Brewvival 2012 – Charleston, SC


I’ve got to hand it to the folks at Coast Brewing Company. They know how to throw a beer festival.
Yes, it was crowded. (I’m guessing 2,500 people, but I really have no idea.)
Yes, the lines were too long … we waited in line for somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes to get in … and some of the lines at particular brewery tents were just way too long.
But what made up for all that was the number of unique and quality beers available. This is not your typical beer festival, where craft brewers trot out their core product line. The allure of this festival is that brewers tend to bring their more unique and experimental offerings.
To give you an idea, I’m including my beer log from Brewvival 2012.
Before we get to the full list, a few highlights:
Weyerbacher Riserva was an outstanding sour American Wild Ale … it reminded me a lot of Oerbier Reserve.
Stone’s Imperial Russian Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels was delicious, particularly on such a cold windy day.
Funky Buddha’s No Crusts sounded disgusting (liquid peanut butter and jelly), but was delicious.
Holy City’s Imperial Pilsner and Bacon Porter were both fantastic.
I was also reminded of how much I like Foothills Sexual Chocolate … I wish they had better distribution in my area.
Here’s the full beer log from my Untappd account.
- Riserva (2010)
- Brewery: Weyerbacher Brewing Company
- Style: American Wild Ale
- ABV: 11.4%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Riserva (2010)
- Brewery: Weyerbacher Brewing Company
- Style: American Wild Ale
- ABV: 11.4%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Insanity
- Brewery: Weyerbacher Brewing Company
- Style: English Barleywine
- ABV: 11.1%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Headwaters Pale Ale
- Brewery: Victory Brewing Company
- Style: American Pale Ale
- ABV: 5.1%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Baltic Thunder
- Brewery: Victory Brewing Company
- Style: Baltic Porter
- ABV: 8.5%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Braumeister Pils
- Brewery: Victory Brewing Company
- Style: German Pilsner
- ABV: 5.5%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Conduplico Immundus Monachus
- Brewery: Thomas Creek Brewery
- Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale
- ABV: 10%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- 15th Anniversary Ale
- Brewery: SweetWater Brewing Company (Georgia)
- Style: English Barleywine
- ABV: 10%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Double Calypso Ruination
- Brewery: Stone Brewing Co.
- Style: Imperial / Double IPA
- ABV: 7.7%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Imperial Russian Stout Aged In Bourbon Barrels (2008)
- Brewery: Stone Brewing Co.
- Style: Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV: 11.5%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Bacon Porter
- Brewery: Holy City Brewing
- Style: Porter
- ABV: 0%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Belgian Pale Ale
- Brewery: Holy City Brewing
- Style: Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV: 0%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Oak Aged Widdershins
- Brewery: Left Hand Brewing Company
- Style: American Barleywine
- ABV: 0%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Sorachi Ace
- Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery
- Style: Saison / Farmhouse Ale
- ABV: 7.6%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- 30th Street Pale Ale
- Brewery: Green Flash Brewing Co.
- Style: American Pale Ale
- ABV: 6%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- No Crusts
- Brewery: The Funky Buddha Lounge
- Style: American Brown Ale
- ABV: 6%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter
- Brewery: The Funky Buddha Lounge
- Style: Stout
- ABV: 0%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Summer Basil Farmhouse Ale
- Brewery: Fullsteam Brewery
- Style: Saison / Farmhouse Ale
- ABV: 5.5%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Sexual Chocolate
- Brewery: Foothills Brewing
- Style: Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV: 9.75%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Cherry Pop
- Brewery: Evil Twin Brewing
- Style: American Imperial / Double Stout
- ABV: 8%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Church on a Hill
- Brewery: Cigar City Brewing
- Style: American Barleywine
- ABV: 9.2%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- HopArt
- Brewery: COAST Brewing
- Style: American IPA
- ABV: 7.7%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Golden Rye
- Brewery: Bell’s Brewery, Inc.
- Style: Speciality Grain
- ABV: 0%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Le Mort Vivant
- Brewery: Southern Star Brewing Company
- Style: Bière de Garde
- ABV: 6.9%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Fierte Du Sud
- Brewery: Saint Somewhere Brewing Company
- Style: American Wild Ale
- ABV: 0%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Bourbon Barrel Porter
- Brewery: New South Brewing Co.
- Style: American Porter
- ABV: 0%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Oak Aged Back Burner Barley Wine Style Ale
- Brewery: Southern Tier Brewing Company
- Style: American Barleywine
- ABV: 9.6%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Mourvedre Barrel Aged Quad
- Brewery: Westbrook Brewing Co.
- Style: Belgian Quad
- ABV: 0%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- A Saison Darkly
- Brewery: Stillwater Artisanal Ales
- Style: Saison / Farmhouse Ale
- ABV: 8%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Imperial Milk Stout
- Brewery: Left Hand Brewing Company
- Style: Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV: 9%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Hercules Double IPA
- Brewery: Great Divide Brewing Company
- Style: Imperial / Double IPA
- ABV: 10%
- First Had: Check-in Details
- Old Ruffian
- Brewery: Great Divide Brewing Company
- Style: American Barleywine
- ABV: 10.2%
- First Had: Check-in Details