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So just out of curiosity, I did a little searching to see if such a thread previously existed. I did not find it though I did find a few individual threads on individual breweries (interesting that Wise Man was originally slated for Greensboro... they're one of my favorites in the area).
Incendiary Brewery just opened in Winston-Salem within the last month or so and looks to have a cool spot. That puts us up to about a dozen or so.... not bad, but you'd think the area would have a few more. Off the top of my head, we have....
Greensboro:
Pig Pounder
Preyer
Joymongers
Gibbs Hundred
Little Brother
Natty Greene's (the tasting room, the brewpub, and the facility in Revolution Mill)
Leveneleven (I have yet to go)
Winston-Salem
Wise Man
Fiddlin' Fish
Foothills (Tasting Mill and Brewpub)
Incendiary
Joymongers Barrel Hall (Haven't made it here yet either)
High Point
Brown Truck
Liberty (OK, kind of a stretch including them since they're really more of a restaurant)
In doing some other quick research, Kernersville has a place called Gypsy Road which will brew their own beer, but for now they're beer from guest taps. I may have missed a place or two as well. Our personal favorites are Pig Pounder and Wise Man.
I'd love to see High Point snag another brewery or two. If I recall, the stadium project was slated to include one, but I haven't heard much about it since.
Greensboro
Bark Brewing Company (in Fat Dog's Grille)
Winston-Salem
Small Batch Brewing Company
Joymonger's has the best set-up for grabbing a pint and chilling and they have a wide variety of styles. However, I think Little Brother Brewing has the best beer in Greensboro. I haven't been to Leveneleven either but I tried their Tropical Stout at the Summertime Brews Fest and it was fantastic.
I haven't made it to the Winston-Salem breweries but the Foothills People's Porter and Sexual Chocolate Stout are !
This is the most worthwhile thread we've had on here in quite a while! :-)
Add Hoots in Winston-Salem to the list. A little difficult to find, but their beers are excellent and the bar is quaintly cool. Worth seeking out, and while you're there you should work in a meal at the Porch Cantina located next door.
I definitely forgot about Hoots and Small Batch (I've even been to Small Batch a couple times). Bark is a new one for me. I'll have to check it out. Same for Hoot's (just haven't made it there yet).
Before we moved here, I used to buy People's Porter all the time! When I learned Foothills was from this area upon moving, they were my first brewery stop. Pretty cool place, but their beer is hit or miss to me. Some are really good. Many of them I don't care for.
Greensboro:
Pig Pounder
Preyer
Joymongers
Gibbs Hundred
Little Brother
Natty Greene's (the tasting room, the brewpub, and the facility in Revolution Mill)
Leveneleven
Bark (inside Fat Dog)
Winston-Salem
Wise Man
Fiddlin' Fish
Foothills (Tasting Mill and Brewpub)
Incendiary
Joymongers Barrel Hall
Hoots
Small Batch
High Point
Brown Truck
Liberty
Kernersville
Gypsy Road
And I'll add a couple more:
There's a brewery called The Other Side of the Moon next door to Full Moon Oyster Bar in Kernersville. Same owners, but separate company, as I understand it.
Also, a place called Kernersville Brewing Company is in the works in Kernersville. They're already brewing and have done tap takeovers at Lowes Foods and other places in the area, but haven't opened their own taproom yet, as I understand it.
Westbend Winery in Lewisville also has a brewery, which shares a tasting room with the winery and has had 6-8 beers on tap when I've visited. I like their beer better than their wine.
And if you push the Triad boundaries to include Red Oak over in Whitsett, White Elephant in Mt. Airy, Skull Camp up between Mt. Airy and Elkin, etc., you get more.
There's a brewery called The Other Side of the Moon next door to Full Moon Oyster Bar in Kernersville. Same owners, but separate company, as I understand it.
Full Moon is in Clemmons, not Kernersville. A good call-out though...I didn't think of them. The bar side is very tiny, and mostly serves as a waiting room for people eating at the oyster bar. The few beers I've tried there were okay, not great, but not bad either. Hope it gets better, and it would be nice if they expanded to improve the brewery/bar experience.
Foothills is okay, and they get big props for being the first brewery to open in WS. Their beers tend to lean too far to the hoppy side for me, which seems to be the trendy thing to do for lots of breweries. Not a big fan of IPAs and other hops-laden styles. I can drink them given no better choice, but I much prefer more malty brews like porters, dunkels, English ales, and European wheat beers. No, not the watered-down-for-Americans wheat beers like Blue Moon, but hearty ones like Weihenstephaner, Julius Echter, Hacker-Pschorr, etc. Most local breweries don't go down that road very often.
Red Oak, anyone? It's probably not, technically, in the Triad area, but it's close enough.
Good call...its in Guilford County so definitely Triad. Love their Helles Lager.
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