The sour with cherries (in the glass) is a good saison sour. The color of deception is a wheat cherry ale that is definitely not bad and the mango hard seltzer is probably the sweetest we tried and made by Revelry Brewing. This is a Small place. Street parking where you can find it. We enjoyed the heat lamp above the picnic table with just a slight chill in the air.
Michael Waddell
I'm tempted to not review this place. Not because it's bad, but because this is truly a hidden gem of Charleston. This is not your typical brewery. This is a place where you have a couple pints. You don't get hammered here. You enjoy the beauty and art of the craft brew. You relax and chill. There's not party music, no food trucks, no playgrounds for children. Just really really good beer. If you don't appreciate or enjoy beer, don't bother with The Hold. If you do enjoy it, boy you are in for a treat, have fun my friend.
Erica Périard
The best sours we have had in Charleston! Very cute atmosphere, highly recommend.
Kimberly D.
Stopped in tonight (Sunday) and we were the only customers in the taproom. Had some great conversation with bartender Rob and he recommended a great BBQ place for dinner. We really enjoyed our beers and will definitely be back when we're in the area!
Joshua Wimble
Pretty cool place to drink beer and the only place south of MD with decent sours that I've found. This and revelry are the two stops you should make if you're a beer fan in Charleston. Very cool to be able to drink beer in their small cellar next to their foudres.
Adam S.
Off the beaten path but worth the find. Sister location to Revelry brewing was a hidden gem. Bartender let us sample all of the draft brews and each one had a unique profile. The bartender was probably the nicest person we met in Charleston. Took a few bottles home- can't wait to try them. A must stop if you love craft brews.
B E.
If you like sour beers, this is the place to visit. Small taproom, but definitely the best sours we've had in the general Charleston area. It is a very short walk from their other location and reminded us of a smaller Wicked Weed Funkatorium.
Francy Rodriguez
The staff is very nice and the bathroom and bar were clean. We had couple of the sours and a barrel aged beer. The beers were solid but they were more one note. Not a lot of complexity or underlying notes.
Cris Rodriguez
My wife and I decided to stop in on our way back home at the end of our vacation. This brewery is a boutique brewery and offshoot of Revelry Brewing. Here, they specialize in sours and barrel aged beers. We were excited to try it. We were able to try 4 beers: vanilla blueberry sour, strawberry thyme sour, raspberry sour, and scotch barrel aged ale. Overall, the beers were solid offerings. One constructive criticism is that the sours were all very similar in flavor profile with not as much variation in flavor between them. In other words, they seemed to hit similar notes with not much underlying character. This may have been due to the fact that 3 of them were spontaneous sours brewed with wild yeasts, which means a lot of the process can be outside of the brewer's control. That being said, we were not able to try most of their offerings and I totally recognize that the other beers may have presented a different experience. The location is clean and smells great as breweries do and the staff was friendly. We would like to try them and again as well as the main brewery as I have a feeling my current star rating may be low. I hope to try them again and look forward to updating my review.
Kevin Foss
Nice small batch brewery with a small inside bar and great sour beer offerings.
The Hold by Revelry is small and unassuming BUT it is one of the finest breweries I have ever visited. Creative sours galore. If you enjoy sippin' on sours, gose, or gueuze style spontaneous fermentation THEN THIS IS A MUST VISIT. I wish I had purchased 20 pints of their spontaneous dark sour Night Fishing instead of only 6.
Jared Totaro
Burger was greatBeer selection wasn't optimal. But they have tons of sours if you like sours. I'll be back.
Matt
Much more “intimate” spot than the main brewery and amazing beers.
Jim Fisher
A very different and much better experience than their place around the corner. A cozy taproom area with sitting among the fermenters along with a nice outdoor space. Friendly and knowledgeable bartender. Sours are the hallmark brew here and they are delicious.
