Breweries

Ironclad beers have a complex journey from grain to your glass. It all starts with the fermentation of the imagination. We source hops from our hop farm, with Alexander Farms, located in Alpena Michigan. We also create our own custom ingredients with the help of local business Platypus and Gnome, Spice Merchants, Magiknights, and Pour […]

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.