White Rabbit Brewery

I love Alice and Wonderland and craft beer which is why it kills me to write this updated review..

The beer at White Rabbit Brewery just hasn't tasted the same lately. I visited the brewery again a few months ago and ordered a Jabberwocky Tripel, I was served a beer that had been sitting in a pitcher in the refrigerator.. it tasted stale which was extremely disappointing. But, the one that hurt the hardest was purchasing a bottle of the Tea Party Porter. I fell in love with this beer when I first tasted it at a bottle shop and again at the brewery but this is another one that just did not taste the same.

I will give White Rabbit Brewery another shot soon with the hopes that they are brewing the beer that made me say I'll get another!

This brewery is going places. It's run by a man with a vision and a day job and staffed by people who work for beer on the weekends. It's still at the nano brewery level, so you're not going to see big machines churning out beer on an assembly line. What you will see is a cozy man cave atmosphere in the taproom (with a vintage popcorn machine) and kind of a garage that serves as the brew house.

As for the beer, this is not your typical in-your-face, I HAVE HOPS HEAR ME ROAR kind of beer selection. The philosophy isn't the one-dimensional "more hops is better," like so many other American style craft breweries. The bitterness is toned down somewhat so that other flavors can come through (read: the reason you're drinking the beer). Each beer has different notes: citrus, chocolate, etc., but there's still a common theme on the edge of perception that tells you who made it. I love that in beer.

Per the brewmaster, they won't be in any stores until the end of 2014 where they'll sell growlers in Total Wine locations in Raleigh. Until then, we will keep making the hour long trip to get there.

Also, for hop addicts, their first IPA is coming out in the next few months, so stay tuned.

White Rabbit Brewery definitely gets five stars in my book because it does what it does very, very well.

Sure, it's not a huge, expansive brewery and yes, it is out in Angier, NC but the beer is good, the owners are friendly and engaging, and the "Alice in Wonderland" theme is killer. What else could you possibly want from a few hours of day drinking?

I visited White Rabbit Brewery recently as part of a Living Social deal (I feel I'm forever driving an hour from Durham as a result of these impromptu purchases), and am certainly glad that I did. Sensing a theme common among NC breweries (looking at you, Aviator), White Rabbit is basically situated in a seemingly characterless industrial park type of setting. But don't let that fool you! Once inside the brewery's humble yet welcoming doors, you shall be treated to darts, corn hole (customized with the brewery's logo), plentiful drink, and rousing conversation!

The Living Social deal was pretty fantastic as it included a sampler flight of their six beers on draft, a pint of your choice, the tour, and two take home pint glasses (not filled with road beer). Given the included flight, I was indeed able to partake in all of the brews they were currently offering that day and this included a black lager, an IPA, a nutbrown ale, a Belgian dubbel, a blonde ale, and a pale ale. Oh, did I mention that the names of all the beers are somehow related to Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland"? Pretty cool. Also, apparently the copyright on original images expires 75 years after the person who authored/fathered the image passes away. Thus, the White Rabbit peeps were able to readily use images from "Alice in Wonderland". There's a fun fact! But I digress...

The beers were seriously great. I'm partial to IPAs and their "10/6ths" IPA was not as hoppy as many of its counterparts, but executed well nonetheless. The nutbrown and pale ale were also solid. My favorite (and thus my pint of choice) was the Belgian dubbel ("Double Trouble") which was bitter yet smooth and masked the 9.3% ABV well as it was not overpowering at all.

After drinking our flights and grabbing our pint of choice, we followed one of the owners, Ken, into the back room and he taught us about the brewing process. Amazingly, Ken, his co-partner, and his wife are running this brewery on the weekends while maintaining other "grown up" (aka boring) jobs. However, they clearly want to get to the point that White Rabbit can be their full time gig, and it appears as though they are well on their way with 8 local restaurants and bars currently serving their brews and some bigger names (ie, two of the Tyler's Taproom locations) looking to jump onboard in the near future. It was quite refreshing to hear someone talk about a craft that they clearly love, and I found myself rooting for White Rabbit to succeed!

Bottom line: Check out White Rabbit if you happen to be in the Angier area, and/or support them by finding out who/where is currently serving their brews and go get a drink!

We came in yet again, this time with the intention of getting a growler of the pumpkin ale. Needless to say we walked out with a growler, but not before having 2 pints each. Oh, and I bought a sticker. I had a pint of pumpkin ale and a pint of the Footman which was also great! The owner is just awesome. He told us all about his plans to expand, and how they're starting to bottle beers. Please ppl, the beer here is awesomely amazing. Please support it!!

Great little micro brewery. I had the jabberwocky and the Cheshire. Great people and nice ambiance. A definite stop while in the Angier holly springs are.

We made it to this place just in time to have a couple pints before closing and I am so glad we did. Absolutely fantastic. I wanted to go because of the Alice in Wonderland theme and the cleverly named brews; I wanted to stay because it was probably the best beer I've had since leaving Colorado. I would like to give mad props for a very well done Oktoberfest (Doormouse). It was smooth and not too heavy on the spices as they all tend to be nowadays. Very drinkable and definitely growler worthy. I wish this place was a local watering hole for us, but we'll surely take another journey through the looking glass next time we're passing through. Cheers!

Being out in the middle-of-nowhere sort of near an area of North Carolina not exactly known for its brewing prowess, I expected nothing when rolling up to White Rabbit Brewing Company. Instead, I got some pretty tasty brews and a very pleasant visit.

White Rabbit really isn't anything to look at. Like most start-up breweries, it's located in an industrial area and shares a small strip mall space with a couple of other businesses. It's nondescript on the outside, and not a whole lot better on the inside. It's clean with some decent branded artwork, but the new taproom could use some investment in décor and atmosphere-building. At least it could use some more comfortable chairs, as I could barely manage to stay on the hightop chair I parked myself on.

As boring as their space is, the beer and service more than makes up for it. Being young, they didn't appear to have a very stable lineup of beers, as many of them are recipes in progress and get replaced often with whatever happens to be ready next. While everything was easily more than drinkable, and a tripel attempt was cause for a moment of savoring, there were only two beers that really stood out.

Their vanilla bourbon porter dubbed Tea Party was a great entry into the style. At under 9 percent ABV, it was low enough in alcohol to actually drink more than a goblet of, which I definitely wanted to do. And the bourbon wasn't too pronounced given the low alcohol content, which I would image would be pretty easy to do. The other outstanding beer was the 10/6ths IPA. Sweeter and maltier than some might prefer, it's exactly what my palette has grown to love. I also hear they have a dubbel to die for, but it wasn't on tap when I visited.

To round out the experience, the brewer/owner? and the bartender were friendly, knowledgeable, professional, and fun to talk to. My fiancé and I had a very nice conversation and felt quite welcome, an important quality that some breweries are beginning to overlook in the overall experience.

Cute Alice in Wonderland themed brewery! The only downside it that a lot of the beers are high in alcohol but they offer half pours. Today I decided to order a White Knight which is a delicious blackberry hefeweizen. I rarely make it out to Angier but if you do definitely check out White Rabbit Brewery!

Awesome beer. Some of the best in NC. The owners are awesome people and the art work is awesome. I love the theme. A must go to and a high quality beer.

Love this place! Awesome brewery tour, super friendly staff and owners, and amazing beer!! I'm so happy to see them around town now and can't wait to go back to the brewery!