Charleston Brewvival – A Festival For the True Beer Geek

Last weekend I attended the first ever Brewvival Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. I’m still a relative novice when it comes to beer festivals, having only been to a handful, but this one was truly geared toward the beer geek.

Beer under the Big Top

The festival was organized by the Charleston Beer Exchange and Coast Brewing [...]

Winter Warmer Festival: Asheville Beer + Big Taster Glasses = Fun Times

The first thing that went through my mind when I entered the Haywood Park Ballroom on Saturday, “Man, those are big taster glasses.” I immediately knew the Winter Warmer Festival was going to be a slightly different experience than what I had at the World Beer Festival the weekend before in Columbia.
After being handed an [...]

World Beer Fest – Columbia Makes Craft Beer More Accessible to the Masses

As I mentioned in a HopPress post a few weeks ago, I grew up in Columbia, having lived there from 1986 to 2007, with a couple years away at the College of Charleston in the middle. To say the least, Columbia has never been known as much of a beer town.
The only surviving brewery is [...]

Upcoming Beer Festivals in the Southeast: World Beer Festival & Asheville Winter Warmer Festival

We don’t have a tremendous number of beer festivals in the South, especially here in South Carolina. Because of this dearth of beer gatherings, I get really excited when festivals do come around.
There are two beer festivals in January that I am thrilled to be able to attend: the World Beer Festival in Columbia, SC [...]

Warren Haynes Christmas Jam Teams With Asheville Brewing: Good Music and Good Beer For a Good Cause

In case you haven’t heard, Asheville, NC tied Portland, OR in Charlie Papazian’s poll to crown Beer City USA earlier this year. We here in the South are very proud of our underdog story, so we probably bring it up more often than we should. But hey, how often do we get to be mentioned [...]