Carolina Beer Company

Contract Brewer in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Carolina Beer Company (CLT - Charlotte Airport) - Out of business

Established in 1997

Closed in 2011

Contact
110 Barley Park Ln, Mooresville, NC, 28115, United States
Description
Carolina Beer & Beverage, LLC was founded in 1997 by CEO J. Michael Smith and President John Stritch. The company is the creator and maker of a dozen, high-quality, craft beers sold and distributed in five Mid-Atlantic States under the Carolina Blonde and Cottonwood Ales brands. In 2001, the company expanded its operations to offer contract packaging services after being recognized as one of the first craft breweries in the country to utilize PET packaging for its beers.

Today, the company has a reputation as a world-class co-packing producer for numerous national and international beverage brands. With an emphasis on co-packing specialty-sized cans, specialty plastic bottles and glass bottles, the company's customers include the who's who in the beverage world, including makers of well known malt beverages, distilled spirits, energy drinks and other ready-to-drink beverages. Head-quartered in Mooresville, NC with additional facilitiies located in Fort Worth, TX and Cold Spring, MN.

Admin Note: Beer division closed in 2011 but still remains as a beverage packaging company.

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6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Suttree. Medium copper body, thin-medium off-white head. Pumpkin pie spice (nutmeg, cinnamon) and sweet malt aroma. Tangy body with strong nutmeg and cinnamon flavors coating the palate. Something akin to coconut finishes the beer. A bit more interesting than the pack.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2006 at 22:44

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Thanks to Suttree for this beer. It has a powerful hop aroma and one of the darkest IPAs I have had. Not much head on the low side for carbonation. Smooth palate, and mildly bitter flavor of hops. Not especially heavy or overly flavorful, but a solid session IPA. I do have a very light hop burn.
Tried on 15 Dec 2006 at 00:45

3.4/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Cloudy dull straw colour. Really strong tangerine/lime aroma. Fairly bland flavour. Lightly yeasty (foot), citrusy (key lime) and malty (white bread) flavour. There is a light tartness in the finish, rendering it more refreshing and thus more enjoyable than it probably deserves to be.
Tried on 16 Sep 2006 at 23:24

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle. Sweet pineapple-orange and hops aroma. Medium amber with small head. Sweet light pineapple-orange and syrup flavor with a light hops finish. Could benefit from more hops.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2006 at 17:46

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Sour berry and hops aroma - a bit like mashed strawberries. Dark amber color with small head. Light berry flavor initially followed by a moderate hops flavor - got a strong metallic taste with my first sip but that seems to fade with more tasting. I would really love this beer if it didn’t have the metallic taste to it.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2006 at 18:30

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Hazy amber-red colour. Woody, bitter orange aroma with earthy, brown sugar malts. Quite sweet on the palate, sticky crystal malts dominate the woody, earthy hops. Bump up the scores a bit if you dig lots of crystal in your IPA.
Tried on 17 Jun 2006 at 00:45

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
on tap-pours an offwhite head with gold color. Aroma is grain, grassy. Taste is grain, grassy, yeast. Light body.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2006 at 08:17

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
on tap-pours a tan head. Color is brown with red tint. Aroma is malty, sweet. Taste is malty, sweet, hint of coffee.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2006 at 08:12

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
on tap-pours a tan head with gold color. Aroma is citrus hops. Taste is citrusy hops, caramel malt. Thin, minimal carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2006 at 08:11

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Slightly hazy brown with a thin off-white head. Strong floral hops aroma. Sweet citrus hops flavor with some fruit and malt flavors in the background.
Tried on 20 Mar 2006 at 20:43