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Aviator Brewing Company owner Mark Doble learned his craft while playing around as he puts it on his family equipment at the Tampa Bay Brewing Company in Ybor cheap Canada Goose City, Florida. During the hour or so I spent at the brewery last week, Doble played mostly nonchalant about the awesomeness of his establishment. His enthusiasm for what he has created was evident, however, as we stood in the small airplane hangar that houses his brewing facility and tap room. The bar area is dimly lit, and decorated with Christmas lights and old airplane propellers. On one side is a wall displaying several magazine articles written about the brewery since its opening last November, and canada goose outlet store uk on the opposite side sits Doble silver and canada goose outlet jackets blue Mustang.
The Mustang is an airplane, not a cheap canada goose car, built by Doble from a kit before he even learned to fly. In 2002, after taking lessons, he flew the plane from his home in Florida to the Triple W airport in Fuquay Varina where he eventually purchased a hangar, and in November 2008 the beer began to flow. Doble says that the canada goose outlet reviews tap room is often Canada Goose Parka canada goose outlet online uk packed on Friday and Saturday nights. Live music is offered frequently the night of uk canada goose my visit the canada goose black friday sale tunes were provided by canada goose outlet Drew Questell and John Williamson.
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Hog Wild IPA was on tap during my visit to the brewery, so I had a few glasses. This one is so hoppy, it hard to tell if my head was swimming cheap canada goose uk from the alcohol, or if it was just the pungent deliciousness of the hops. During a recent A/V Geeks screening at Tir na Nog, I was lucky enough to find that there was a https://www.st-edwards-cam.org.uk keg of Aviator Big Bolt American Pale Ale on tap. The Big Bolt is of course a bit less hoppy than the IPA and is lighter bodied, but also has a sweet, smooth character to it that I have not experienced in other pale ales. I am a big canada goose outlet uk sale fan of the sweeter beers browns, ambers, etc and Big Bolt seems to combine the best aspects of those styles with the hoppy flavor of an American pale ale. Tasty.
The tap room is open Thursday Saturday canada goose jacket outlet 4pm to 8pm. Brew tours are offered on Saturdays from 3:15pm to 4:00pm.
Currently, Aviator can be found on tap at Tir na Nog, The Pit, and The Raleigh Times, as well as several other bars around the city. Doble plans to bottle by the end of March, and will be tapping a batch conditioned in bourbon barrels sometime soon. Stay tuned to New Raleigh for further info, or check out the Aviator website.