After more than a year of searching, Columbia’s Hunter-Gatherer brewpub has announced the location of its future production brewery, which is now scheduled to open mid 2016. In 2014, Hunter-Gatherer announced it had started the process of searching for a location for a production-scale brewery in addition to its Main Street ...
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Countless businesses in South Carolina were damaged in the recent flooding that struck the area. One of those businesses – Lexington’s Old Mill Brewpub – sustained significant damage following a dam breach earlier this week. To aid in repairs and support for employees, a fundraiser has been established thro ...
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Greenville’s Quest and recent Florida transplant (and newly rebranded) Fireforge Crafted Beer will be releasing a collaboration lavender coffee stout in the Upstate this week. Dropping at Quest this Friday, Oct. 9, Brokkr is a 7% coffee stout brewed with lavender. Quest teamed up with Fireforge – formerly Florida upstart Cr ...
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Two episodes in two weeks? How did you get so lucky?! We’re back for a little Sunday Funday episode with the usual whatnot (talking, drinking, making eyes at each other, etc.). On this episode: A recap of all the goings-on at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival, including the medals South Carolina breweries won. (Spoiler ...
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Soda City Suds Week, Columbia’s independently run craft beer celebration, will return for its second year March 18-26, 2016. On Wednesday, Midlands Craft Beer Supporters – the 501(c)(3) that puts on the week – announced the event would be returning for another run after a successful first year earlier in 2015. The week is stil ...
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At 3 PM on Wednesday, Sept. 30, Westbrook announced tickets were on sale for its 2015 Barrel Aged Mexican Cake series, which would be released this Saturday, Oct. 3. The tickets didn’t last long. The announcement followed – as it usually does – months of speculation about when the bottles would be released and & ...
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The podcast lives! Due to technical and timing issues, it’s been quite a while since Nick and Cam were able to get together to do the damn thing. But DPR is back with all the fun you’ve come to expect. In this episode: The guys recount recent beer travels to North Carolina and New York. ...
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Columbia’s Conquest has begun the process of transitioning many of its releases to a six-pack format with the first batch arriving last week. Sacred Heart, the brewery’s flagship 7.2% IPA, was the first to transition to the new format. Thomas Creek in Greenville will act as the contract brewer for six-pack releases to help ...
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Asheville, NC-based Hi-Wire Brewing announced Monday it was beginning a statewide distribution rollout in South Carolina, the first state outside of North Carolina to receive the brewery’s beer. One of the many breweries located on Asheville’s South Slope, Hi-Wire was ranked the Best New North Carolina Brewery of 2013 by RateBe ...
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After being available throughout much of the Southeast for years, San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery announced late last week it would soon begin distribution in South Carolina. The brewery made the announcement last Friday, Sept. 4. While 21st Amendment products aren’t available just yet, they have been cleared for distrib ...
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