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A once-in-a-lifetime Total Solar Eclipse calls for a once-in-a-lifetime brew. 🍻
Here are all the S.C. breweries brewing special-release eclipse beers, from the Upstate to the Lowcountry + here in the Midlands. 👇 Take a pitcher, it’ll last longer (than the eclipse).
Midlands
Conquest Brewing |📍Columbia | 🍺 Unicorn Tears (vanilla cinnamon Stout), bourbon barrel-aged Sour Stout, Coconut Porter + two new bottles: Plum Sour + Blackberry-plum Sour | 🎉 Blackout of tasting room (only dark beers), Aug. 21, 12 p.m.
River Rat Brewery |📍Columbia | 🍺 Moonraker India Pale Lager (hopped with citrus), with Dark Side of the Moon(pies) | 🎉 Solar Eclipse Party, Aug. 21, 12-5 p.m.
Photo by @riverratbrewery
Swamp Cabbage Brewing |📍Columbia | 🍺 Half-and-half Beer Combo made with Sabal Palm Blonde + Bald Cypress Porter | 🎉 Two-day party: 3 Year Anniversary Aug. 20, 1-6 p.m. + Eclipse Viewing Aug. 21, 12-4 p.m.
Twisted Spur Brewing |📍Columbia | 🍺 Blackout Stout (notes of oat, spelt, coffee + malt) | 🎉 Blackout brunch, Aug. 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Whig |📍Columbia | 🍺 Columbia’s Eclipse Pale Ale, a collab with Catawba Brewing Co., to be released at Arts and Draughts tonight | 🎉 Eclipse Day at The Whig!, Aug. 21, noon-2 a.m.
Old Mill Brewpub |📍Lexington | 🍺 Double Stout (bourbon barrel-aged with 5 lbs of cacao nibs + roasted chilis)
Benford Brewing |📍Lancaster | 🍺 Carolina Blackout (brewed with Midnight Wheat)
Photo by @benfordbrewing
Lowcountry
Tradesman Brewing + Revelry Brewery |📍Charleston | 🍺 2 collabs: Schwartz Bier and White Stout | 🎉 The Gathering dual-location party (at Tradesman + Revelry) Aug. 21, 12 p.m.
Freehouse Brewery |📍Charleston | 🍺 TBA beer release | 🎉 Eclipse Weekend River Jam Aug. 19, 1-6 p.m.
Photo by @freehousebeerchs
Holy City Brewing |📍N. Charleston | 🍺 Emperor (Stout on Nitro), Waltz (American Blonde Ale) + Emperor’s Waltz (blended of both) | 🎉 Total Solar Eclipse Party at HCB, Aug. 21, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. with special guest Jennifer Baer of NASA
Upstate
Carolina Bauernhaus Ale |📍Anderson | 🍺 Total Eclipse of the Hops (Black IPA) + | 🎉 Totality, A Total Eclipse Viewing Party, Aug. 21, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Photo by @carolinabauernhaus
Quest Brewing Company | 📍Greenville | 🍺 Belgian Black Ale | 🎉 Standing on the Moon, Solar Eclipse Party with Phuncle Sam, Aug. 21, 12 pm.-6 p.m.
Thomas Creek Brewery |📍Greenville | 🍺 2 Minute Twilight (Farmhouse India Pale Ale) + Cork & Cage (hoppy, barrel-aged beer) | 🎉 Total Solar Eclipse Bottle Release Party + Afterparty, Aug. 21, 12 p.m.-8 p.m.
R.J. Rockers |📍Spartanburg | 🍺 Total Eclipse of the Tart (a sour Berliner Weisse brewed with local blackberry syrup) | 🎉 Sun’s Out, Fun’s Out! Eclipse Party, Aug. 21, 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
I can’t take credit for all this intense research (read: color coded spreadsheet, alphabetized by city location + labeled with contact date), so huge shoutout to David – beer connoisseur + Chloe’s SO – for being the real MVP of this newsletter.
(Side note: If you guys have done any crazy research on things that you want to shout from the rooftops, we can publish it for you + give you creds. Real talk. Send us a contributor submission.)
And use our hashtag #COLAtoday when posting all your #totaleclipseCAE pics for a chance to be featured in Tuesday’s newsletter.
Hoppy TSE weekend, Columbia, and please drink responsibly.
–Sam
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