This article regards brewing in North Carolina.
History
The earliest documented commercial brewery in North Carolina was in the Moravian town of Bethabara in Wachovia. According to the Moravian Diaries, a log house was constructed for a distillery and brewery in 1756. The May, 1764 brewery and distillery inventory listed 270 gallons of brandy, 40 gallons of rye whisky, and 90 gallons of beer on hand. The Bethabara brewery and distillery continued operating until the last brewer moved away in 1814. The Bethabara brewery operated longer than the Single Brother's Brewery in nearby Salem, NC
In 1985 Uli Bennewitz pushed a change in the North Carolina law books. This change made it legal for a brewpub to exist under state laws. The next year (1986) Bennewitz opened NC's first brewpub,
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On August 13, 2005, House Bill 392 from the
NC General Assembly was signed by then-Governor
Michael F. Easley. HB 392 (commonly known as the "Pop The Cap" Bill ) defined a "malt beverage" as any "beer, lager, malt liquor, ale, porter, and any other brewed or
fermented beverage
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" that contained between .5% and 16% alcohol by volume. This represented an increase from the previous limit of 6%. As of 2021, there were more than 340 active breweries in North Carolina.
Breweries
* Biltmore Brewing Company –
Asheville
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* Boojum Brewing Company –
Waynesville
* Bourbon County Brewery –
High Point
* Brueprint Brewing Company –
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* Bulgarian Brewing Company –
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* Cavendish Brewery –
Gastonia
* Good Vibes Brewing Company – Carolina Beach, Wilmington
* Kind Beers – Charlotte
* Little City Brewing Company – Raleigh
* Lumina Winery & Brewery – Wilmington
* Mansfield Brewery – Greensboro
* Rusted Mill Artisan Ales – Gastonia
* Salud Beer Shop Nanobrewery – Charlotte
* Weeping Radish Farm Brewery – Grandy
See also
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Beer in the United States
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List of breweries in the United States
At the end of 2017, there were total 7,450 breweries in the United States, including 7,346 craft breweries subdivided into 2,594 brewpubs, 4,522 microbreweries, 230 regional craft breweries and 104 large/non-craft breweries. From 2017 data, acco ...
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List of microbreweries
This is a list of notable microbreweries. A microbrewery is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. The qualifications to be classified as a microbrewery vary by country. The term "microbrewery" originated in the United Kingdom in the l ...
References
External links
North Carolina breweries directory NC Beer History Timeline
{{Lists of United States breweries
North Carolina
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