Highland Brewing Company
Regional Brewery
in
Asheville,
North Carolina,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1994
Contact
12 Old Charlotte Hwy, #200, Asheville, NC, 28803, United States
Description
Highland Brewing was founded in 1994 by retired engineer and entrepreneur Oscar Wong, establishing it as the pioneer of Asheville, NC’s booming craft beer industry. With a portfolio that is equal parts established and inventive, Highland is known for consistently excellent beer. Proudly regional, Highland is distributed in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Kentucky. Highland is the largest independent family-owned brewery born in the Southeast, with the third largest solar array in an American craft brewery. The brewery is in a rehabilitated manufacturing facility on a hilltop, affording space for thousands of visitors to enjoy limited release beers, tours, and live music. In addition, the event center and rooftop can be reserved for private events. Since 2015, the company has been led by Wong’s daughter, Leah Wong Ashburn, and has 50 full-time employees.
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2018
at 16:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Trader Joe's. Pours a clear copper gold with a finger of foam that lingers. Light peach and tropical nose. Grassy and twiggy bitterness on the palate. Some resin on the finish. Not bad, but pretty straightforward. --- Beer merged from original tick of Southern Sixer IPA on 18 Feb 2018 at 16:42 - Score: 7. Original review text: Light peach and tropical nose. Grassy and twiggy bitterness on the palate. Some resin on the finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2018
at 19:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a glass. Black with small beige head. Aroma is chocolate, medium body, medium carbonation, and small-bubble lacing. Taste is chocolate, some oats, and some herbal hops
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2018
at 01:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice sweet chocolate vanilla coffee. Tatse is more of the nice sweet malts toast coffee and milk chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2018
at 14:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at Daily Growler Powell during the "Land-Grant Collab (The Corsica) Launch + Empanadas Food Truck" event on 01/19/2018. Brown-black color with a medium khaki head that dissipates steadily to a film. Sparse patches of lace. Aroma of roast malt, coconut and coffee. Medium body with flavors of chocolate malt, coconut, vanilla and coffee. The finish is roasty with a malt and coconut aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Growler
on 23 Jan 2018
at 20:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a black with a large tan head. Aroma is a mild coffee with an equally mild chocolate and roast. Flavor is again a very mild coffee with some roasted malt and not much else. Everything in this beer was way low key. As a porter this was ok, the adjuncts used did not stand out.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2018
at 17:08
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of tan head that lingers. Huge chocolate milk nose with cacao nib and faint coffee. Brownie-like character on the palate. Lots of milk coffee flavors come out as well. Super smooth and rich. Very drinkable with abv hidden well. Probably the best Highland I have had at this point. Great stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2018
at 12:19
8/10
Huge chocolate milk nosevwith cacao nib and faint coffee. Good character. Lots of milk coffee flavors. .
Tried
from Draft
at
Craft Brewed
on 14 Jan 2018
at 01:23
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Salud. Nice cocoa and chocolate milk aroma. Taste is earthy cocoa and coffee grounds. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2018
at 07:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Craft Brewed, pours a deep dark brown / black with a reddish tinge and a small tan head. Aroma brings out notes of cocoa upfront, with a touch of coffee. Flavour is fairly chocolatey, with light coffee undertones. Dry palate, with a lightly sweet and cocoa-y finish. Nicely made.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2017
at 21:40