Blowing Rock Brewing Company

Brewery

4.3 (748 on Google)

About Blowing Rock Brewing Company

Blowing Rock Brewing Company is a brewpub with an inn, on Sunset Drive in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Its website says the brewery opened in 2013 in historic downtown Blowing Rock. The Ale House & Inn opened the same year.

The Ale House serves food built around the beer. Its website says the chefs work the brewery's beers into locally sourced ingredients, and the menu changes with the seasons. Seating is indoors and outdoors, with patios and front and back garden areas.

The beer list leans on the High Country. Its website names Cloud Rise Hazy IPA and Blowing Rock IPA as year-round core beers. It also lists Carolina Championships of Beer medals, with gold for Midnight Raspberry Wheat and Pilsner.

The company brews for distribution at a production facility in Hickory. Its beer goes to retailers across North Carolina in cans, kegs and growlers. Google lists a wheelchair accessible entrance and parking lot at the Blowing Rock location.

From Blowing Rock Brewing's own website and its Google listing, read October 30, 2026.

Amenities

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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Google rating

4.3out of 5

4.3 on Google from 748 reviews, as of September 2026.

Questions people ask

Does Blowing Rock Brewing serve food?

Yes. The Ale House restaurant has a food menu, and its website says the chefs cook with the brewery's beers and local ingredients. The menu changes with the seasons.

Is there outdoor seating?

Yes. Its website describes indoor and outdoor seating, outside patios, and front and back garden areas.

Can you stay overnight?

Google lists the location as an inn, and its website calls it the Blowing Rock Ale House & Inn. The site has an Inn page under its locations menu.

Is it wheelchair accessible?

Google lists a wheelchair accessible entrance and a wheelchair accessible parking lot.

Which breweries are close by?

Parallel Brewing Co. at The Beacon is 4.8 miles away in Boone. Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Peabody's Wine & Beer Merchants are both 4.9 miles away, and Benchmark Provisions Beer and Wine is 5.9 miles away.

Answers come from Blowing Rock Brewing's website and its Google listing, read October 30, 2026.

Breweries near Blowing Rock Brewing Company

Before you visit Blowing Rock Brewing

Expect a restaurant and brewery in one place, with seating indoors and out. The patios and garden areas are the draw when the weather is good. If you want a room, the inn is at the same address.

Check blowingrockbrewing.com before you go. It has a What's On Tap page, a food menu and a calendar. Hours are posted there too.

Boone is the nearest cluster of beer stops. Parallel Brewing Co. at The Beacon is 4.8 miles away, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is 4.9 miles away. Peabody's Wine & Beer Merchants is also 4.9 miles away, so a bottle shop stop is easy.