Asheville
This ever-progressive brewery gives experimental batches of Belgian-leaning styles – farmhouse saisons, strong dubbels and tripels – a Southern kick in…
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Asheville
If you need the funk, you gotta have that funk…and you'll find at it at the East Coast’s first taproom dedicated to sour, wild ale, Brett and funky beer…
Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar
Asheville
A charming champagne bar, sprawling through several opulent vintage-furnished rooms of a glorious old downtown shopping arcade, with every nook and cranny…
Asheville
Henry VIII called hops ‘a wicked and pernicious weed’ that ruined the taste of beer. His subjects kept quaffing it anyway – just like the lively crowd in…
Asheville
Unlike the spit-shined, well-oiled breweries elsewhere in Asheville, the grungier Wedge in the River Arts District is happy to keep things edgy. The beers…
North Carolina Mountains
In a massive repurposed WWII military Quonset hut, this Bryson City brewery (pints from $5) counts well over 30 taps in its main taproom. Standouts…
Sierra Nevada Taproom & Restaurant
North Carolina Mountains
This monstrous restaurant and taproom, the first east coast venture from California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing, is a bustling pit stop for outdoor…
Asheville
Deft baristas dole out serious java in this trendy downtown coffeehouse, drowning in industrial cool but leavened by occasional fits of vintage furniture…
North Carolina Mountains
Locals hunker down in this cozy, barn-like space, 2 miles south of downtown, for Boone’s best range of local and regional craft beer (pints $5) – 12 taps…
North Carolina Mountains
Blowing Rock's first craft brewery offers 12 taps of locally produced suds (pints $5), including a popular pilsner, DIPA and chocolate porter, in a 1940s…
North Carolina Mountains
Though it’s right in the heart of town, this small local brewery (pints from $3.50) always seems to have a peaceful, welcoming vibe. It specializes in…
Asheville
This scruffy but lovable downtown pub nails a fine drinking trifecta. Downstairs you’ll find 16 taps and nearly 200 bottles of Belgian ales; at street…
Asheville
Open since 1976, North Carolina's longest-standing gay men’s bar is an Asheville institution, with ‘Take the Cake’ karaoke on Wednesdays – winners earn a…
Asheville
Set in what used to be a mechanic’s garage, this popular South Slope brewery offers a choice array of easy-drinking brews. Its taproom makes a mellow spot…
Asheville
There's no better spot in West Asheville to bond with local 20- and 30-somethings, over a bottle or two of organic ale, than this veteran neighborhood bar.
North Carolina Mountains
This welcoming little Cherokee-owned coffee bar, conspicuous for its towering pointed roof alongside the highway, is a good place to kick off the day.
