The North Carolina State Fair has had a wine contest for some years now, but 2012 is the first year for a beer contest. The NC Brewer's Cup attracted over 170 entries -- most of them from amateur brewers -- across a wide variety of categories. Alas, I am not a beer connoisseur, so I cannot appreciate the differences between "Light Hybrid Beer" and "India Pale Ale" and "Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer" and "Belgian Strong Ale". No matter what kind, brewers seem to have a talent for giving beers great names. Consider "Hogwash Hickory-Smoked Brown Porter," or "Ghost Ship Whiskey Stout Wood–Aged Beer," or "Devil's Tramping Ground"!
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