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NoDa Brewing Company is a brewery in Noda, Charlotte.
Editorially verified June 4, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Hop Drop 'N Roll IPA, a World Beer Cup gold-medal winner.
Tip: Food trucks rotate at the taproom; check the operator site for the night's schedule.
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Address: 150 W 32nd St, Charlotte, NC 28206
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: A flight of the brewer's seasonal picks; the kitchen does a strong burger.
Tip: The kitchen runs late Friday and Saturday. Heist Barrel Arts on Woodward is the sister production site.
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 Jalapeno Pale Ale; that's the canonical Birdsong order.
Tip: Outdoor seating wraps the building. Food trucks rotate weekends.
Olde Mecklenburg Brewery on Yancey Road is Charlotte's oldest brewery, open since 2009 with German lagers and the city's largest biergarten.
Order: A German pilsner straight from the source tank.
Tip: The biergarten holds hundreds; Saturday is the peak crowd. The kitchen runs German plates.
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: Whichever farmhouse sour is on tap; the brewery rotates regularly.
Tip: Smaller taproom than Olde Mecklenburg. The patio fills on weekends.
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: A flight of the brewer's seasonal picks; the kitchen does a strong burger.
Tip: The kitchen runs late Friday and Saturday. Heist Barrel Arts on Woodward is the sister production site.
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 Jalapeno Pale Ale; that's the canonical Birdsong order.
Tip: Outdoor seating wraps the building. Food trucks rotate weekends.
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: The flagship Three C IPA; ask for a current seasonal pour.
Tip: Free parking out back. Food trucks rotate Friday and Saturday.
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 hazy IPA off the rotating tap list.
Tip: The South End sister taproom is the production site. Both run kitchen menus.