World of Beer

I recently was lucky enough to have a group of friends accompany me to the new World of Beer in southern Charlotte. It has been open for less then a week and it is fantastic!  They have over 500 types of beer in bottles and if I recall correctly 46 types on tap.  I was in heaven!  The staff was upbeat and friendly and the bar itself was lovely and a really nice place to spend an evening.  They don't serve food there, but the have an agreement with several local food establishments for free delivery which we did and it worked out great.  The worst part of the whole night was trying to pick what I was going to drink!  Most of what I drink is bottled and enjoyed in the comfort of my living room so when I go out I really like to go draft.  The other great thing about drinking at a bar like this is the great selection of local beer that you can't but bottled in the local store.  With that in mind, I had 4 fantastic beers from right here in North Carolina.  Lets get right to them.
I am a huge NoDa Brewing fan from everything I have tried so far and this outing just added to my love of them.  First I tried the NoDaRyeZ'd double rye IPA.  I can honestly say I'd never tried a rye IPA before and I was pleasantly surprised with it bright taste and overall refreshing nature.  It was boldly hoppy with a citrus tang.  I was thrilled I had started with that particular brew as it set the tone for a great night of beer.
I followed that beer up with another outstanding NoDa selection known as Coco Loco.  This porter had a beautiful chocolate malt backbone with striking bitter notes.  Caramel and roast flavors spiral through it with a hint of a coffee note coming through as I drank.  It was a beautiful and robust beer that I would drink over and over.
There are so many other breweries in NC and I really wanted to see what they have to offer so my next beer for the evening was a Foothills Brewing Sexual Chocolate imperial stout.  The body was a rich chocolaty malt base with toffee and coffee flavors.  It had a bright bitter edge to it and was a very well balanced beer.  I greatly enjoyed the layers of flavor it offered.  
And the night ended on a great note with a Lonerider Deadeye Jack porter.  This porter was beautifully smooth and drinkable with a strong malt base laced with sweet deep chocolate notes and roast flavors.  A nice hoppy bitterness rounded out this brew wonderfully and made it a hit with me.
I really didn't have anything bad to say about anything from this evening.  When you have a great bar, great friends, and amazing beers how can you complain?  I even got my World of Beer loyalty card complete with WOB koozie as i plan to find my way back there as often as possible.   I hope this inspires all of you to get out there and try something new and to give local beer a chance! Cheers!