Frothy Beard

Beer Fridays continue!

As I mentioned before, our friend TJ is really the inspiration behind us hitting up a local brewery every Friday. He lives in Chicago but has family down here and visits fairly frequently. We've been saving Frothy Beard for when he came back next, and it was worth the wait. 

The location is a little bit of a pain to get to, especially since we went right after work. Its in North Charleston up on Ashley Phosphate, so we battled traffic, stopped trains, and bad drivers to get there, but thankfully were ready for a cold brew once we arrived. 

TJ, Brad, and I saying CHEERS!

They had five while we were there: Andale (Pale Ale w/ jalapeno), Cucumber Thyme (American Wheat), Hip Cannon (Double IPA), Great White Wit (Wit), and Smokey the Ambear (Amber). 

I'm a sucker for a herb-y bear so the Wit and the Cucumber Thyme was perfect for a hot day, but we bought a bottle of the Hip Cannon to take home because it was YUMMY.

TJ was headed downtown for night 2/3 of Umphrey's McGee (he's a HUGE fan) so we meandered downtown to Revelry for round 2. We love the environment at Revelry, and we were really impressed with their food too, but Frothy Beard's beer definitely won out. 

So, cheers! What are you drinking?

#wedrinkbeeronfridays

B and I started a fun tradition of trying to visit a local brewery every Friday, and I wanted to wait till it was officially a tradition to label it. It actually started out of inspiration from a friend not from Charleston: our friend TJ. His mom lives here, but he actually lives in Chicago and comes down to visit. TJ is a beer connoisseur, and makes the most of his visits down south, and triggered us to do the same. 

When B and I left Charleston, there were 4 brewerieries : Holy City, Palmetto, Westbrook, and Coast. We moved away, came back, and the brewery scene had changed dramatically.  We met up with TJ on a beautiful afternoon at Free House Brewery and basically slapped ourself for not coming there sooner. 

We tend to be homebodies at heart: a date night involves dinner at home and a movie; we love low-key evenings where we do nothing much outside of enjoying a great meal and each other's company. That being said, we chose Charleston as our HOME and wanted to immerse ourselves and enjoy it as such. So out of that became: Beer Friday's. Every Friday that neither of us has prior obligations, we head to a local brewery, sample delicious micro-brews, cheers to a great life together, have fun and try something new. 

Where it all began: Freehouse brewery. DELICIOUS and a beautiful backdrop of the Ashley River. 

COAST! One of our favorites right around the corner, hard to believe this was our first time!

Holy City, one of the most established breweries in Charleston. 

We did Holy City a few weeks in a row. They had a seasonal saison "Madame Basil" and we couldn't resist, plus they serve food and are kid friendly!

Westbrook! This was our favorite beer of the night, with a killer name to boot: Citrus Ninja Exchange.

Revelry! Not our favorite so far, but a really fun time. 

I will try to take more pictures of we places we go, but we enjoy this silly part. We have a long list yet to go which includes Palmetto, Frothy Beard, Southend, Tradesmen, and a few more.

Our friend TJ who inspired this whole thing has his eye on Frothy Beard next, so we are saving that one for him, which has added #savingFrothyBeardforTJ to our Instagram regime of #wedrinkbeeronfridays. 

Cheers! Next week we have our home inspection!