Stealth WNC Beer Towns (Mooresville, Morganton: home, live in, restaurant)

[kingofCola]

Went to Morganton's State of Origin Beer festival and also checked out South Mountain Distilling and Brown Mountain Bottle works to get a a sense of their entire craft alcohol scene and make a video of it. Outside of Ashevillle what's your fave stealth WNC Beer Town?:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSf_pNJHCzc&t

[roadpony]

Boone has a very good, small but growing, beer scene:

Lost Province

Appalachian Mountain Brewery

Boonshine

and nearby:

Blowing Rock Brewing

Flat Top Mountain Brewing (Banner Elk)

Boondocks Brewing (W. Jefferson)

[getatag]

Originally Posted by roadpony

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Flat Top Mountain Brewing (Banner Elk)

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Flat Top is unique in that it is next door to the Police Dept. Two Banner Elk revenue generators complimenting each other!!

[roadpony]

Originally Posted by getatag

Flat Top is unique in that it is next door to the Police Dept. Two Banner Elk revenue generators complimenting each other!!

Good one!!!!

[kingofCola]

Originally Posted by roadpony

Boone has a very good, small but growing, beer scene:

Lost Province

Appalachian Mountain Brewery

Boonshine

and nearby:

Blowing Rock Brewing

Flat Top Mountain Brewing (Banner Elk)

Boondocks Brewing (W. Jefferson)

Wowzers, very cool re Boone, had no idea

[roadpony]

Originally Posted by kingofCola

Wowzers, very cool re Boone, had no idea

The original Boone craft brewery was Tumbleweed Brewpub that opened on Blowing Rock Rd in 1992 across from what is now the Holmes Center at ASU. At the time there were only 5 other craft breweries in all of NC. The name was changed to Cottonwood because of of a claim of trademark infringement by a business in the southwest. Cottonwood moved to Howard Street in 1997. Others may disagree, but I think their most legendary beer was Cottonwood Lowdown Brown that was later brewed by Carolina Brewing in Mooresville after Cottonwood closed. Sadly, Cottonwood Lowdown Brown is longer being brewed.

Here's more history on Tumbleweed/Cottonwood: https://www.hcpress.com/front-page/l...t-brewery.html

[wcu25rs]

Brevard as well:

Oskar Blues

Brevard Brewing Company

Ecusta Brewing Company

Peak and Creeks Brewing

[hardluk1]

Burnsville has Home Place Beer Brewery
Festival coming up in September too .

https://homeplacebeer.com/

[motordavid]

Since I live in Waynesville, I will give it a beer notation:

- Frog Level Brewing http://www.froglevelbrewing.com/index.html

-Boojum http://www.boojumbrewing.com/

-and, a quirky local joint that doesn't brew its own beer, but has dozens of micros, both local and from afar, on tap:
Mad Anthony's Taproom & Restaurant | Waynesville, NC

[Above Average Bear]

Originally Posted by motordavid

Since I live in Waynesville, I will give it a beer notation:

- Frog Level Brewing Frog Level Brewing - Waynesville NC - #1 WNC Microbrewery

-Boojum Boojum Brewing Company

-and, a quirky local joint that doesn't brew its own beer, but has dozens of micros, both local and from afar, on tap:
Mad Anthony's Taproom & Restaurant | Waynesville, NC

Just love Boojum Hope Fiend! It’s one of my favorites!