Highland Brewing Company

Regional Brewery in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1994

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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.

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Hazy golden orange with a white head. Grapefruit, citrus, and light caramel malts in the overall fruity aroma. Flavor is a bit on the sweet malt side with pine, and citrus hops also noticeable. It may be a bit sweet because this isn’t the freshest of bottles. Medium body. Has a nice bitter finish. A decent iPA, but nothing to write home about.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2009 at 21:34

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Deep brown with a frothy beige head. Roasted malts, molasses, chocolate, and biscuit. Body was a tad thin. Nice flavor on this one. Lightly sour caramel malts, a touch of oats, and some nice hops round this one out. Very drinkable porter that I could down a few of in a sitting.
Tried on 14 Oct 2009 at 04:02

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market, Chapel Hill, NC. Pours a pale hazy yellow color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is spicy, peppery bread with a bit of caramel. A bit of tea and floral notes as well. Taste is bread, yeast, pepper, citrus, particularly lime, caramel. Thin-medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2009 at 03:07

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market, Cary, NC. Pours a hazy orange color with a thin creamy white head. Poor head retention and decent lacing. Aroma of lightly toasted malts, nuts, caramel and faint apricot and other fruits. Taste is lightly toasted grain, floral and fruity notes including notes of plum and peach, some nutty notes and a leafy hoppiness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2009 at 21:45

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cloudy golden with a medium white head. Sweet aroma with hops, pine and grapefruit notes. Flavour was very hoppy with pine, grapefruit and malty notes. Finished bitter.
Tried on 13 Sep 2009 at 17:21

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
cloudy yellow, small thick white head. hoppy citrussy aroma with a strange sourish tinge to it. flavor is bitterhoppy, flowery hoppy, alc, bitterness present. ends bitter.
Tried on 13 Sep 2009 at 13:25

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 fl ozbottle. Pours cloudy orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is pine wood hoppy. Dry malty and crisp hoppy fruity flavoured. Distinct pine wood hoppy flavoured and bitterness into the finish. Smooth and slight fruity flavoured finish.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2009 at 13:22

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of brentfeesh. Clear golden with a dense off-white head leaving some laces. Fresh, citrusy hoppiness. Medium body, caramel and overripe fruit. Dry, hoppy finish with a little tired mouthfeel. 130909
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2009 at 13:04

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of kp. Pours a clear opaque black with a light brown head. Sweetish aroma of hard roasted malt, dried fruit and sweet coffee. Quite full-bodied, very hard roasted malts and dried fruit again with a vinous touch. Quite malt bitter finish. 110709
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2009 at 15:25

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours copper with gold edges and weak tan head. The aroma has sweet malts and earthiness to go along with citrus and dark fruity esters. The taste has a pleasing balance of malty goodness, citrus hops, spicy hops, earthiness and dark fruity esters. A thin layer of molasses surfaces into the finish. The flavor isn’t seamless but tasty leaving lingering hop bitterness into the after taste.
Tried on 27 Jul 2009 at 22:32