Birds Fly South Ale Project

Microbrewery in Greenville, South Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Birds Fly South Ale Project - Out of business

Established in 2016

Closed in 2023

Contact
1320 Hampton Ave, Greenville, SC, 29601, United States
Description
PROGRESSIVELY OLD SCHOOL
We make craft beer with a throwback approach. Through a combination of time-tested brewing/blending methods and modern practices, we create beer that is complex, thought-provoking, and above all delicious.

AN ALE PROJECT
We focus on truly slow beer – mainly Farmhouse Ales and Saisons in our wild brewery and lagers on our clean production side – with a passion for experimenting with other wild and traditional styles from Imperial Stouts to IPAs to Dutch Kuits.

ROOTED IN FAMILY
The name Birds Fly South is a nod to founders Lindsay and Shawn Johnson. For the last 22+ years, they lived the Coast Guard life, migrating across the country. Their family, their flock, was always looking to find their back to the south. Once they landed in Greenville, Shawn’s final station, they knew they had found home.

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

Sample during "Farm Fest 2025 (Friday VIP)" on 07/04/2025. Pours black with some brown around the edges, and a thin light beige head that diminishes quickly to an outer ring. Sparse strings of lace. Aroma of oak, rum, malt and chocolate. Full-bodied with an oaky rum character and notes of chocolate malt and fruit. The finish oaky with a rum and malt aftertaste. Good beer all around.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2025 at 19:30


7

Poured a clear gold. Breaf and toasted notes. Minor hops. Pretty good kolsch.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 02:06


7

Draught and Asheville North Carolina. Ckear gold pour, grass buttery pilz and such and so on.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 02:02


7

Cloudy yellow pour from can white head. Funky yeasty aroma. Wine grapes. Pretty useful

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:48


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

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is peachy and tart with Chardonnay impressions, medium sour, light grain, bread, stone fruits, some apricot. Body is medium. Light sweetish, wine, good!

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:56


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

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is tart lemon with grainy malt, mild to medium sour flavour. Light bitterness, light to medium body. Not very complex, but pleasant.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:56


8

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:52


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

Bottle. Poured a hazy pinkish color with a small light white head. Aroma was nice raspberries, tart, light acid. Flavor was light jammy raspberries, acidic. Really nice stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2024 at 07:52


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

375ml bottle pours a murky grapefruit color with a ring of white head. Nose has a ton of raspberry, jammy, some sourness, vinegar. Flavor has plenty of raspberry, even jammy, then big acid and malt. Full bodied, high acid.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2024 at 00:05


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

Tart Raspberry and a little lemon. Hazy pink pour without much head. Tangy finish. Nice balance. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2024 at 23:32