Brewing in North Carolina

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.[1] The May, 1764 brewery and distillery inventory listed 270 gallons of brandy, 40 gallons of rye whisky, and 90 gallons of beer on hand.[2] The Bethabara brewery and distillery continued operating until the last brewer moved away in 1814.[3] 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, Weeping Radish Bavarian Restaurant.

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[4] ) defined a "malt beverage" as any "beer, lager, malt liquor, ale, porter, and any other brewed or fermented beverage" that contained between .5% and 16% alcohol by volume.[5] This represented an increase from the previous limit of 6%. As of 2021, there were more than 340 active breweries in North Carolina.[6]

Breweries
  • Biltmore Brewing Company – Asheville[7]
  • Boojum Brewing Company – Waynesville[8]
  • Bourbon County Brewery – High Point[9]
  • Brueprint Brewing Company – Apex[10]
  • Bulgarian Brewing Company – Greensboro[11]
  • Cavendish Brewery – Gastonia[12]
  • Good Vibes Brewing Company – Carolina Beach, Wilmington[13]
  • Kind Beers – Charlotte[14]
  • Little City Brewing Company – Raleigh[15]
  • Lumina Winery & Brewery – Wilmington[16]
  • Mansfield Brewery – Greensboro[17]
  • Rusted Mill Artisan Ales – Gastonia[18]
  • Salud Beer Shop Nanobrewery – Charlotte[19]
  • Weeping Radish Farm Brewery – Grandy[20]
  • White Street Brewing - Wake Forest

See also

References
  1. Fries, Adelaide L. (1921). Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, Vol. I. Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton. p. 156.
  2. Naturalien Tabelle den Monatlichen Bestand. Winston-Salem, N.C.: Moravian Archives. 1764. p. C122:3.
  3. Fries, Adelaide L. (1947). Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, Vol. VII. Raleigh, N.C.: State Department of Archives and History. p. 3230.
  4. "Pop The Cap North Carolina". Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  5. North Carolina General Assembly - House Bill 392 Information/History (2005-2006 Session)
  6. "North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild". Archived from the original on 1 March 2021.
  7. "Biltmore Brewing Company".
  8. Kiss, Tony (March 5, 2015). "Boojum Brewing Opens Waynesville Taproom". Citizen-Times. Asheville. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  9. "Bourbon County Brewery".
  10. "Brueprint Brewing Company".
  11. "Bulgarian Brewing Company".
  12. "Cavendish Brewery".
  13. "Good Vibes Brewing Company".
  14. "Kind Beers".
  15. "Little City Brewing Company".
  16. "Lumina Winery & Brewery".
  17. "Mansfield Brewery". Archived from the original on 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  18. "Rusted Mill Artisan Ales".
  19. "Salud Beer Shop Nanobrewery". 11 January 2016.
  20. "This Massive Barn Restaurant In North Carolina Serves Sausage To Die For". 6 March 2018.
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