Harmony VanGundy

When we opened Blackbird we wanted to create a place for all, a space for families and friends to gather and catch up on the latest life stories. We purchased lawn games for the outdoor space and added tables that can be configured to accommodate large groups. We allow food to be brought on site […]

As we honor the work and life of Martin Luther King, Jr. today, we thought we would share a fun fact about our brewery name. Our name Blackbird was inspired by, yup you guessed it, The Beatles song. While researching the song we came across some interviews with Paul McCartney about the song’s origin. Blackbird

September 24, 2017 was supposed to be a joyous day full of celebration of life and love. I was due with our third child, and we were expecting another uneventful, easy delivery. However, things quickly and unexpectedly turned very bad. On September 23, 2017, I was admitted to North WakeMed for high blood pressure and

Rarely will you engage in conversation about how great the Charlotte beer scene is without mention of Wooden Robot Brewery. Dedicated to the art of funky fermentations, they boast one of the best foeder and barrel programs in the state. It turns out all that advanced knowledge makes them pretty damn good at clean beers

Our first collab as Blackbird Brewery was a Czech-style Pilsner with one of our favorite lager brewers, Burning Blush. This family-owned brewery in Mills River, NC spared no expense in their taproom decor, glassware and presentation. They share our passion and patience for long, cold and slow fermentations, natural carbonation poured with a big frothy