Beech Mountain Brewing Company (1007 Beech Mountain Pkwy, Beech Mountain) is open during ski season and the summer months for bikers and hikers.Seasonal beers and experimental small batches, as well as stouts, porters, saisons, hefeweizens and brown ales. Their year-round brews include a pale ale, IPA, Kolsch and black-rye IPA. Kettell Beerworks (567 Main Street East, Banner Elk) has about a dozen beers on tap.From Banner Elk take 184 south to 105 east toward Boone approximately four miles on your right. During a tasting, you will sample a variety of dry white and red wines. Grandfather Vineyard & Winery is located on a mountainside at the base of Grandfather Mountain on the Watauga River.They also offer private tours and tastings with advance scheduling of at least one week. Stop in for a tasting year around from 12 Noon until 6 PM every day but Mondays. Banner Elk wines pay tribute to the rugged mountain landscape and capture the delicate nuance and subtle flavors. Banner Elk Winery (photo above) is the most celebrated winery in the region, growing new French-American and American varieties of grapes.Take daily guided tours mid-June through mid-October by volunteers. Read more.īanner House Museum: Experience 19th-century life in the North Carolina mountains at the home of Samuel Henry Banner, one of Banner Elk's original settlers. Enjoy a big selection of arts and crafts, food and live music. A contest determines which one worm will have the honor of predicting the severity of the coming winter. Woolly Worm Festival: Banner Elk's biggest event of the year celebrates the coming of the snow season with a Woolly Worm Festival on the third weekend of October. While the town is only home to about 1,000 residents, it's a hub for the area and offers a nice selection of shopping and impressive line-up of great restaurants within a few blocks of the town clock tower. Many other things to do nearby. 10 AM-5 PM. Find a big variety of artists working with metal, glass, pottery, wood, jewelry, and more. ![]() Nearby is Grandfather Mountain and the popular Mile High Swinging Bridge.īuy art and support the restoration of the historic school in Banner Elk. It's home to Lees-McRae College, a beautiful historic campus at the highest elevation of any college east of the Mississippi (3,700 ft.). ![]() ![]() Banner Elk is a quaint mountain village between the Beech Mountain and Sugar Mountain ski areas (our top North Carolina Ski Town).
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