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    For NC Brewery Owners

    Grow your brewery's reach across North Carolina.

    Turn your events, beer releases, and brewery news into searchable local media. Most brewery updates live for a few hours on Instagram, maybe a day on Facebook, and then disappear. NCBreweries.com gives your brewery a permanent, searchable home — with direct links back to your website, taproom, online store, and social.

    Independent, NC-owned Built for SEO from day one Direct backlinks to your site

    Not a social media platform to manage. A statewide beer magazine and brewery discovery site, built specifically to help NC breweries get found.

    Your updates shouldn't disappear in the feed.

    You already have news worth sharing — a new IPA, an anniversary party, Oktoberfest weekend, trivia night, live bluegrass, a food truck schedule, a limited barrel-aged stout, a collaboration beer. But most of that content gets posted once and vanishes. NCBreweries.com turns those updates into long-lasting, SEO-friendly content that can keep working for your brewery long after the original post is gone.

    Search-friendly content

    Your brewery updates become indexable articles, event pages, and release posts — the format Google actually rewards.

    Direct links back to your business

    Send visitors to your website, online store, event tickets, tap list, reservations, merch, newsletter, or social accounts.

    Statewide discovery

    Get included in city guides, regional pages, event roundups, beer release coverage, and editorial-style content.

    A professional publishing channel

    Show up like a brewery that has news, momentum, and an active community — not just an Instagram grid.

    Affordable annual pricing

    One year of statewide visibility costs less than a few boosted posts. The Verified plan is about 55 cents a day.

    Done-for-you options

    Post directly yourself, or send us the details and we'll handle the writing and publishing for you.

    Built for North Carolina beer.

    North Carolina has one of the strongest brewery scenes in the country — from Asheville and Charlotte to Raleigh, Durham, Wilmington, Boone, Greensboro, the Outer Banks, and small towns across the state. NCBreweries.com exists to organize that energy into one easy-to-browse, magazine-style platform where beer lovers can discover what's worth visiting.

    Breweries near themNew beer releasesUpcoming eventsBeer festivalsTaproom newsBrewery storiesWeekend plansCity-by-city beer guidesSeasonal roundups

    Choose your brewery plan.

    Simple, honest annual pricing. Start with a verified profile, or let us handle the content entirely.

    Verified Brewery Profile

    $200/ per year

    About 55¢ per day.

    A professional profile and the ability to publish your own updates.

    Best for: Breweries that already manage their own marketing and want an affordable statewide publishing channel.

    • Verified brewery profile on NCBreweries.com
    • Brewery description, location, photos, and contact info
    • Direct links to your website and social media
    • Post your own events, beer releases, and brewery news
    • Inclusion in city and regional brewery pages
    • SEO-friendly backlinks to your website
    • Verified Brewery badge
    Most popular

    Brewery Publisher Plus

    $499/ per year

    About $1.37 per day.

    More visibility plus light editorial support — your updates, presented properly.

    Best for: Breweries that want help turning important updates into better posts without committing to full-service marketing.

    • Everything in Verified Brewery Profile
    • Up to 12 edited or polished posts per year
    • Featured beer-release formatting
    • Event spotlight formatting
    • Inclusion in relevant monthly roundups
    • Priority placement in brewery news feeds
    • Improved article formatting for search and sharing
    • Basic social sharing from NCBreweries.com channels
    • Annual profile refresh

    Done-For-You Media Partner

    $999/ per year

    About $2.74 per day.

    Send us the basics. We turn them into polished content and publish it for you.

    Best for: Busy breweries that are too busy brewing, serving, and hosting to keep up with consistent marketing.

    • Everything in Publisher Plus
    • Done-for-you event posts
    • Done-for-you new beer release articles
    • Done-for-you brewery news updates
    • We turn short notes into polished magazine-style content
    • Social distribution through NCBreweries.com channels
    • Monthly brewery update opportunities
    • Priority inclusion in city, seasonal, and statewide roundups
    • Ongoing profile updates throughout the year
    • Best placement opportunities across relevant pages

    Annual plans · No setup fees · No long-term contract · Published articles stay archived even if you don't renew

    Plan comparison

    Side by side, top to bottom.

    FeatureVerified ProfilePublisher PlusMedia Partner
    Annual price$200$499$999
    Verified brewery profileYesYesYes
    Website & social linksYesYesYes
    Post eventsYesYesYes
    Post beer releasesYesYesYes
    Post brewery articlesYesYesYes
    SEO-friendly backlinksYesYesYes
    City & regional inclusionYesYesYes
    Edited / polished posts—Up to 12 / yrIncluded
    Social sharingLimitedBasicPriority
    Done-for-you writing—LimitedYes
    Priority roundup inclusion—YesYes
    Ongoing content support—LightFull-service

    Better than another boosted post.

