The Quest for the Holy Grain - Best Brew Pubs
South Carolina

 

 

 

Thomas Creek Brewery
2054 Piedmont Highway
Greenville, SC 29605
864 605 1166
thomascreek@bellsouth.net

Wait a minute now...Thomas Creek ain't a brewpub...it's a microbrewery. You can't get food, but call ahead for a brewery tour and delicious samples.

Thomas Creek Brewery in Greenville, SC does no retail sales. They have a cooker, and six 50- barrel fermenters. They also have three half-barrel fermenters for special restaurant contracts. Taps on the wall allow tasting of four different beers. They have a small bottling line, and they insert bottles into cases by hand. Their variously named products are sold through SC and also Georgia. If expansion is called for, they have space thru one wall to double their operation.

 

 

Blue Ridge Brewing Company
217 N. Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 232-4677

Located in the boutique shopping district of Greenville, SC,
Blue Ridge
seems like a typical yuppie brew pub. They seat about 100 and have a cozy patio in front. Their copper cooker and lauter are displayed in front with a row of 5 stainless 10 barrel fermenters down the side. There are four regular beers and a seasonal; stout, blond, ESB, pale ale, and dunkle weissen. The beers seem true to style.