Brewmasters

What Brewmasters does

Brewmasters is a privately held, locally owned craft beer restaurant and bottle shop operator founded in 2013 by Morkos Youssef in Wilson, North Carolina. The company runs two restaurant locations — Brewmasters Wilson (opened 2013) and Brewmasters Goldsboro (opened 2017) — each offering 22 craft beers and 2 wines on tap, a 1,000+ beer and 100+ wine bottle shop, and a made-to-order menu of sandwiches (using Boar's Head meats and cheeses), flatbread pizzas, salads, and appetizers priced from $4.99 to $10.99. A separate branded merch storefront extends the brand into apparel.

The business has expanded beyond the restaurant format into a multi-product hospitality portfolio. Brewmasters Mobile, launched in 2017 as an ABC-licensed and insured alcohol catering service, operates proprietary mobile bar units — most notably "Heidi the Hopbox," an Eastern NC-first horse trailer bar with four taps — and books weddings and events across Eastern NC, Raleigh, and Charlotte at $14-$22 per person with ~$1,500 minimums. Brewmasters Food & Event Catering provides custom-quoted corporate and private-event food service. The broader Brewmasters Food Group umbrella also encompasses eight sister restaurant brands across Wilson, Goldsboro, and Rocky Mount. The company has 11-50 employees, no external institutional funding, no public listing, and family/founder ownership (Morkos Youssef as Founder/brewmaster, Molly Youssef as Mobile Bar Founder).

Name

Brewmasters

Legal name

Brewmasters

Website

https://brewmastersnc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brewmasters is a family-owned craft beer restaurant and bottle shop operator running two dine-in locations in Wilson and Goldsboro, NC, plus an ABC-licensed mobile bar catering service and food catering for weddings and corporate events across Eastern North Carolina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Beer Restaurant & Bar

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bar & Beverage Catering (Mobile Bar, Bartending) (HSACAGAF)

Keywords

• Craft beer restaurant
• Mobile bar catering
• Event catering services
• Craft beer bottle shop
• Food and beverage service

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Restaurant food sales: Made-to-order craft sandwiches, flatbread pizzas, salads, and appetizers sold via dine-in and online pickup at both Wilson and Goldsboro locations. Menu items priced individually (e.g., sandwiches $7.49-$10.99, pizza $7.49-$9.99).
2. Craft beer and wine sales: Retail bottle shop and on-tap craft beer and wine sales; 22 taps plus 100+ wine types and 1,000+ beer types.
3. Mobile bar alcohol catering: Full-service mobile bar for weddings and events across NC. Pricing begins at $14/person for 4 hours beer+wine and $22/person for liquor packages including bartenders. Alcohol minimum $1,000; total event minimum approximately $1,500 plus tax and 10% gratuity.
4. Food and event catering: Custom-quoted food catering services including box lunch delivery, corporate luncheons, and full event catering spreads. Quote-based pricing.
5. Branded merchandise sales: Branded apparel and accessories sold through dedicated merch store at brewmastersmerch.com.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brewmasters operates a craft beer restaurant and bottle shop concept out of two North Carolina locations (Wilson and Goldsboro), serving made-to-order sandwiches, flatbread pizzas, salads, and appetizers alongside 22 craft beers and 2 wines on tap and hundreds of bottled craft beers and wines. It extends this concept through Brewmasters Mobile, a full-service ABC-licensed mobile bar catering service with custom mobile bar set-ups for weddings and events, and through Brewmasters Food & Event Catering, which provides box lunches, corporate luncheons, and full event food catering across Eastern North Carolina.

Product overview

Brewmasters operates a multi-product hospitality portfolio centered on a brick-and-mortar restaurant and craft beer bottle shop rather than a single unified technology platform. The core offering consists of two restaurant locations — Brewmasters Wilson (opened 2013) and Brewmasters Goldsboro (opened 2017) — each featuring 22 craft beers on tap, hundreds of bottles, and a made-to-order menu of Boar's Head sandwiches, wood-fired pizzas, salads, and appetizers. Extending the core restaurant concept, the company runs two dedicated service lines: Brewmasters Food & Event Catering (on-site and box-lunch catering for corporate and private events) and Brewmasters Mobile (a full-service ABC-licensed mobile alcohol catering business with multiple mobile bar configurations including the Heidi the Hopbox horse trailer bar, Tap Trailer, White Draft Bar, and OG Trailer). A branded Brewmasters Merch storefront sells apparel and accessories. The two restaurant locations act as the customer-facing core, with catering and mobile bar services as ancillary extensions of the same craft-beer-and-made-to-order-food brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Brewmasters Mobile: Full-service mobile alcohol catering service providing craft beer, wine and cocktails for weddings and events in North Carolina, including mobile bar units (Heidi the Hopbox horse trailer bar, Tap Trailer, White Draft Bar, and The OG Trailer).
• Brewmasters Food Group

