Smoky Mountain Brewery – Gatlinburg

Smoky Mountain Brewery’s Gatlinburg location is the original outpost of the East Tennessee brewpub group, which opened here in 1996. Near the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the restaurant combines a ski-lodge-style setting with the communal feel of a beer hall, including an enclosed deck overlooking Calhoun’s Village. The brewery produces its beers in small batches, with a core lineup that includes lagers, ales, and an IPA. Beyond beer, the Gatlinburg location operates as a full-service restaurant with wings, pizzas, burgers, and larger entrées. Big-screen TVs and the spacious, casual setting make it geared as much toward groups and families looking for a meal as toward visitors stopping in specifically for locally brewed beer.