Asheville is Beer City USA, with more craft breweries per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. Other towns in North Carolina have become hot spots for beer, but oat sodas are getting some competition in the craft alcoholic beverage market - in the form of spirits. When he started writing 'Still & Barrel - Craft Spirits In The Old North State' , author John Francis Trump says there were 50 craft distilleries in North Carolina. A little more than a year later, he estimates there are around 70