Burial Beer

Burial Beer is an American craft brewery based in Asheville, North Carolina. The company operates a family of taprooms and bars across the Carolinas, including its original South Slope Asheville taproom, Forestry Camp Asheville, Eulogy Asheville, Visuals Rooftop Bar Asheville, The House of Relics in Charlotte, and The Exhibit in Raleigh. Its online store ships fresh beer releases to a defined set of U.S. states and Washington, D.C. The brewery's portfolio centers on aggressively hopped India pale ales and heavily adjuncted imperial stouts, often released as collaborations with other craft breweries. Examples visible on its official shop include the West Coast-style IPA "Dismembered Under The Unforgiving Grip" brewed with Shrike Beer, the double IPA "Draped in Ashen Cloaks" made with Brujos Brewing, and the imperial stout "Who The Hell Keeps Letting Us Hang Out Unsupervised" produced with Other Half Brewing. These beers are sold in 16oz four-packs and 500ml bottles at premium craft price points. Burial Beer also stages Burnpile, described on its website as an annual "paramount experience, combining everything we hold dear to our hearts into one massive Beer & Music Festival." Several of its recent releases are explicitly framed as Burnpile 2026 preview collaborations, tying product launches to the festival calendar. The brand positions itself with a dark, literary and gothic aesthetic — beer names and descriptions lean on themes of ash, relics, eulogy and the macabre — while emphasizing modern design and meticulous brewing. It is a privately held independent brewery and does not appear on any public stock exchange.

Burial Beer is a craft brewery that grew out of Asheville, North Carolina, a city widely known as a hub of American craft brewing. Its original taproom, referred to on its website as the "OG AVL Taproom" on the South Slope, anchors the brand in Asheville's brewery district. Over time the company expanded into a multi-venue operation, adding Forestry Camp Asheville, Eulogy Asheville, Visuals Rooftop Bar Asheville, The House of Relics in Charlotte, and The Exhibit in Raleigh. From its early years the brewery built a reputation for hop-forward India pale ales and for heavily adjuncted, barrel-aged imperial stouts, frequently produced in collaboration with other craft breweries. Its online shop lists fresh releases that can be shipped to Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and Washington, D.C., reflecting a direct-to-consumer shipping model alongside taproom sales. A defining element of the brand's recent history is Burnpile, an annual beer and music festival that Burial describes as its "paramount experience." The brewery uses the festival as a release platform: several beers in its shop are labeled as "Burnpile Preview Collaborations," including a West Coast-style IPA made with Shrike Beer, a double IPA made with Inner Voice Brewing, an imperial stout made with Other Half Brewing, and a West Coast-style IPA made with Good Word Brewing, Liquid Lupulin and Holingbery & Sons Hops. Burnpile 2026 tickets were promoted on the brewery's homepage. The brand's naming and copywriting style — invoking ash, relics, eulogy, chasms and dismemberment — gives Burial a distinctive gothic and literary identity within craft beer. Its product descriptions emphasize process details such as whirlpool and double dry-hop additions, specific hop varieties and blends, and elaborate adjunct lists for its stouts. The company remains privately held and independent, with no public listing.

• Burnpile 2026 tickets go on sale, promoted on the brewery's homepage.

• Release of Burnpile 2026 preview collaborations with Shrike Beer, Inner Voice Brewing, Other Half Brewing, and Good Word Brewing/Liquid Lupulin/Holingbery & Sons Hops.

• Release of "Draped in Ashen Cloaks" double IPA in collaboration with Brujos Brewing.

Independent craft brewery with a dark, literary brand identity, focused on hop-forward ales, barrel-aged stouts and collaborative releases tied to its Burnpile festival.

• Dismembered Under The Unforgiving Grip West Coast-Style India Pale Ale (Burnpile Preview Collaboration with Shrike Beer)

  6.8% ABV West Coast-style IPA whirlpooled with Citra and Chinook DynaBoost and double dry-hopped with Loza Farms Citra, Chinook, Comet and Amarillo Cryo; sold in 16oz four-packs.

• Draped in Ashen Cloaks Double India Pale Ale (Collaboration with Brujos Brewing)

  8.5% ABV double IPA mashed with house malt, oats and wheat, triple infused with Krush T-90, cryo and Hyperboost plus Huell Melon and Mosaic Cryo; sold in 16oz four-packs.

• Who The Hell Keeps Letting Us Hang Out Unsupervised Imperial Stout (Burnpile Preview Collaboration with Other Half Brewing)

  14% ABV imperial stout conditioned on Thai banana, maple, roasted peanut, ice cream, marshmallow, cocoa nibs, truffle, toasted coconut, Burial Griddle Blend Coffee, toasted pecan, Oreo bits, sea salt and Madagascar and Tahitian vanilla; sold in 500ml bottles.

• A Compilation of Devotional Waltzes for Dancing in the Barren Wilderness Imperial Stout

  Imperial stout with Burial Griddle Coffee, smoked sea salt, toasted Texas pecans, maple syrup, cinnamon and bourbon barrel-aged Mexican vanilla bean.

1. 1Burial Beer Co. | Asheville Craft Brewery | Modern Design | Meticulousburialbeer.com
2. 2Draped in Ashen Cloaks Double India Pale Ale (Collaboration with Brujos Brewing)burialbeer.com
3. 3Dismembered Under The Unforgiving Grip West Coast-Style India Pale Aleburialbeer.com
4. 4Who The Hell Keeps Letting Us Hang Out Unsupervised Imperial Stoutburialbeer.com