After nearly a decade in business, a Concord taproom is closing its doors for good this week. Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company said on Instagram it’s permanently shutting down next weekend. The brewery, named in honor of Concord being established on 26 acres of land — made its mark as the town’s third brewery when it opened back in 2016. The Charlotte Observer reports it’s the seventh local brewery to announce its closing over the past seven months.
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.