Holy City Brewing

Holy cow!! What a brewpub in a sheet steel warehouse building a bit east of town. Sprawling taproom with large U-shaped bar sort of in the center of the room that seats at least 40, with a separate sushi bar, tables, huge patio area, balcony, and event room. 20 beers on tap. Friendly, efficient bartenders. Solid food.

 

Visited on a Saturday afternoon, for drinks and lunch. Was with my brothers family, in the back there are picnic tables and big grassy area and a basketball net so enough for the kids to keep themselves occupied. Inside there is a L shaped bar with some tables spread around. A couple spots to order beers. You ordered food and they brought it outside to a pick up spot. A very long draft list of about 2 dozen beers, organized on the menu by style. Beers I drank were solid. Food was snacks and sandwiches, what we had was very tasty.

 

 

 

What a great place to hang out. Extremely casual with indoor and outdoor seating.
Always great music playing, ample enough TVs, bar seating, table and bench seating.
Typically 25 beers on tap all brewed on site.
Give it a try when in the area. I have more than several times. Food pretty good today. Friendly and laid back.

 

If you are looking for a brewery that is tucked out of the way and inside of an old mechanic shop, this is the place! Lot's of options. Most of them were pretty good.

I have been here so many times over the past several years, but the past two times the old grain outside smelled so bad that I had to leave. They always have plenty of decent beer to choose from and the service is good, but that smell was terrible.

 

Stopped by on a hot, hot and more hot Charleston summer day. The spot is in a odd spot, tucked behind a salvage yard, but the odd location adds to the overall charm. They were slammed as people tried to get as close to a fan as possible. The beers were solid with a couple of funky styles. Nice blend of sours thrown in. I went back two more times before I left town.

 

 

 

 

 

It was raining and very packed when we were here, not really the norm i've heard. I'd avoid at peak times if you can though. Mid-size brewery with a bar that seated 2 dozen or so, plus lots of seating indoors and outdoors.

Selection was very good, and I was impressed with some of the one-offs, namely the BA blackberry saison and Lowcountry Outlaw. They did a single hop pale with Ariana hops (Exp Pale 1), which was very good. The same beer with a different hop wasn't as good, oddly enough (Exp Pale 2 - Callista).

Service was a little slow, but again it was basically 3 deep at the bar the whole time. Not really a beer geek crowd, lots of college kids and family birthday parties that day, even a guy with a pet tortoise.

Interesting place that i'd like to return to and try more of their beers. They had a pretty extensive selection.

 

I'm 45 years old and like a nice quiet space where I can geek out to the nuances of my beer. Holy City is not that quiet corner but a 20 somethings paradise. I hate to drop the overall score of this place, so I won't, but it's a loud party spot for corn hole, basketball and music. Huge tap list with some really cool stuff but I couldn't talk to my friends about it cause it was too loud. If it's too loud I'm too old.

 

 

 

 

The earliest opening tasting room in the Charleston area and the one with the longest hours. I know, I went to all 12 that are open (as of 5/8/2016).
My only complaint, no A/C on inside, which, in early May wasn't the best choice.
Big place hidden behind an auto body shop. Seems like you're driving through their parking lot? You are in the correct place.
Huge selection of their beers available. Friendly, helpful staff, lots of table space both inside and out.

 

 

 

Fun place, my daughter and my dog had fun also.

 

Large tap list; quality was only ok, but space and atmosphere-wise an awesome place you could hang out at all day. They had cornhole, a basketball hoop, good BBQ food trucks, and a ton of tables to hang out at outside. Would love to go back and just hang out for a few hours.

 

 

 

Located in the back of an industrial park, there is nothing fancy or even easy to find about this place, but that seems to be standard for Charleston. The day we were there the bartender said they were about to install air conditioning in the taproom, which is sorely needed. They have a fair amount of seating, inside and out, and I imagine the outside seating is nice at more pleasant times of year. The beer selection is quite good with nearly 20 on tap, and the quality ranges from decent to very good. The hoppy beers tended to be the best, though overall I thought they suffered a bit from lack of differentiation and a couple of the more creative things on tap were kind of flops (though I have had some beers from them in the past that used odd ingredients quite well). Worth a visit, especially since Westbrook seems to rarely have anything of note on tap anymore, and even more some once they get the AC running.