A dozen taps and a modest selection of local beer in bottles and cans just around the corner from Rock Hill Brewing and Millstone Pizza and Taphouse.
Main Street Bottle Shop
Category: Bottle Shops of North Carolina
79 spots
91 bottle shops in North Carolina, across Charlotte, Wilmington, Asheville and 27 other towns. 73 have live music, 72 sell growlers.
Vintner Wine Market
Sixteen taps of largely local craft beers in a bottle shop featuring craft beer in mostly bombers but also some regular bottles and cans.
Brown Mountain Bottleworks
Located between Fonta Flora and Catawba Brewing in Morganton this bottle shop features 12 taps made up of mostly NC area craft beers, typically including a couple of ciders.
Common Market (Rock Hill)
Featuring 12 beers craft on tap with a 13 seat wrap around bar, this deli also offers 5 shelves of beer, two of them singles as well as 2 refrigerated and 2 dry of wine.
Brewer’s Kettle
This large bottle shop pours from 12 taps and is a standalone building with lots of space outside for hosting events.
Casual Pint (Rivergate)
In the Rivergate plaza south of Charlotte, this bar/bottle shop features 35 taps, merchandise, growlers and more opened in 2017.
Rhino Market (Southpark)
A full aisle of dry cans and bottles and equally more refrigerated with even more wine, snacks, and more with a large bar pouring 14 taps. A market store emphasizing craft beer serves sandwiches and snacks and has a massive outdoor seating area in a really nice space in Southpark.
Candy’s Exxon (Wilmington)
Not a lot of gas stations get a place here on Craft Beer Spots, but this is definitely one of those exception, featuring an impressive inventory of craft beer and six brews on tap.
Hops & Grapes
16 taps (one is wine), 14 refrigerated shelves. As well as two large dry beer shelves upon entering. There is a wide selection and packs can be broken.
Common Market (South End)
Featuring 15 taps and dozen seats at the bar, there is ample indoor and outdoor seating options (a second level inside, adds even more). There is a decent bottle and can selection, mostly refrigerated.
Craft Centric Taproom & Bottle Shop
South Asheville’s newest craft beer spot is perfectly located for people just south of town.
Tasty Beverage Company
One of Asheville’s best bottle shops featuring 14 taps.
Common Market (Plaza Midwood)
The Common Market in Plaza Midwood is a cool place that is hard to categorize. It feels like a convenience store up front, but with a deli, huge wine and beer selection and 14 taps of local craft beer.
Bottle and Can (Concord)
This was a bottle shop pouring six taps; there is a second location in Salisbury, NC. While the Salisbury location seems fine, this one seems to have been rebranded as “Local Bottle Shop” of Concord.
Grapevine (Riverwalk)
This shop features a fair selection of beer; lots of variety for a relatively small space (occupied largely by wine) and pours from 15 taps.
Session Beer Market
A nice strip mall bottle shop pouring from up to eight taps not far from the beach in Wilmington, NC.
House of Hops
he same beer in cold singles) as well as 24 taps with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating.
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.
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.
Island Beverage
3 refrigerated shelves of singles and another three of 4/6 packs. Another refrigerated unit holds wine, but the majority of the wine selection is presented on large dry shelves. Pouring craft beer from up to 19 taps.
Appalachian Vintner
Probably the best bottle shop in Asheville plus 20 beer and 12 wine taps.
The Whale
A craft beer destination, this establishment features 20 taps of rare and hard to find brews and bottles.
Craft Beer Cellar (Hickory, NC)
Huge local and international bottle and can selection. In the back is a small, 6 seat bar with 16 taps plus a communal table, couches.
Hey Beer
This great bottle shop features mostly North Carolina breweries, 10 taps and a large seating area. Having been to over a hundred similar shops, I really feel like this is among the very best.