Region: Parts of Tennessee and North Carolina near Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Breweries: 16
Brewery Stars Ranking
What's the best local brewery? We take a data-driven approach to ranking breweries. When you’re visiting a brewery, you want both good beer and a good atmosphere. We take publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings and consolidate them into a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating. If guests consistently like a brewery’s beer and enjoy the experience of visiting the taproom, the brewery will do well in our rankings.
| Ranking | Brewery Venue | Brewery Stars Meta-Rating | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innovation Brewing | 4.0735 | 414 W Main St, Sylva, NC 28779 |
| 2 | Innovation Station | 4.0408 | 40 Depot St, Dillsboro, NC 28725 |
| 3 | Peaceful Side Social | Townsend | 4.0263 | 7967 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, TN 37882 |
| 4 | Mountain Layers Brewing Company | 4.0255 | 90 Everett St, Bryson City, NC 28713 |
| 5 | Company Distilling | 4.0171 | 8351 TN-73, Townsend, TN 37882 |
| 6 | Balsam Falls Brewing Co. | 4.0050 | 506 W Main St, Sylva, NC 28779 |
| 7 | Angry Elk Brewing Co | 4.0012 | 3312 US-441, Whittier, NC 28789 |
| 8 | Iron Forge Brewing Co. | 3.9862 | 371 Lonesome Valley Rd, Sevierville, TN 37862 |
| 9 | Lazy Hiker Brewing - Sylva Taproom | 3.9712 | 617 W Main St, Sylva, NC 28779 |
| 10 | Gatlinburg Brewing Company | 3.9507 | 458 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 |
| 11 | Gatlinburg Brewing Company | 3.9382 | 870 Winfield Dunn Pkwy #4, Sevierville, TN 37862 |
| 12 | Native Brews Tap & Grill | 3.9288 | 1897 Tsali Blvd, Cherokee, NC 28719 |
| 13 | BearWaters Brewing Company: Creekside | 3.8979 | 4352 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC 28751 |
| 14 | Smoky Mountain Brewery | 3.6741 | 2530 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863 |
| 15 | Smoky Mountain Brewery in Gatlinburg | 3.6659 | 1004 Parkway #501, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 |
| 16 | Bryson City Brewing | -9.0000 | 234 Deep Creek Rd, Bryson City, NC 28713 |
The publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings that fed into the Brewery Stars Meta-Rating were last updated on May 15, 2025. Any venues marked "Temporarily Closed" may have re-opened since we last checked on them. Refer to the brewery for latest updates. Venues with a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating of -9.0000 have not yet received enough public ratings for us to accurately assess them and are listed alphabetically at the bottom of the rankings.
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