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This week I first noticed Sweetwater in the bottle on sale at local grocery stores. The six-packs offered: Blue, IPA and 420 Extra Pale Ale.

If you're someone who likes Magic Hat #9, then give Sweetwater Blue a try. As the name implies, it's a blueberry flavored beer. But it still tastes like beer. The IPA is, well, an IPA. It's hoppy.

And tomorrow, as far as I know, Fat Tire will land in Greensboro.

My guy over at Longshanks said that they're getting their first cases in tomorrow afternoon, in the 22 oz. bottles. If you know of any other places getting the beer around town let us know down below.

The Colorado legend finally comes to North Carolina. And the Atlanta brew, too. So far, it's been a good year for beer around here.

In other quasi-news, March 1 was Iceland's national beer day. I celebrated by making an Orange IPA at home. It's fermenting in the basement now and should be ready in about a month.

With the cool temperatures that we've been having, the wort's fermenting temperature has been staying in the mid to high 50s, so I'm hoping for a very clear, very tasty beer.

Which may be better than I can say for the arugula planted in my backyard two weeks ago.