Upstate Beer Boys Podcast

Steven and Wayne take a short drive up to the mountains in North Carolina to Asheville where they go to The Mule for the 2nd Annual Southern Lager Invitational presented by Riverbend Malt House. Download, listen and share!  

The Boys make a run down to Bridgeway Station in Mauldin, SC and visit Michelle Dodge, owner of Bridgeway Brewing Company. Steven and Wayne enjoy a flock of beers and learn all about how it came to be. Download, listen and share!

For the 2nd year in a row,  The Boys have been invited down to Augusta to cover the Augusta Craft Beer Festival. This year Wayne had to work, so Steven takes us on a journey to see which breweries came and also got feedback from the festival goers. Download, listen and share! 

When Cuzzin throws a beer festival you gotta go! Wayne heads down to Anderson for the North Main Commons Beer Festival at Magnetic South Brewery, where the beer was flowing and friends everywhere!

The Boys head west to Clemson to make new friends and meet up with old ones at Lil Ole Beer Festival! Non stop fun from start to finish!

The Boys venture down to Piedmont and meet up with Tribble at Tribble's Bar & Grill and talk about the looming insurance crisis affecting breweries, bars, restaurants and the like here in South Carolina. 

The Boys head to Boiling Springs for Woodstock 2024....well Wayne was late due to his day job. Steven runs into old friends and make some new ones, then once Wayne gets there things pick up for sure! Thanks again to Jonathan and Josh for letting the Boys cover the fest! Make sure you download and listen!

During an afternoon off of work Steven stops by Lowes Foods on Pelham road in Greenville SC for the Burial tap takeover and runs into our good friend Ditti and others. Wayne missed out due to his job but in the end the Boys get together and recap and share a beer!    Music: Friday Night out here by Kris Hitchcock

To kick off 2024 The Boys head to Thomas Creek Brewery and enter the 2024 Chili Cookoff! We talk to some of the competitors and afterwards chat with Trey & Derek about the contest and a couple other things. Download, listen and share!

In the final event for the Boys in 2023, Steven and Wayne head to Fluor Field in downtown Greenville to have some fun and meet with the fine folks at Savannah River Brewing, Holy City Brewing, Southern Barrel Brewing, Fizza, Thomas Creek Brewery, Voodoo Brewing and Pangaea Brewing. The Boys had a busy holiday season with family but we will be bringing you some awesome content here in 2024! Thanks...

Wayne heads over to New Groove and talks to Josh and Jonathan about their annual Black Friday stout takeover plus some Woodstock 2024 and more! 

Wayne takes a ride down to Junction 800 in Columbia to the Hop Forward- Best of SC Craft Beer Festival thanks to the South Carolina Brewers Guild while Steven enjoys Family Fun Day at his Fire Station. Listen to the recap and interviews with some of South Carolina's finest craft brewers and then Steven shares some big news at the end! 

The Boys take a hike over to Stone Avenue in downtown Greenville to visit Chad and Brewmaster John of Tetrad Brewing Company where family and the power of four makes Tetrad a mainstay in the community and craft beer scene in the Upstate South Carolina area. A episode almost 2 years in the making!

The Boys head back to Habitap and assist Candice with another fabulous brew day! The Cold One with the Boys Cold IPA was successful on its first go round that we wanted to do it again, but Candice being the mastermind she is added a little twist. We can't wait till its ready to pour in our glasses!

Steven & Wayne take a short ride to Boiling Springs SC and see their good friends Jonathan and Josh from New Groove Artisan Brewing for Crispi Fest 2023. While there they meet some new peeps and run into a couple old friends too! Special thanks to Jonathan and Josh for letting us in! 

We made it to 50 episodes! We celebrate by having a couple beers! Thank you for tuning in and heres to many many more episodes! Music: That's how Summer Goes by Kris Hitchcock  

Wayne the Sage takes a little trek up Highway 221 to Chesnee, South Carolina and chats with Arnie of Outside Influence Brewing at their soft opening and gives a preview of what to expect at the brewery. 

Steven and Wayne take a trip up to Asheville, North Carolina- not to brewery hop (thats for another time) but to learn what a malt house is. Brent from Riverbend Malt House gives the Boys a tour and then sits down and gives us the history and inner workings. As an added bonus Shawn joins the interview not as the owner of Plankowner Brewing but as the Sales rep for the Carolinas for Riverbend. Chec...

This week's adventure finds the Mayor & the Sage taking a short trip to Piedmont SC to a hidden gem of the Upstate SC craft beer scene- Golden Grove Farm & Brew. Andrew shares some Cold Beer, stories of how Golden Grove came about, and all the things they have to offer which is more than most breweries- beer, cider, pizza, wings, disc golf, music, fishing pond etc. Talk about #SupportLocal...

This weeks adventure finds the Boys in a familiar yet different place- Bullwinkle's Tavern in Five Forks SC. Once they get there they find out there is a bottle share going on!

Steven and Wayne take a nice drive down to North Augusta, SC the home of the Augusta Craft Beer Fest. The Boys had so much fun they decided to share the fun in two episodes! Part 2 we speak with the fantastic folks with Wild Leap Brewing, Savage Craft Ale Works, Sycamore Brewing and River Watch Brewery.  Thanks to the Augusta Craft Beer Fest staff for making our visit just an awesome experience! L...

Steven and Wayne take a nice drive down to North Augusta, SC the home of the Augusta Craft Beer Fest. The Boys had so much fun they decided to share the fun in two episodes! Part 1 we speak with the fine folks at Savannah River Brewing Company, Highland Brewing Company, 13 Stripes Brewery and Alcohol Armor.  We hope we get invited again next year!! Come back next week for Part 2! Featured Music: T...

The Boys take a ride out Highway 153 to Highway 123 and follow the Orange Paws to Kite Hill Brewing Company- Clemson's First Craft Brewery! There they meet up with Bobby (co owner) and Mike (head brewer) the day after Kite Hill's inaugural beer fest and talk about the brews, sweat and tears into making Clemson's first brewery a powerhouse in the Upstate SC Craft Beer Scene!    Featured Song : Thin...

While we are waiting for new episodes, Wayne pops on for a quick update.    Featured Song- Kris Hitchcock - I'm Rockin'

Episode 41 finds Steven trekking down to Columbia where he joins Eddie and Eddie 2.0 from Clocktower Taproom at Columbia's oldest craft brewery, River Rat Brewing where they brew Eddie's latest collaboration - 1700 American IPA! They chat with Tony & Katie from River Rat about brewing the beer and what River Rat's about, and also chat with special guest Chase aka Nutmeg2Palmetto! After the bre...