Charles Towne Fermentory

Microbrewery in Charleston, South Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Charles Towne Fermentory

Established in 2016

Contact
809 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC, SC 29407, United States
Description
Brewery in the Avondale neighborhood of West Ashley specializing in hop-forward and fermentation-driven beers.

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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

50cl bottle pours a flat, oily black with zero head. Nose is the strongest of the bunch in terms of the booze, there's blueberry and chocolate too, molasses, toast. Flavors of toast and dried berries and molasses. Heavy booze. Finishes flat and nearing flabby.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2021 at 18:57


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

50cl bottle pours a pulpy orange with a ring of white head. Nose is pineapple, lime, salt. Flavors all follow. Tastes like a margarita. Tart and sweet on the finish. This is a margarita beer. If you like margaritas, you will like it. If you like beer then... meh.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2021 at 18:55


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

50cl bottle pours a thick, oily black with some khaki head. Nose has chocolate, brownie, cookie, whiskey, chewy wood, char. Flavors chocolate and brownie and charcoal, the whiskey is very present and also very smooth, some caramel too. Finishes full bodied and smooth.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2021 at 18:52


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

50cl bottle pours an oily black with some khaki head. Nose has cocoa, charred barrel, booze. Flavors of cookies and brownies, booze, molasses, chocolate and some chocolate covered strawberry. Full bodied and a little sticky on the end.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2021 at 18:24


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

50cl bottle pours a clear, garnet amber with some bubbly head. Nose has white grapes and dried cherries, pomegranate, some natural wine. Flavor has more acid than you'd think, raw cherry, raspberry, currant, lemon, raw orange, some vinegar. Full bodied, acetic and a touch hot.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2021 at 18:22


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

50cl bottle pours an oily, opaque black with some tan head. Nose has roast, chocolate, molasses, toast, lotta brownie. Flavor is chocolate brownie, molasses, booze booze booze, more rum than whiskey with some sweetness. Port too. Finishes smooth, oily and dry. Quite smooth.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2021 at 18:12


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

50cl bottle pours an oily, leggy black with a ring of beige head. Nose has big roast, malt, molasses, some barrel, char. Flavor has smoke, caramel, barrel, char, some sweetness, dark chocolate, some charcoal. Full bodied and chewy finish. Big burnt brownie character. Perhaps a touch overdone.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2021 at 13:25


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Hazy gold pour. Wheat, lemongrass, citrus pith, and a little bitter. Palate is bitter

Tried on 14 May 2021 at 00:00


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Lemon zest nose. Clear golden, medium head, nice lace. Lemon zest, grass. Medium body, easy carbonation.

Tried on 13 May 2021 at 23:21


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Overripe orange, clay, grass nose, possible DMS. Cloudy pale orange, medium head. Overripe orange, papaya, rosehip, clementines.Medium body, soft carbonation.

Tried on 06 May 2021 at 23:55