Bri Lockwood
This place was strange.Really liked the atmosphere but didn’t enjoy our service. Disappointed that you couldn’t taste test any of the items before purchasing a whole tulip. The server was also hanging out with his friends and flirting with girls instead of working...which was pretty uncomfortable for the other patrons.We had:Left to Right:Cylindra: Foeder-aged Beet & BlackBerry Sour Ale.Ramblin Rubus: Fermented Wild Ale with Raspberries.Stupid Sexy: Barrel- Aged American Sour
The sour with cherries (in the glass) is a good saison sour. The color of deception is a wheat cherry ale that is definitely not bad and the mango hard seltzer is probably the sweetest we tried and made by Revelry Brewing. This is a Small place. Street parking where you can find it. We enjoyed the heat lamp above the picnic table with just a slight chill in the air.
I'm tempted to not review this place. Not because it's bad, but because this is truly a hidden gem of Charleston. This is not your typical brewery. This is a place where you have a couple pints. You don't get hammered here. You enjoy the beauty and art of the craft brew. You relax and chill. There's not party music, no food trucks, no playgrounds for children. Just really really good beer. If you don't appreciate or enjoy beer, don't bother with The Hold. If you do enjoy it, boy you are in for a treat, have fun my friend.
The best sours we have had in Charleston! Very cute atmosphere, highly recommend.
Stopped in tonight (Sunday) and we were the only customers in the taproom. Had some great conversation with bartender Rob and he recommended a great BBQ place for dinner. We really enjoyed our beers and will definitely be back when we're in the area!
Pretty cool place to drink beer and the only place south of MD with decent sours that I've found. This and revelry are the two stops you should make if you're a beer fan in Charleston. Very cool to be able to drink beer in their small cellar next to their foudres.
Off the beaten path but worth the find. Sister location to Revelry brewing was a hidden gem. Bartender let us sample all of the draft brews and each one had a unique profile. The bartender was probably the nicest person we met in Charleston. Took a few bottles home- can't wait to try them. A must stop if you love craft brews.
If you like sour beers, this is the place to visit. Small taproom, but definitely the best sours we've had in the general Charleston area. It is a very short walk from their other location and reminded us of a smaller Wicked Weed Funkatorium.
The staff is very nice and the bathroom and bar were clean. We had couple of the sours and a barrel aged beer. The beers were solid but they were more one note. Not a lot of complexity or underlying notes.
My wife and I decided to stop in on our way back home at the end of our vacation. This brewery is a boutique brewery and offshoot of Revelry Brewing. Here, they specialize in sours and barrel aged beers. We were excited to try it. We were able to try 4 beers: vanilla blueberry sour, strawberry thyme sour, raspberry sour, and scotch barrel aged ale. Overall, the beers were solid offerings. One constructive criticism is that the sours were all very similar in flavor profile with not as much variation in flavor between them. In other words, they seemed to hit similar notes with not much underlying character. This may have been due to the fact that 3 of them were spontaneous sours brewed with wild yeasts, which means a lot of the process can be outside of the brewer's control. That being said, we were not able to try most of their offerings and I totally recognize that the other beers may have presented a different experience. The location is clean and smells great as breweries do and the staff was friendly. We would like to try them and again as well as the main brewery as I have a feeling my current star rating may be low. I hope to try them again and look forward to updating my review.
Nice small batch brewery with a small inside bar and great sour beer offerings.
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The Hold by Revelry is small and unassuming BUT it is one of the finest breweries I have ever visited. Creative sours galore. If you enjoy sippin' on sours, gose, or gueuze style spontaneous fermentation THEN THIS IS A MUST VISIT. I wish I had purchased 20 pints of their spontaneous dark sour Night Fishing instead of only 6.
Burger was greatBeer selection wasn't optimal. But they have tons of sours if you like sours. I'll be back.
Much more “intimate” spot than the main brewery and amazing beers.
A very different and much better experience than their place around the corner. A cozy taproom area with sitting among the fermenters along with a nice outdoor space. Friendly and knowledgeable bartender. Sours are the hallmark brew here and they are delicious.
This place was strange.Really liked the atmosphere but didn’t enjoy our service. Disappointed that you couldn’t taste test any of the items before purchasing a whole tulip. The server was also hanging out with his friends and flirting with girls instead of working...which was pretty uncomfortable for the other patrons.We had:Left to Right:Cylindra: Foeder-aged Beet & BlackBerry Sour Ale.Ramblin Rubus: Fermented Wild Ale with Raspberries.Stupid Sexy: Barrel- Aged American Sour