First opened in Raleigh in 2009, the award-winning beer is now distributed in nine states. Lonerider won the bronze World Beer Cup in 2018 for its Englishstyle brown ale, “Sweet Josie,” and was previously honored with a variety of gold, silver and bronze medals in The U.S. Open Beer Championship and the Great American Beer Festival. Visit one of its “hideouts” in Raleigh or Wake Forest to judge a brew yourself; try another Lonerider specialty, North Carolina’s first “Ranch Water” – a Texas-style hard seltzer – and grab a bite at its Five Points brewpub; and head to its newest Triangle addition, the Lonerider Distillery and Taproom, in downtown Durham to enjoy Lonerider Spirits’ various whiskeys, a signature cocktail or a beer.