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North Carolina Beer History A work in progress timeline of beer and brewing history in North Carolina. 1774 -- Single Brother's Brewery and Distillery opens on Old Shallowford Road in Salem. 1920 -- January: Prohibition begins when the 18th Amendment goes into effect on January 16th. 1933 -- North Carolina votes against the ratification of the 21st Amendment. 1933 -- December: 21st Amendment repeals the 18th, ending prohibition. 1935 -- It is two years after the federal repeal before North Carolina repeals prohibition. 1936 -- North Carolina Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association is established. 1937 -- State ABC Commission was formed by the NC State Government. 1970 -- Stroh Brewing Company opens a brewery in Winston-Salem. 1978 -- Miller Brewing opens a brewery in Eden. 1983 -- Legal drinking age in NC raised from 18 to 21 years of age. 1985 -- An amendment to NC's lawbooks, spearheaded by Uli Bennewitz, makes Brewpubs legal in North Carolina. 1986 -- Uli Bennewitz's Weeping Radish becomes North Carolina's first brewpub. Location: Manteo. 1988 -- Weeping Radish opens second brewpub in Durham. 1988 -- Dilworth Brewery opens brewery and restaurant in Charlotte. 1989 -- Summer: Greenshields Brewing Co. brews first batch in Raleigh. 1991 -- Red Oak Brew Pub opens in Greensboro. 1992 -- Cottonwood Brewery opens in Boone. 1994 -- Wilmington Brewery opens in Wilmington. 1994 -- November: Olde Hickory Brewery opens brewpub in Hickory. 1994 -- December: Highland Brewing brews first batch in Asheville. 1995 -- Old Raleigh Brewing opens in Raleigh. 1995 -- Johnson Beer Company opens in Charlotte. 1995 -- Southend Brewery and Smokehouse opens in Charlotte. 1995 -- February: Carolina Brewery opens its doors in Chapel Hill. 1995 -- June: Front Street Brewing brews first batch in Wilmington. 1996 -- Huske Hardware House begins brewing in Fayetteville. 1996 -- Pinehurst Village Brewery brews its first batch in Aberdeen. 1996 -- Steve & Clark's Brewpub opens its doors in downtown Durham. At the old Weeping Radish site. 1996 -- Tomcat Brewing opens in Raleigh. 1996 -- Top of the Hill begins brewing in Chapel Hill. 1997 -- Old Raleigh Brewing closes its doors in Raleigh. 1997 -- Pale Ale Brewery begins brewing where Tomcat Brewing ended in Raleigh. 1997 -- Cottonwood Brewery wins bronze at the GABF for Low Down Brown. 1997 -- November: Carolina Beer & Beverage opens in Mooresville. 1998 -- Cross Creek Brewing opens in Fayetteville. 1998 -- Dilworth Brewery closes its doors in Charlotte. 1998 -- November: Southend Brewery and Smokehouse opens in Raleigh. 1999 -- Rock Creek Brewing moves to NC from VA. They take over the Pale Ale Brewery in Raleigh. 1999 -- Stroh Brewing Company closes their Winston-Salem brewery 1999 -- July: Catawba Valley Brewing opens in Glen Alpine. 1999 -- December: Lake Norman Brewing Company opens in Cornelius. 2000 -- Johnson Beer Company closes its doors in Charlotte. 2000 -- Williamsville Brewery takes over Wilmington Brewery in Farmville. 2000 -- February: Olde Hickory Brewery opens a second micro-brewery in Hickory. 2000 -- June: Lake Norman Brewing Company closes its Cornelius brewery. 2000 -- November: Carolina Beer & Beverage takes over the Cottonwood line of beers. 2000 -- December: French Broad River Brewery opens in Asheville. 2001 -- Chesapeake Bay Brewing Co. buys the Rock Creek Brewing name and starts making beer in the same location in Raleigh. 2001 -- Tobacco Roadhouse begins brewing where Steve & Clark's Brewpub left off, Durham. 2001 -- Mash House Restaurant & Brewery wins Gold at the GABF for their Hoppy Hour IPA. 2002 -- Olde Hickory Brewery renames their original brewpub Amos Howard's Restaurant & Brew Works. The micro-brewery they opened in 2000 retains the Olde Hickory name. 2002 -- January: Liberty Steakhouse brews first batch in High Point. 2003 -- January: Pop The Cap holds its first official meeting. 2003 -- April: Chesapeake Bay Brewing Co. closes its doors in Raleigh. 2003 -- July: beerinator.com begins in earnest. 2003 -- November: Edenton Brewing Company opens on the old Chesapeake Bay site in Raleigh. 2004 -- March: Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery opens in Farmville on the site of the now closed Williamsville Brewery. 2004 -- Summer: Natty Greene's Pub & Brewing Co. opens in Greensboro. 2004 -- August: A fire at the brewpub forces Greenshield's Brewing to close their doors. 2004 -- Ham's Restaurant & Brewhouse wins Bronze at the GABF for their Charlie's Barley Amber Ale. 2005 -- February 24th: House Bill 392 the "Pop The Cap" bill is introduced to the State House of Representatives. 2005 -- March: Foothills Brewery opens in Winston-Salem. 2005 -- June: Pisgah Brewing starts brewing in Black Mountain. 2005 -- August 13th: North Carolina's new 15% Cap is born! All thanks to Pop The Cap! 2007 -- July 4th: Triangle Brewing Company opens a microbrewery in Durham, NC | |
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