Bars

Asheville, North Carolina

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.

40 Collier Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Asheville, North Carolina

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.

12 Old Charlotte Hwy, Asheville, NC 28803

Asheville, North Carolina

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.

12 Old Charlotte Hwy 28803

Asheville, North Carolina

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

91 Biltmore Ave 28801

Asheville, North Carolina

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.

91 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte's NoDa Arts District has the highest concentration of craft bars and restaurants of any neighborhood in the Carolinas — a former textile mill district transformed into Charlotte's most creative entertainment destination. Charlotte's extraordinary population growth (one of the fastest-growing major cities in America) has driven explosive development in NoDa, creating an arts district that serves the most economically active city in the Southeast.

NoDa, Charlotte, NC 28205

Charlotte, North Carolina

NoDa Brewing is Charlotte's most award-winning craft brewery — a North Davidson Arts district institution producing outstanding ales that have won multiple Great American Beer Festival awards. NoDa's extraordinary multiple GABF medals and its remarkable connection to Charlotte's most vibrant arts district create a brewery taproom of considerable North Carolina craft beer competition significance.

2921 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28206

Charlotte, North Carolina

Petra's Piano Bar in Plaza Midwood presents live jazz and blues in one of Charlotte's most storied dive-bar music rooms.

1919 Commonwealth Ave 28205

Durham, North Carolina

Durham's downtown bar and craft beverage scene has emerged as one of the most celebrated in the Southeast — a former tobacco manufacturing center where the American Tobacco Campus historic restoration has created one of the most complete entertainment environments in North Carolina. Bull Durham's legendary baseball heritage, Duke University's academic excellence, and the creative economy's transformation of Durham's industrial spaces create an entertainment culture of unusual depth and authenticity.

Downtown Durham, NC 27701

Durham, North Carolina

Fullsteam Brewery is Durham's most innovative craft brewery — a downtown institution producing outstanding ales made with Southern foraged and farmed ingredients, creating the most distinctively regional craft brewery in North Carolina. Fullsteam's extraordinary mission to create Southern culinary-influenced craft beer (using North Carolina sweet potatoes, persimmons, and foraged herbs) creates a brewery taproom of genuine Southern regional craft significance.

726 Rigsbee Ave, Durham, NC 27701

Raleigh, North Carolina

Lynnwood Brewing Concern is Raleigh's most creative craft brewery — producing outstanding experimental ales and lagers alongside an exceptional food program in a beautifully designed North Raleigh facility. The Research Triangle's extraordinary concentration of scientists, engineers, and academics creates a craft beer market that values innovation, precision, and genuine quality in ways that have driven North Carolina's craft brewing industry to national prominence.

1053 E Whitaker Mill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27604

Raleigh, North Carolina

Trophy Brewing is Raleigh's most beloved craft brewery — an establishment producing outstanding North Carolina-inspired ales and lagers in a beautiful taproom that has become a gathering place for Raleigh's creative community. North Carolina's extraordinary craft beer movement (over 350 craft breweries, the highest per capita craft brewery count in the Southeast) finds one of its finest expressions in Trophy's quality and community commitment.

827 W Morgan St, Raleigh, NC 27603

Raleigh, North Carolina

Trophy Brewing Company is Raleigh's most beloved craft brewery — a downtown NC institution producing outstanding ales that have helped establish the Research Triangle as one of the most craft beer-forward regions in the South. Trophy's remarkable downtown Raleigh location and its consistent production of outstanding beer create a brewery taproom of genuine North Carolina craft culture significance.

827 W Morgan St, Raleigh, NC 27603