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Finally, a permanent destination on the river for enjoying high quality, casual food and drink in the shade -- and it happens to be an authentic German biergarten. Located in Canalside overlooking the water, Bierkeller Columbia is here.
The beer scouts are kicking off 2019 with an introduction to one of the more obscure and exotic of traditional German beer styles – smoked lager, or “rauchbier.” Fortunately for us, we didn’t have to travel all the way to Bavaria to find delicious locally-brewed rauchbier, as Bierkeller Columbia (of Columbia, SC) has been serving steins of their fantastic rauchbier at pop-up biergartens around the state capital since 2015! For this episode, we decided to let Bierkeller’s rauchbier go frothy head-to-head against the world famous Aecht Schenkerla Rauchbier, considered by many to be the definitive rendition of the style. We also picked up a krowler of Bierkeller’s rustic Kellerbier lager to wash down all this smoky goodness and keep our palates fresh! Featuring: Bierkeller Columbia’s Rauchbier and Kellerbier, Aecht Schenkerla Marzen Rauchbier, and Zwonitzer Rauchbier.
Episode 3 of our podcast is with our old Columbia friend Scott Burgess, Owner of Bierkeller Columbia – a beer garden experience brought to Columbia by Scott as influenced by his experiences living in Germany, and his subsequent home brewing trials to replicate those beers he came to love in his time abroad. He formed...
This weekend we travel down to Columbia SC on a scorching hot Saturday to enjoy some cool mugs of Kellerbier. We’re sitting down with Columbia native and well traveled German expert Scott Burgess, and talking about his new venture BierKeller Columbia. Scott is looking to bring the beers he enjoyed while studying Abroad in Franconia […]
With renewed vigor and fresh off of this year's Beer Bloggers & Writers' Conference, Nick drags Cam off of the couch and in front of the mics once again. The guys discuss SC winners from the 2016 U.S. Open Beer Championships, brewery openings and expansions in Charleston, the newest Bierkeller Columbia launch and a new crackdown on an old law affecting beer festivals across the state. Featured music - "Acid Earlier/Love Thy Neighbor" by ET Anderson (etanderson.bandcamp.com/releases)