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NANTAHALA BREWING COMPANY
61 Depot Street
Bryson City, NC
Drinking in Western North Carolina
has turned into a full-time profession.
If you really want to drink all the great
beer the region has to offer, you better
be dedicated. No calling in sick,
no half-assing. Don’t treat it like your
day job, this is your drinking job -- way
more demanding. While Asheville is
still the hub, Johnny Barley Seed has
been roaming the countryside spreading
good beer in every little town on
the edges of the frontier. One of these
satellite breweries just happens to sit
in what I consider to be the best basecamp
in the smokies: Nantahala Brewery
in Bryson City, NC.
Bryson City is in no way a city. Bryson
Awesome Little Town would be a more
apt name. The fishing reminds me of
the adage, “You can’t swing a dead cat
without hitting a live trout.” But after
you’ve rassled the local trouts, there’s
no better place to pull up a pint glass
than the tasting room at Nantahala
Brewing. My favorites include the Dirty
Girl Blond when I’m feeling like a dirty
girl, and the Nantahala Brown when
I’m feeling like a cabana boy. With a
full lineup of seasonals, high gravity,
and barrel-aged beers on tap at any
given time, Nantahala can accommodate
even your nerdiest beer friends
(you know the ones, they used to be
wine drinkers). Between the beer, the
town, and the wilderness just past the
sidewalk, it’s hard to think of a better
place to drink and be merry. So get
your drinking asses over to Nantahala
Brewing in Bryson City, because we
take drinking seriously and we expect
the same out of you lady-boys.