Lost Colony Brewery's Waterfront Beer Garden

06/21/2026

06/19/2026

Scottish Football fans drank Boston dry?

Boston! What the hell? You’re embarrassing the U.S. If you need help all you have to do is, ask. This is the World Cup, the entire world is here to play Communist Kick Ball, and you forgot the Beer!

Have you never heard of Soccer Hooligans? Well, they did not get to be hooligans drinking tea. This isn’t a fizzy, fruit flavored, alcoholic soda crowd, these are beer drinkers.

Hats off to the Scots. They actually drank more beer than the Boston Irish do on St. Patrick’s day. On a random Tuesday no less. Then again on Wednesday and Thursday.

I would like to see the Scots come down here and try to drink us dry. No, really, why don’t you Scotts try that with me. I double dog dare you.

Boston next time you are in need of beer please remember the Beer Ranger never sleeps and always remember ’86.

Slainte Mhath
Paul

06/17/2026

When you stop in for a pint we want you to feel at ease, welcomed, and at home.

We just don’t want you to feel so at ease and at home that you touch the THERMOSTAT! Folks, it gets hot at the beach, which is why you’re here. But none of us want to be hot indoors.

The other day a couple came into the pub. They grabbed some beer from Dirt and took a seat in the back where I was putting away T-shirts. The woman spotted the thermostat and started to adjust the temperature to her desire. I asked her not to do that.
She said “the bartender said it was o.k.”
“No, he didn’t”, I said.

That’s when I got the “you are a dope” pose. I am a frequent flyer when it comes to receiving this gesture. One arm is held out straight slightly raised, palm to God, the other arm is bent at a forty-five-degree angle and placed firmly on an askewed hip. Imagine an angry “K”.
She said it was too cold in here.
I mentioned our wonderful deck.
She said, “it’s too HOT!”
I said, “well Goldy Locks, we are running out of options”
Rude, I know, but hey, she fired the “Dope Pose” first.

Her boyfriend laughed. Not a big one. He was trying not to, but he did. Loud. The poor fellow guffawed.
Now, you’re wondering how I knew it was a boyfriend and not a husband. A husband would never have laughed. Smiled, yes. Smirked, yes. Winked, perhaps. Laughed, never. We have training and know better.
Husbands also know to always have a sweatshirt, jacket or sweater ready either in hand or in the car. Again, it is part of the training.

It is not an instantaneous change in temp when you adjust the thermostat. When the room gets hot it may take hours to cool back down. Please, gentlemen, do your job, have a sweatshirt ready.

I did offer her the Mets jacket hanging on the wall. I got the one handed “angry I” pose. She must have been a Yankee fan.
Slainte Mhath
Paul
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06/15/2026

I love listening to someone talk about their business. How they got started. Their success and their failures. I could do it all day, especially if we each have a pint in our hands and there is a passion in what they say.
Jamie Daniels over at Garden Deli and Pizzeria has this passion. He is constantly reevaluating everything that goes into his pizza. Small subtle changes that excite him. A different ingredient, a small change in the amount of water, flour or yeast just to make his pies closer to a perfection he knows he will never find. No one can make the perfect pizza that suits everyone’s taste.
It is the same with our beer. I would love to put a stamp on every recipe and say “perfect.” I am not trying to please everyone. I know taste varies from person to person. Just like some folks think Chicago actually knows how to make pizza, (they don’t) there are those who think fruit belongs in beer (it doesn’t).
Our brown ale is my “Perfection White Whale”. I will make oh so simple changes to make it excellent to my harshest critic, me. Someday maybe Jamie and I can sit down and have the Perfect Pizza and Beer combo meal. Today we will settle for an Excellent Pizza and Beer combo and talk about the next tiny recipe change that only we will know about.
Slainte Mhath
Paul
Music tomorrow and Thursday at 6pm.
TRIVIA TONIGHT

06/12/2026

I just spent the better part of two days unpacking, folding and restocking our t-shirts. We have added women's shirts, 250th celebrationshirts, Dirt shirts and Patriot Ale shirts.

06/09/2026

Best review this week comes from Carlos Nieto;

“I finally was able to make it while the season was open. I walked in on a weekend, and Kim greeted me with a smile, made some recommendations, and I enjoyed them all. A few days later, I walk in and Dirt greeted me like I've been there before, put a smile on my face. He then poured me an excellent cold beer, a few actually. I ended up taking 4 cases back to Miami. Really great beer, and amazing service!
Based on reviews, it seems like the owners appreciate poets.
I hope you enjoy this original haiku:

Some things are meant cold,
The beer did not disappoint,
Here, Take my money.”

I had to reply;
“There once was a man named Carlos Nieto,
Who thought our beer was very neat oh.
He said with a grin
While wiping his chin
“Drink only the best” is my credo

Thanks you rock!”

Music live tonight and Thursdays at 6pm
Trivia on Mondays
Pizza, Ice Cream, and A250 Celebration Store daily!
Slainte Mhath,
Paul

06/05/2026

Last year we did The Blonde of Frankenstein for Halloween. Working on this years. I am leaning torwards The Blonde From the Black Lagoon. ( Gilligan's Island and The Creature from the Black Lagoon are the only times I have ever heard of a lagoon. As a child I thought they would be very important when I grew up. Same goes for quick-sand)
It takes weeks to get labels done so planning has to start soon.

It is not a new beer just a seasonal label for our Kitty Hawk Blonde.

06/04/2026

“Scotch Ale brings forth visions of fog filled bogs, dimly lit pubs and a hearty pint of ale.”

So why the hell is it on a beer menu in a loud, sunny waterfront beach town bar. Well, because we do British Isle beers and we couldn’t leave a Scotch ale off the list.

You do not see many Scotch ales out there. Keagan, one of our Beer Monkeys, got so excited seeing one listed on the beer menu at Tugs in Avon that he immediately ordered one, only to find out it was our Kill Devil Scotch Ale.

Scotch Ale, also known as "Wee Heavy," is a rich, malt-forward Scottish beer style characterized by caramel, toffee, and molasses flavors, often with a smooth, warming finish and a higher alcohol content. Hops never thrived in the Scottish climate and importing them was expensive. Brewers used these expensive hops sparingly making their beers malty and sweet. The Scotch were never big on having a head on their beers. They felt cheated. That’s why Scottish ales tend to be less carbonated.

A very loud (they are always loud) rude gentleman once lost his mind over the fact that his beer had a head on it. This was back when we served our beers in dimpled twenty-ounce English mugs. He did not want to hear anything about a proper pour he demanded “my god damn sixteen ounces”. I had to oblige. I took his glass, drank what I thought was four ounces and handed it back. Unbelievably, he was still not satisfied. There is just no pleasing some people.

Ordering Kill Devil Scotch Ale Tin Tacker Signs today!
Slainte Mhath
Paul