South Carolina Brewery Map and Trailies

If you drive from West to East in South Carolina, it will take you about 8 hours to get to every brewery. Realistically, and of course if you have a driver, you could probably do the first three in one day. Then you could visit the four Charleston area breweries over two days. And finally, you could enjoy New South all by itself and then relax on the beach while you bask in your newly gained brewing knowledge.

Here's the list of the breweries:
A - Thomas Creek
B - RJ Rockers
C - Skull Coast
D - Holy City
E - COAST
F - Palmetto
G - Westbrook
H - New South

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Trailies:
Most Creative Beer Styles: Skull Coast Ale Company. They like nuts. I have no idea when or how you add nuts during the brewing process, but they make an almond pale ale, and a porter with macadamia nuts, so they must grasp the concept.
Best Beer Name: Fish Paralyzer, RJ Rockers. I haven't been able to discern the origin of it's name, but I imagine that a pet fish drank too much of it and thought he could jump out of the tank, only to come up short, hit the edge, and paralyze himself. Somewhere there is a fish in a wheel chair that despises RJ Rockers.
Most Interesting Beer: White Thai, Westbrook Brewing. I'll definitely be trying this beer the next time I'm in Charleston, or if it somehow miraculously gets shipped to my front door....

http://westbrookbrewing.com/beers/year-round-beers/

Best Label: HopArt IPA, COAST Brewing. Brewers generally have a love affair with the hop flower. There's no doubting that it can get weird and border on psychopathic obsession, but in this case, I think it's an homage. Also, do I see a pirate down there on the bottom row?

 

http://www.coastbrewing.com/beers.php

The Palmetto State is an up and comer in the craft beer landscape. On top of creating quality brews, the  breweries there are also embracing the concept of green brewing. None of them have too large of a distribution footprint, but if you are in the Carolinas or Georgia anytime soon, be sure to throw back a couple  South Carolina brews. Next up is a drive back up the East coast to New Hampshire.