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Craft Breweries and Distilleries
Named one of “America’s Beeriest Beach
Towns,” experience Wilmington’s thriving
craft beer scene. Stop by Wilmington’s
first brewhouse, Front Street Brewery, for
a beer, food, and a tour, or sip suds inside
a 111-year-old historic firehouse at Edward
Teach Brewing. Noteworthy ales like sours
and Belgians take center stage at Flytrap
dancing at island hotspots like SeaWitch Brewing or visit New Anthem Beer Project,
Café and Tiki Bar in Carolina Beach, which home to a large, bright, airy taproom and
offers a year-round lineup of live music. weekend food trucks.
Enjoy the Reggae Festivus every Sunday Waterline Brewing Co. serves up easy-to-
in the summer plus local artists throughout drink ales alongside an array of events like
the year at The Lazy Pirate Island Sports yoga, while Wilmington’s largest brewery,
Grill. Known for a variety of genres, The Flying Machine Brewing, creates everything
Palm Room in Wrightsville Beach has been from Berliner Weisse to a simple IPA.
a popular go-to for specialty drinks and live In Carolina Beach, Good Hops Brewing
music since the 1950s. offers small batch brews like the Boardwalk
Brown Ale and Flip Hop IPA alongside a
Lounges & Speakeasies dog-friendly beer garden and 9-hole disc
Eclectic nightlife venues channeling golf course. Savoring regional flavors,
old-school vibes and serving perfectly Wrightsville Beach Brewery offers classics
crafted cocktails can be found throughout like their Oysterman Stout and Puppy Drum
downtown Wilmington. Wander down Pale Ale and a full menu, beer garden, and
Smith Alley to enter the Blind Elephant, year-round events.
a Prohibition-style speakeasy serving • Tour the area’s many breweries
Moscow mules on-tap alongside spirits on the self-guided Wilmington
and craft cocktails. Ale Trail by viewing a map at
For live music or lounging, Bourgie WilmingtonAndBeaches.com.
Nights is an off-the-beaten-path gem The entrepreneurial spirit of distilling
known for handcrafted cocktails. Taste has come to Wilmington with two new
thoughtfully made libations and signature distilleries creating small-batch spirits.
elixirs at Earnest Money & Sons. Whiskey End of Days Distillery recently opened
Tango Foxtrot is shaking and stirring top- as Wilmington’s only distillery currently
of-the-line concoctions, with live music on offering public tours and tastings. EOD’s
the weekends and dueling pianos on special hand-distilled, corn-based vodka and gin,
nights. Sip on craft cocktails at the rooftop along with rum made with molasses and
bar Cloud 9, one of the best spots in town raw cane sugar, have already won awards.
to catch the sunset over the Cape Fear Tours are currently by reservation.
River, or float on a barge while enjoying Mason Inlet Distillery, which specializes in
frozen concoctions at Anne Bonny’s Bar flavored brandies, plans to open a taproom
and Grill. and offer tours later this year.
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