Where Charlotte drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Charlotte worth taking a tram to.
10 places
Order Hop Drop 'N Roll IPA, a World Beer Cup gold-medal winner.
NoDa Brewing on W 32nd Street has been brewing craft beer for the Carolinas since 2011, with the gold-medal Hop Drop 'N Roll IPA anchoring the taproom.
Order A German pilsner straight from the source tank.
Olde Mecklenburg Brewery on Yancey Road is Charlotte's oldest brewery, open since 2009 with German lagers and the city's largest biergarten.
Order Whichever farmhouse sour is on tap; the brewery rotates regularly.
Wooden Robot Brewery on South Tryon is the South End urban-farmhouse craft brewery and taproom, with Belgian-inspired sours and saisons in 2026 Charlotte.
Order A flight of the brewer's seasonal picks; the kitchen does a strong burger.
Heist Brewery on N Davidson is the full-service NoDa brewery, restaurant and bar with a wide-range beer list and a kitchen open until late on weekends.
Order The Jalapeno Pale Ale; that's the canonical Birdsong order.
Birdsong Brewing on N Davidson is the long-running NoDa-Belmont brewery in Charlotte, with a Jalapeno Pale Ale that has stayed on tap since the early years.
Order The flagship Three C IPA; ask for a current seasonal pour.
Triple C Brewing on Griffith Street is the long-standing South End brewery, with a wide tap list, year-round IPAs and seasonal sours in Charlotte's brewery.
Order A hazy IPA off the rotating tap list.
Resident Culture Brewing on Central Avenue is the modern hazy-IPA and barrel-aged sour brewery in Plaza Midwood, with a large taproom, restaurant and patio.
Order A wild ale or sour off the rotating tap.
Lenny Boy Brewing on South Tryon is the South End brewery and kombucha producer, with a wild-ale programme and a separate retail kombucha line in 2026.
Order Whatever single-batch experiment is pouring that night.
Pilot Brewing on Central Avenue is the small-batch experimental Plaza Midwood nano-brewery, with rotating IPAs, stouts and farmhouse ales in Charlotte's east.
Order A saison off the seasonal tap list.
Free Range Brewing on N Davidson is the NoDa farmhouse-leaning brewery, with seasonal sours, saisons and a small kitchen in Charlotte's arts district.
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