T R A V E L
NOVEMBER 2019 89
BHRAMARI BREWING
COMPANY
Beer even defines the
food here: The excellent
burger has a stout wort
glaze and hop-smoked,
truffled American
cheese. Try it with a pint
of Lorelai IPA. (101 S.
Lexington Ave.;
bhramaribrewing.com)
BROUWERÏJ CURSUS
KE ̆ME ̄
Sip beers brewed over a
live fire and fermented
with house-cultured
yeast at this high-gloss
bar fashioned from the
beds of old trucks. (155
Thompson St.;
cursuskeme.com)
BURIAL BEER
COMPANY
Open this fall, Burial’s
Forestry Camp brewery
houses a restaurant
overseen by James
Beard Award
semifinalist Brian
Canipelli. (40 Collier
Ave.; burialbeer.com)
GREEN MAN BREWERY
Sit in a barroom
overlooking the bottling
line and have a certified
Cicerone walk you
through their malty ESB
and other excellent ales.
(27 Buxton Ave.;
greenmanbrewery.com)
HIGHLAND BREWING
The rooftop bar of
Asheville’s first craft
brewery is the place to
try their flagship Gaelic
Ale, a delicately hopped,
perfectly balanced pint.
(12 Old Charlotte
Highway, Suite 200;
highlandbrewing.com)
WEDGE BREWING
COMPANY
This brewery anchors a
studio space for 20
working artists founded
by metal artist John
Payne. (37 Payne’s Way;
wedgebrewing.com)
ZEBULON ARTISAN
ALES
This small-production
outfit focuses on
French-style saisons
and other European
styles. Open Fridays and
Saturdays only. (8
Merchants Alley,
Weaverville;
zebulonbrewing.com)
ZILLICOAH BEER
COMPANY
Taste open-fermented
farmhouse beers and
lagers at a sunlit
brewery and warehouse
on the river at the city’s
outskirts. (870 Riverside
Drive, Woodfin;
zillicoahbeer.com)
Zillicoah Beer Com-
pany’s owners en-
joy a pint by the
French Broad River.
ABOVE: A Snozzberry
American sour ale
at Green Man
Brewery;
WHERE TO STAY
The Bunn House, a new, five-room boutique inn, offers
self check-in in a 1905 home in the heart of Asheville.
The first-floor suite includes a full kitchen. Take a brew
up to the roof deck at sunset. (Rooms from $279;
bunnhouse.com) At The Inn on Biltmore Estate,
adjacent to the 8,000-acre Biltmore property, you can
make like a Vanderbilt by sipping a house martini in the
dining room. (Rooms from $299; biltmore.com) If
sports and spas are your thing, go play at The Omni
Grove Park Inn. Founded in 1913, the 513-room
complex has a grand dining terrace with views of the
Blue Ridge Mountains. The oldest part of the property
offers Arts and Crafts charm, while the newer wings are
more modern. (Rooms from $284; groveparkinn.com)
At the just-opened, 128-room Kimpton Hotel Arras,
tuck into a hearth-fired pizza at Bargello, a new
restaurant from restaurateurs Martha and Peter Pollay.
(Rooms from $495; hotelarras.com)