Park Circle is about to get weird … well, weirder. Wyrd Sisters Brewing, which quietly opened last month, is the newest addition to the Lowcountry’s illustrious brewery scene.
Tucked away in the Circle’s business district, Wyrd Sisters is bringing the enchanting vibes with a punk-metal twist at 4840 Chateau Avenue. Owners Brittany Slechter and Thad Wellington aim to represent craft beer’s past, present and future.
The building was a former law office and single-family home — and it is now the state’s first majority woman–owned/operated brewery. Some may say that it is very bold of Wellington and Slechter to open another brewery in an arguably saturated market.
Bold is exactly what Wyrd Sisters is bringing to the table.
This bright green brewhouse with mythological decor, feels like the best house party you’ve ever been to.
From Frothy to North Chuck
Wellington and Slechter met at Frothy Beard Brewing in West Ashley. Wellington, a Lowcountry native, was a military brat who spent 12 years with Best Buy as a project manager and tech specialist before entering the world of craft beer.
Slechter is originally from Maryland and has an extensive background in food and beverage. With culinary and hospitality degrees, Slechter spent four years as taproom and brewery manager at Elder Pine Brewing, in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
During their time at Frothy Beard, Slechter and Wellington formed a friendship, both in and out of the taproom. Slechter, a member of the team at Frothy Beard and Wellington, a devoted regular, spent a lot of time talking craft and getting to know each other. Wellington was tired of working in the tech business, and Slechter wanted to own a brewery.
They decided to go into the brew business together.
In May of 2022, the duo bought a homebrew system and got to work. Two months later, they brewed their first beer and started entering homebrew competitions.
The pair won Charleston Beer Fest’s homebrew competition in the fall of that year for I’m a Sucker for You Grimhilde, a caramel apple German-style dunkelweizen. This was Wellington and Slechter’s first competition and first win — but it was all the proof they needed that they were heading in the right direction. Over the past two years, Slechter and Wellington have run the homebrew circuit, winning the People’s Choice award in the last six competitions.
With colorfully named and inventive beers such as Toss the Salad, a lemon-and-kale-tinged brew, and Gose and Grey Sweatpants, a banana cream pie hefeweizen, Wyrd Sisters is pushing the envelope and culinary boundaries with its offerings.
The brew space is equally non-conformist, housed in a space where flavor is first, taste is more important than title and style is an afterthought. Everything about it is traditional, current and futuristic — and entirely unconventional.
The yin and yang balance of Wellington and Slechter is the key to the pair’s success. Wellington is the business mind who runs the website, creating logos and designs and handling tech and logistics. Slechter, on the other hand, brings the energy of an alchemist, delving into her bag of culinary tricks to brew spellbinding concoctions to die for.
Follow @wyrdsistersbrewing on social media to learn more.
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