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
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.
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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Persimmon, brown bread. Clear golden, headless. Very tart persimmon, lemon, corn. Light body, soft carbonation, astringent. Weird and not terribly enjoyable.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2018
at 22:37
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a clear gold with a finger of foam that dissipates. Light grainy nose with some grain, hay faint lemon. Crackery malt, with light melon on the palate. Crisp with a soft mouthfeel. Getting some weird bubblegum notes though. Not bad, but a little drier would be better.
Tried
from Can
at
Craft Brewed
on 05 Dec 2018
at 20:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a mostly clear straw gold with a finger of white foam that lingers. Strong Meyer lemon aromas with hay, grass and horseblanket notes. More lemon on the palate with horseblanket and grain. Crisp and clearn. Light bodied with a mostly dry finish. Nice tart saison.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2018
at 05:49
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can a few week's old from Craft Brewed. Pours a murky, deep gold to copper with a finger of foam that dissipates quickly. Light tropical fruit notes with dough, yeast and tea-like aromas. Creamy on the palate with very low carbonation. More tea as it warms. A sweet, raw dough note permeates throughout. Sweet with almost no bitterness. Not a fan of this version.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2018
at 06:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz pour on draft at Dominion Wine & Beer. Slightly hazy golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of wine, oak, lemon. Tastes of tart notes, wine, oak, lemon citrus. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2018
at 03:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
$3.75 pint can, Beer Run. Pours slightly hazy golden with a giant head. Aroma is very floral: rose hips as well as dried flowers, orange and tangerine. Flavor is tangerine peel and juice, lemon zest, pine, floral hops. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Nov 2018
at 02:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft pour at Dominion Wine & Beer. Poured a very light, kind of hazy cider yellow color without much of a head. Mostly wispy head atop. Aroma was kind of mild. Some light grape must. Flavor was mild, kind of thin. Grape wine immediately on the tip of the tongue, but it dissipated quickly.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Nov 2018
at 07:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Oak and meyer lemon nose. Clear yellow, huge head, no retention. Tart meyer lemon, farmhouse funk, oak. Medium body, easy carbonation, slightly waxy.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2018
at 00:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at Dominion Wine & Beer. Clear straw yellow. Aromas of light tartness, citrus. Tastes of light tartness, lemon citrus fruit and peel. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2018
at 19:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from can thanks Jow murky copper white head. Aroma is resinous hops citrus guava and pine. Taste is slightly sweet guava dank hops lingering pine finish. Tastes way better than it looks.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Nov 2018
at 01:28