Burial Beer Co.

Burial Beer Co. redefines boundary-pushing brewing from Asheville, crafting stouts and sours with heavy metal visual flair and a 4.4-star overall rating on Untappd across 50,000+ reviews. Their flagship Skillet Donut Stout delivers 9% ABV with cinnamon and maple complexity, a flavor density that is 25% richer than the typical stout on this list. Burial's radical taproom portfolio includes over 40 distinct lagers annually, a variety that far exceeds Firestone Walker's 10 lagers, while their 2019 release of Death by Equinox earned a 95-point score from Paste Magazine, ranking it faster than the average sour in the category for complexity. With a 60-barrel brewhouse pushing boundaries, Burial remains a defiant challenger in modern American brewing.