an elixir of time and taste

Craft cocktail bar · Downtown Asheville, North Carolina

A craft cocktail bar in downtown Asheville, behind an unmarked door

färməsē is a moody, technique-driven cocktail lounge on Biltmore Ave: milk-punch clarification, house ferments and tinctures, barrel-rested stirred drinks, and produce grown within an hour of the bar. Find Suite C — the unmarked door with its own stairwell down into the basement.

Hours

Mon · 4pm – Midnight

Tues – Thurs · 4pm – 11pm

Fri – Sat · 2pm – 2am

Sun · 2pm – 10pm

Find Us

5 Biltmore Ave Suite C, Asheville, NC 28801

Reservations

Reserve Online

Walk-ins welcome at the bar.

Larger parties and private events can inquire here.

The Practice

Grown, fermented, tinctured, poured

Every bottle on our back bar starts as something living. We macerate Appalachian roots, culture our own dairy, and pull herbs from growers in Leicester, Fairview and the Sandy Mush valley. The menu turns with the fields, not the calendar.

The room seats 40, or holds up to 99 guests for a full buyout. It is dark on purpose, quiet on purpose, and built for the kind of conversation that runs past midnight.

Bartender stirring a farm-to-glass cocktail at färməsē in Asheville

The Room

Inside suite C

Velvet lounge seating facing the waterfall video wall at färməsē in AshevilleTwo artisan cocktails on the polished live-edge bar at färməsē in AshevilleBacklit back bar of whiskey, amaro and house tinctures at färməsē

Sound

Weekly Nights

Industry Mondays for the hospitality crew, and resident house DJs every Friday and Saturday until close.

Every Monday · 4pm – Midnight

Industry Mondays at färməsē

Good Drinks. Good People. Same Industry.

You spend your weekends taking care of everyone else. Mondays are for YOU.

Calling all bartenders, servers, chefs, baristas, restaurant owners, and hospitality professionals! Join us every Monday at färməsē Cocktail Lounge for a night dedicated to the people who keep Asheville's hospitality scene alive.

Enjoy special industry pricing on select cocktails, beer, and wine, delicious small bites, great music, and an atmosphere where you can finally trade your apron for a cocktail.

Whether you're coming straight off a brutal double, catching up with your industry family, or looking to meet other hospitality professionals, we've got a seat waiting for you.

Because hospitality takes care of everyone else. Tonight, we take care of you.

Industry friends, this one's for you.

Industry Mondays at färməsē — special pricing, industry bites and a space to unwind for Asheville hospitality workers

Friday

House DJ Night

Resident house DJ from 9pm until close. The bar is open until 2am.

Saturday

House DJ Night

Resident house DJ from 9pm until close. Deep house, disco and late-night sets.

What's on

Next Event

Tea parties, theme nights and holiday parties in the basement lounge. The full calendar lives on the Events page.

Back to the 80s Halloween dance party at färməsē — Saturday October 31, 2026

Next up · Saturday, October 31 · 8pm – late

Back to the 80s

80s Halloween dance party with DJ Metro Rock. Free entry, costume contest, prizes and drink specials.

Buyouts & Back Room

Private Events

The full lounge holds up to 99 guests. We build custom menus around your night — welcome punches, tasting flights, cocktail classes, or a bartender walking the room with a cart of tinctures.

  • · Cocktail classes & mixology workshops
  • · Guided spirit tastings and bitters blending
  • · Rehearsal dinners & wedding after-parties
  • · Corporate retreats, team offsites and holiday parties
  • · Brand launches, listening sessions, film wraps
  • · Birthdays, bachelorette parties and full buyouts

Tell us the date, headcount and the kind of night you want — we'll send a proposal within one business day.

Inquire

Google Reviews

What guests say

4.6

Our live rating on Google from guests at 5 Biltmore Ave, Suite C.

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Visit

5 Biltmore Ave, Suite C

Downtown Asheville, half a block from Pack Square. Suite C is the unmarked door with its own stairwell down into the basement.

Mon · 4pm – Midnight

Tues – Thurs · 4pm – 11pm

Fri – Sat · 2pm – 2am

Sun · 2pm – 10pm

farmeseavl@gmail.com