Strongest Beers

96 Strongest Beers on Tap in Charlotte Right Now

Of the 1141 beers currently on tap across Charlotte-area breweries, 1067 list an ABV. Of those, 96 are 8% ABV or higher, across 39 breweries.

"Imperial" or "double" in a beer's name usually signals a stronger, more intensely flavored version of the base style — imperial stouts and double IPAs are the most common examples, and they tend to land in this 8%+ range.

Amor Artis BrewingDowntown Fort Mill
Cinnamon Whiskey Sour Quad — Belgian Quad
14% ABV
8th Anniversary Stout — Imperial
11.5% ABV
Armored Cow BrewingUniversity City
BARLEY QUINN
14% ABV
EL SCORCHO — Imperial
11.5% ABV
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE — Imperial
10.5% ABV
BLITZKRIEG HOP — Double
9.1% ABV
ARE YOU READY KIDS? — Ale
9% ABV
BANANA FLUFFER — Ale
9% ABV
INTERROGATING GINGY — Imperial
8.3% ABV
Loaded Soul's "V1" (Woodford Aged in Vanilla Bean) — Imperial Barrel Aged
12% ABV$9.00
Loaded Soul's (Aged In Blanton's Bourbon Barrel) — Imperial
12% ABV$9.00
Loaded Soul's (Aged In Weller Bourbon Barrels) — Imperial / Double
12% ABV$9.00
Loaded Soul's (Aged In Wild Turkey Barrels) — Imperial / Double
12% ABV$9.00
Loaded Soul's Elijah Craig — Imperial
12% ABV$9.00
Loaded Souls (Apple Brandy Aged) Variant — Imperial / Double
12% ABV$9.00
Brew Soul (Aged in Basil Hayden Toasted Oak) — Imperial / Double
10% ABV$9.00
Brew Soul (Basil Hayden Toasted Oak) 4.5yr — Imperial
10% ABV$9.00
Brewed Soul (Golden Strong Ale Aged In Cherry Sherry Barrels) — Strong
10% ABV$9.00
Chai Apple Pale Ale (Bourbon Barrel Aged) — Imperial - Other
10% ABV$9.00
Between Barrels — Imperial (Bourbon Barrel Smoked Cinnamon & Vanilla)
9% ABV$9.00
Orange Strawberry Vanilla Barrel Aged Sour — Other
8% ABV$9.00
Benford Brewing CompanyCarolina Mall Area
The Problem Solver — Imperial / Double
11.5% ABV
Mama's Mango Milkshake — New England / Hazy
8% ABV
Burial Beer Co.Villa Heights
Become Your Uneclipsed Indulgences So That You May Be Unjudged — Imperial
14% ABV
Frequently Beguiled Enough To Savor the Unlimited Refills — Quadruple
12% ABV$9.00
The Bottom of My Glass Be Nevermore — Imperial
12% ABV
Preternatural Ambiance — Imperial
8.5% ABV$8.00
Coagulated Fragments of Energy Confronted By Space And Time — Imperial
8.2% ABV$8.00
Death And the Miser — Fruited
8% ABV$9.00
Skillet Donut Stout — Coffee
8% ABV$9.00
Goliath — Oaked Imperial Extra Special
8% ABV$5.00
Time Is Only Part of The Equation — Black
12% ABV
Spider Monkey
8% ABV
Oats Rule Everything Around Me — Hazy Double
8% ABV$8.50
Eleven Lakes BrewingBailey Springs
The Eleventh Commandment — Tripel
8.7% ABV
DOUBLE VISION — Double
8.1% ABV
holidaze
8.1% ABV
The Big One
8% ABV
Cheer-A-Dote — Imperial / Double
14% ABV
Steinbock — Steinbier
8% ABV
Free Range BrewingOptimist Park
Una Noche De Jalao — Other
14% ABV
Sea Of Companions — Oyster
8% ABV
10W-40 — Imperial / Double
8% ABV$8.50
Churro 10W-40 — Imperial
8% ABV$8.50
Coconut Chocolate Bar 10W-40 — Pastry
8% ABV$8.00
