruit truly is heavenly. but it’s not until after the first frost that persimmon turns from astringent and bitter to a luscious fruit worthy of the gods. availability: winter 2012-13. 10% abv

Fruitcake the Beer Old Stock Ale

You got fruitcake for christmas! fruitcake. the beer is a bourbon barrel-aged old ale brewed with roasted local chestnuts and grilled local (and not-so-local) figs. this summer’s fig harvest wasn’t that great, so we added a few hundred pounds of figs from our friends, california. but over a hundred pounds came from our local foragers, who received $2 a pound for their fig bounty. chestnuts from high rock farm in rockingham county. availability: holidays. 10% abv

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Yet another American original. This easy-drinking “beer beer” is brewed with malted barley, hops, yeast, water <html><body>hickory-smoked brown porter </body></html> <html><body>Bacon beer! We house-smoke malted barley over hickory wood, imparting a sweet, subtle smoke to our hickory-smoked brown porter. Depending on your comfort level with smoked beers, you may find Hogwash subtle or overwhelming. Try it with North Carolina barbecue for some smoke-on-smoke action, or go for the Trifecta of Awesome: bacon, beer, and chocolate! </body></html> <html><body>A highly-carbonated, cloudy white beer with a surprisingly dry hint of scuppernong grapes. Perfect for a late afternoon. A local wheat and scuppernong blend that is 100% naturally fermented. Premiered at 2008 Southern Foodways Alliance Sympoium in Oxford, Mississippi. 5.0% ABV</body></html>

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