# BearWaters Brewing Company — Canton, North Carolina

> BearWaters Brewing Company in Canton, North Carolina, United States scores 3.78 out of 5 — Fine, #238 in North Carolina. 221 beers tracked, mostly Other.

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BearWaters Brewing Company is a brewery in Canton, North Carolina, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.78 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #238 in North Carolina. Of the 221 beers we track, 27% are Other and 23% IPA.

## Rating

- Score: 3.78 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #238 in North Carolina · #4,852 in United States · #6,928 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 221

## About

BearWaters Brewing Company produce's decent quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Stiff Paddle IPA", which is an American IPA and "Heavy Cream Stout", which is a Milk / Sweet Stout. Their primary focus is brewing Dark Beers and IPAs.

## What they brew

- Other — 27% of the beers we track
- IPA — 23% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 18% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 14% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 9% of the beers we track
- Belgian Ale — 5% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 101 West Park Street, Canton, North Carolina, United States
- Coordinates: 35.5313375, -82.8426678
- Website: http://www.bearwatersbrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Boojum Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/boojum-brewing-co-968.md) — 3.94, Fine — Waynesville, North Carolina — 8.6 mi away
- [Frog Level Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/frog-level-brewing-company-214.md) — 3.58, Poor — Waynesville, North Carolina — 8.8 mi away
- [Diatribe Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/diatribe-brewing-30484.md) — 4.33, Great — Asheville, North Carolina — 14 mi away
- [All Sevens Brewery/777](https://finding.beer/brewery/all-sevens-brewery-777-118.md) — 3.43, Poor — Asheville, North Carolina — 14 mi away
- [Oyster House Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/oyster-house-brewing-company-4770.md) — 3.51, Poor — Asheville, North Carolina — 15 mi away
- [Cellarest Beer Project](https://finding.beer/brewery/cellarest-beer-project-22858.md) — 4.39, Great — Asheville, North Carolina — 15 mi away
- [Archetype Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/archetype-brewing-946.md) — 3.88, Fine — Asheville, North Carolina — 15 mi away
- [New Belgium Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/new-belgium-brewing-company-36495.md) — 3.50, Poor — Asheville, North Carolina — 16 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in North Carolina](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/north-carolina.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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