Pumpkin Spicewalla Latte 10W-40 — Imperial / Double Pastry
8% ABV$8.00
High Branch BrewingDowntown Concord
Beauty of Monotony(2025) — BBA Ale
13% ABV$8.00
Pirate's Bounty — Imperial / Double
10.8% ABV$8.00
Imperial Gingerbread Stout — Imperial / Double
10.5% ABV
Couch Lock — Imperial / Double New England / Hazy
8% ABV
Hoptown BrewingWest Mooresville
High Tops — Imperial / Double New England / Hazy
8.2% ABV
King Canary BrewingWest Mooresville
Peerless Rye Barrel Aged Fowl Play — Double Milk
12% ABV
Legal Remedy BrewingDowntown Rock Hill
Malice Maple Bacon Russian Imperial Stout — Russian Imperial
10% ABV
Pro Bono Vanilla Porter — Imperial / Double
9% ABV
Double Indemnity Double IPA — Imperial / Double
8.6% ABV
Addendum French Toast Ale — American
8.5% ABV
Lore BrewingSun City Carolina Lakes
Last Lucky Penny — Imperial
8.4% ABV$8.00
Seven Cities — Imperial
8.1% ABV$8.00
Halls of Montezeuma Marine Corp Birthday Beer — Imperial / Double
9.5% ABV
Obsidian Imp German Chocolate Stout — Imperial / Double
9.5% ABV
Obsidian Imp Salted Caramel — American
9.5% ABV
Obsidian Imperial Stout — Imperial / Double
9.5% ABV
Ale Max — New England
9% ABV
Let's Start Here — New England
8% ABV
Neoteric BrewingHuntersville Downtown
Monastery Mutiny — Strong
8.5% ABV$7.50
Big SLURP — Juicy Imperial
8.5% ABV$8.00
Old Armor BeerDowntown Kannapolis
33 Spirits — Other
11.2% ABV
Imperial Force — Imperial / Double
9.2% ABV
7.62 — Imperial / Double
8.7% ABV
Old Well BreweryDowntown Mount Pleasant
Nightshift Nurse — Black / Cascadian Dark Ale
8% ABV
Percent Tap HouseDowntown Harrisburg
The Story of Us — West Coast Double
8% ABV$8.00
Oats Rule Everything Around Me — Hazy
8% ABV
Vespers
8% ABV$7.00
Pilot BrewingPlaza Midwood
Barrel Aged Pilot's Reserve — Quadrupel
9% ABV
Pour 64Downtown Mint Hill
Barley Quinn — American
14% ABV$6.50
Wake Up Dead — Imperial
10.2% ABV$6.00
Barrel Aged Imperial Pumpalicious
9.5% ABV$6.50
Gnommegang — Strong
9.5% ABV$6.50
Honey Pie — Imperial
8.9% ABV$6.00
All Things Celestial & Divine — Imperial / Double
8.1% ABV$7.25
Primal BreweryHuntersville Business Park
Corruption By Proxy — Imperial
9.8% ABV
Red Buffalo Brewing CompanyDowntown Statesville
Crossroads DIPA — Imperial / Double
8.5% ABV
Twice As Lonely (2026) — Imperial / Double
11% ABV
Twice As Lonely: Caramel Popcorn & Salted Almonds — Imperial / Double
11% ABV
Slow Play BrewingDowntown Rock Hill
COUNTERFEIT — Imperial
8.6% ABV
Frosty Nuggets — Imperial
10% ABV
Atmosphera Tripel — Tripel
9.7% ABV
Space Walker Golden Strong Ale
9.7% ABV
Belgian Quad — Quadrupel
9% ABV
Hellbender
9% ABV
Sugar Cookie Inspired Blonde Ale
8% ABV
Fat Boy Baltic Porter — Baltic
8% ABV
Traust BrewingDowntown Mount Holly
GLTCH — Imperial
8.2% ABV
Untamed Waters BrewingDowntown Fort Mill
Double Juice Angler — Double New England Hazy
8.7% ABV
Uwharrie BrewingDowntown Albemarle
Barrel Aged Red Scare — English Style Imperial
10% ABV$8.00
Elevenses — Triple
10.3% ABV
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