[Mark Doble speaking] Aviator Brewing started in a airplane hangar in Fuquay-Varina.
I have a small, little experimental airplane I built in my garage.
I moved into this hangar, had tons of extra space in there, so I decided to build a brewery in there
and started making beer. And it just morphed into 'that's what I do.'
I left my job, started making beer full-time.
I'm Mark Doble with Aviator Brewing Company.
We're based here in Fuquay-Varina, just outside of Raleigh.
Fuquay-Varina has a great nightlife.
When the sun goes down, there's a lot to do, there's always something going on.
So it's a great experience.
We moved out of the airplane hangar, we got the opportunity to move into this awesome train depot,
created this bar. Lots of beer on tap.
As time went on, we morphed into Aviator SmokeHouse, along with Aviator Tap House.
We brew about 35 different styles of beer.
We're doing a lot of unique and different things with the beers. I think as brewers, that's what we find fascinating.
That exploration of ingredients and flavor and creating those different tastes in the beer.
We also wanted the customer to have that experience when they drink our beer, that they're excited about it.
It's cool to see on social media that someone says "#FuquayVarina...
...Best beer I ever had," or "I'm shocked
to have this beer in Fuquay-Varina."
For us that usually points to a lot of success,
just to have people share that opinion with us.
I love beer. I love all the aspects of beer.
A lot of people sitting in the bar, and there's four guys
that would never even have spoken to each other anywhere,
and they're all sitting there drinking beer together.
That's what I love about the Tap House. That's the coolest thing.
It just really brings everyone together.
[Mark speaking] I'm ready to drink some beer now. [laughs joyfully]
