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Blackbeerd released.

ptcsc — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:43:19 +0000

Blackbeerd, the imperial stout, will be hitting the streets this week. Unfortunately, It is even more limited this year due to our 2 lovely whiskey barrels aging away. There will be a bottling release at the Charleston Beer Exchange sometime soon. An organic imperial stout……. you don’t say!!

We’ve been drinking on it all weekend and I must say it is my all around favorite, stranded on a desert island and I can only have one thing type of beer…..and I shudder to think how glorious the whiskey aged one will be. Sinful.

COAST at the Lowcountry Local First Bash, 12/7 GO LOCAL

ptcsc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:25:48 +0000

We’ll be at the bash at Lowndes Grove on Sunday: EVENT | Locavores Delight
Heading to the mall to knock out your holiday shopping might be the easiest option, but not necessarily the best. If City Paper readers spent just $100 at locally-owned stores, we could have a potential $23 million impact on the Charleston community. Plus, it’s a lot more festive and fun to walk down a decked-out King Street browsing the shops — not to mention you’ll score some unique and fashionable gifts you wouldn’t find at the Mega-lo-Mart. Buy Local Week, Dec. 1-7, is a national awareness campaign that emphasizes the importance of local businesses on our economy, every day of the year. The celebrations kick off with a Give Local Holiday Bazaar on Tues. Dec. 2 from 3-8 p.m. at 10 Storehouse Row in North Charleston. The free event will allow guests to browse gifts from local artisans, learn about local charities, and sample homemade cuisine, all while enjoying music. Wed. Dec. 3 is Eat Local Night — all you have to do to participate is go to a locally-owned eatery and stuff your face. On Thurs. Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m., head to the Terrace Theatre for a screening of Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop ($10/adv., $15/door). The after-party at Zia Taqueria will include appetizers and beer. The week wraps up on Sun. Dec. 7 from 6-10 p.m. at Lowndes Grove Plantation with the Buy Local, Be Local Bash. For $30 you’ll get live entertainment, local beer and wine, and food from some of the best restaurants in town including Fish, Monza, The Fat Hen, FIG, Tristan, and more. But don’t let your locavorism stop there — resolve to take it through 2009 and beyond! Sun., Dec. 7, 6-10 p.m. $40, $30/LLF members, www.lowcountrylocalfirst.org, Buy Local, Be Local Bash. Lowndes Grove Plantation, 266 St. Margaret St., (Downtown), 843-853-1810, www.lowndesgrove.com.

Saturday - December 06, 2008 @ 01:00PM / ends @ 05:00PM Beer Festival @ D. D. Peckers Wing Shack

ptcsc — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:06:50 +0000

PLEASE NOTE THE HOMEBREW SHOP WILL BE CLOSED THIS DAY (SATURDAY DECEMBER 6)

Saturday - December 06, 2008 @ 01:00PM / ends @ 05:00PM
Beer Festival @ D. D. Peckers Wing Shack
Charleston, South Carolina
danxeller99@hotmail.com (843) 367-3381

Event Details:
Saturday December 6, 2008 1pm - 5pm rain or shine

Come help us make this event even better tahn last year’s! We are doing it again at d.d. Peckers’ Wing Shack at 1660 Savannah Hwy. Charleston, SC 29407. We will have food, music and hopefully some yard games to play in addition to some of the hardest-to-find-beers in the State. Let’s just say that we have some surprises this year! The Lowcountry Libations homebrew club will also be on hand to show-off their brewing prowess and will be sampling the fruits of their labor. Please feel free to call or e-mail me with any questions.
Look forward to seeing everyone there!!

Tix: $25.00/advance or $30.00/day of. Includes Beer Samples, Food and Music.

Tasting glasses will be for sale also.

Confirmed Breweries are:

Lowcountry Libations Homebrew Club (SC)
Coast (SC)
Founder’s (MI)
Stoudt’s (PA)
Clipper City (MD)
Ommegang (NY),
Great Divide (CO)
Stone (CA)
Palmetto (SC)
Allagash (ME)
Victory (PA)
Avery (CO)
Weyerbacher (PA)
RJ Rockers (SC)
+ many more to come

Blackbeerd goes Bourbon!

ptcsc — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:31:05 +0000

We have been wishing for whiskey barrels for quite some time but haven’t had the time to drive to a distillery. Well, lucky for us, 2 fellow beer folks brought 4 back to us from the Jack Daniels Distillery. Tonya and Nathan just moved here from San Diego and picked up the barrels while passing through TN. We are beyond elated. We immediately filled 2 with Blackbeerd the Imperial Stout and the other 2 who knows……Scotch Ale? The smell of thos ebarrles goes down as one of the best smells I have ever encountered……bourbon, vanilla and oak- a dream.

Now for the hard part……………… forget about all that I just said for a few months. Then, when it is all ready and yummy, it will be a big surprise!

2nd Annual West Ashley Good Beer Festival Charleston, SC 12/6/08 .

ptcsc — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:57:03 +0000

I am pleased to announce the 2nd Annual West Ashley Good Beer Festival on Saturday December 6, 2008 from 1pm-5pm @ d.d. Peckers’ Wing Shack in West Ashley.

Tix are $25.00/advance or $30.00/day of which includes Food, Music and the Beer.

There will be tasting glasses for sale.

So far we have the following breweries represented:

Coast (SC), Founder’s (MI), Stoudt’s (PA), Clipper City (MD), Ommegang (NY), Great Divide (CO), Stone (CA), Palmetto (SC), Allagash (ME), Victory (PA), Avery (CO), Weyerbacher (PA), RJ Rockers (SC), and many more to come.

A word on the growler fills at the Beer Exchange

ptcsc — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:38:50 +0000

We are so excited to finally have a great beer store here in Charleston. They are doing growler fills of a few of our beers and we couldn’t be happier. Remember a few things though: our beer is unpasteurized, usually unfiltered and a growler fill is fresh but it isn’t a bottle. It should be kept refrigerated, we recommend you drink it within 3 days and once opened drink up!

Greenville Beer Folks

ptcsc — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:43:39 +0000

We’re now on tap at Barley’s Taproom in Greenville. It will be a rotating tap, probably seasonals (right now the Rye Brown). I can’t promise all the time availabilty, but , still, we’re on! It is our first venture outside of Charleston and wanted to go with a bar that is serious about their beers. We’d like to do a special event sometime in the future there as well( cask?!). I look forward to actually going to Greenville and checking out Barley’s!

Homebrew Shop 10/14

ptcsc — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:33:06 +0000

We finally have a new shipment coming in this week. Yes, we’ve got hops, yeast and other requested items:

Cascade, Centenniel, Chinook, Amarillo and Millennium hops (all pellets, no whole yet), Belgian yeasts (sorry about the wait), malts, and hops bags are on the way! Will definitely be here for Saturday.

FYI, you will see some price increases with this shipment, especially on carboys and equipment kits.

Grain Sale at Homebrew Shop

ptcsc — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:13:34 +0000

20% off all grain (except organic 2-row). We’ve got a shipment coming in next week and I need the space.

Nope, we’re not closed!

ptcsc — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:12:23 +0000

We’ll most likely be closed tomorrow, especially in the morning. If we do open it will probably be at 12.