Blogging the Coast

The Boy King comes back

ptcsc — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:27:39 +0000

This time around he is 9.7% abv and we bumped up the Citra Hops even more because we are just loving this hop variety. Think tropical fruits like mango and pineapple- the aroma is simply beautiful. We’re so glad he’s back!

Draft only and should start showing up at the end of the week.

SC Brewer’s Association- We need your help again

ptcsc — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:01:03 +0000

Alrighty- our bill #3693 is up for Full Judiciary on March 9 (please note the amendment was approved last meeting but I still don’t see the new language on the statehouse site)- so now we need your support on this committee- Phone Calls work the best but we’ll take your emails as well

Statehouse site: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/html-p … mmlst.html (look for Judiciary Committee) we need to contact each member on that Committee (all 25 of em)

Again- we so appreciate the support from each one of you!

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And here are all the members of the House Judiciary Committee

Harrison, James H. , Chm.
Jennings, Douglas , Jr., 1st V.C.
Smith, Garry R. , 2nd V.C.
Allen, Karl B.
Bannister, Bruce W.
Clemmons, Alan D.
Cole, J. Derham , Jr.
Delleney, F. Gregory “Greg” , Jr.
Funderburk, Laurie Slade
Hamilton, Daniel P. “Dan”
Hearn, George M.
Horne, Jenny Anderson
Kelly, R. Keith
McLeod, Walton J.
Miller, Vida O.
Nanney, Wendy K.
Rutherford, J. Todd
Sellers, Bakari T.
Smith, James E. , Jr.
Sottile, F. Michael “Mike”
Stavrinakis, Leonidas E. “Leon”
Viers, Thad T.
Weeks, J. David
Whipper, J. Seth
Young, Thomas R. “Tom” , Jr.

My thought on Beer Festivals

ptcsc — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:57:48 +0000

Okay so I’ve seen lots of folks state that more festivals should go the rout of buying beer like Brewvival did- well maybe

Plenty of other beer festivals are fine just the way they are since they fill whatever intention set by the festival organizers- we just went by a different philosophy then that and it works for what we want

Also: just because we had so many rare and one off beers does NOT mean that is all that you should seek out- in fact quite the opposite

My own personal hope as the outcome of Brewvival is this: You would try some styles/beers that you may not have had before and may not ever again- which is great- and then you would go home to wherever it is your from and drink both from your local breweries and maybe try some of the beers from the breweries you experienced at Brewvival- not just try to find the ever elusive one-off beer from 3 years ago that was aged in barrels from a 100 person town in the countryside of Slovenia (you get my point)- these are all great beers but maybe even more important are the daily drinker beers that are sometimes forgotten about- my 2 cents anyways

(and yes my comma and period keys don’t seem to be working—)

Brewvival…the aftermath and many Thanks!

ptcsc — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:13:52 +0000

We have finally semi-recovered from Brewvival. It was out of this world! So many of you trusted both COAST and Charleston Beer Exchange to bring you a world class beer festival and we can’t thank you enough. This festival idea of ours was different from the beginning and from the looks of the turn-out, ya’ll agree we’re on the right track. Even though I got too busy to try many, the line-up was incredible and we are truly proud of that.

This was our inaugural event and fittingly, we had a few hiccups (namely check in and food shortages as well as some issues with Aloft’s shuttle). If we do it again, we will of course address all of these.

I am going to attempt to thank some people who, without their support, we would not have been able to pull this off. I apologize to those who I inadvertently leave off……..

Merritt Brokerage

My NJ Crew! (Beth, Jim, Penny, Willie, Sarah, Dave)

Greg Koch

Chrys Rynearson Photographer/Videographer

Robert Donovan Photographer

The Digitel

The City Paper

The Bridge 105.5

LEEP Bio-Bus

Nathan Durfee our talented hometown Artist

Stage Presence

Southern Brew News

The local bands and food vendors who quite simply, rocked! Butterbeans, Po’Ridge, V-Tones, Jason and the Juggernauts and Folkgrass. D’Allesandro’s and Ted’s Butcherblock.

