While wine aficionados vacation in Napa Valley, beer enthusiasts explore Asheville, North Carolina – a brew-lover’s paradise known as Beer City USA. From hoppy IPA’s to creamy stouts and barrel aged sours, Asheville has hundreds of local brews for the perfect beer-cation.
Travelers from all around the world visit Asheville, North Carolina to experience this southern city’s one-of-a-kind beer scene. Featuring more breweries per capita than any other city in the United States, check the following Asheville destinations off your brewery bucket list!
Burial Beer Co. 40 Collier Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Monday – Thursday 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Friday 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Saturday 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try the Skillet Donut Stout. Details
French Broad Brewing. 101-D Fairview Road, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Monday – Sunday 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try the Wee Heavy-er Scotch Style Ale — “7% ABV wrapped in an attractive package of continental malts and hops”. Details
Green Man Brewing. 23 Buxton Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Monday – Thursday 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday – Saturday 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try the Green Man Porter – “Dark, full-bodied, and rich in flavor, Green Man Porter is wonderfully easy to drink. It offers a creamy, smooth mouthfeel and finishes with distinctive chocolate notes. This traditionally crafted, award-winning British-style Porter, like a true rock star, enjoys a legendary following”. Details
Hi-Wire Brewing. 197 Hilliard Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Monday – Thursday 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM, Friday 2:00 PM – 1:00 AM, Saturday 12:00 PM – 1:00 AM, Sunday 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try 10W-40 – “an imperial stout brewed with coffee from Dynamite Roasting Co., chocolate from French Broad Chocolates and vanilla”. Details
Highland Brewing Company. 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Monday - Thursday 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Friday 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Saturday 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try the Oatmeal Porter – ” A unique Highland creation, this robust beer is black in color, very malty with hints of chocolate-roasted flavor and a well-balanced hop character”. Details
Lexington Avenue Brewery (The LAB). 39 N Lexington Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Monday – Saturday 11:30 AM – 12:00 AM, Sunday 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM. Expert Tip: Try the Thumper – “As Thumper takes the plunge into its tulip, a white frothy head of tight-knit carbonation begins to foam atop a slightly hazed liquid gold. Belgian malts and Belgian Candi sugar combine to form a complex beer with a ton of body. Sauvignon blanc grape must added during fermentation adds a delightful complex finish”. Details
One World Brewing. 10 Patton Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Monday – Thursday 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Friday 1:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Saturday 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Sunday 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try Dank Imperial IPA – “Attention hop heads! Careful with this over the top hop drop. So smooth you don’t even notice the 9.5% ABV. Brewed with Columbus, Citra and Mosaic hops”. Details
Sweeten Creek Brewing. 1127 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try the Sweeten Creek IPA. Details
Wedge Brewing Company. 37 Paynes Way, Suite 001, Asheville, NC 28801. Brewery Hours: Monday – Sunday 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try Golem – “wicked and dangerously drinkable, this brew is made with Belgian pilsner malt, and small portions of wheat, oats, and corn, true Belgian candy sugar, and a variety of European Noble Hops including Saaz”. Details
Wicked Weed Brewing. 91 Biltmore Street, Asheville, North Carolina. Brewery Hours: Monday – Wednesday 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM, Thursday 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM, Friday – Saturday 11:30 AM – 1:00 AM, Sunday 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM. Expert Tip: Try Angel of Darkness – “this ale is blended with 1.5 pounds per gallon of boysenberries, blackberries, raspberries, and cherries and aged in Oloroso sherry casks. After 14 months of aging in these flavor-intense barrels, the beer is blended onto another 1.5 pound per gallon of these dark fruits in stainless steel tanks for 2 months”. Details
