Any other tips, including breweries,
Legal Remedy in Rock Hill is pretty bad.
Full Spectrum in Fort Mill isn't great.
The real monsters are in Charlotte. OMB and NoDa are kings.
- OMB is classic German styles done extremely well. Note that this doesn't suit modern-day craft lovers looking for IPAs and crazy stuff. They have a full food menu, and a huge grounds.
- NoDa does all styles and does them extremely well. Permanent food truck.
Other thoughts:
- Birdsong, Triple C, Legion, Sycamore, and Resident Culture are all high-quality, both in beer and in place.
- NoDa Par 4 session IPA has a frisbee basket on the can, and is a pretty good IPA for being only 4.0%.
- The best packaged local beers you can find on shelves right now:
NoDa Hop Drop 'n Roll IPA
NoDa Coco Loco Porter
NoDa Gordgeous (pumpkin seasonal)
NoDa Roaring Riot Rye Pale (Carolina Panthers seasonal)
Birdsong Jalapeno Pale (pepper flavor but not spicy)
OMB Mecktoberfest (okto seasonal)