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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

20 minutes outside of downtown Asheville, you can’t skip a trip to Sierra Nevada! The restaurant is first come, first serve and will most likely be busy if you’re there on the weekend, but the wait really isn’t bad (we expected an hour and a half for 10 people and only waited 30.) Explore the brewery while you wait, enjoying the 23 beers on tap in the Taproom, hanging out in the Beer Garden, and enjoying the gorgeous views in the Mills River Estate Garden. The restaurant serves up delicious, locally sourced tapas style plates - I highly recommend the ginger soy wings, duck fat fries, and the duck ramen. Sierra Nevada has some of my favorite craft brews - I LOVE Otra Vez and Hazy Little Thing - and while it‘s a much bigger and busier production than the other craft breweries you’ll experience in Asheville, it is completely worth the visit.