Resident Culture was the first local brewery to employ a coolship, which is a large, open-air vessel used for spontaneous fermentation of beer. Photo by Peter Taylor

South End/South Charlotte/MoRa

Brewers at 4001 Yancey
4001-A, Yancey Rd.
704-452-4001

Edge City Brewery
6209 Old Post Rd., Ste. 109
980-949-6199

Lenny Boy Brewing Co.
3000 S. Tryon St.
980-585-1728

Lower Left Brewing Co
4528 Nations Crossing Rd.
704-469-9861

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery
4150 Yancey Rd.
704-525-5655

The Suffolk Punch
2911 Griffith St., Ste. A
704-319-8650

Sugar Creek Brewing Company
215 Southside Dr.
704-521-3333

Sunstead Brewing
1200 S. Graham St.
980-949-6200

Sycamore Brewing
2161 Hawkins St.
704-910-3821

Triple C Brewing Company + The Barrel Room
2900 Griffith St.
704-372-3212

The Unknown Brewing Co.
1327 S. Mint St.
980-237-2628

Wooden Robot Brewery
1440 S. Tryon St., Ste. 110
980-819-7875
Other location in NoDa

University

Armored Cow Brewing Co.
8821 JW Clay Blvd., Ste. 1
704-277-6641

West Charlotte

Town Brewing Co.
800 Grandin Rd.
980-237-8628

Blue Blaze Brewing Co.
528 S. Turner Ave.
980-859-2586

BELMONT

Primal Brewery
16432 Old Statesville Rd.
704-947-2920
Other location in Huntersville

CONCORD

Cabarrus Brewing Company
329 McGill Ave. NW
704-490-4487

Commoner’s Brewing Company
1048 Copperfield Blvd. NE, Ste. 101
704-886-6002

High Branch Brewing Co.
325 McGill Ave. NW, Ste. 148
704-706-3807

Red Hill Brewing Company
21 Union St. S., Ste. 3511
704-784-2337

Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company
7285 W. Winds Blvd. NW
980-277-2337

Southern Strain Brewing Co.
65 Brumley Ave NE, Ste. 3001
704-218-9106

CORNELIUS

Ass Clown Brewing Company
10620 Bailey Rd. E
704-997-8490

D9 Brewing Company
11138 Treynorth Dr.
704-247-7200

Eleven Lakes Brewing Company
10228 Bailey Rd., Ste. 201
704-998-9017

Lost Worlds Brewing
19700-D, One Norman Dr.
980-689-2467

DENVER

Royal Bliss Brewing
7532 Royal Bliss Ct.
704-951-8388

FORT MILL, S.C.

Amor Artis Brewing
204 Main St., Ste. 101
803-547-6464

Lake Wylie Brewing Co.
1741 Gold Hill Rd., Ste. 100
803-802-0001

GASTONIA

Cavendish Brewery
207 N. Chester St.
704-830-0435

HARRISBURG

Pharr Mill Brewing
105 Oakley Dr.
704-456-7657

Percent Tap House
4250 Main St., Ste. 109
980-258-8651

INDIAN LAND, S.C.

Lore Brewing Co.
1218 Rosemont Dr., Ste. 100

INDIAN TRAIL

Sweet Union Brewing Company
13717 E Independence Blvd.
704-628-5211

KANNAPOLIS

Old Armor Beer Co.
211 West Ave.
704-933-9203

MATTHEWS

Seaboard Brewing, Taproom, & Wine Bar
213 N. Trade St.
704-246-6575

MONROE

Southern Range Brewing Co.
151 S. Stewart St.
704-706-2978

MOORESVILLE

Ghostface Brewing Brewery & Pizzeria
427 E. Statesville Ave.
704-799-7433

King Canary Brewing Co.
562 Williamson Rd.
704-967-8472

Jolly Roger Brewery
236 Raceway Dr., Ste. 12
704-769-0305

PINEVILLE

Middle James Brewing
400 N. Polk St., Unit B
704-889-6522

ROCK HILL, S.C.

Legal Remedy Brewing
129 Oakland Ave.
803-324-2337
(Second location at Riverwalk in Rock Hill: The Cantina, 1157 Herrons Ferry Rd.)

Slow Play Brewing
274 Columbia Ave.

Rock Hill Brewing Company
121 Caldwell St., Ste. 101
803-366-7266

Dust Off Brewing
130 W. White St.
803-324-4610

WAXHAW

The Dreamchaser’s Brewery
115 E. North Main St.
704-843-7326

This article appears in the August 2020 issue of Charlotte magazine.

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