In a town that prides itself on buying local and all things Lowcountry, it s no surprise that artisanal "craft" beer has taken the Holy City by storm. With four established breweries, dedicated retail stores and bars, a home brewing club and the annual Brewvival festival, craft beer culture is booming. But behind the modern ales, lagers and stouts that connoisseurs know and love is a barrelful of Charleston beer history that has been brewing for centuries. From the first brewery that opened its doors in 1732 ...
In a town that prides itself on buying local and all things Lowcountry, it s no surprise that artisanal "craft" beer has taken the Holy City by storm. With four established breweries, dedicated retail stores and bars, a home brewing club and the annual Brewvival festival, craft beer culture is booming. But behind the modern ales, lagers and stouts that connoisseurs know and love is a barrelful of Charleston beer history that has been brewing for centuries. From the first brewery that opened its doors in 1732 through Prohibition and the recent "Pop the Cap" legislation that allowed high-gravity beer to once again flood the streets, Charlestonians have embraced beer wholeheartedly. Join local writer and beer bard Timmons Pettigrew as he recounts the incredible and mouthwatering history of Charleston beer, pint by frosty pint.
Timmons Pettigrew resides in West Ashley with his wife and pets (in that order). His full-time gig is in industrial distribution pricing strategy, but he's also the beer writer for TheDigitel Charleston, a local media aggregator. If you're reading this, that means he also wrote a book. His status as a beer geek is ironic, considering he's a direct lineal descendant of "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman. The Lowcountry got a hold of him while he lived here attending College of Charleston. Graduate work in economics at the University of South Carolina pulled him away for a spell, but he came back directly, and there's no place he'd rather live. While visiting Asheville, North Carolina, in November 2006, Timmons drank his first bottle of Weyerbacher Double Simcoe Ale, and he has never looked back.
Chrys Rynearson arrived in Charleston by way of Germany, where he was stationed for six years with the U.S. Navy. Never mind that it's a landlocked country, there's more important reasons for the navy to be there--like the beer! Chrys sampled his fair share of great beer during his travels and returned to the Charleston area with a higher alcohol tolerance, eager to see what the Southeast had to offer. A beer geek's geek, he's always helping out with website builds, videos or photo shoots for most of the local breweries and craft beer organizations.
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