Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Cidery

Microbrewery in Boone, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2013

Contact
163 Boone Creek Dr, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
Description
Nestled in the High Country of North Carolina, Appalachian Mountain Brewery is Boone, North Carolina's Beer Pioneer. Founded in 2013, the brewery is dedicated to making seriously delicious craft beer with a focus on community, sustainability, and philanthropy. AMB has earned multiple awards for its distinctive craft beers and ciders, including three medals from the Great American Beer Festival, the largest beer competition in the world. The brewery's core portfolio includes beers that celebrate AMB's North Carolina home, such as Boone Creek Blonde, named for the creek behind the brewery, and flagship Long Leaf IPA, which takes its name from the North Carolina State Toast. For more information, visit www.amb.beer.

OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP

Admin Note: In 2023 AMB bought themselves back from AB-InBev. They are now independently owned again.

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draft at the brewery. Pours a dark brown color with a large tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of big roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, herbal pine hops. The taste is roasted malts, coffee, minty and pine hops. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 19:23


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft at the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of faint rye and caramel. The taste is strong rye, herbal hops, caramel malts. Medium bodied, strong lingering bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 19:19


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear golden color with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of rich coffee and herbal hops. The taste is resin hops, coffee and caramel. Medium bodied. Quite nice.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 19:14


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear amber color with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of citrus hops and pale malts. The taste is bitter citrus and pine hops, and pale malts. Medium bodied, clean, lingering bitterness. Solid IPA.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 19:02


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear amber color with a large fizzy off-white head. Poor head retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, mild peat. The taste is caramel malts, earth, smoke, mild hops. Medium bodied. Too smoky for the style but otherwise pretty nice.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 18:52


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear amber color with a medium sized fizzy off-white head. Poor head retention. Aroma of toffee malts and earthy hops. The taste is bitter hops and caramel malts. Medium bodied. Not bad, but kinda boring.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 18:45


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear amber color with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Faint aroma of toasted caramel malts. The taste is stone fruits, caramel and a mild hop finish. Medium bodied. Solid.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 18:39


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy amber color with a medium sized creamy off-white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of bready malts, candi sugar, yeast, citrus. The taste is caramel, spice, yeast, bread, citrus, noble hops. Medium bodied, a faint bit of heat.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 18:33


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear golden color with a medium sized creamy off-white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of grassy, minty hops and pale malts. The taste is pale malts, honey, grassy hops, citrus notes. Medium bodied and refreshing. Decent balance.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2013 at 18:28