Reno Tahoe breweries offer elevated and unexpected experiences. Find your beer-adise.
Cold Water Brewery & Grill is home to all-grain, hand-crafted beers. Located in South Lake Tahoe, Cold Water Brewery & Grill serves California comfort food while producing roughly 200 gallons of beer daily.
We specialize in old-world barrel aged beers and these can range from wild to funky to sour to tart. After three years in business, we are honored to have won 2 medals at the Great American Beer Festival and 10 at the Best of Craft Beer Awards.
Converting a 104-year-old former train depot into Reno’s first distillery and brewery, The Depot offers lunch, dinner paired with its own brews and guest brews and weekend brunch. All food and drinks are geared toward locally-sourced ingredients. At The Depot, you’ll find modern relics of brewing tradition that are long forgotten by many brewers today.
Pigeon Head Brewery was founded in May of 2014 with the inclination to brew traditional German style lagers. As our love for lagers grew, so did our desire to explore the many other styles that craft beer has to offer. Over the last few years, we have pushed the limits with our rotating seasonal selections
South Lake Brewing Co. is the largest production brewery and tasting room in South Lake Tahoe. The brewery welcomes guests of all ages and comprises of a lively atmosphere while serving up to sixteen craft beers on tap.
Lead Dog Brewing, founded in 2016, is located in the heart of Reno’s Brewery District.
Northern Nevada's original microdistillery makes handcrafted bourbon, whiskey, gin, vodka and rum. Their spirits are made with locally-grown ingredients, including corn and barley from Yerington and Gardnerville. They utilize a mid-19th-century fermentation and distillation process to manufacture moonshine, rum, vodka, gin and bourbon. Tours are available, and the tasting room in Sparks is open Thursday - Saturday and other days by appointment.
Nevada’s oldest brewery and pub has steadily grown in popularity since opening in 1993. They offer both lunch and dinner at both of their locations along with their beer menu that ranges from bottles, cans to brews on tap and kegs. Don’t forget to try the region’s most famous and popular beer – the Great Basin Icky IPA.
Shoe Tree Brewing Company is a family-owned company that offers traditional and experimental brews. A tasting room is available to guests.
Stateline Brewery serves a refreshing, rotating selection of ales and lagers.
FiftyFifty Brewing Co. is a local microbrewery in Truckee, CA. In 2018, the company was awarded the Brewery Group of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival. FiftyFifty Brewing Co.'s crafted beer has received countless awards over the years. In addition to its beers, its restaurant serves pub-inspired plates.
Bear Belly Brewing is a Nano Brewery for the Kings Beach community. Please call the brewery beforehand to confirm their hours. Come for good beer, great people and funny beer names.
Alibi Ale Works produces a wide range of beers with pure Lake Tahoe water, and the goal is to keep your taste buds intrigued with diverse and interesting flavors. They strive to maintain a beer selection that is a balance between traditional European styles, fresh interpretation of hop-forward American beers, and innovative one-offs that will expand your beer horizons. Whether you’ve spent a full day exploring the Lake or shredding the slopes, make a stop at Alibi Ale before heading in for the day.
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