Grumpy Old Men Brewing - Blue Ridge

Good live music, different beers to try. They have a chocolate one that is surprisingly really good, if you like chocolate flavor.

OMG! Support your local brewery. Great vibe, dog friendly and awesome beers

A rustic kind of Cheers place, where all the locals know your name. A wide span of 16 craft beers. While you likely won't find one just like your favorite commercial type, just ask the staff what's most like what you like and they will gladly recommend one of theirs for you. I got one of their Grumpy Old Men shirts. The sizes seem to run small, and they are cotton so might shrink a bit, so go a size bigger than normal.

This is one of my favorite breweries in Georgia, a large part being my affinity with its name (and logo! , but also because they brew stellar beer. If I 'm in Blue Ridge, and only have time to visit one craft brewery (the town as four! this is the one I want to go to. We visited this for a second time in July on our beat the heat tour up to the North Georgia mountains. We got there not too long after they opened on a Tuesday afternoon and there were already a few people there ahead of us. Yes, they are popular with the locals as well as passing through beer nerds. We sat at the bar (of course and, another plus, were waited on by a bartender who was in our age bracket. (This is not that big a deal, but it is nice to at times to have conversations with people who have the same life experiences as you and without having to decipher the language. The first time we were here it was a pretty busy Sunday afternoon and we really didn 't get to sample very many beers, this time we did our typical two flights including two of the beers we had had before. They did not disappoint. If you 're looking for a nice pale blonde ale on a hot Georgia day (yes, even in Blue Ridge it can sometimes get a tad warm , the Acoustic Blonde Ale is definitely a winner. One of the best examples of the style that I 've encountered. The other standout (again, they were all good was the Grasshoppa DIPA, which I considered just a sliver above their Scentsation, another DIPA. At 8% ABV it goes down much lighter and probably has surprised more than a few people with the impact it winds up having. This really is brewery that requires one spend time exploring the brews. If you 're in the area, this is a must stop at brewery.

Do yourself a favor and stop by for a flight a beers. One of those beers must be a Choco Blanco. Described as a White Chocolate Wheat Beer, the first sip you take will blow your mind. They’ve got a great variety of beers, something for everyone!