Booze
Breweries & Distilleries in Charleston
Charleston’s beer and liquor scene has seen a rapid expansion over the last few years. Hopefully, this latest guide from Holy City Sinner will help you locate your favorite brewery or distillery (or winery).
A couple quick pieces of info:
- Information provided is subject to change at any moment
- Thanks to Charleston Brewery list for their assistance
- Know of something that should be included? Let me know by e-mailing me at christian@holycitysinner.com or Tweeting @holycitysinner
- You can see a map of breweries here
- Drinking excessive alcohol is dangerous. If you have a problem with this, Soberlink’s alcohol monitoring system might help with this.
BREWERIES
- Bevi Bene Brewing Co.
- 1859 Summerville Ave
- Brewlab Charleston
- 2200 Heriot Street
- Charles Towne Fermentory
- 809 Savannah Highway, Charleston (West Ashley)
- They also own The Garden by Charles Towne Fermentory, a taproom and beer garden at 1331 Ashley River Rd.
- Coast Brewing Company
- 1250 N 2nd St, North Charleston
- Commonhouse Aleworks
- 4831 O’Hear Ave., North Charleston (Park Circle)
- Cooper River Brewing Company
- 2207-B Mechanic Street, Charleston
- Edisto River Brewing Company
- 209 Main Road, Johns Island
- Fatty’s Beer Works
- 1436 Meeting Street. Charleston
- Freehouse Brewery
- 2895 Pringle St, Suite B, North Charleston
- The Frothy Beard Brewing Company
- 1401 San Rittenburg Boulevard, Charleston
- Frothy Beard Off World
- 117 S. Main Street, Summerville
- Ghost Monkey Brewery
- 522 Wando Lane, Mount Pleasant
- Hobcaw Brewing Co.
- Opened in September 2020
- 496 Long Point Road
- Holy City Brewing
- 1021 Aragon Ave. North Charleston (Park Circle)
- Indigo Reef Brewing
- 2079 Wambaw Creek, Unit 1, Daniel Island
- Island Coastal Lager
- Sullivan’s Island-based owners
- Distribution only
- Lo-Fi Brewing
- 2038 Meeting St Rd, North Charleston
- Low Tide Brewing
- 2863 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island
- Munkle Brewing Co. (Downtown)
- 1513 Meeting Street Road
- Brewery from Palmer Quimby and Henry Eang (Basil, Lotus)
- New Realm Brewing Company (formerly Dockery’s)
- 880 Island Park Drive, Daniel Island
- Oak Road Brewery
- 108 East 3rd North St., Suite C, Summerville
- Palmetto Brewing
- 289 Huger St., Charleston
- Pawleys Island Brewing Co.
- 2664 Industrial Ave., North Charleston
- Distribution only
- Revelry Brewing
- 10 Conroy St., Charleston
- Rusty Bull Brewing
- 3005 W. Montague Ave., North Charleston
- Stone’s Throw Brewing (Goose Creek)
- 101 Button Hall Avenue
- Previously known as Wide Awake Brewing Company, but the company was sold and became Stone’s Throw Brewing
- Ship’s Wheel Hard Cider
- Craft Ciders
- Cidery and tasting room at 1033 E. Montague Ave.
- Snafu Brewing Company
- 3280 Industry Dr., North Charleston
- Tideland Brewing
- 4155 Dorchester Road, North Charleston
- Tradesman Brewing Co.
- 1647 King St Ext.
- Two Blokes Brewing
- 547 Long Point Road, Mt. Pleasant
- Westbrook Brewing
- 510 Ridge Rd., Mount Pleasant
- Wind & Waves Brewing
- Opening on October 1st
- 4427 Spruill Ave., North Charleston
BREWPUBS/RESTAURANTS/OTHER
- Baker & Brewer
- 94 Stuart St
- Chucktown Brewery and Chucktown Grub
- 337 King Street (former home of Kickin Chicken)
- Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co.
- 1505 King St.
- Edmund’s Oast Restaurant & Brewpub
- 1081 Morrison Dr.
- Estuary Beans & Barley
- 3538 Meek’s Farm Rd, Johns Island
- Fam’s Brewing Co.
- 1291 Folly Road, Suite 101, James Island
DISTILLERIES/OTHER
- Beyond Distilling Company
- Hoping to Open in North Charleston in 2021
- Cannon Distillery
- 813 A Savannah Hwy., Charleston (West Ashley)
- Charleston Distilling Co.
- 3548 Meeks Farm Road, Johns Island
- Chilled Dills
- No tours or tastings
- Dixie Spirits
- Ladson
- No tours or tastings
- Firefly Distillery
- 4201 Spruill Ave, North Charleston
- Hardscoop Distillery
- 2030 Wambaw Creek Rd.
- Serves premium Hardscoop Ice Cream made with their small batch specialty distilled spirits
- Tasting hours: Fridays, 12 pm – 6 pm.
- Also available at Bottles Beverage Superstore
- High Goal Gin
- Ladson
- No tours or tastings are available
- High Wire Distilling Co.
- 311 Huger Street
- Holy City Spirits
- Creators of Cherryshine Whiskey
- No tours or tastings
- Nippitaty Distillery
- 4405 Spruill Ave., North Charleston
- Red Harbor Rum
- Produced and bottled in Charleston by Striped Pig Distillery
- Tours and tastings available at Striped Pig Distillery Tuesday through Saturday ,12 pm to 5 pm
- Striped Pig Distillery
- 2225 Old School Dr., Charleston
- Tours and tastings available Tuesday through Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm
- Sweet Grass Vodka
- 1640 Meeting Street
- Facility will be a bottling plant, offering a tasting room for spirits, and small bites
- Volley
- Unknown opening date
- 132 E Bay St., 2nd Floor
- Tequila seltzer company, which began in NYC, is now headquartered on East Bay Street
- Planning to open a tasting room
- Virgil Kaine
- Produced in Charleston
- No tours or tastings
WINERY
- Charleston Wine Co. (Downtown)
- 63 S. Market Street
- Click here for more info
- Deep Water Vineyard (formerly Irvin~House Vineyards)
- 6775 Bears Bluff Road, Wadmalaw Island