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Mansour Benkreira

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Nov 4, 2025, 7:04:23 AM11/4/25
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Hey 36ers, while I haven’t been on a ride in a long time, I want to give a big shout out to an honorary 36th st OGer Colleen Hughes. Back in the early teens, she would open growlers at noon for us each Sunday. A lot of us got to know her well those Sunday afternoons that sometimes extended to Sunday evenings. One of my fav memories is her agreement with Bill to bring him a beer every 15 minutes until he (or Sharon) told her to stop. She was one of the first people in NC to get cicerone certified so was always a great person to talk to beer with. Anyways, all this to say she earned a Michelin cocktail award last night. Congrats Colleen!


Blair Hobgood

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Nov 4, 2025, 8:04:54 AM11/4/25
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That’s great, thanks for sharing! She was so good that I had a hard time leaving every Sunday. 

Cheers,
Blair

On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM Mansour Benkreira <mansour....@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey 36ers, while I haven’t been on a ride in a long time, I want to give a big shout out to an honorary 36th st OGer Colleen Hughes. Back in the early teens, she would open growlers at noon for us each Sunday. A lot of us got to know her well those Sunday afternoons that sometimes extended to Sunday evenings. One of my fav memories is her agreement with Bill to bring him a beer every 15 minutes until he (or Sharon) told her to stop. She was one of the first people in NC to get cicerone certified so was always a great person to talk to beer with. Anyways, all this to say she earned a Michelin cocktail award last night. Congrats Colleen!


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David Zoller

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Nov 4, 2025, 8:27:46 AM11/4/25
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Sundays were never the same 



David M Zoller 

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George Berger

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Nov 4, 2025, 8:30:05 AM11/4/25
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:-)

Great to hear from you, Mansour; I hope you and the family are all well!

George

On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM Mansour Benkreira <mansour....@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey 36ers, while I haven’t been on a ride in a long time, I want to give a big shout out to an honorary 36th st OGer Colleen Hughes. Back in the early teens, she would open growlers at noon for us each Sunday. A lot of us got to know her well those Sunday afternoons that sometimes extended to Sunday evenings. One of my fav memories is her agreement with Bill to bring him a beer every 15 minutes until he (or Sharon) told her to stop. She was one of the first people in NC to get cicerone certified so was always a great person to talk to beer with. Anyways, all this to say she earned a Michelin cocktail award last night. Congrats Colleen!


Mansour Benkreira

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Nov 4, 2025, 9:38:22 AM11/4/25
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Blair I remember drinking some peach beer with you until like 5pm one day. 

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Shawn Moseley

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Nov 4, 2025, 9:40:49 AM11/4/25
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So awesome to watch her grow her successful career. 

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Joey Cross

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Nov 4, 2025, 10:05:36 AM11/4/25
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Congrats Colleen!! That’s so amazing!! I wish I had been a drinker when I lived in Noda. I might have met her and maybe tried some of her cocktails. 

Joey

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So awesome to watch her grow her successful career. 

Jeff Montgomerie

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Nov 4, 2025, 10:46:14 AM11/4/25
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is PBR a cocktail?



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B. Allen

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Nov 4, 2025, 1:42:55 PM11/4/25
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Colleen is such a great people person always with a smile and super work ethic. Stong attributes for a successful career!  We still stay in touch with her and usually hook up for a Knights game or join her at one of her restaurants.
Now with a National reputation nothing stopping this girl.  Hooray Colleen!!

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