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American IPA in Charlotte, NC — 64 on Tap Right Now

As of August 8, 2026, 64 American IPAs are pouring right now across 43 breweries in Charlotte, NC. Of those, 64/64 list an ABV, ranging from 5.2% to 7.5%. Of the 64 pouring now, 26/64 list a price — the cheapest is $6.50.

What is American IPA?

American IPA is the broad, catch-all IPA category: hoppier and more bitter than an English-style pale ale, built around American hop varieties (Cascade, Citra, Mosaic, and similar), and usually 6-7.5% ABV. It sits between the two more specific IPA substyles on this site -- clearer and more bitter than Hazy IPA, less rigidly dry and pine-forward than West Coast IPA -- covering beers a brewery calls simply "IPA" without leaning hard into either camp. If a tap list says "IPA" with no further descriptor, this is usually what's in the glass.

760 Craft Works
Depth Row Records — American
7.3% ABV
Americana Beer Co
Starlite IPA — American
7% ABV60 IBU$7.00
Ass Clown Brewing Company
Ass Clown IPA — American
6.8% ABV58 IBU$8.50
Embark IPA — American
6.5% ABV71 IBU$8.50
Orange Citrus IPA — American
6.7% ABV48 IBU$8.50
Benford Brewing Company
Blue Hell IPAA? — American
5.7% ABV38 IBU
Over the Haze Craze — American
5.5% ABV35 IBU
Birdsong Brewing Company
Higher Ground IPA — American
7% ABV65 IBU
Paradise City IPA — American
5.3% ABV40 IBU
Boondoggler’s Brewing Company
Backseat Betty — American
5.4% ABV35 IBU
Burial Beer Co.
A Psychoanalysis On the Narrative of Direction — American
7.2% ABV60 IBU$8.00
Surf Wax — American
6.8% ABV68 IBU$7.00
The Menacing Wounds of Failing Your Expectations — American
7% ABV65 IBU$8.00
Cabarrus Brewing Company
Rocky River IPA — American
6.3% ABV76 IBU
Durty Bull Brewing Co.
Back To the Old School — American
7% ABV
Eleven Lakes Brewing
lazy river — American
6.7% ABV58 IBU
Fonta Flora Brewery
Hop Beard — American
7% ABV
Hi-Wire Brewing
Cooler Nights — American
6.5% ABV65 IBU$7.50
Hi-Pitch Mosaic IPA — American
6.7% ABV55 IBU$7.50
Lo-Pitch Hazy IPA — American
5.5% ABV45 IBU$7.50
Hopfly Brewing Company
False Alarm — American
6.8% ABV
Leaving Town — American
7% ABV
Spruce Willis — American
6.2% ABV
Hoptown Brewing
Wedding Crasher — American
6.2% ABV68 IBU
Keepsake Brewery
Underwood — American
6.25% ABV65 IBU
King Canary Brewing
Owl Alone - Cascade — American
7% ABV
Lake Norman Brewery
1. West Cove IPA — American
6.4% ABV63 IBU
Lake Wylie Brewing
Cast Off — American
7.1% ABV
Dam Release IPA — American
6.2% ABV74 IBU
Hook,Line&Sinker — American
6.3% ABV
Legal Remedy Brewing
Stipulation Strawberry Vanilla IPA — American
6.2% ABV65 IBU
Legion Brewing
Juicy Jay — American
6.3% ABV68 IBU
Lenny Boy Brewing
Citraphilia — American
6.2% ABV
Lore Brewing
Lost Lore — American
7% ABV$8.00
Lower Left Brewing
Full Time Livin' — American
5.2% ABV$6.50
Middle James Brewing
Hour Mark — American
7% ABV$6.75
Monday Night Brewing
Death Raptor — American
6.9% ABV60 IBU
Slap Fight — American
5.8% ABV58 IBU
Neoteric Brewing
West On I-40 — American
6.6% ABV59 IBU$7.50
NoDa Brewing Company
Carry On My Wayward Pun — American
6.6% ABV$7.00
Cheat Code: 472 — American
6.5% ABV60 IBU$7.00
The Take Out — American
6% ABV$7.00
Tony Hop's Pro Sipper — American
6.5% ABV$7.00
Old Armor Beer
5.56 — American
6.4% ABV
Old Well Brewery
Main Street Express — American
7% ABV69 IBU
Panzu Brewery
Tiguerazo — American
7.5% ABV$7.50
Petty Thieves Brewing
Mindweaver — American
6.5% ABV60 IBU$8.00
Pilot Brewing
Island Hopper - Citra — American
6% ABV70 IBU
Pour 64
Celebration — American
6.8% ABV65 IBU$6.75
Lazy River IPA — American
6.7% ABV58 IBU$6.75
What He's Having IPA — American
6.5% ABV$7.75
Primal Brewery
Blood Orange IPA — American
6% ABV40 IBU
Lots-Of Hops-Agus — American
7% ABV70 IBU
Red Buffalo Brewing Company
Clock Tower 1892 IPA — American
6.2% ABV
Resident Culture Brewing
Disco Baby — American
6.5% ABV
Legends Never Die — American
6.5% ABV
Seaboard Brewing
Silver Meteor IPA — American
6% ABV$7.00
Suffolk Punch Brewing
Joyride — American
7% ABV45 IBU$7.00
Sweet Union
Astro Pterodactyl IPA — American
7.2% ABV80 IBU
The Brew Room Locust
Mysterious Pearl — American
7.4% ABV
Traust Brewing
HÜMÜLØ — American
6.9% ABV58 IBU
RALPHiiE — American
6.6% ABV28 IBU
Triple C Brewing
3C — American
6.2% ABV70 IBU
Vaulted Oak Brewing
C-Note$ — American
6.6% ABV$7.50

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Data last updated: August 4, 2026