We had a very nice last wknd celebrating our brother-in-law's birthday with a brunch at Rita's on Folly Beach and some family time. Then on Sunday afternoon Tab and I went for a visit to James Island's 1st brewery, Tradesman!
It's located behind the Exxon right near the corner of
Maybank and Folly Road, across from Duke's BBQ.
Their GRAND OPENING is this coming Saturday, April 5th from 12pm-8pm with 17 South Bluegrass band playing on the lawn from 5pm-7pm!
We will definitely be there and I'm hoping there will be beer left when we do get there because they have warned that they have a limited supply.
It's a small brewery set-up with a 2 barrel (4 keg) system
(They do have 4 fermenters, but they are still working on getting everything up to full capacity)
I brought Tab along for the tour bc he is a homebrewer and really,
the beer connoisseur in our family.
We met up with Sara & Scott, the owners, who are Charleston natives.
Scott is the master brewer and Sara handles all the logistical stuff.
We mostly spoke with Sara, and she was absolutely delightful and so welcoming!
The running theme throughout the brewery is "working class" and when we walked in I immediately felt at ease and comfortable. Their friends and friends' kids were running around and sipping on root beer.
It's just a really laid-back easy-going no fuss lil tasting room area. Great to have a beer with a friend and/or grab a growler on your way home.
Some pictures of the Tasting Room area:
Everything they've used is repurposed and has a great little story behind it.
The nail bin they use for tshirts, koozies, etc. came from a grandmother's mercantile shop.
Speaking of tshirts - these are the 2 options they have.
This is the art on the back of the shirt.
Prices:
The 1920s-1930s wall art and the old tools were found at various sales.
The tasting room is located in the house and the warehouse beside it is where the magic happens :)
In between they do have this nice little green space that they plan to use for events such as their Grand Opening and in the future as a nice lil outdoor sitting space with some shade cover coming in eventually.
Scott's (and Tab's) Happy Place
THE BEER:
We sampled a flight and it was really good. My fave was the Circuit Breaker IPA, with Journeyman's Pale and Brick Layers (Red) ale coming in close behind. The Brick Layers is what started it all. Scott used to brew huge batches of it and they called it their Garnet Ale and would bring it to USC tailgates.
Tab's favorite was the Pipe Wrench Porter.
They also make a root beer for the kids called Apprentice - it was delicious!
Their tap handles in the tasting room are all repurposed tools.
The bar top and high-top tables are old heart pine used in the Navy Yard.
Thomas Legare will come and pick up all the spent grain and feed it to his cows out on Legare Farms.
Even though they have been thru some hurdles getting this operation up and running - everything seems to be falling into place for them now and we couldn't be more pleased!
The current plan is to have the tasting room open from 4pm-7pm on Tuesdays, Weds, Thurs and Friday. Possibly extending the hours to 8pm on Fridays and then definitely open from 12pm-8pm on Saturdays.
Be sure to LIKE their Facebook page to keep up to date with all that is going on and Sea Island Mama will update you with any major events happening too!
Welcome to James Island Tradesman!
Hope to see y'all Saturday afternoon at their Grand Opening!
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