# Shortway Brewing Company — Newport, North Carolina

> Shortway Brewing Company in Newport, North Carolina, United States scores 3.80 out of 5 — Fine, #227 in North Carolina. 130 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Shortway Brewing Company is a brewery in Newport, North Carolina, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.80 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #227 in North Carolina. Of the 130 beers we track, 27% are IPA and 20% Wheat Beer.

## Rating

- Score: 3.80 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #227 in North Carolina · #4,526 in United States · #6,404 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 130

## About

Shortway Brewing Company produce's fine quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Down East IPA", which is an American IPA and "Fire Tower Red", which is an American  Red Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Wheat Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 27% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 20% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 18% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 13% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 10% of the beers we track
- Other — 8% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 230 Chatham Street, Newport, North Carolina, United States
- Coordinates: 34.7911591, -76.8593178
- Website: http://www.shortwaybrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Fishtowne Brew House](https://finding.beer/brewery/fishtowne-brew-house-115.md) — 3.80, Fine — Beaufort, North Carolina — 12 mi away
- [Mill Whistle Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/mill-whistle-brewing-964.md) — 3.73, Fine — Beaufort, North Carolina — 13 mi away
- [The New Village Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-new-village-brewery-1787.md) — 3.83, Fine — Oriental, North Carolina — 19 mi away
- [BrÜtopia Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/brutopia-brewing-company-1822.md) — 3.81, Fine — New Bern, North Carolina — 22 mi away
- [Brewery 99](https://finding.beer/brewery/brewery-99-1840.md) — 3.82, Fine — New Bern, North Carolina — 24 mi away
- [Beer Army Burger Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/beer-army-burger-company-1848.md) — 3.08, Limited — Trenton, North Carolina — 35 mi away
- [Salty Turtle Beer Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/salty-turtle-beer-company-113.md) — 3.91, Fine — Surf City, North Carolina — 47 mi away
- [Mother Earth Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/mother-earth-brewing-217.md) — 3.89, Fine — Kinston, North Carolina — 52 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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