The North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting our state’s craft beverage story, and celebrates its role in building and defining our local, state, and national community.
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
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Museums have the power to enrich and build community. Our local museum, a collection of tasting rooms and taprooms across the state, is unique because it is a fully immersive educational experience. While most museums engage the visitor through site, sound, or even smell and touch, this museum encourages tasting. Visitors learn about North Carolina’s food and beverage narrative as they literally consume history in the making. In addition, these spaces are interdisciplinary, incorporating not just historical topics, but science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
