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.
It’s been just a few months since River Rat opened for business, but the Columbia brewery is already expanding its production in advance of more packaging.
River Rat, Columbia’s second brewery will be expanding to its third major market with a series of launch events this Thursday.
Following the recent departure of former Abita Brewmaster Mark Walters from Columbia’s River Rat, the brewery has hired a former regional beer rep and avid homebrewer to join the brewing team.
While kegs of their beer have popped up in and around Greenville recently, River Rat has never had an official Upstate launch. That changes this week as Columbia’s second brewery holds a launch party at the Greenville Beer Exchange. Continue reading
River Rat, Columbia’s second post-Prohibition production brewery, will officially open its doors to the public on Monday, March 10.
A couple of weeks ago, they got their state license. And today, River Rat announced its local license is in hand, clearing the final hurdle and allowing Columbia’s second production brewery to begin operations.
River Rat plans to brew its first batch during the weekend and will be opening to the public in February. When it opens, it’ll have been less than a year since the brewery went from the planning stages to operation.
