BEHIND THE BUSINESS
A 19th Hole Worth Waiting For
PUB SCOUT
When a brewery owns a golf course and has plans to open a massive beer garden as the 19th hole, times are good. STORY & PHOTOS BY KURT EPPS, THE PUBSCOUT
Ted Coughlin
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Anyone who has ever golfed knows of that magical oasis called the 19th hole. It’s where you kick back and relax over beers or other concoctions to reminisce, mourn and wax poetic about the makes and misses you had on the links. The only golf course in the country that is owned by a brewery has a 19th Hole too, and it’s located in Hampstead. Right now, it’s just a small Beer Shack serving four or five Ironclad beers from its brewery based in Wilmington. But give it time. When its 30,000-square-foot astroturfed Beer Garden, with a full restaurant, seating for hundreds and outdoor entertainment, opens later in 2021, there will be nothing else like it — anywhere. Fall 2021
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