Catawba Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Made By The Water
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1999

Contact
32 Banks Ave, Asheville, NC, 28655, United States
Description
The brewery (location) is closed, beer is being brewed in Alabama @ Oyster City Brewing.

It all began with a Christmas gift in 1994. Billy Pyatt, a notoriously hard guy to buy presents for, fell in love with the carboys, pots, hydrometers, grains, hops, chemistry, and physics involved in brewing. His brother, Scott, fell right in with him. Their love became an obsession that could only be resolved by going pro – not an easy thing to do in 1999!

We have tasting Rooms in Asheville, Morganton and Charlotte NC. Our kegs & cans are distributed in TN, NC, SC, GA and AL.

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Draft at Catawba CLT. Close to black color, light brown head. Cinnamon cocoa aroma. Taste has pepper flesh and cinnamon on a roast background. Tasty winter brew but I’d love more heat
Tried from Draft on 17 Dec 2018 at 00:25

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Draft at the source, 2018 version listed as 9.1% abv. Deep purple color with few bubbles. Port wine aroma. Tadte is vinous plums and other dark fruit light tannins. Delicious
Tried from Draft on 17 Dec 2018 at 00:20

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Draft at the Charlotte source. Very dark clear brown color with ruby notes. Aroma of burnt caramel. Taste is chocolate covered caramel without the sweetness. Tasty
Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2018 at 13:53

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Draft at the Charlotte source. Clear deep golden color white head. Cocoa powder aroma. Taste is pepperment cocoa, OK for Christmas, maybe not what they were going for
Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2018 at 02:45

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Draft at the Charlotte source. Crystal clear golden color fluffy white head. Spice is very subtle in the aroma, more present but nicely balanced in the taste. It works!
Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2018 at 02:30

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Draft at the Charlotte source. Cloudy golden orange color white head. Aroma of dusty orange. Taste is lightly bitter dusty funky citrus bone dry finish. Better than the non-Brett version.
Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2018 at 02:27

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Draft at the Charlotte source, courtesy of staff to complement the Brett version I ordered, thanks! Cloudy yellow color. Orange aroma. Taste is orange peel scant bitterness dryish finish. OK
Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2018 at 02:25

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Draft at the Charlotte source. Cloudy pale yellow. Shockingly, the aroma has chocolate and orange. Chocolate dominates the taste, light wheaty straw also. Nice
Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2018 at 02:23

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Can from Sam's Quik Shop. Pours murky gold with floaters. Nice aroma of juicy citrus, pineapple, pine. Flavor is pine, pineapple pulp, grapefruit rind, green grass. Tasty.
Tried from Can on 04 Nov 2018 at 21:55

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Draft at the Charlotte source. Clear golden color white head. Orange peel aroma. Taste is very lightly tart orange dry finish. OK
Tried from Draft on 02 Nov 2018 at 19:38