Charleston Brewery Tours & Trolleys
There are three ways to do a Charleston brewery tour: ride the free community trolley that loops the upper peninsula every Saturday, book a guided tour with a local operator, or build your own route through one of the city's brewery neighborhoods. Here's how each one works.
The free Saturday trolley
The upper peninsula brewery district runs a free community trolley between its taprooms every Saturday afternoon, with no booking and no ticket. It's the cheapest brewery tour in Charleston.
Guided brewery tours
We're still compiling Charleston's guided tour operators. In the meantime, the free Saturday trolley and the self-guided routes below cover most of the city.
Self-guided crawl routes
Charleston's breweries cluster tightly enough that most neighborhoods make a walkable or short-drive crawl on their own. Each guide below lists every taproom in that area with hours and directions.
- Breweries in Mount Pleasant
- Breweries in North Charleston
- Breweries in Downtown Charleston
- Breweries in Johns Island
- Breweries in West Ashley
- Breweries in James Island
- Breweries in Lowcountry
Check what's on this weekend before you set a route — several taprooms run live music or food trucks that are worth planning around.