Top 100 Beers in South Carolina as Ranked by BeerAdvocate

September 15, 2017 Charleston Daily 0

Beer Advocate has rated the top beers in the United States for 2017. Here is the breakdown of the best beers in South Carolina, their average rating and how they rank nationally.

If nothing else, you will see some familiar breweries to the Lowcountry and this is an opportunity to start a beer bucket list.

How awesome does that sound, especially at the start of football season.

South + Beer + Football = Priceless!!!!

Congratulations to Westbrook, Coast, Holy City and all those that made this year’s list.

Top Rated Beers: South Carolina (US)
	Avg	Ratings
Mexican Coffee Cake Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.50% ABV	4.49	282
Mexican Cake Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.50% ABV	4.39	2,782
Mexican Cake (Tequila Barrel Aged) Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.50% ABV	4.44	280
2016 Bourbon (Willett) BA Mexican Cake Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout	4.57	75
Boy King Double IPA COAST Brewing Company American Double / Imperial IPA / 9.70% ABV	4.29	525
Key Lime Pie Gose Westbrook Brewing Co. Gose / 4.00% ABV	4.26	389
2016 Maple Bourbon BA Mexican Cake Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout	4.63	41
Siberian Black Magic Panther Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 12.00% ABV	4.29	185
Two Claw Rye IPA Westbrook Brewing Co. American IPA / 7.00% ABV	4.26	189
Gozu Westbrook Brewing Co. Gose / 4.00% ABV	4.21	403
Red Wine (Napa Cabernet) Mexican Cake (2016) Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.50% ABV	4.46	47
Yeast Wrangler Holy City Brewing American Double / Imperial IPA / 10.00% ABV	4.36	61
Margarita Gose Westbrook Brewing Co. Gose / 4.50% ABV	4.34	67
32°/50° COAST Brewing Company Kölsch / 4.80% ABV	4.16	339
Gose Westbrook Brewing Co. Gose / 4.00% ABV	4.12	2,598
Shane’s Big DIPA Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial IPA / 9.00% ABV	4.13	389
Carnie Fire COAST Brewing Company American Amber / Red Ale / 5.00% ABV	4.25	79
Rye Knot Brown COAST Brewing Company American Brown Ale / 6.20% ABV	4.21	91
Westbrook / Evil Twin Mini Growler Imperial Stout Westbrook Brewing Co. Russian Imperial Stout / 10.50% ABV	4.12	310
Event Horizon Cascadian Dark Ale COAST Brewing Company American Black Ale / 7.00% ABV	4.21	83
Bulls Bay Oyster Stout COAST Brewing Company Foreign / Export Stout / 5.80% ABV	4.25	62
Dead Arm Pale Ale COAST Brewing Company American Pale Ale (APA) / 6.00% ABV	4.14	149
Mr. Chipper Westbrook Brewing Co. Flanders Red Ale / 6.80% ABV	4.1	192
ALTerior Motive COAST Brewing Company Altbier / 6.30% ABV	4.17	78
One Claw Rye Pale Ale Westbrook Brewing Co. American Pale Ale (APA) / 6.00% ABV	4.04	1,086
India Pale Ale Westbrook Brewing Co. American IPA / 6.80% ABV	4.03	1,496
Single Hop Series: All Cascade Pale Ale COAST Brewing Company American Pale Ale (APA) / 5.50% ABV	4.22	44
Peanut Butter & Jelly Edmund’s Oast American Brown Ale / 5.50% ABV	4.3	31
Lemon Coconut Weisse Weisse Baby Westbrook Brewing Co. Berliner Weissbier / 4.00% ABV	4.08	135
Citrocity Seminar Brewing American IPA / 6.00% ABV	4.17	55
Rum Barrel-Aged Siberian Black Magic Panther Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 12.00% ABV	4.24	37
Blackbeerd Imperial Stout COAST Brewing Company Russian Imperial Stout / 9.30% ABV	4.02	351
Funkmaster Brett IPA Revelry Brewing Co American Double / Imperial IPA / 7.00% ABV	4.2	38
2016 Tequila BA Mexican Cake Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout	4.4	19
Viridi Rex Edmund’s Oast American Double / Imperial IPA / 9.50% ABV	4.52	14
Brutus Conquest Brewing Company American Double / Imperial Stout / 12.60% ABV	4.23	30
6th Anniversary Hazelnut Chocolate Imperial Stout Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.00% ABV	4.04	136
Milk Stout COAST Brewing Company Milk / Sweet Stout / 5.70% ABV	4.19	32
Single Hop Series: All Chinook Pale Ale COAST Brewing Company American Pale Ale (APA) / 6.50% ABV	4.26	24
Paper Airplanes Birds Fly South Ale Project American Wild Ale / 6.00% ABV	4.45	14
Belafonte COAST Brewing Company Belgian Pale Ale / 5.70% ABV	4.16	34
Sungazer Charles Towne Fermentory American IPA / 6.80% ABV	4.29	20
Blueberry Weisse Weisse Baby Westbrook Brewing Co. Berliner Weissbier / 4.00% ABV	4.34	17
Mexican Cupcake Westbrook Brewing Co. American Stout / 4.20% ABV	4.23	23
Weisse Weisse Baby Westbrook Brewing Co. Berliner Weissbier / 4.00% ABV	4	153
Brand New Eyes Birds Fly South Ale Project Saison / Farmhouse Ale / 5.50% ABV	4.19	26
