Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Asheville for grown-ups.

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Where to drink

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Sovereign Remedies

  • ★ 4.8
  • Craft cocktail bar and restaurant
  • Downtown

Drink Handcrafted cocktails made with small-batch spirits and seasonal botanicals

Sovereign Remedies is an Asheville craft cocktail bar and restaurant at 29 N Market St, serving seasonal dishes and expertly crafted cocktails.

The Crow and Quill

Drink Seasonal cocktails

The Crow and Quill is a craft cocktail bar at 106 N Lexington Ave in downtown Asheville, filled with antiques, over 800 whiskeys and over 1,200 spirits.

Brewery tours and tastings in Asheville

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Wicked Weed Brewpub

  • ★ 4.1
  • Brew pub with beer garden
  • Downtown

Drink Freak imperial IPA

Wicked Weed Brewpub at 91 Biltmore Ave in Asheville is the original home of Wicked Weed Brewing, with a full restaurant and downstairs tap room.

DSSOLVR

DSSOLVR is a brewery, taproom and kitchen at 63 N Lexington Ave in downtown Asheville, with wine, cider, mead and non-alcoholic drinks besides beer.

Ben's Tune Up

  • ★ 4.5

Drink Fresh sake, plus rotating beers.

Ben's Tune Up at 195 Hilliard Ave is a converted South Slope auto shop with an American sake brewery, an Asian fusion restaurant and a beer garden.

Pisgah Brewing Company

Drink Pisgah Pale Ale, the flagship beer.

Pisgah Brewing Company at 2948 US-70 in Black Mountain specializes in craft brews made with all-organic grains and malts, and pairs beer with live music.

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Riverside Rhapsody Beer Company

Drink Rotating taps of crisp lagers, hazy IPAs and bright pale ales.

Riverside Rhapsody Beer Company at 995 Riverside Dr pours lagers, hazy IPAs and pale ales, with bluegrass on Wednesdays and trivia on Sundays.

Sweeten Creek Brewing

Drink Ashechill Hazy IPA, with a juicy, tropical fruity flavor.

Sweeten Creek Brewing at 1127 Sweeten Creek Rd brews a pale ale, an American Brown Ale, a Maerzen and the Ashechill Hazy IPA, plus a winter seasonal.

Archetype Brewing

Archetype Brewing at 265 Haywood Rd is a brewery with a rooftop deck, back patio and front patio, with food from courtyard neighbors Gan Shan and Pizza Mind.