USA, NC: Check 6 Brewery to open in Southport this autumn

Southport will be the home of Check 6 Brewing Company, slated to open later this fall, wilmingtonbiz.com reported on September, 10.

Owners are currently working on brewing as well as final inspections for the new facility. The owners said they anticipate a mid-October opening and a grand opening celebration in early to mid-November.

The Check 6 founders have a long history of brewing beer. Noah Goldman and Norm Weiss’ grandfather owned a brewery in the 1920s, and both cousins have spent many years home brewing. They won’t be following any of their grandfather’s recipes, however.

“Fortunately, the ingredients we have available to us today are so much better than what was available during Prohibition. A lot of the beer brewed at that time really wasn’t any good,” Goldman said.

Goldman and his friend Tim Hassel have been brewing together since 2006, developing recipes and sharing their beer with family and friends, many of whom encouraged them to start their own brewery.

Over the years, while the number of recipes increased, Goldman's son Mike Goldman began to get involved and learned everything he could about brewing. Noah Goldman and his wife moved to Southport about four years ago, and he and Mike Goldman began scouting out potential sites for a brewery.

The taproom will feature 10 beers on draft that will be sold by the pint and in growlers.

Check 6 plans to have beer served on tap in as many local eateries as possible and hopes to move into bottling and canning for distribution in the second phase of development.

When asked what will set them apart from other breweries in the area, Noah Goldman stated that while the cousins take great pride in the quality of their beer as well as their customer service, they view the growing brewery business in the area as a collaborative effort rather than a competition.

“I’ve tried many of their beers, and really there’s a heck of a lot of good beer out there,” Goldman said. “But there’s also plenty of market to go around.”

12 September, 2014