Bars in Asheville

Burial Beer is Asheville's most artistically distinctive craft brewery — a South Slope institution producing outstanding ales whose striking dark artwork and remarkable brewing creativity have made them one of the most visually and gustatorily compelling breweries in America. Burial's extraordinary combination of outstanding beer and distinctive brand identity creates a brewery taproom of genuine American craft beer artistic significance.

Highland Brewing is Asheville's most historic craft brewery — North Carolina's first legal craft brewery, founded in 1994 in a basement, now one of the largest craft breweries in the Southeast. Highland's extraordinary pioneering role in establishing Asheville as a craft beer destination and its remarkable East Asheville facility (including an outdoor amphitheater) create a brewery of genuine North Carolina craft beer historical significance.

Highland Brewing Company, western North Carolina's first craft brewery since 1994, presents an outdoor concert series and taproom that helped launch Asheville's beer scene.

Wicked Weed Brewing in downtown Asheville presents a large taproom central to the city's celebrated craft beer scene.

Wicked Weed Brewing is Asheville's most nationally celebrated craft brewery — a Biltmore Avenue institution producing outstanding sour ales and IPAs that have helped establish Asheville as one of America's most important craft beer cities. Wicked Weed's extraordinary Funkatorium (America's most comprehensive sour beer taproom) and its remarkable Asheville setting create a brewery of genuine American craft beer cultural significance.