Indoor fun & adventure!
Unless you’re a dyed-in-the wool Spring skier, eager to hike up to Tuckerman’s Ravine for some unparalleled thrilling adventure, now that the lift-serviced areas are closed, you may be ready to hang up your skis until next year.
So, if you’re looking for some indoor fun and adventure, Mount Washington Valley has some great local craft distilleries and breweries that you might want to try.
Moat Mountain Smoke House and Brewery at 3378 White Mountain Highway, North Conway, is known for its “Smoking’ Great Food” You’ll find a diverse menu, all designed to go perfectly with their locally brewed on-tap collection of beers.
Ledge Brewing Company at 15 Town Hall Road, Intervale says, “Get Rad! Drink Beer!” They are a small-batch brewery and tasting room, founded in 2020 by local friends. The tasting room is a refuge for locals and visitors alike. In 2023, they added a Taco Bar, with every Taco complimented by house-made hot sauces. As well, there’s a giant community room, available to rent for special events, with Trivia on Tuesday nights, Music Bingo on Wednesday nights and live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
Cathedral Ledge Distillery at 3340 White Mountain Highway, North Conway serves organic, gluten-free spirits proudly handcrafted in New Hampshire. The timber frame distillery features a tasting room for you to experience spirits right where they are made. They offer tasting flights of up to 5 spirits cocktails and a variety of table-side snacks. Child and dog friendly, they even offer complimentary EV charging. Book a distillery tour and learn how they make their organic spirits.
Alpine Garden Winery at 1257 US Route 302, Bartlett is “Rooted in the White Mountains”. Local winegrowers, born and raised in Mount Washington Valley grow their grapes and harvest local apples. They opened their Alpine Garden Winery in 2021, where they produce cider and wine. All of the pressing, fermenting, aging, bottling, labeling and sharing happens in-house at their Winery and Tasting room in Bartlett NH. They grow their grapes using holistic and regenerative farming methods. While waiting for their 2500+ vines to mature, they collaborate with small vineyards throughout New Hampshire and Vermont.
Sap House Meadery at 6 Folsom Road, Center Ossipee and 2686 White Mountain Highway, North Conway. Their Ossipee location is where it all started and where they produce all their meads. They have been crafting unique and delicious meads for more than a decade, when it was founded by two young cousins who had a mission of revitalizing their hometown of Ossipee, NH and re-imagining what mead could be. The Ossipee location has a cozy tasting room with flights, mead cocktails, beer, wine and small plates. Their new North Conway location features a full restaurant and bar with a large roof deck overlooking Main Street, as well as a bottle shop,tasting bar, and more.
Tamworth Distilling and Mercantile at 15 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth NH. Planting their flag in the heart of an historic New Hampshire village, Tamworth Distilling has set up its distillery following the land around us, not against it. What they take, they give back. And what they have, they give to you. Taking a cue from the 19th century Transcendentalists of New England , they pull their inspiration and ingredients from the environment that surrounds us. From start to finish, each spirit embodies a scratch made ethos: local, house-milled grain, pure White Mountain water, herbs and botanicals from the woods and garden, and local fruits and vegetables.
Tuckerman Brewing Company at 66 Hobbs Street, Conway NH “Mountain Brewed since 1998”. It all started in a garage on Main Street in Conway Village. A few moves were made before settling into the current location, which houses all of the production and packaging as well as a Tasting Room and outdoor Beer Garden. Tuckerman Brewing is most widely known for the first beer they produced, The Tuckerman Pale Ale. The operation has evolved to include some new techniques and styles, now offering a wide variety including stouts, brown ales, kolsch, pilsners and New England Style IPAs as well as hard ciders. Since opening the Tasting Rom and Outdoor Beer Garden, the brewery has grown into a place for the community and visitors to gather and enjoy the Valley experience with live music on weekends.
