With over 100 breweries, microbreweries, brewpubs and taprooms within a 15 mile radius of downtown, Asheville, North Carolina is often referred to as “Beer City USA”. This has earned it a reputation as one of the top craft beer destinations in the United States. Most craft breweries offer food as an accompaniment, but make no mistake about it, the featured ingestible is always beer. Brewers are a proud lot and will almost always welcome you to tour their brewhouses and will even take the time to explain how they turn malt, hops, yeast and water into a simple intoxicant that has been consumed since 3,500 BC. Perhaps the most impressive brewery tours are offered by the two largest Sierra Nevada and New Belgium but the smaller operations are just as interesting. All are free and usually offer a sample or two. Below is a list of top Asheville area brewers along with a link to each of their websites.
12 Bones South Brewer – South Asheville
7 Clans – South Asheville
All Sevens Brewhouse – West Asheville
Archetype Brewing – West Asheville & North Asheville
Asheville Brewing Co. – South Slope, Downtown & North Asheville
Blue Ghost Brewing Company – Fletcher
Botanist & Barrel – Downtown
Burial Beer Co. – -South Slope & South Asheville
Burning Blush Brewery – Mills River
Catawba Brewing Company – South Slope & Biltmore Village
Cellarest Beer Project – West Asheville
Cursus Keme – East Asheville
DSSOLVR – Downtown
Eluvium Brewing – Weaverville
Fahrenheit Pizza & Brewhouse – South Asheville
French Broad River Brewery – Biltmore Village
Ginger’s Revenge Craft Brewery – South Slope & North Asheville
Green Man Brewery – South Slope
Highland Brewing Company – East Asheville & Downtown
Hillman Beer – Biltmore Village & Old Fort
Hi-Wire Brewing – South Slope, Biltmore Village &
Leveller – Weaverville
Mills River Brewery – Mills River
New Belgium Brewing Company – River Arts District
New Origin Brewing – East Asheville
One World Brewery – Downtown & West Asheville
Outsider Brewing Co – North Asheville
Oyster House Brewing Company – West Asheville
Riverside Rhapsody – Woodfin
Rye Knot – North Asheville
Sierra Nevada – Airport Area
Sweeten Creek Brewing – South Asheville
Thirsty Monk Brewery – Downtown & South Asheville
Turgua Brewing – Fairview
Twin Leaf Brewery – South Slope
Wedge Brewing Company – River Arts District & Downtown
Whistle Hop Brewing – East Asheville
White Labs Kitchen and Tap – Downtown
Wicked Weed Brewing Pub – Downtown
Wicked Weed Funkatorium – South Slope
Zebulon Artisan Ales – Weaverville
Zillicoah – Woodfin