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Southern Barrel Brewing Co., the first brewery to call Bluffton home, officially opens its doors to the public today. Originally scheduled to open last February, grand opening events will be held at the brewery throughout the weekend. Southern Barrel houses a 10,000-square-foot production facility and a 2,500-square-foot tavern and taproom. Bre ...

Thomas Creek’s been on a bit of a releasing spree lately, putting out two new beers in recent weeks and getting ready to reintroduce an old favorite in a new format. The Greenville brewery’s been keeping busy during the past few weeks. Here’s a look at what they’ve been working on: In late April, Honeysuckle Saison& ...

Next up on the release calendar for Greenville’s Brewery 85: A version of their Great Danish Belgian Strong Ale aged in a variety of different bourbon barrels. Great Danish clocks in at 10.6% ABV and is brewed with floor-malted rye and pilsner malt from Riverbend Malt House, local organic honey from South Carolina’s Bee Wel ...

Thomas Creek has announced a surprise bottle release – the first held at the brewery in three years – for this week. This Wednesday, April 29, the Greenville brewery will host a release event for Lorem Dekkera, a new barrel-aged release. Lorem Dekkera is an 8% Belgian-style strong golden ale the spent eight months in ...

After making a surprise appearance at the latest Brewvival, Brooklyn-based Sixpoint Brewery will make its debut in South Carolina’s major markets with launch events throughout this week. The New York can-centric brewery made its first appearance last February after inking a deal with Charleston’s RAFA Distributing, wh ...

Growler Haus’ recently announced Fountain Inn location now has a crowdfunding campaign set up to help support the company’s third Upstate location. With shops already established in Anderson and Spartanburg, Growler Haus is now planning to open another store in the city of Fountain Inn. The company held a St. Patrick’s Da ...

RJ Rockers is finally legal this year and will celebrate next week with a party hosted at the Spartanburg brewery. And to help kick off their 18th year, they’re planning to begin packaging one of their most popular beers in a new format. Next Thursday, April 30, RJR will host a celebration to help kick off their ...

Originally posted on Foothills Brewing: Nick McCormac Editor’s note: We continue celebrating NC Beer Month by asking some of our friends to ruminate on North Carolina Craft Beer and its place in the world. This week’s guest blogger is Nick McCormac, one of South Carolina’s leading online craft beer advocates, with his take on ...

The second annual Greenville Craft Beer Week running from April 19-25 will again spotlight the beer and businesses that help make the Upstate city’s craft beer community what it is. And to help kick things off, three new collaborations from the city’s three breweries will be tapped at a special event this Sunday. As a treat ...

South Carolina Brewers Guild Executive Director Brook Bristow was recognized by the Brewers Association on Wednesday for his fight to modernize and improve craft beer laws in South Carolina. Bristow, a Greenville-based attorney who has worked to strengthen beer laws in the state during the past few years, received the F.X. Matt Defense of ...