This chain restaurant came across as so very promising; a large space with a ton of televisions and a whopping 72 taps, yet the beer list is not going to excite a craft beer lover.
Carolina Ale House
Category: Bars of North Carolina
107 spots
129 bars in North Carolina, across Charlotte, Asheville, Fort Mill and 28 other towns. 86 have board games, 78 fill growlers.
Casual Pint (Rivergate)
In the Rivergate plaza south of Charlotte, this bar/bottle shop features 35 taps, merchandise, growlers and more opened in 2017.
Seoul Food Meat Co.
16 Taps outside and a bottle list inside (as well as a large wine selection), this restaurant is a popular spot with lots of seating, private rooms, and several outdoor games including an area for dogs to play.
Growlers Pourhouse
Growlers Pourhouse is a restaurant with 14 rotating taps of craft beer from all over. It is not a large place, but has lots of seating with a 14 seat bar, 6 tables, and 4 window seats facing the street.
Ramblers Beer and Wine
Five barstools, three window seats, and three outdoor tables provide seating at this compact bar. Ten rotating taps offer beer, along with a small refrigerated case of canned selections and a limited wine menu.
The Cellar at Duckworths
A 12-seat bar dimly lit by Edison bulbs serves 20 taps of mostly hard-to-find beer from Charlotte and beyond.
The Whale
A craft beer destination, this establishment features 20 taps of rare and hard to find brews and bottles.
Flytrap Brewing
Brewery featuring a tasting room with 12 taps featuring American & Belgian style ales, some games and ample seating located in Wilmington, NC.
Free Range Bar
Free Range Bar, operated by the Charlotte brewery of the same name. It offers eight taps of its own beer, as well as some guest ciders and seltzers. It also has a good selection of cans and bottles to go, more than half of which are curated guest offerings.
Ed’s Tavern (Dilworth)
A large local resturant serving 32 taps of local craft and macro beers.
Pins Mechanical Co (Charlotte)
36 taps as well as a limited bottle/can menu. All drafts and cocktails are provided at a fixed price (imports and macro beers are priced identically).
Pizza Peel and Tap Room (Plaza Midwood)
30 beers on tap and a 11 seat bar, this pizza chain location features a better selection than its nearby Matthews location.
Tonik MRKT
A well curated bottle shop and small craft beer bar perfectly situated for escapism at the Asheville Outlets. There are 8 craft taps available, focusing on North Carolina beers.
Blowing Rock Inn & Brewery
12 taps including a couple guest taps are provided in this restaurant/hotel venue with a 5 seat bar, but wide stools as well as plenty of tables throughout.
Booneshine Brewing Company
Featuring up to 12 taps, each beer brewed on site features it’s own chalkboard artwork.
The Pedalin’ Pig
A barbeque restaurant with a decent selection of craft and macro beer options and daily specials.
Fermental
Essentially a house converted into a beer store with several rooms of beer and wine as well as a few taps.
Pour Taproom (Wilmington, NC)
70 taps in total with 20 upstairs and wine taps and majority of beer taps downstairs separated by style.
Kits Trackside Crafts
Six refrigerated and about eight dry shelves organized by brewery. 20 taps featuring primarily NC craft brews. 2 wine taps and a cask also available.
Queen Park Social
Craft Beer, bowling, video games, pool, ping pong, ski-ball and more featuring 24 craft beers on tap.
Sour Barn
The Sour Barn is a bar featuring 12 taps of craft beers, mostly sours and mostly from their own Broomtrail Brewery.
Town Hall Burger & Beer (Raleigh)
This Raleigh Town Hall Burger & Beer location offers twenty taps of local craft beer and a scratch kitchen specializing in burgers, this venue has several indoor tables and a couple outside with a 15-seat bar.
East Frank Superette and Kitchen
This craft bar, bottle-shop and deli features 12 taps and two adult slushy machines with seven bar stools, a few tables inside and several more outside (covered).
Pizza Peel and Tap Room (Matthews)
A 15 seat bar, tables, booths and larger tables outside, this local restaurant features 24 taps of craft and a standard bottle menu of macro beers.