WELCOME TO THE PORT CITY.
$6.00 of value at each of 24 breweries, bottle shops and more delivered instantly to your phone.
From hopheads to lager lovers and every beer drinker in between, Wilmington, NC has all palates covered. Sign up and purchase our mobile exclusive ale-trail to discover more about our local breweries and bottle shops, as well as the region’s most craft-savvy restaurants and bars.
This go-to guide is a visitor’s one-stop shop for Wilmington’s local beer scene, including a map and detailed information on all of our breweries and bottle shops. And, when you purchase this mobile passport, you’ll get a voucher to spend how you please at each participating location!
We hope you find the breweries, bottle shops, and beer hot spots as welcoming and lively as our locals do! Enjoy your brew cation at the beach!
1-Day Wilmington Ale Trail
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3-Day Wilmington Ale Trail
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Annual Wilmington Ale Trail
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Included Venues
Discover the Participating Breweries:
Bill’s Brewing Co.
Bill’s Brewing Company is a brewery like no other in the area. Running on a fifteen-barrel brew system in the production facility, they keep up with a wide variety of flagship beers ranging from Wave Break, their signature IPA, to Mungo Berry, their delicious Raspberry Blonde Ale.
What’s Included$6 Voucher
Broomtail Craft Brewery
Established in 2014, Broomtail is a friendly, Cheers-like brewery and tap room conveniently located near Market Street in Dutch Square Industrial Park. They specialize in producing true-to-style clean ales and lagers along with wild-cultured and spontaneous fermentations using locally harvested yeast and bacteria.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Edward Teach Brewery
Set in a 111-year-old historic firehouse on North 4th Street in Downtown Wilmington’s Brooklyn Arts District, Edward Teach Brewery features a classy, almost subtle nod to the most infamous pirate of all, Blackbeard. 300 years ago, Blackbeard was a regular on the shores and shallows of North Carolina’s coast
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Brunswick Beer & Cider
Sitting at the entrance to Brunswick Forest is Leland’s first brewery. Stop by for one of their signature brews or a cider and enjoy something from the chef-driven menu or a pizza. Brunswick Beer and Cider is committed to being a different kind of brewery, both in the beers they make and the impact they have in the community.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Catawba Brewing Wilmington
Catawba Brewing has been an industry leader in NC’s craft beer scene for over 22 years. As one of the first breweries in the state to offer beer in cans, Catawba’s signature White Zombie has long been a favorite of visitors and locals alike. Newer offerings like Evening Joe Coffee Blonde and CLT IPA have garnered international recognition for the brewery.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
DrumTrout Brewing Company
DrumTrout Brewing Company makes its home in Pine Valley at the intersection of 17th Street and S College Road in Fulton Station. DrumTrout’s tap room showcases the three-barrel brewhouse in an inviting and family-friendly atmosphere.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Flytrap Brewing
Flytrap is a neighborhood brewery located in the Brooklyn Arts District of Historic Downtown Wilmington. Named after North Carolina’s official carnivorous plant, the Venus Flytrap, this microbrewery is unique in all the right ways. Specializing in American and Belgian-style ales
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Front Street Brewery
Front Street Brewery, Wilmington’s original brewery and restaurant, was founded in May of 1995 and has been an area landmark ever since. When it comes to local brewmasters, you would be hard-pressed to find someone more skilled than Front Street’s Christopher McGarvey.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Ironclad Brewery
The Ironclad class of ships were built in Wilmington’s ironically named Beery’s Shipyard during the Civil War. Ironclad’s founder began his career working on next generation capabilities for the Navy. The name Ironclad was selected as a remembrance of both Wilmington’s history and their founder’s career.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Mad Mole Brewing
Come visit America’s Favorite Solar Craft Microbrewery for a beer “brewed by the sun.” Mad Mole Brewing combines technology and science to craft a variety of Belgians, IPAs, and more. The brewery tap room hosts a comfortable, open atmosphere that leads into a spacious beer garden.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
New Anthem Beer Project – Dock Street
The original New Anthem Tap Room and Brewery is housed in the repurposed, Historic McLellan Building, Wilmington’s last working livery stables. This will be the spot to pick up all the authentic and fun specialty beers they make including bottle-conditioned packaged beer and all the draft you want.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
New Anthem Beer Project – Greenfield Street
Blending inspiration from classic and newer styles, New Anthem Beer Project seeks to blur the boundaries, creating unique beers with a full lineup of styles ranging from IPAs to modern Belgian ales and rustic farmhouse styles. Expanding from their beginning roots on Dock Street
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Outer Dunes Brewing
Outer Dunes Brewing is an oasis in the Ogden area of Wilmington serving beers brewed on site alongside guest craft beer and wine. While currently offering a limited selection from a one-barrel brew system, Outer Dunes is building a warehouse facility on the property that will be home to a ten-barrel brewhouse soon.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Panacea Brewing Company
Hop on the booch bus and pull on in to Panacea Brewing Company’s eclectic tap room and kitchen. Born in 2016, Panacea’s roots were formed while selling kombucha out of a 1977 VW bus on the Wilmington Riverfront.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Salty Turtle Beer Company
Salty Turtle Beer Company is a veteran-owned and operated brewery and tap room dedicated to serving the local community. Their on-site tap room offers a relaxing environment that welcomes family, friends, and well-mannered dogs to sit back and enjoy one’s company.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Waterline Brewery
Waterline Brewing Co. brews a wide variety of well-balanced ales on their recently upgraded 20-barrel brew house. Locally famous for their refreshing Kölsch-style ale, they also feature a full-bodied Oatmeal Stout, a unique Coffee and Cream pale ale, a delicious traditional Hefeweizen
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Waterman’s Brewing Company
Waterman’s Brewing (just before the Wrightsville Beach drawbridge) celebrates the spirit of our coastal watermen and women! Grasp the trident, come on in, and watch Head Brewer John brewing both new beer styles (hoppy, juicy hazy’s, and kettle sours) and classics (ESBs, Kölsches, and Wits) before your eyes.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Wilmington Brewing Co
Homegrown from a small homebrew shop to an 11,800-square-foot facility, Wilmington Brewing Company serves you fresh beer straight from the tank to your glass. Located in Midtown, they have a five-barrel and thirty-barrel brewery on site that they use to brew the fresh beer you can find in their tap room
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher
Wrightsville Beach Brewery
Wrightsville Beach Brewery is committed to being a different kind of brewery both in the beers they make and the impact they have in the community. Their mission is to educate their customers about environmental stewardship and contribute to local charities while also making high-quality, tasty beer.
What’s Included
• $6 Voucher