The Charlotte Brewery Pass Guide

The Charlotte Brewery Pass allows you to choose between a one-day (visit four breweries for $26.95) or a three-day (visit up to 12 breweries for $42.95) badge and instantly receive a $10 voucher to participating alehouses.

How the Charlotte Brewery Pass Works

The badge is mobile exclusive, but no app download is necessary. As soon as you obtain a Brewery Pass, you’ll receive a text. Then, make your way to one of the many participating breweries and present your phone to the bartenders for your discounts. You’ll have 180 days after purchasing the badge to experience a Queen City brewery adventure. Please drink responsibly.

Here's your guide to Charlotte Brewery Pass’ participating breweries.

Brewers at 4001 Yancey

Neighborhood: Lower South End

Brewers at 4001 Yancey is a beer-lover’s paradise, offering a range of craft brews and ciders from renowned breweries like Victory, Sixpoint, Southern Tier Brewing and Bold Rock Hard Cider. Pair a pour from one of the more than 30 taps with a sandwich, burger or pizza.

Divine Barrel Brewing

Neighborhood: NoDa

Divine Barrel loves an experimental brew. Named after its peanut-butter adoring sales manager, the We’re Out of Peanut Butter porter is a sipper made with multiple scoops of creamy peanut butter.

Brewery Pass Bonus: Take 10% off merchandise

Fonta Flora Brewery - Optimist Hall

Neighborhood: Optimist Park

Fonta Flora brings a taste of the Appalachian Mountains to its Optimist Hall taproom. Order a Mary’s Gold, a bière de coupage-style blended spontaneous ale aged on marigolds from the brewery’s Whippoorwill Farm.

Free Range Brewing

Neighborhood: NoDa

With familial relationships with farmers and foragers, it won’t surprise you that Free Range’s beers average 95% locally sourced ingredients. Marvel in the brewery’s dedication to the community with a Familiar Feelings oatmeal stout on nitro.

Free Range BAR at Camp North End

Neighborhood: Camp North End

In addition to the NoDa taproom, Free Range has a second location at Camp North End. Pick up a Cream of the Crop ale and walk over to the Ford Building for a free outdoor movie in the summer and fall.

Gilde Brewery

Neighborhood: Lower South End

What started 475 years ago in Hannover, Germany, has come to roost (literally, the logo is a rooster) in Charlotte. This brewpub aims to make the purest beer you’ve ever tasted. The Worth the Wait semi-sweet helles accomplishes that.

Hi-Wire Brewing

Neighborhood: South End

Have you ever played a giant game of pool with balls the size of volleyballs? You can at Hi-Wire Brewing, with a Mountain Water easy-drinking ale in hand.

Brewery Pass Bonus: Free sticker

Lenny Boy Brewing Co.

Neighborhood: South End

This plant-filled brewery was the first certified organic kombucha producer in the Southeast and took that expertise to launch Lenny Boy’s beer line. The Spaghetti Handshake Italian pilsner is a fan favorite.

NoDa Brewing Company - The OG

Neighborhood: NoDa

The OG location of NoDa Brewing, covered in a hop mural, opened in 2011. The brewery hit almost instant success in 2012 with the Coco Loco porter that won a silver medal at the Great American Beer Festival that same year.

NoDa Brewing Company - North End

Neighborhood: NoDa

This is where the magic happens for NoDa Brewing. Take a free tour of the main production facility as you indulge in a Jam Session pale ale that perfectly balances hop and malt.

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

Neighborhood: Lower South End

When you walk through the doors of OMB, you’ll feel transported to Germany. Choose a long biergarten-style table outside to imbibe the flagship, Copper altbier, and devour a pork schnitzel.

Petty Thieves Brewing Co.

Neighborhood: Uptown

Petty Thieves could only be described as steampunk meets stave church meets Sherlock Holmes’ Diogenes Club that you have to see for yourself. Purchase a tart I Dream A Highway saison made with currants and pineapples.

Pilot Brewing

Neighborhood: Plaza Midwood

While half of the duo that owns this taproom is a pilot, the name also comes from the brewery’s small-batch experimental beer. Order the extra crisp and clean Kölsch Me If You Can.

Brewery Pass Bonus: 20% off merchandise

Triple C Brewing Company

Neighborhood: South End

Triple C is the oldest brewery in South End, offering beer, wine, cider and even wood-fired pizza from an on-site truck. From soul to indie rock, the brewery regularly hosts concerts that are best watched with a cereal-inspired Cinnamon Honey Crunch brown ale in hand.

Brewery Pass Bonus: 20% off cheese pizza

Article originally written by Hayden Pigott. Updates by Arielle Patterson in October 2024.