Ready-made routes through the upper peninsula, Park Circle, Long Point Road, West Ashley, and the islands, with what each stop is like and how to get between them.

The trick to a Charleston brewery crawl is staying in one neighborhood. The breweries cluster, and each cluster is a good afternoon on its own. Here are five routes, one per area, with the stops in a sensible order. Swap, skip, and reorder freely; the point is that every stop on a route is close to the others.

Check hours before you set out. Every brewery linked below shows its current hours and whether it is open right now.

1. The upper peninsula (downtown)

The closest crawl to the historic district and the only one with a free ride: on Saturdays a community trolley loops the district from 3 to 7 PM. On other days it is a mix of short walks and short rideshares.

  1. Revelry Brewing Co., Conroy Street. Start downstairs in the tasting room or head up to the rooftop. If you plan to end here for sunset instead, flip the order.
  2. Edmund's Original, Morrison Drive. A short walk from Revelry. The courtyard, The Bower, has fire pits, and the kitchen is a full restaurant if you want to eat early.
  3. Munkle Brewing Co. and Lo-Fi Brewing, both on Meeting Street Road. Belgian beer hall and rustic warehouse, a few blocks apart. Food trucks rather than kitchens.
  4. Edmund's Oast Brewing Co. & Taproom, upper King Street. A big room with 20-plus house beers, wood-fired pizza, and a large parking lot if someone is driving.
  5. Over the Horizon Brewing, Heriot Street. Veteran-owned, with a game room, a patio, and tacos.

Closer to the historic district, Two Blokes Brewing - Cannon St is a 50-seat taproom with a kitchen, a good first or last stop if you are walking from a downtown hotel. The district page has the trolley route and a food plan for every stop.

2. Park Circle (North Charleston)

The most breweries in the shortest distance. Park once and walk the neighborhood, then decide whether to add the two nearby anchors.

  1. Commonhouse Aleworks, O'Hear Avenue. A large taproom, a big beer garden, and a full Swig & Swine barbecue menu, so this is also the meal stop.
  2. Wyrd Sisters Taphouse & Brewery, Chateau Avenue. A few blocks away. Small-batch, culinary-driven beers in a small taproom with a big backyard. The taproom is 21 and up; dogs and kids are fine outside.
  3. Holy City Brewing, Aragon Avenue. A short drive south. Creekside yard, scratch kitchen, and a raw bar Wednesday through Saturday.
  4. COAST Brewing Co., on the old Navy base. Charleston's original craft brewery, with a restaurant and a wraparound porch.

Want to keep going? The breweries along Dorchester Road and West Montague Avenue, including Tideland, Rusty Bull, Snafu, and Freehouse, are a drive rather than a walk, so treat them as a separate outing. The North Charleston page has all of them.

3. Long Point Road (Mount Pleasant)

The easiest two-stop crawl in the area, with an optional third.

  1. Two Blokes Brewing, Long Point Road. A warehouse-style neighborhood taproom with 12-plus rotating taps and a food truck most days Wednesday through Sunday.
  2. Hobcaw Brewing Company, next door. Community-minded and very dog and kid friendly, with rotating food trucks.
  3. Westbrook Brewing Company, Ridge Road. A short drive. About 22 rotating beers from one of South Carolina's best-known breweries, with a spacious beer garden.

Pair it with Shem Creek for dinner on the water or a stop at Patriots Point. The Mount Pleasant page has the details.

4. West Ashley

Two Charles Towne Fermentory locations and a pub brewery, all a short drive from each other and from downtown.

  1. Charles Towne Fermentory - Avondale, Savannah Highway. The original, a cozy taproom in the walkable Avondale district, with hop-forward beers and food trucks. Avondale's restaurants are steps away.
  2. Frothy Beard Brewing Company, Sam Rittenberg Boulevard. Up to 32 house taps, a full pub kitchen known for oversized pizzas, and an arcade.
  3. Charles Towne Fermentory - The Garden, Ashley River Road. A mostly outdoor beer garden with a covered porch, food trucks, and live music. Best saved for the end of the afternoon.

See the West Ashley page.

5. Beach day: James Island to Folly Beach

Folly Road runs from downtown across James Island straight to the beach, and the breweries line up along it.

  1. Fam's Brewing Co., Folly Road. A pizza brewpub with two bars and a 3,000-square-foot biergarten. Good for lunch on the way out.
  2. Charles Towne Fermentory - James Island, off Signal Point Road. A short detour, with 12-plus taps, pinball, and food trucks.
  3. Revelry Brewing Co. - Folly Beach, Center Street. Once you are on the island: a hidden, all-outdoor courtyard with hammocks, a short walk from the sand, and a short menu with The Bounty Bar.

If your beach is Kiawah or Seabrook instead, swap this route for the three Johns Island breweries, which sit along Maybank Highway and Main Road on the way.

Getting between stops

Within a route, most hops are a short walk or a rideshare of a few dollars. Between routes, plan on 15 to 30 minutes by car. Guided tours and the Saturday trolley take driving out of the equation; both are covered on the brewery tours page. And if you are visiting from out of town, the planning guide covers where to stay relative to each cluster.