Some of the many volunteers: Mike and Michelle Taliercio, Shane Cummings, Jason and Mary White, and many, many more.

And finally all the Breweries for doing what you do best: brewing fantastic beer because you love it and having faith in our idea!

Here’s hoping that Brewvival was just the beginning of a wonderful year of craft beer in South Carolina!

Unfiltered 32/50 Kolsch

ptcsc — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:17:53 +0000

So we’ve been wanting to not filter the kolsch for a long time and we’re finally doing it! Why? Not filtering out the yeast and hops gives the beer a bigger profile yet still delicate and not overbearing. So incredibly fresh tasting, pilsner like in my opinion and super clean. We did let it bright out a bit longer to help the yeast drop out so it is only slightly cloudy. This unfiltered kolsch is now my go to beer it’s that good. If everyone agrees we’ll keep it up for a while (so please agree!).

Harold and Maude Beer Series.

ptcsc — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:01:35 +0000

My favorite movie of all time and now beer!

Harold, an American Stout, debuts this week. He’s got a dark side but really he’s quite sweet. Creamy, roasty and so easy to drink.

Maude will be next and there’s a little debate as to exactly what kind of beer she is. Either Black IPA or Imperial Red, time will tell.

Then there will be a combined finale of Harold and Maude. Too early to tell on that one.

Enjoy our first ever series dedicated to a classic movie with the best soundtrack. In fact I recommend drinking these while listening to Cat Stevens- brings it all together.

Cheers!

2009/2010 Blackbeerd Release

ptcsc — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:10:01 +0000

For several reasons our schedule for Blackbeerd was a little later this year then last. The plan is to release this years version in bottles on Sunday, February 28th at the Charleston Beer Exchange. Very limited draft will be featured as well, more info at that later. Barrel Aged Blackbeerd will makes it’s appearance sometime mid-March. This years version is aged in Buffalo Trace barrels for a bit longer period of time.

Charleston Brewvival

ptcsc — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:01:30 +0000

February 27th

Noon-6

More details coming soon.

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Homebrew Shop Open this Sunday 12/12 from 2-4.

ptcsc — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:15:55 +0000

1/2 off (or more!) on anything that is left in our shop. We will also have COAST shirts, sweathsirts and glasses for sale for holiday giving. Here’s a list of what is left:

#3 Light DME $6

3.3# canned Dark ME $6

Iodophor 320z. $6

Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie P.

Sacred Healing Beers

Homebrewers Answer Book

Various:Orange Peel, Wormwood,…

Carboy Carry Straps $3

Priming Sugar- free

Fermometers $1

Thieves- $3

True Brew Fast Flow Kit $7

True Brew Rack and Fill Kit $5

Carboy Brushed $2

Bottling Buckets with Lids $6

Hops- All $1.50 each

Cluster, UK Northern Brewer, Nugget, Columbus, UK Fuggle, UK 1st Gold, Liberty, Mt Hood, Chinook and Amarillo

Please note there are limited quantities on everything here and when they are gone that’s it. There are no grains available.

Cask of Porter, Smoked at the Griffon …now with the Beards of HCBMS!

ptcsc — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:18:39 +0000

A firkin of our smoked porter will be served via a traditional, portable beer engine. Porter, Smoked is an American Porter brewed with 40% Briess Cherry Wood Smoked Malt. An intensely smoky but well rounded classic porter is the result. We expect the beer engine to be the perfect way to serve this porter giving it an incredible smooth and creamy character!

Wednesday, December 16 at 7pm.

The Griffon is located at 18 Vendue Range, downtown Charleston.
As a thank you to all of you who have supported us these first 2 years, we will have special pricing for this cask event. $3.50 pints and $3.00 for HCBMS members.

Cheers for Beers and Beards!