Brewery Visits

BEERCATION 2022 – NEW SOUTH BREWING – SOUTH CAROLINA

Hoppy also visited New South Brewing, in Myrtle Beach, while in South Carolina. They opened in November,1998 and currently brew on a 20-barrel brewhouse and produce around 3,000 barrels annually.  During Hoppy’s visits he sampled the following beers before choosing his usual Dirty Myrtle:

India Pale Ale – A copper color and assertive hop bitterness characterize this pale ale. 6.2% ABV

Obi-Wan Khubani – A sour-fruited beer with apricot puree and mad midichhlorians (lol) added. 7.2% ABV

Java the Nut – New South’s Nut Brown Ale aged on a rich blend of Peruvian and El Salvadoran coffee beans roasted by Rivertown Roasters in Conway, SC. 4.8% ABV

Dark Star Porter – Rich black ale with a sweet but roasty malt flavor and a lingering hop finish. 6.2% ABV

Big Wooly Mammoth (2022) – An Imperial/Double Stout. 10.5% ABV

So Dirty – A Dirty Myrtle with blood orange. 8.9% ABV

and of course, Dirty Myrtle – An Imperial/Double IPA packed ridiculously full of Mosaic, Simcoe and Falconers Flight Hops. 8.9% ABV

BEERCATION 2022 – CHARLES TOWNE FERMENTORY – SOUTH CAROLINA

Two locations of Charles Towne Fermentory were Hoppy’s next visits in Charleston. Between these locations he sampled the following libations:

Sungazer IPA – a soft, dry, hazy IPA loaded with Citra & Motueka hops. 6.8% ABV

Summer Greens Wet-Hop IPA ’22 – hopped with fresh Strata hops. 6.8% ABV

DDH Sungazer IPA – pillowy citrus with just a touch of zest. 6.8% ABV

Extra Sunny DIPA w/Nelson – described as Sungazer’s big brother dry-hopped to death with Nelson Sauvin hops for a healthy dose of sweet fruit and gooseberry notes. 8.2% ABV

Charles Towne Fermentory has an overall rating of 4.06 on Untappd.

The following images are from the Charles Towne Brewery/Tap Room:

The following images are from The Garden: A Tap Room/Beer Garden of Charles Towne Fermentory:

BEERCATION 2022 – SOUTHERN HOPS BREWING – SOUTH CAROLINA

While in Murrells Inlet Hoppy also visited Southern Hops Brewing’s recently opened second location. (Their original location is in Florence.) Here he enjoyed a 5 Points IPA which is brewed utilizing five different hops. This version clocked in at 6.7% ABV.

BEERCATION 2022 – FRONT STREET BREWERY – NORTH CAROLINA

The final brewery that Hoppy visited in North Carolina was Front Street Brewery in Wilmington. The historic building that it is located in began as a dry goods store in 1865. Front Street opened in 1995, as the first brewery in the city. As well as being a brewery/restaurant, they carry an extensive collection of bourbons and other whiskeys.

While here Hoppy quaffed a flight of the following ales:

Port City IPA – Wilmington’s original IPA since 1995, is a hybrid of West Coast and New England styles: bold, citrusy, and juicy at first, but finishing dry and refreshing with notes of pine. 6.9% ABV

Black Razz House Blend – high notes of real Raspberry wheat played against the mocha depths of chocolatey Scottish ale. 6.2% ABV

Tomb Rocker Heather Ale – an incomparably smooth complex ale bursting with flavor including vinous notes of red wine, tangy cherry, honey, delicate flowers and herbs, and old-fashioned candy. 9.2% ABV

That Kind of Jive Blueberry Sour Wheat – a sour wheat fermented with lactic yeast, conditioned on vanilla extract from End of Days Distillery, plus copious blueberry puree. 5.1% ABV

Dr. Purple Barrel-Aged Sour – brewed with a mind-blowing amount of tangy purple blackcurrant juice and aged in oak barrels for three years for a perfect sour depth and complexity. 5.8%

BEERCATION 2022 – BROUWERIJ CURSUS KEME – NORTH CAROLINA

Hoppy’s next brewery visit in Asheville was at Cursus Keme. Here he went back to his hop roots and imbibed a Cat Mummy Double IPA at 8.1% ABV.

BEERCATION 2022 – NEW ORIGIN BREWING – NORTH CAROLINA

Hoppy visited two nearby nano breweries in Asheville, North Carolina this Summer. The first of these was New Origin Brewing which has a 4.16 overall rating on Untappd! Here he enjoyed a Birthday Stacks Whiskey Barrel-Aged Florida Style Stout conditioned on Moose Mountain Maple Syrup from Vermont. It clocked in at 12.5% ABV.