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othing compliments a hot summer day like a cold crisp beer. In North Carolina, you are never far from a local beer brewery that pours ice-cold la- ger, ale, porter or stout. With more than 50 brew- ers, the Tarheel State boasts more brewpubs and breweries than any other Southern state. Even better, North Carolina breweries have made a name for themselves elsewhere as they regularly win awards at the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup. And the popularity of Fayetteville's two brewpubs, Huske Hardware House Restaurant and Brewery and The Mash House Brewery, proves that our local brews are worth, um, hopping for.
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Local brewpubs mean residents don't have to travel for great tastes Huske Hardware
KIRSTEN HARR
Located on Hay Street in Downtown Fayetteville, The Huske Hardware House Restaurant and Brewery is known for being an historic downtown icon. Though the restaurant and brewery has been open for sixteen years, the 109-year- old building has an even richer history and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1903, Benjamin R. Huske built and used the original building as an all-inclusive department and hardware store. More than twenty five years aſter Huske Hardware House, the store, closed in 1970, Dr. William Baggett renovated the east side of the building to cre- ate a restaurant and brewery. In 2008, Josh and Tonia Col-
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