North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum

Throwing Alcohol into the French Broad River, Asheville, NC, 1911, Buncombe County Special Collections
Mother Vineyard, Roanoke Island, NC, c. 1930, State Archives of North Carolina
Students at Biltmore Forestry School prepare for Sangerfest Celebration, Asheville, NC, c. 1910, E.M. Ball Photographic Collection, Special Collections, D. H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Cascade Saloon, Greensboro, NC, 1904, Well Crafted, UNCG Libraries, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Wicked Weed Brewpub, Asheville, NC, 2012
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, Raleigh, NC, 1928, State Archives of North Carolina

The North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum was dedicated to preserving and interpreting the state’s craft beverage story, and celebrating its role in building and defining the local, state, and national community.

Founded to celebrate and preserve the history of North Carolina’s craft beverage industry, the museum helped document the people, innovation, and culture that shaped the state’s brewing, distilling, and fermentation communities.

As of 2026, the museum has dissolved. As part of the museum’s dissolution, items from the collection have been placed with members of the craft beverage community including AB Tech Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast and Western Carolina University.

The museum’s remaining funds will be donated to North Carolina Winegrower’s Research Collective, an organization whose mission aligns with the museum’s goal of supporting and celebrating the craft beverage industry.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported the museum’s mission over the years.

North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum

2018–2026