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.
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draft at their downtown brewery, first a taster then full pour. Poured a hazy orange color with a small white head. Aroma was nice floral hop notes, very juicy. Flavor was amazing bouquet of hops. Melon, floral notes. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2015
at 15:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at their downtown brewery. Poured a nice clear yellow-amber color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was nice sweet malts, some earthy notes and some light floral notes. Flavor was nice, sweet, crisp notes, pretty tasty Oktoberfest in my opinion.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2015
at 15:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at their downtown brewery. Poured a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Aroma was light sweet malts, some light roasted notes. Flavor was roasted, toasted malts, light nutty notes. Malty finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2015
at 15:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a glass. Cloudy tawny, medium body, low carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is herbal hops and tangy bitter finish.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2015
at 18:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Alisa brougt this one back for me from a trip to North Carolina. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy orange-toffee color with a large creamy orange-tan head hta tlingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sour caramel, mlaty, citrus, pine and earthy. The flavor was bitter, sour caramel, pine, citrus, earthy and tobacco. Long finish. Medium body. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2015
at 08:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at Appalachian Vintner. Pours a cloudy brown-black color with a thick foamy beige head that recedes gradually. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of bourbon, dark chocolate and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of oaky bourbon, chocolate malt and dark fruit. The finish is roast malt and bourbon. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2015
at 12:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Dark clear brown color, medium tan head. Aroma of citrus, light spice, subtle roast. Taste has roasty flavors with a lightly fruity background. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2015
at 09:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from Sam’s Quik Stop. Slightly hazy brown, large foamy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, molasses, earth. The taste is earth, peppers, toffee, dark fruits. Medium bodied, a hint of bitterness, lingering sweetness, low carbonation. Decent.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2015
at 18:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg at Asheville on Coxe, Asheville, 17/02/15. Chestnut brown with a moderate beige covering. Nose is light toffee, biscuit, rather thin. Taste comprises caramel, nutty, hint of candied fruit, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Inoffensive amber but never going to rock my boat.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2015
at 15:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the brewpub, Asheville, 17/02/15. Very lightly hazed golden blonde with a decent off white cap. Nose is pale malt, straw, vanilla, light caramel. Taste comprises light citric zest, pale malt, caramel, light cereal, grassy. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, semi drying close. Ok lager.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2015
at 06:05