View Full Version : Any one now of any micro-breweries off the trail?
skip3587
10-12-2011, 13:16
planning a sobo thru hike for 2012. was intrested if there were any micro-breweries just off the trail. love a good ipa now and again and would be cool to visit some breweries off the trail.
skip3587
10-12-2011, 13:18
ment to say "know" not "now".
Check out this old thread from March 2011:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-71128.html
I like a good (English) IPA too but the first thing I craved whenever I hit town was a cold bottle of Orange Juice.......Yum.
Nantahala Brewing is in Bryson City. It just opened up. Their Noon day IPA is one of my favorite beers right now. They even have a beer named after the AT. You can get it at Rivers End or call to visit the tasting room.
Live_for_hiking
10-12-2011, 18:12
I'd happily blue-blaze to a micro brewpub!
We need a AT-micro brewpub guide .......
Chaco Taco
10-12-2011, 18:24
Caratunk, N. Woodstock, Bennington, just off the top of my head
Chaco Taco
10-12-2011, 18:25
I'd happily blue-blaze to a micro brewpub!
We need a AT-micro brewpub guide .......
Maybe that could be a goal for you on your hike.
SassyWindsor
10-12-2011, 20:29
Delaware Water Gap (in or near) use to have a some. Can't remember names. DWG area does have some very good restaurants/pubs.
wornoutboots
10-12-2011, 21:19
Iron horse in Hot Spings has a nice selection
I don't know exactly where it is brewed but if you don't stop at the Inn at Long Trail between Rutland and Killington VT for a Long Trail Ale, you're nuts.
Megapixel
10-12-2011, 22:27
one of the first ones you'll come to SOBO:
http://www.northernoutdoors.com/site/resort/the-forks-resort-center/kennebec-river-brewery.html
skip3587
10-13-2011, 00:43
thanks for the response. looks like i'll need to make a list an plan accordingly.
Chaco Taco
10-13-2011, 07:14
thanks for the response. looks like i'll need to make a list an plan accordingly.
Its a bit off trail but Asheville, about 28 miles from Sams Gap is "Beer City USA". Some of the best brews on the trail. There is a hostel called Sweet Pea Hostel above the Lexington Ave Brewery. Worth the trip, there are brewery tours and tons of good food including LAB.