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.
8.5/10
Very sweet, with a nice finish.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2016
at 22:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pour is a black with a large tan head. Aroma is a nice roasted malt and cacao nib chocolate. Flavor is a silky smooth chocolate with equal parts sweet and bitter. This is so chocolaty it reminds me of pouring Hershey chocolate syrup right in your mouth. This leaves a nice chocolate on the tongue well after the swallow. Kind of a one trick pony with the chocolate but it is done so well you can look past that and enjoy this for what it is.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2016
at 20:09
8/10
Tried
on 10 Dec 2016
at 20:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draft at Craft Tasting Room. Clear golden yellow color, small white head. Orange peel aroma. Taste is sweetish citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2016
at 12:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce can from Total Wine Manassas, 8/2/16. Clear amber, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of orange juice. The taste is pale malt, orange juice, a bit of pith. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness, juicy.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2016
at 01:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce can from Total Wine Manassas, 8/2/16. Clear golden, large foamy white head, fair retention. Aroma of grassy hops, doughy malts, biscuits. The taste is bready malt, honey, floral hops. Medium bodied, well balanced, could be crisper.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2016
at 01:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Delicious coffee porter with deep, roasty veins of chocolate and java. Mild herbal bitterness on the finish. Damn tasty.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2016
at 14:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
2 month old can
A: Cloudy medium gold a with 1" bubbly head and end of glass retention.
S: Orange and tangerine citrus with a pronounced spruce-y cascade note and faint caramel.
T: Bitter, piney and tart with pithy lemon lime. Malts are toasty but not sweet.
M: Light and softly carbonated with a puckering, lightly resinous finish.
O: A happy return of a very nice pale ale.
A: Cloudy medium gold a with 1" bubbly head and end of glass retention.
S: Orange and tangerine citrus with a pronounced spruce-y cascade note and faint caramel.
T: Bitter, piney and tart with pithy lemon lime. Malts are toasty but not sweet.
M: Light and softly carbonated with a puckering, lightly resinous finish.
O: A happy return of a very nice pale ale.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Oct 2016
at 12:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a clear orange with a large white head. Aroma is fruity almost peppery hop. Flavor is a fruity melon hop with a mild alcohol heat. Decent hop profile with a bit of alcohol heat.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2016
at 19:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can: Tang nose, somewhat resembles orange flavored vitamins I had when I was a kid. Clear amber, medium head. Unusually savory and bready orange flavor, accented by rye and basil. Medium body, easy carbonation. More herbal than fruity.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2016
at 15:20