Humane Society Of Charlotte And NoDa Brewing Team Up For ‘Rescue Brew 2023’

Author Phil Harris

May 4th, 2023 4:08 PM

One cat and one dog will become the faces of NoDa Brewing Company’s special edition Rescue Brew beer. (Photo by Nataba/Getty Images)

Rescue Brew is back! The annual beer offering and fundraising collaboration between Charlotte’s NoDa Brewing Company and the Humane Society of Charlotte is in its third year. There’s still to enter your pet to appear on the 2023 label of the limited-edition Rescue Brew cans.

Once again this year, one dog and one cat will become the faces of NoDa Brewing Company’s special edition Rescue Brew beer through this photo contest. The winning pics will be turned into custom portraits from Charlotte artist, Maddy Ebbert. Those portraits will then become the official Rescue Brew label for 2023.

In addition to the beer can kitty and canine, the top six cats and top six dogs will be featured in the official 2024 Rescue Brew Calendar! All winners will receive a professional photo session from local photographer Reflections by Rhiannon Portrait Boutique for the special edition calendar.

You can submit a photo of your dog or cat through June 12th for a $10 entry fee. Then start voting! It’s $1 per vote until the contest ends on June 20th at 9:00 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Charlotte. You can enter the photo contest and vote HERE.

We're joined by @HumaneCharlotte to bring you Rescue Brew 2023, an online photo competition featuring cats and dogs vying for the title of Top Dog and Queen City Kitty! 🍻

Head to the link in our bio to enter and vote in Charlotte or in Chapel Hill! 🔗 pic.twitter.com/XNA28LuiPC
— NoDa Brewing Company (@NoDaBrewing) April 19, 2023

Phil Harris is 50% of "Phil & Mel in the Afternoon" on K104.7. He has been with the station since 2013 and on the air in Charlotte since 2000. Before coming to the Queen City, Phil worked for radio stations in Pittsburgh, Austin, and Seattle. In addition to the weekly "Throwback Threesome" music video feature, Phil writes about things that matter to Charlotte sports fans and pet owners. He happens to be both.

North Carolina Named One Of Top 10 States For Beer Lovers

April 7th is National Beer Day! Which if you’re a beer lover or casual beer drinker is reason enough to celebrate. So celebrate we will! I wouldn’t classify myself as a beer lover by any means, but it is my go-to before football games and at outdoor concerts, in the summer you’ll usually find me with a Corona. Take me to a brewery though and I honestly never have any idea what to order. So while our friends at BetCarolina ranked the best states for beer lovers, I don’t fit that category. But if you are reading this then chances are you do! And the good news is that North Carolina ranked in the top 10 states for beer lovers.

The rankings take into account quality, quantity, and affordability. NC’s highest score came in the affordability category. Here’s exactly how BetCarolina calucated these rankings, they “utilized BeerAdvocate.com to get the average rating of beers brewed in the state (ratings given out of 5), BrewersAssociation.org to get the amount of breweries per capita (per 100,000 residents) and MakeBeerEasy.com for the average price of a 24-pack per state. Once acquiring that information, we averaged out the ranking of the states to get our final rankings.”

They ranked all 50 states but below you’ll find the top 13. You can read the full study here. Cheers and Happy National Beer Day beer lovers! Celebrate accordingly.

13. Massachusetts

Quality Ranking: 1

Quantity Ranking: 27

Affordability Ranking: 25

Total Average: 17.6
12. (TIE) Vermont

Quality Ranking: 6

Quantity Ranking: 1

Affordability Ranking: 45

Total Average: 17.3
12. (TIE) Virginia

Quality Ranking: 25

Quantity Ranking: 17

Affordability Ranking: 10

Total Average: 17.3
10. Minnesota

Quality Ranking: 16

Quantity Ranking: 14

Affordability Ranking: 19

Total Average: 16.3
8. (TIE) Rhode Island

Quality Ranking: 22

Quantity Ranking: 22

Affordability Ranking: 4

Total Average: 16
8. (TIE) North Carolina

Quality Ranking: 23

Quantity Ranking: 18

Affordability Ranking: 7

Total Average: 16
6. (TIE) Indiana

Quality Ranking: 8

Quantity Ranking: 26

Affordability Ranking: 11

Total Average: 15
6. (TIE) New York

Quality Ranking: 12

Quantity Ranking: 30

Affordability Ranking: 3

Total Average: 15
5. Missouri

Quality Ranking: 4

Quantity Ranking: 28

Affordability Ranking: 12

Total Average: 14.6
4. Colorado

Quality Ranking: 15

Quantity Ranking: 6

Affordability Ranking: 21

Total Average: 14
3. Illinois

Quality Ranking: 7

Quantity Ranking: 32

Affordability Ranking: 1

Total Average: 13.3
2. Iowa

Quality Ranking: 2

Quantity Ranking: 19

Affordability Ranking: 15

Total Average: 12
1. Michigan

Quality Ranking: 11

Quantity Ranking: 13

Affordability Ranking: 6

Total Average: 10