Hi-Wire Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Asheville,
North Carolina,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 6 Venues
Established in 2013
Contact
Description
Hi-Wire Brewing’s journey began in the summer of 2013 at their 2,700 square foot South Slope Brewery located at 197 Hilliard Ave in the heart of Asheville’s South Slope Brewery District. With the 2015 opening of their Big Top Production Brewery up the road, the original Hi-Wire brewhouse is 100% dedicated to brewing award-winning sour and wild ales and one-off small batch beers.
Brewing beers with a connection to the past is important to us. We love to brew traditional styles that honor the heritage of our craft and pay respect to those who have crafted beer before us. Yet, as an American craft brewer, we are elated to participate in the culture of experimentation that has developed here.
Brewing beers with a connection to the past is important to us. We love to brew traditional styles that honor the heritage of our craft and pay respect to those who have crafted beer before us. Yet, as an American craft brewer, we are elated to participate in the culture of experimentation that has developed here.
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark color with ginger aroma. Flavor is ginger, lime and a mild toasty beer taste. Slightly dry finish, lingering ginger.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2026
at 22:28
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2026
at 17:33
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6/5/2026. Can shared by SHIG, cheers! Pours nicely. Very malty. Sweet, vanilla, touch cardboard. Boozy sweet finish. Quite likeable.
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2026
at 17:29
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
a: dark brown body | thin oily light brown head
a: lactose | roasted grain | caramelised sugars
f: creamy | toffee | chocolate
t: viscous | vanilla | bitter coffee end
o: flavourful | sweet but not cloying or pungent | aged well - if you have one...drink it now (or it might get even better?!?)
16 ounce can | ABC Fine Wine & Spirits: Orlando (Store #004), Florida | 01-January-2021 | US$5,99 | canned: 21-October-2020 | sampled: 02-May-2026
a: lactose | roasted grain | caramelised sugars
f: creamy | toffee | chocolate
t: viscous | vanilla | bitter coffee end
o: flavourful | sweet but not cloying or pungent | aged well - if you have one...drink it now (or it might get even better?!?)
16 ounce can | ABC Fine Wine & Spirits: Orlando (Store #004), Florida | 01-January-2021 | US$5,99 | canned: 21-October-2020 | sampled: 02-May-2026
Tried
from Can
from
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits - Lake Buena Vista
on 02 May 2026
at 17:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at Sergio’s. Pours a clear light golf with a white head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has notes of flora and herbs with some citrus underlying. Flavor has light citrus and a growing herbal note and a bit of sweet grain backing.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sergio's World Beers
on 18 Apr 2026
at 21:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can at the Chapel Hill tasting: Poured an ecto cooler green with white fast dissipating head. Aroma is juicy fruits, watermelon. Taste is tart candy, fruity, soft finish.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Apr 2026
at 13:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Can: Poured a golden with white head. Aroma is sweet, grainy. Taste is very boosty, grainy, alcohol, grassy. Craft malt likka!
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2026
at 00:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
8584 17
Opaque, Pitch-Black Color, Big Mocha Color Head, OK Retention, Fine Ring Of Lacing Leaves Few Spots. Sweet, Maple, Slight Coffee Notes Aroma. Sweet, Sugary, Maple, Light Coffee Notes, Light Toasted Bitter. Sweet, Light Coffee Notes, Light Bitter Aftertaste. Lower ABV Considering It is Imperial Stout. Slightly Thinner Than It Looks. More Maple Than Coffee. Good. Worth A Try...
Opaque, Pitch-Black Color, Big Mocha Color Head, OK Retention, Fine Ring Of Lacing Leaves Few Spots. Sweet, Maple, Slight Coffee Notes Aroma. Sweet, Sugary, Maple, Light Coffee Notes, Light Toasted Bitter. Sweet, Light Coffee Notes, Light Bitter Aftertaste. Lower ABV Considering It is Imperial Stout. Slightly Thinner Than It Looks. More Maple Than Coffee. Good. Worth A Try...
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2026
at 05:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Bone dry, with firm grainy pale malt middle lines with grass and floral notes and a firm flowery bitterness on the back end. Crisp and drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2025
at 00:24
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Hazy golden yellow with giant white head. Orange, lemon, biscuit malt, earthy pine, and grapefruit peel aroma. Mildly sweet citrus and biscuit malt, and moderately bitter dry grapefruit peel and earthy pine flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2025
at 01:17