Childhood friends Josh Patton and Dan Wade opened Wooden Robot in the south end of Charlotte in July, after Patton’s business acumen and Wade’s brewing degree finally came together on a project they’d talked about for years. Combining traditional Belgian farmhouse styles with a constantly-evolving, innovative approach to brewing, the brewery debuts a beer every week.

“If someone comes and doesn’t see anything they like, they can check back in a couple weeks, because there will be a lot of changes,” Patton says.