Products and services

• Brewmasters Wilson Restaurant and Bottle Shop Original Brewmasters restaurant and craft beer bottle shop at 2117 Forest Hills Road West, Wilson, NC 27893, featuring 22 craft beers and 2 wines on tap, hundreds of bottles of craft and domestic beer, and a made-to-order menu of sandwiches, flatbread pizzas, salads, and appetizers using Boar's Head meats and cheeses. Open Mon-Wed 11am-9pm, Thu-Sat 11am-10pm, Sun 12pm-4:30pm.
• Brewmasters Goldsboro Restaurant and Bottle Shop Second Brewmasters restaurant and craft beer bottle shop located at 2402 East Ash Street, Goldsboro, NC 27534, offering the same craft beer selection (22 craft beers and 2 wines on draft plus hundreds of bottles) and made-to-order menu as the Wilson location.
• Brewmasters Mobile (Mobile Bar Catering) Full-service mobile alcohol catering arm serving weddings and events across Eastern North Carolina and the Triangle area; ABC-licensed alcohol caterer providing all alcohol, bartenders, bar set-ups, cups, napkins, ice, and clean-up. Operates multiple mobile bar configurations including Heidi the Hopbox (four-tap horse trailer bar), the Tap Trailer (six taps), the White Draft Bar (three taps, indoor), and the OG Trailer. Pricing begins at $14/person for 4 hours beer+wine and $22/person for liquor packages with a $1,000 alcohol minimum and approximately $1,500 total minimum per event.
• Brewmasters Food & Event Catering On-site and delivered food catering service for corporate luncheons, box lunches, and full event spreads throughout Eastern North Carolina, offering custom-quoted catering using the same made-to-order craft sandwiches, wood-fired pizzas, entrees, and appetizers served at the restaurants, with Boar's Head meats and cheeses as a quality differentiator.
• Brewmasters Merch Brewmasters-branded apparel and accessories merchandise storefront operated on a separate Shopify site (brewmastersmerch.com).

Quantifiable outcome

• 22 craft beers and 2 wines on tap at each location, plus 1,000+ beers and 100+ wines in bottle shop
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Boar's HeadcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerSupplier relationship; Brewmarkets uses Boar's Head meats and cheeses exclusively in its craft sandwiches, highlighted as a quality differentiator on the catering page.
• Wedding WireminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThird-party listing/review platform where Brewmasters Mobile maintains customer reviews; links customers to social proof and quote requests.
• Brewmasters Food Group sister restaurants (The Hub Wilson, Ruckus Wilson, Jack's Wilson, The Corner Wilson, Flo's Wilson, Flo's Rocky Mount, The Rustler Rocky Mount, The Neighbor's Wilson)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated restaurant brands under Brewmasters Food Group; job applications allow candidates to apply to any of the suite of restaurants including events/catering division.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• World of Beer: National craft beer-focused bar and tavern chain. Comparable as a broader craft-beer bar concept competing for similar craft beer enthusiast occasions, but operating at chain scale rather than locally owned.
• Total Wine & More: National big-box beverage retailer offering a vastly larger craft beer and wine selection across multiple NC locations. Comparable as an adjacent incumbent for Brewmasters' retail craft beer bottle shop revenue stream.

Direct peers

• Fullsteam Brewery: Durham, NC craft brewery and tavern focused on Southern food-friendly craft beer. Directly comparable as a North Carolina craft beer + food concept with a curated, locally rooted identity.
• Tap Trailer Co: Mobile bar trailer company that supplies and operates multi-tap mobile bar units for weddings and events. Directly comparable to Brewmasters Mobile's mobile bar rental/catering concept.
• Haw River Farmhouse Ales: Saxapahaw, NC farmhouse brewery with a taproom and food service in a smaller NC town. Comparable as a craft-brewery-with-food concept serving a similar community-anchored audience.
• Trophy Brewing: Raleigh-based craft brewery and pizza restaurant with multiple locations. Comparable as a North Carolina craft brewery pairing house beer with a strong food program in the Triangle.
• Lonerider Brewing Company: Raleigh-based craft brewery with a taproom and food program that serves the Triangle market. Comparable NC craft brewery with on-premise food service competing for similar craft beer enthusiasts.
• Lynnwood Brewing Concern: Raleigh neighborhood brewpub offering house-brewed craft beer alongside a food menu and private events. Comparable craft beer + food + events positioning in the same Triangle geography.
• Bond Brothers Beer Company: Cary, NC-based brewpub serving craft beer and made-to-order food in a casual, community-oriented setting. Directly comparable as a North Carolina craft beer + food concept with on-site taproom and retail sales.
• Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing: Raleigh, NC brewpub pairing house-brewed craft beer with a from-scratch food menu and event/private-party hosting. Comparable on the brewpub + private events axis within Brewmasters' Triangle service area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/brewmasters
• Instagraminstagram.com/brewmasters_nc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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