5 Of The Best Breweries Around Charlotte

Taprooms are a great way to sample craft brews, spend quality time with family and friends, and sample the creativity of local brewers. With no shortage of breweries around the Queen City, there are plenty of local businesses where you can show your support.

Here is a list of five breweries to try around Charlotte.

Resident Culture Brewing

Resident Culture serves up unique and nuanced brews while focusing on giving their community an enjoyable experience, first and foremost. Plus, they have some really fun artwork and can designs. Resident Culture is open daily and is a welcome place for both families and dogs.

Wooden Robot Brewery

Opened by childhood best friends, Wooden Robot is a 15-barrel urban farmhouse brewery inspired by the traditional Belgian breweries of the past. Wooden Robot has two locations with taprooms and patios around Charlotte that are open on select days.

Divine Barrel

Divine Barrel Brewing offers a chic, industrial setting to sample some of their innovative brews, like Carolina Cobbler, Defensive Pancake, and Basement of My Brain. They also offer weekly taproom specials, so stop by any day to try something new.

Brewers at 4001 Yancey

Brewers at 4001 Yancey features four different brewing companies all in one place: Southern Tier, Sixpoint, Victory Brewing Company and Bold Rock Cidery. Additionally, Brewers at 4001 Yancey has its own brew house that brews plenty locally-inspired beers. The beer menu at 4001 Yancey includes over 30 rotating beers and ciders alongside its expansive food menu.

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

The oldest brewery in Charlotte, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery focuses more on quality ingredients than unique flavors. According to its website, OMB adheres to "the oldest beer purity law in the world" by only crafting brews with water, malt, hops and yeast. Stop by the biergarten and patio, which is open daily, or take a tour of where the magic happens.