    A boosted post can get attention for a few days. A post on NCBreweries.com becomes part of a discovery network — and stays there. Instead of paying for one moment of attention, you're building a lasting media footprint for your brewery.

    You don't need another complicated marketing tool. You need an easy way to say "we're releasing a new hazy IPA Friday" or "we have live music Saturday night" — and have that update become real content people can find.

    • Your brewery profile
    • Your city's brewery guide
    • Event calendar pages
    • New beer release pages
    • Seasonal articles
    • Weekend roundups
    • Search results
    • Social shares
    • Internal links across the site

    What you can publish

    If it gives someone a reason to visit your brewery, it belongs on NCBreweries.com.

    New beer releasesSeasonal beersLimited can dropsCollaboration beersTaproom eventsLive musicTrivia nightsFood truck schedulesBeer dinnersFestivalsOktoberfest partiesAnniversary eventsCharity eventsNew merchMug clubs & loyalty programsBrewery expansionsStaff storiesBrewer interviewsBehind-the-scenes updatesCommunity announcements

    Meet the publisher

    Real editorial, from a real North Carolina journalist.

    Publisher

    Eric Crews

    Award-winning journalist & author

    Published in

    • WNC Magazine
    • Our State Magazine
    • Blue Ridge Outdoors
    • Capital at Play
    • Climbing Magazine

    Recognition

    Multiple North Carolina Press Association awards for journalism.

    NCBreweries.com is published by Eric Crews, an award-winning journalist and author whose work has won multiple North Carolina Press Association awards and appeared in WNC Magazine, Our State, Blue Ridge Outdoors, Capital at Play, and Climbing Magazine.

    A regular in the Asheville brewery scene, Eric started NCBreweries.com because he wanted a real online magazine for what North Carolina breweries are doing every week — releases, events, taproom stories, and the small details that don't get caught on social media before they disappear.

    He's committed to helping breweries across the state grow their reach online with editorial coverage you'd actually want to read — not another directory of auto-generated listicles.

    "Every brewery in this state has stories worth telling. NCBreweries.com is built so those stories actually get found — by the people who'd love to walk into your taproom this weekend."

    — Eric Crews, Publisher

    Questions, answered.

    Is this another social media platform I have to manage?

    No. Send us the details once — a beer name, an event date, a short note — and your update becomes a permanent, searchable page on NCBreweries.com. No daily feed to keep alive.

    Who reads NCBreweries.com?

    Adult craft beer drinkers in North Carolina, travelers planning NC beer trips, and locals looking for what's new on tap. Our editorial is built to rank in local search — so when someone googles your town plus 'breweries' or 'new beer release', your page is what they find.

    Do I need to be in North Carolina?

    Yes. Every brewery on the site has a physical taproom or production facility in NC. That's the whole point of the publication.

    How does this compare to a boosted Instagram or Facebook post?

    A boosted post gets attention for a few days, then disappears. A post on NCBreweries.com becomes part of a discovery network — your brewery profile, your city's brewery guide, the event calendar, new beer release pages, seasonal articles, and search results. You're building a lasting media footprint, not paying for one moment of attention.

    What's the difference between Publisher Plus and Media Partner?

    Publisher Plus gives you up to 12 posts a year that our editors polish and format properly. Media Partner is fully done-for-you — you send us the basics for every event, release, or update, and we write and publish it for you all year.

    Is there a store, checkout, or delivery in this?

    Not at launch. NCBreweries.com is a publishing platform. Every paid plan gets direct links to your own website, online store, ticketing, tap list, reservations, and social — we send traffic to you.

    Can I cancel? Is there a long-term contract?

    Plans are annual, no long-term contract. If you don't renew, your published articles and events stay archived on the site so the SEO work you paid for continues to live.

    How long does it take to go live?

    Verified profiles are usually live within one business day of you sending us your basics. Publisher Plus and Media Partner accounts typically launch within three business days.

    Claim your brewery's place in the NC beer scene.

    Tell us the basics. We'll reply within one business day to get you live.

    By submitting you agree we may contact you about getting your brewery live.

    Looking for the publishing platform itself, not the editorial site? Every plan includes posting access from your brewery dashboard once your profile is live.