Rebekah Werner

Mikey Bourqaurdez, fondly known as Mikey B, brings over a decade of experience to his brewer role at Blackbird Brewery. His journey began with a part time job at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, VA while he was in college. He started on the bottling line and worked his way up to a full-time […]

Lexie Zielke (aka lexiconZZZ), is the first staff member to be featured in our series of staff-brewed beers. Her beer, a West Coast Pale Ale called “A Little Hustle” is an homage to the hustler in all of us and will be released during Thursday night’s “A Little Hustle Hip Hop Night.” Read on to

As proud supporters of our friends at Proximity Brewing Company and Glori Cocktail Bar in Durham, we were thrilled to produce a collab for their widely acclaimed event, Blacktoberfest, held this Saturday, October 14th at Garland Hall in Durham. Both companies are newly opened, independent black owned businesses in Durham who share our passion for

Thank you to everyone who made last weekend’s Oktoberfest a smashing success! We are so immensely grateful to be a part of such a vibrant and welcoming community. Plus, you all really know how to celebrate! You’ll see some of our favorite images below but check out our Facebook page for even more! We’re keeping

With just a few days to go, we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate our first annual Oktoberfest Celebration with you all! It’s shaping up to be a great party with an assortment of activities for people of all ages to enjoy, but we are most excited to share not one, not two, but SEVEN

Blackbird Brewery’s next Blood Drive is tomorrow from 3:00-8:00PM. Read on to learn why blood donation is an integral part of the brewery’s mission to create a safe place for the community. September 24, 2017 is a day co-owners Harmony and Ian VanGundy will never forget. It’s the day their sweet Charlie was born. It’s

Blackbird Brewery Won a Silver Medal in the 12th annual NC Brewers Cup Competition! This year’s North Carolina Brewer’s Cup was the largest commercial competition in the Southeast; 873 entries were submitted by 122 independent North Carolina craft breweries! The most competitive categories in this year’s competition were Juicy/Hazy Style IPA, American-Style IPA, Field &

With the re-release of our most popular Hazy IPA, Yellow Submarine, we asked brewmaster Ian VanGundy what made this beer so special. He said without hesitation, “When we made this beer with all Citra hops, we joked that no one would want any other beers.” Read on to learn what makes Citra hops so special!

It’s Festival Season and the team at Blackbird Brewery is getting in on all the action! In addition to our giant Oktoberfest party on September 30th, we are joining Raleigh Beer Garden’s B-Autumn’s Up Festival September 23rd, Ursprung Oktoberfest Celebration at Wooden Robot in Charlotte also on September 23rd, and Blacktoberfest presented by Black Brew

Oktoberfest, an annual festival held in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, originated from a party celebrating the royal marriage between Kronprinz Ludwig (later King Ludwig I of Bavaria) and the Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen in October of 1810. In modern Germany, Oktoberfest is a traditional folk festival for the entire family with roller-coaster rides, bumper cars, dozens