Catawba Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Asheville,
North Carolina,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Made By The Water
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1999
Contact
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.
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.
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
12 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a crystal clear gold color with a big, thick white head and excellent retention. Good lacing. Pilsner malt aroma. Straightforward pale lager flavor with some light bitter pilsner malt flavor in the finish. Crisp mouthfeel. Medium-light body. Light bitterness. A really refreshing summer beer.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2023
at 20:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint can from Ingles Black Mountain, 5/19/23. Very very dark red (near black), large tan head, average retention. Aroma of coffee, honey, roast, nuts. Taste is coffee, honey, maple, roast. Sweet but not overly so. Decent balance. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2023
at 03:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 12 oz can poured into a cup. Hazy golden with medium white head. Aroma is wheat esters, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is wheat esters and a little strawberry.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2023
at 01:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at South Slope, 4/25/23. Clear gold, medium tan head, good retention. Aroma of grapefruit, citrus. Taste is grapefruit, resin, dank. Mild bitterness.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2023
at 23:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at South Slope, 4/25/23. Listed as just Small Batch Altbier. Clear dark red, large tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, honey, piney hop. Taste is toffee, raisin, cherry, piney hops. Crisp, strong bitterness.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2023
at 23:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at South Slope, 4/25/23. Near black, medium tan head, average retention. Aroma of roast, mineral notes. Taste is roast, mineral, mild smoke. Dry, lingering bitterness. Nice.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2023
at 23:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at South Slope, 4/25/23. Clear gold. Large off-white head, average retention. Aroma of bready malt, green hops. Taste is green hops, pale malt. Crisp, lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2023
at 23:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Pretty decent for a strawberry witbier. The berry is quite subtle, only coming through on the ver back end with a slight fruity tartness. Otherwise, a straightforward white ale, with notes of clove, grass, and a little vanilla, and a soapy flourish on the finish. Not bad.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2023
at 22:50
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Mild strawberry aroma. Taste is slightly sweet wheat beer, very mild strawberry, a little funk at the end. Some citrus flavor.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2023
at 19:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a murky gold color with a tight white head and good retention. Good lacing. Light yeast aroma. No strawberry aroma. Light yeast/bread flavor with a very light strawberry background flavor. Subtle. Just enough fruit flavor to cut the yeast notes. I'm not a witbier fan, and this tastes closer to a wheat ale. Better than I expected. Medium-light body and medium-light carbonation too. Zero bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2023
at 22:50