CHARLESTON- HOLD ONTO YOUR CHIMAY GLASSES. AN INCREDIBLE BEER STORE IS SET TO OPEN IN S IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON! IT’S GOING TO BE GOOD….www.charlestonbeerexchange.com
October 2008 Update: WAAAAYY to many good beers to keep this page up to date. That’s a good thing. South Carolina has a bunch of new to our state breweries now: Avery, Weyerbacher, Stone, Smuttynose, Founder’s, Bear Republic, Ballast Point……….We have come a long way!
Total Wine- Flying Dogs, Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster. Victory, several Allagash (including Hugh Malone), Clipper City lineup, Corsendonk, Lion Stout, Oak Aged Yeti, Mad River Brewing Line (extra stout is phenomenal)—Left Hand, Bear Republic, Southampton
Whole Foods- Now has the 3 Chimay’s , Carlsberg Elephant,Victory Hop Wallop, Golden Monkey and Storm King ( pricey- $13.99) as well as Golden Monkey and Twelve in big bottles ( I think 750 ml), Westmalle Dubbel
Delirium Tremens 4 pk. And the Belgium mixed 6 pack (includes Piraat, Gulden Draak) at $16.99, Great Divide DPA, Brooklyn IPA, Geary’s kolsch and pale ale-Not Much new in 2008.
Earthfare – Flying Dog, Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster Pretty Disappointing, I expected better!
Piggly Wiggly- Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster and Flying Dogs. The Pig on MEETING ST downtown has Brooklyn Local 1 for $8.49, North Coast (Old Stock,Pranqster,Cru D’or), Chimay’s
Harris Teeter on East Bay St- Flying Dogs but $2 cheaper at $7.99, Chimay Red and White $7.99, Samual Adams Imperial Pilsner (james Island)
Bi-Lo ( at I’on) had a bunch: 3 St. Bernardus, Rogue Imperial Pale and Stout (in the large ceramic bottles- not badly priced at under $15.), several from Brasserie Caracole: Nostrodamus, Saxo, Troublette, Caracole Ambree, most in both 750 mL and 4 packs! Many from Unibroue as well ( La Fin Du Monde, Maudite….)
Ted’s Butcher Block- Jolly Pumpkin’s Oro De Calabaza, Yeti Oak Aged and a porter by a Norwegian brewery, Nogne, De Proef, Southampton coming soon
Wine a While
Restaurants/Bars offering up craft beers:)
Charleston Beer Works – Lots!
Daily Dose (Folly Rd.)- All in bottles: Foret, Hebrew Pom, Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, Victory (Lager Summerweisse, Hop Devil, Golden Monkey), Delerium, Horn Dog, Allagash, Chimay’s—-great place! Draught: COAST
EVO Pizzeria- Draft: Highland Oatmeal Porter,, Allagash White, Rogue Dead Guy, COAST HopArt, Kolsch and Stout Bottles: Chimay, Victory Golden monkey, many Rogue’s, Red Seal, Several Allagash (Curieux, Hugh Malone), Peroni Another Highly Recommended!
D’Allesandro’s (229 St.Philip downtown)- Brooklyn and Terrapin on tap, decent bottle selection, good pie and affordable, laid back atmosphere
Gene’s Haufbrau- Highland Tasgall on tap, COAST
Raval- HopDevil on tap, COAST
DD Peckers has victory Golden Monkey and Allagah White on Draft.
A great local beer and wine shop, Bull St. Gourmet is actively increasing the HG
beer set and has Great Divide Yeti and Golden Monkey.
Chai’s – COAST HopArt
Necter- Flying Dog Double Dog Pale on tap
Avondale Wine & Cheese- good selection of belgian and other imports. Didn’t see a single american micro though….
Village Tavern- TAP: Rogue Chocolate Stout and Hazelnut Brown, Sierra Pale and Summer, Sam Adams Summer, Red Hook Nitro Porter, Delirium Tremens On TAP! and a pretty impressive selection of bottles especially Belgians
Mellow Mushroom-Draught: Rogue Imperial Porter, Highlands (Tasgall, Kashmir Ipa, Gaelic) Terrapin Rye Pale, John’s Locker Stock, COAST 32/50 and HopArt, Left Hand Line
Folly Beach Brewing Company
Surf Bar
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June 10, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Casey Lee
You are correct. Raval has Victory Hop Devil on draft. Some of the bartenders have been mistakenly calling it Victory Amber, but it is indeed the HopDevil.
DD Peckers has victory Golden Monkey and Allagah White on Draft.
Home Team BBQ in West Ashley has a fairly progressive beer selection.
A great local beer and wine shop, Bull St. Gourmet is actively increasing the HG beer set and has Great Divide Yeti and Golden Monkey.
Cordavi has Victory on draft as well.
February 29, 2008 at 2:16 pm
N8
*** Why does nobody in this town carry North Coast Brewing’s Old Number 38 Stout?!?!?!?!!?
EarthFare used to, but they dropped it and despite requests, will not restock.
Total Beer & Wine used to, but not any more.
Old Plowshare is the same beer, different label, but the Mount Pleasant Whole Foods rarely if ever has it.
*** Why do no distributors here carry DogfishHead Beers? Their 60-minute IPA is TOPS!
All this being said – here is some more info on good beers and where to find:
The Piggly Wiggly Stores at:
1. (Sam Rittenburg & Hwy 171) West Ashley
2. (Main Road and Maybank Hwy) Johns Island
have Flying Dog’s Imperial Porter (with the great Ralph Steadman / Hunter S. Thompson artwork).
SeeWee Outpost in Awendaw also has FDIP.
The James Island Piggly Wiggly has Mad Hatter from New Holland Brewery and some other good ones that come and go a bit.
Earthfare has Poet Stout from New Holland and usually Mad Hatter as well.