Spring for these seasonal beers at local breweries

With the rise in temperatures (and pollen levels), area breweries are introducing a number of seasonal beers for the spring and summer. From playful sours to solid session ales, local breweries are bringing the heat with these fresh, tasty pours.

Freehouse Brewery

Head to Freehouse for its seasonal spring sipper, the Little Nug Pale Ale. According to head brewer Arthur Lucas, this beer is “bursting with bright citrus and hints of tropical fruits” with a “soft and fluffy mouthfeel.” The beer pairs perfectly with the North Charleston brewery’s views of the Ashley River.

Munkle Brewing Co.

Munkle is serving up four seasonal beers in its taproom including a coffee blonde, bourbon barrel saison, hoppy Belgian session ale and its biere de garde (a Great American Beer Festival gold medal winner). Be sure to swing by the upper peninsula brewery during the Kentucky Derby when you can enjoy the Spring Julep beer, served only on race day.

Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co.

Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. is offering three special beers this spring and in true EOBC fashion, each one is more fun than the last. Popsicle, a tart ale brewed with lactose, pays homage to childhood memories. Blending lactose with a sour beer base and a “heaping helping of popsicle magic,” this easy-drinking beer clocks in at a respectable 6% ABV.
Sun Kissed is a tart wheat ale brewed with tangerine. A cheeky nod to Icarus flying too close to the sun, this brew features what the EOBC team deems “far, far too much citrus puree” blended with a sour base.

Last but not least, EOBC is has Strawberry Shortcake, a blonde ale brewed with strawberries and lactose with vanilla added. At 5% ABV this easy drinker goes down smooth with a “round body of vanilla and milk sugar soaked oats topped with candied strawberries.”

Wind & Waves Brewing

Spruill Avenue brewery Wind & Waves is recommends a new fruited hazy beer, aptly named Spruill Sisters, this season. Brewed with the Pink Boots Society (a nonprofit organization that supports women and nonbinary people working in the fermented beverages industry) hop blend, this beer was made with pineapple, tangerine and pink guava puree.
The brewery also just brought back its Orange Grove Creek brew, a beer with a kettle sour base that gets a “creamsicle treatment.”

Two Blokes Brewing

Two Blokes recently released two new sour beers. Toes in the Sand is a sour ale with flavors of pineapple, coconut and a touch of vanilla. New Botanicals is made with strawberries and aromatic basil.

Charles Towne Fermentory

In honor of International Women’s Day, Charles Towne Fermentory brewed a special beer with the Pink Boots Society last month. The Crispi Gurl IPL is dry and drinkable with notes of pink grapefruit, lemon peel, tangerines and white grape.

Westbrook Brewing Co.

Westbrook brings back seasonal favorites this year. Maximum Florida is a fruited sour made with dragon fruit, passionfruit, mango, pineapple, pink guava, key lime, tangerine, toasted coconut, marshmallows and milk sugar. If sours aren’t really your thing, check out Westbrook’s Rice Crispy Boi, a lager brewed with toasted rice flakes and marshmallows. At 5% ABV this crispy boi embodies the essence of crushable day drinking beer.

Revelry Brewing Folly Beach

Head to Revelry’s Folly Beach outpost to sip on the spot’s official beer, the Beach Haus Pils, a beachside lager perfect for these balmy days. The Pils is brewed, according to the Revelry team, with a technical mash schedule to add depth of flavor “while remaining crisp and digestible.” You can now also enjoy food from the Bounty Bar, located next to Revelry’s Folly Beach spot. That pilsner probably pairs pretty well with the crab rangoon nachos, crispy wonton chips topped with imitation crab meat, cream cheese sauce and sweet Thai chili sauce.