My colleague Austin Baird takes a look at the Raleigh craft brewing scene in today's Midtown Raleigh News: "Drink up, Raleigh, a lot of people are counting on you. Not that that’s a bad thing. An already vibrant local beer scene, centered around six established breweries inside city limits, will welcome three new brewpubs in the coming months. The idea, of course, is simple enough. Make good beer. Have a good place to drink it. But there are plenty of differences."

Read his mini-profiles of Trophy Brewing, Raleigh Brewing Company and Crank Arm Brewing here.