Having maximized output at its current Huger Street facility in Charleston, Palmetto Brewing Co. is planning to move into a new and larger production facility in the near future.
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9 SC breweries heading to Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America fest
Sierra Nevada is about to set out on the inaugural Beer Camp Across America festival, an ambitious traveling beer extravaganza that invites every craft brewery in the country to participate. The festival will eventually make its way to Sierra Nevada’s new facility in Mills River, NC, and nine South Carolina breweries will be making an appearance at that stop.
Palmetto debuts Homefront IPA this month
The popular Homefront IPA series is coming to South Carolina with a specialty beer brewed by the folks at Charleston’s Palmetto Brewing Co.
Palmetto launches in Columbia Feb. 3
South Carolina’s oldest brewery announced during the weekend it would begin distribution in the Capitol City starting next month.
Palmetto, which has been producing beer in Charleston since 1993, was in attendance at Saturday’s World Beer Festival in Columbia and announced Columbians would see the brewery begin distribution in town Monday, February 3.
Palmetto produces four year-round beers: Amber Ale (5.7%), Pale Ale (5.6%), Charleston Lager (5.4%) and my personal favorite, their Espresso Porter (6.4%). They also produce a number of special releases, including Ginger Slap, their Amber Ale with ginger and cardamom, and Ghost Rider, their Pale Ale, with cherries and smoked ghost peppers.
Look for draft and bottles available around Columbia soon.
Palmetto launches new website, re-releases Ginger Slap
Following in the footsteps of RJ Rockers and Thomas Creek – i.e., South Carolina breweries whose websites were long overdue for a 21st century makeover – Charleston’s Palmetto Brewing Co. recently gave their homepage a new coat of paint. Redesigned from top to bottom, the new website gives visitors easier access to the the brewery’s history, its slate of beers, tasting room hours and more. Check it out.
Speaking of Palmetto, the brewery recently re-released Ginger Slap, a 6% reworking of its classic Amber Ale with the addition of Brazilian ginger and cardamom seeds. Unlike a lot of ginger beers, it’s not too strong, instead leaning toward a sweeter ginger nose and a more dry, spicy finish. You’ll find it on tap at the brewery and for sale throughout the Charleston area.
Palmetto Aftershock returning next week
In 1886, Charleston was rattled by a massive 7.3-magnitude earthquake, which is to date still one of the most powerful to ever strike the Southeast. While it lasted just under a minute, the damage to the coastal city was huge: upwards of 100 dead and $6 million in damage (around $141 million in modern dollars) to a $24 million city that can still be seen to this day.
In 2011, on the 125th anniversary of the quake, Charleston’s Palmetto Brewing Co. released Aftershock, a 6% “Carolina Common” steam IPA brewed in memory of the quake. The beer was brewed just once, but according to the folks at Palmetto will be returning very soon.
“Remember our beer Aftershock? Dry Hopped Steam Beer we brewed for the 125th anniversary of the great Charleston Quake. Its back next week,” the brewery tweeted on Wednesday. You can except to find it on draft and in six packs as well.
Conquest, Palmetto recognized for their inventive tap handles
Like a lot of other beer geeks, I’m a sucker for cool and inventive tap handles. When you’re bombarded with dozens of taps at your local bar, as a brewery, you want to make sure your brand stands out. And the easier your tap handle is noticed, the more likely a consumer is to pick out your brew to enjoy.
Thrillist, the online men’s magazine, knows this, and so they’ve compiled a list of what they think are the 23 coolest tap handles in America. Best of all? Two of South Carolina’s own made it on the list.
Columbia’s Conquest and Charleston’s Palmetto are both included among such standouts as SweetWater, Dogfish Head and Revolution. Palmetto’s taps easily stand out at most bars as they are tall palm fronds individually decorated by a local artist. Conquest’s sword and shield combo are also attention grabbing, and even more impressive when you realize there’s an actual sword in the sheath. All of Conquest’s tap handles are also handmade.
