Beltline Brew Tours is now offering an once-a-month tour of three Durham breweries: Fullsteam, Triangle Brewing Company and Bull City Burger and Brewery. The next one is 11:30 a.m. July 16. Tickets cost between $40 and $45.

Beltline Brew Tours owner Will Holland says the ticket price includes all the participants' beer and transportation.

For a year, Holland has been doing private tours but gave his first open-to-the-public tour on a Saturday last month. Tickets are now available for the once-a-month Durham tours scheduled for the next six months. He hopes to start a Raleigh tour soon that would include visits to LoneRider, Roth Brewing Company and Natty Greene's.

Holland, who works for an investment bank, says he's a craft beer fan and home brewer who took a beer tour in Asheville and decided to start offering them here.

For more information, go to www.beltlinebrewtours.com

The Association for Corporate Growth's local chapter is hosting a panel and beer tasting event from 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Natty Greene's Pub & Brewing Co.

The panel includes Karen Albritton, president of Capstrat, Sumit Vohra, CEO of LoneRider Brewing Company, Christopher Lester, owner of Natty Greene's Brewing Co., and Stephen Hill, CEO of Mother Earth Brewing. The panel will discuss some of the best marketing strategies for the craft beer business.

It costs $25 for members and $40 for non-members. To register, go HERE. The deadline to register is Dec. 14.