Maple Bourbon Barrel-Aged Mini Growler Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.50% ABV	4.31	17
The Finisher Conquest Brewing Company American Double / Imperial Stout / 17.50% ABV	4.25	20
Galaxy Rinse & Repeat Westbrook Brewing Co. American IPA / 7.00% ABV	4.3	17
Kaldi Imperial Coffee Stout Quest Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 8.00% ABV	4.01	101
HopArt IPA COAST Brewing Company American IPA / 7.70% ABV	3.96	677
Red Legs Scotch Ale COAST Brewing Company Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy / 7.80% ABV	4.16	27
Single Hop Series: All Simcoe Pale Ale COAST Brewing Company American Pale Ale (APA) / 6.00% ABV	4.18	24
Overly Friendly IPA Holy City Brewing American IPA / 7.60% ABV	3.98	137
Udderly Milk Stout Westbrook Brewing Co. Milk / Sweet Stout / 5.50% ABV	3.96	275
Leopold Westbrook Brewing Co. American Wild Ale / 4.30% ABV	4.05	48
September Saison COAST Brewing Company Saison / Farmhouse Ale / 6.00% ABV	4.13	27
Chocolate Rye Porter River Dog Brewing Co. American Porter / 5.50% ABV	4.06	41
Angry Mash Oatmeal Stout COAST Brewing Company Oatmeal Stout / 9.00% ABV	4.2	19
Porter, Smoked COAST Brewing Company American Porter / 5.80% ABV	4.12	26
Cabernet Barrel Aged 5th Anniversary Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout	4.18	19
Blackbeerd Imperial Stout (2016) – Heaven Hill Barrel Aged COAST Brewing Company American Double / Imperial Stout / 9.50% ABV	4.36	11
Lichtenhainer Westbrook Brewing Co. Berliner Weissbier / 4.20% ABV	3.97	107
Rustic Sunday Rye Saison Birds Fly South Ale Project Saison / Farmhouse Ale / 7.00% ABV	4.14	22
Bourbon Barrel Aged 5th Anniversary Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout	4.22	14
Galaxy Quest Pale Ale River Dog Brewing Co. American Pale Ale (APA) / 5.00% ABV	4.18	16
Smoked Rye Pale Ale COAST Brewing Company Rye Beer / 4.80% ABV	4.09	24
Wadmalaw Sunset COAST Brewing Company Belgian Strong Pale Ale / 7.50% ABV	4.2	14
Holy City Pilsner Holy City Brewing Czech Pilsener / 5.00% ABV	3.96	79
Sacred Heartier Conquest Brewing Company American Double / Imperial IPA / 10.25% ABV	4.16	16
Harlequin Conquest Brewing Company American Double / Imperial Stout / 8.50% ABV	4.09	22
Craver Peanut Butter Porter Seminar Brewing American Porter / 6.00% ABV	4.01	38
World Court Mocha Blonde Stout Legal Remedy Brewing American Stout / 7.00% ABV	4.09	20
Oyster Stout Holy City Brewing Irish Dry Stout / 5.80% ABV	4	37
Dark Helmet Westbrook Brewing Co. Schwarzbier / 6.00% ABV	3.91	272
Lily The Great New South Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.00% ABV	4.1	17
Lefty Loosey Revelry Brewing Co American IPA / 7.00% ABV	4.18	12
Malice Maple Bacon Russian Imperial Stout Legal Remedy Brewing Russian Imperial Stout / 11.00% ABV	4.17	12
O’SOO Oyster Stout Benford Brewing Co. Oatmeal Stout / 5.10% ABV	3.98	36
Ashley Farmhouse Ale Freehouse Brewery Saison / Farmhouse Ale / 6.10% ABV	3.92	89
Lord Proprietor’s Mild Edmund’s Oast English Pale Mild Ale / 3.50% ABV	4.19	10
Pink Squirt Freehouse Brewery Saison / Farmhouse Ale / 6.50% ABV	4.16	11
Smoked Märzen Holy City Brewing Märzen / Oktoberfest / 6.20% ABV	4.01	24
Green Door IPA Freehouse Brewery American IPA / 6.20% ABV	3.92	82
Mojito Gose Westbrook Brewing Co. Gose / 4.50% ABV	4.07	16
Collision Stout Holy City Brewing American Double / Imperial Stout / 8.80% ABV	3.97	34
Dave Brown COAST Brewing Company Chile Beer / 6.90% ABV	3.98	28
Barrel-Aged Collision Stout Holy City Brewing American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.00% ABV	4.13	11
Thomas Creek Trifecta IPA Thomas Creek Brewery American IPA / 6.90% ABV	3.9	115
Life Of Don Freehouse Brewery American Wild Ale / 7.10% ABV	4.03	17
Thomas Creek Coffee Oatmeal Stout Thomas Creek Brewery Oatmeal Stout / 8.00% ABV	3.9	105
New Rye Pale Ale Westbrook Brewing Co. American Pale Ale (APA) / 6.10% ABV	4.02	18
Graveyard Shiftee Holy City Brewing American Porter / 8.50% ABV	4.02	18
Aiken Thoroughbred Red Aiken Brewing Company Irish Red Ale / 5.20% ABV	4.01	19
PassionFruit Tart Westbrook Brewing Co. American IPA / 6.80% ABV	4.03	15
Palmetto Espresso Porter Palmetto Brewing Company American Porter / 5.80% ABV	3.88	206
Three Claw Westbrook Brewing Co. American Double / Imperial IPA / 8.00% ABV	4.08	11
Belgian IPA Westbrook Brewing Co. Belgian IPA / 7.70% ABV	4.06	12
Star Spangled Stout Ale RJ Rockers Brewing Company American Stout / 6.00% ABV	3.95	28
Rumblefish Hoppy Saison Birds Fly South Ale Project Saison / Farmhouse Ale / 6.00% ABV Link to Complete List	4.01	16

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