‘Tis the season for longer days, warmer nights and plenty of ice-cold brews. We asked local breweries what seasonal beers they’ve got flowing at this time of year and they filled us in on the good stuff — from an Italian pilsner to a strawberry blonde ale. Here’s what just some of Charleston’s breweries have on tap this spring.
Holy City Brewing
This North Charleston brewery has an Italian pilsner coming out soon that was brewed specifically for the wedding of one of the brewers. HCB is also working on a tajin kettle sour in collaboration with Greenville’s Magnetic South.
Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co.
EOBC has two special spring brews up its sleeves this year. You can sip on Sun Kissed, a 6.3% ABV tart wheat ale brewed with more than 1,200 pounds of tangerine. And then there’s Bucket of Flowers, a 5% ABV Belgian-style wit beer brewed with rose buds and fresh orange peel.
Coast Brewing Co.
Coast’s seasonal Pablo’s Vienna lager (5% ABV) was released late last month. This year’s label features an old painting done by owners Jaime Tenney and David Merritt’s oldest son.
Commonhouse Aleworks
Commonhouse has a veritable slew of spring beers this year. The Oleander Pale Ale (6.5% ABV) is an East Coast IPA named after the poisonous but beautiful Oleander plant, which grows all over Charleston. Fear not, the brew is totally safe to consume and its all mosaic hops give it a moderate body with big fruit notes.
Guests can also check out the Double Parked Double IPA, the “big brother” to the brewery’s flagship Park Circle Pale. This brew is hoppier than its little bro and boozier, too, at 8% ABV.
Keep things a little lighter with the Spring Cling (5% ABV), the brewery’s springtime sour full of mango and peach.
Frothy Beard Brewing Co.
Head to West Ashley’s Frothy Beard for several new beers this spring. The Jeepster cold IPA hits at 6.6% ABV and has a “bright and tropical aroma with moderate bitterness throughout.” The strawberry blonde ale (a fan fave) features a “fresh strawberry aroma and light berry flavor.” It’s easy drinking, too, at just 5% ABV. Later this month, look for another iteration of a Belgian Tripel and the Zingiber ginger pale ale.
Charles Towne Fermentory
Get stoked for CTF’s annual Cinco de Mayo beer, the El Rayo (4.5% ABV), which will launch May 3 at the brewery’s new production facility on James Island, CTL’s OG Avondale location and The Garden in West Ashley. This margarita-inspired sour is aged in tequila barrels and conditioned on lime, orange, agave and sea salt. You can even get it frozen at The Garden.
Munkle Brewing
Munkle has some exciting spring beers coming down the pipeline, including small-batch strawberry and blueberry beers, as well as the brewery’s saison, Helles and blonde ales.
Low Tide Brewing
Low Tide’s latest core beer offering is an easy-sipping 5% ABV lager made with German malts, hops and yeast that work together for a “semi-sweet, thirst-quenching lager,” according to assistant operations manager Dan Schwarz.
Guests can also look forward to Wheat & Waves, a 5.5% ABV German style Hefeweizen with notes of banana, bubblegum and clove, and The Right Fluff (7.5% ABV), an imperial stout brewed with marshmallow, heaps of vanilla bean and locally roasted cold brewed coffee from Charleston Coffee Exchange.
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