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Brewery in Asheville
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Top 5 Breweries in Asheville
The Asheville brewery picks — cross-referenced from The Adventurist Magazine's 2025 Asheville brewery guide, Craft Beer & Brewing's Readers' Choice, and Imbibe Magazine's Asheville beer coverage.
- #1
Burial Beer Co. South Slope Taproom
South Slope
“Craft Beer & Brewing 2025 Readers' Choice #3 small-regional brewery in the country (and #2 in 2024) — the South Slope flagship that The Adventurist calls beer 'with a metal album cover come to life.'”
- #2
Highland Brewing Company
East Asheville
“Asheville's original post-Prohibition brewery (1994), founded by the late Oscar Wong and still family-run by his daughter Leah Wong Ashburn — Imbibe calls it a 'stalwart' of the scene.”
- #3
Wedge Brewing Company
River Arts District
“The River Arts District anchor since 2008 — The Adventurist praises the outdoor patio of metal sculptures and murals; rebuilt its taproom post-Helene and still brewing at Wedge Studios.”
- #4
Hi-Wire Brewing South Slope Brewpub & Gleezy Hot Dogs
South Slope
“2025 World Beer Cup Silver for its Hi-Wire Lager — The Adventurist's pick for the brewery that 'doesn't take itself too seriously,' with multiple South Slope and RAD taprooms.”
- #5
Green Man Brewery
South Slope
“'Brewing beer since before it was cool,' per The Adventurist — Dirty Jack's, Green Man's ESB, is a South Slope mainstay that helped invent Asheville's craft identity in the mid-'90s.”