New Badges: NC Beer Month Passport + Sweepstakes

Want to explore the unique breweries of North Carolina, all while earning a chance to win an amazing NC Beer Month Sweepstakes prize? Throughout October, as you visit independent craft breweries across North Carolina, use Untappd, the popular "drink socially" smartphone app, to unlock limited edition NC Beer Month Passport badges and earn entries in the annual NC Beer Month Passport Sweepstakes!

The NC Beer Month Passport + Sweepstakes runs October 1st through October 31st, 2026.
One lucky winner will be selected to win the following NC Beer Month Sweepstakes prize:
NC Beer Month Passport Sweepstakes Prize - A Charlotte Vacation
- a two-night stay in Charlotte
- a gift card to a local brewery
- tickets to a Charlotte sports game
- and more!

To Participate: Use Untappd to tag the North Carolina brewery you visit and accumulate the following four limited edition NC Beer Month Passport Badges, and up to three chances to win!
Badge 1: Welcome to NC Beer Month 2026!
Badge 2: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 1: Your 5th check-in earns you one sweepstakes entry
Badge 3: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 2: Your 10th check-in earns you an additional sweepstakes entry
Badge 4: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 3: Your 15th check-in earns you a third sweepstakes entry

Legal: Must be 21 years or older to participate. No purchase necessary to enter or win. You must tag the NC brewery to check-in, and can only check into each location once. Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 AM EST on October 1, 2026, and ends at 11:59:59 PM EST on October 31, 2026, courtesy of the NC Craft Brewers Guild. Click here for official NC Beer Month Passport Sweepstakes rules

Badge Criteria: 

Badge 1: Welcome to NC Beer Month 2026! : Check in any one (1) beer at a North Carolina brewery between October 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026.
Badge 2: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 1: Check in any (1) beer at a five (5) different North Carolina breweries between October 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026.
Badge 3: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 2: Check in any (1) beer at a ten (10) different North Carolina breweries between October 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026.

Badge 4: NC Beer Month Passport Badge, Level 3:Check in any (1) beer at a fifteen (15) different North Carolina breweries between October 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026.