Pictures from the hop planting session
Many thanks to Betsy Kirkland, photographer at NC State for such wonderful photos. All photographs courtesy of NCSU Communication Services. We will follow-up with Rob Austin at NC State mid-season on how the hops are growing. Word is we need some more rain! In the meantime, be sure to check out this article on the [...]
New project: Plow to Pruno
Fullsteam is excited to announce our collaboration with Elysian Fields, a new experimental farming program for inmates at Four/One, a minimum security detention center in Butner, just north of Durham. We’ve been working with Elysian’s senior warden, Avril d’Abord, to localize the manufacturing of Pruno, turning the mysterious homebrewed beverage into a truly local, sustainable, and distinctly Southern [...]
Two local food artisans use Fullsteam
Fullsteam isn’t selling beer yet…we’re just brewing test batches and giving it all away. Part of this mission it away includes supporting local farm-to-fork artisans. This winter, we provided a few Fullsteam growlers to two Awesome Women of the Triangle (AWOTT?): Phoebe Lawless of Scratch Artisan Baking and April McGregor of Farmer’s Daughter. WHO Phoebe [...]
