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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber pours deep amber with lasting thin tan head. The aroma is sweet with malts mixing with burnt malts, chocolate, caramel, earthiness and some heat. The taste is also sweet with malts, syrupy sweetness, a dash of caramel and chocolate. Into the finish the flavor picks up additional notes of coffee and burnt malts helping to dry out the palate some.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2009
at 19:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours brown with a small head. Floral aroma as well as some sweet malts. Taste is light floral with some lager tones. Plain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2009
at 12:25
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light caramel, moderate hoppy, old orange, flowers - potpourri. Flavor is moderate to light light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090913]
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2009
at 00:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear amber with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and hops. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel and hoppy notes. Finished bitter.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2009
at 09:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy dark red beer with a t hin tan head. The aroma has strong notes of hops lending it citrusy notes, but also notes of fruits leaning on being over ripe and hence very sweet on a malty back ground. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of malt, caramel, over ripe fruits, and medium notes of hops, the latter lending it notes of citrus, leading to a very bitter finish. The over ripe fruits gives it a good body. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2009
at 06:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange to light brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is mild caramelish and vague fruity. Roasted malty, vague breadish and oxidised touch. Bitter and dry finish with a mild toffeeish touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2009
at 06:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of brentfeesh. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Very sweet caramel aroma with an oxidized edge. Medium body, again caramel with some nuttiness. Faint hoppiness. 091109
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2009
at 06:30
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Coffee, licorice and a meaty component in the nose that almost reminds of canned catfood?! Flavor is roasty with coffee but also alot of diacetyl and then alot of astringent burnt grain at the finish, along with a hot alcohol burn.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2009
at 08:15
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
2008 bottle, thanks to Daknole. Pours black wtih a medium tan head. quickly dissapating head. Nice nutty roasted malt aroma and some chocolate. Wow, the mouth is heavenly. Silky smooth, very creamy with nice maltyness shining through. Big though, the strong dark malts punch down the throat and come back through the nose. bakers chocolate and bitterss round out the lingering finish. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2009
at 11:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours black with an inch of tan head. Not much of aroma- light roastiness. Coffee and dark chocolate in the mouth- a bit thin... Nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2009
at 08:53