Wilmington, North Carolina
Breweries: 21
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 | Wilmington Brewing Company | 4.2101 | 824 S Kerr Ave, Wilmington, NC 28403 |
| 2 | Broomtail Craft Brewery | 4.1345 | 6404 Amsterdam Way Unit 100, Wilmington, NC 28405 |
| 3 | Flying Machine Brewing Company | 4.1121 | 3130 Randall Pkwy, Wilmington, NC 28403 |
| 4 | Waterline Brewing Co. | 4.0542 | 721 Surry St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
| 5 | Mad Mole Brewing | 4.0433 | 6309 Boathouse Rd unit c, Wilmington, NC 28403 |
| 6 | Flytrap Brewing | 4.0399 | 319 Walnut St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
| 7 | Edward Teach Brewing | 4.0389 | 604 N 4th St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
| 8 | Bill's Brewing Company Taproom | 4.0289 | 107 Cinema Dr, Wilmington, NC 28403 |
| 9 | Hi-Wire Brewing - Wilmington | 4.0264 | 1020 Princess St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
| 10 | Panacea Brewing Company | 4.0254 | 311 Judges Rd #6b, Wilmington, NC 28405 |
| 11 | Leland Brewing Company | 4.0158 | 2115 Ale Ave, Leland, NC 28451 |
| 12 | DrumTrout Brewing Company | 4.0093 | 3710 College Rd Suite 143, Wilmington, NC 28412 |
| 13 | By The Beach Brewing | 3.9987 | 104 Old Eastwood Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403 |
| 14 | Brunswick Beer and Cider | 3.9862 | 1313 S Dickinson Dr, Leland, NC 28451 |
| 15 | Wrightsville Beach Brewery | 3.9805 | 6201 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC 28403 |
| 16 | Ponysaurus Brewing Co. | 3.9638 | 214 Market St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
| 17 | Waterman's Brewing | 3.9560 | 1610 Pavilion Pl, Wilmington, NC 28403 |
| 18 | Outer Dunes Brewing Company | 3.9547 | 7976 Market St, Wilmington, NC 28411 |
| 19 | Good Hops Brewing | 3.9155 | 811 Harper Ave, Carolina Beach, NC 28428 |
| 20 | Front Street Brewery | 3.9151 | 9 N Front St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
| 21 | Ironclad Brewery | 3.8927 | 115 N 2nd St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
The publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings that fed into the Brewery Stars Meta-Rating were last updated on March 13, 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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