Greetings!

We hope everyone is in good spirits at the beginning of another wonderful Holiday Season!  We have some great things happening this week!

Bayerischer Bahnhof Brettanomyces Lambicus "Rare Beer Tuesday" (12/19) Yes, that is a very long, strange name - we agree.  The cool part is that this beer is an absolute store favorite!  This is for all you sour beer fans out there!  Bayerischer Bahnhof Brettanomyces Lambicus is a 3% ABV Berliner Weisse that is very sour, deliciously complex and immensely refreshing.  If you're not familiar with Berliner Weisse, please click here for the fascinating history and explanation of the style.  We've had bottles on and off for the last year or so, but this is the first time we've been able to get a keg, so get on down here tomorrow at 5pm for a growler fill!

We'll also be tapping some rare and delicious holiday-oriented kegs for growler fills throughout the week that are sure to please, so keep an eye on facebook and Twitter for real time updates and remember you can always see what's live on our growler station by visiting our website and clicking the "News/Growlers" tab!

Holiday Hours & Gift Ideas
As always, we are here for your holiday beer needs!  We will be open on Christmas Eve (12/24) from 11am-7pm and Christmas Day (12/25) from 12pm-3pm!  We are open normal hours every other day.  Whether you need some CBX gift cards, t-shirts, glassware, The iPopper, a customized box of beer love or assistance with beverage planning for your parties, craft beer is a great way to go and we can help!  Stop by, call or email us anytime.  And remember, we ship too!

Westbrook First Anniversary Beer Dinner (12/20)
Please join us tomorrow night at 6:30pm at Westbrook Brewing Co. for their First Anniversary Beer Dinner!  Click here to see the amazing menu!  There are still a few seats left, so call (843) 654-9112 to make your reservations now!

New Arrivals/Back In Stock (bottles & cans)
Beer Here Yule Ale
De Molen Amarillo
De Molen Bed & Breakfast
Gouden Carolus Hopsinjour
Grand Teton Coming Home 2011 Holiday Ale
Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Vermont Spruce Tip Ale
Highland Thunderstruck Coffee Porter
Hof Ten Dormaal White Gold
Kulmbacher Monchshof Schwarz
Midtfyns Chili Tripel
Mikkeller Sur Munk
New Planet 3R Raspberry Ale Gluten Free
New Planet Off Grid Pale Ale Gluten Free
New Planet Tread Lightly Ale Gluten Free
Ridgeway Reindeer's Revolt
Stevens Point St. Benedict's Winter Ale
Victory Dark Intrigue
Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black
Brooklyn Black Ops
De Molen Bommen & Granaten
Great Divide Colette
Haandbryggeriet Hesjeol
Haandbryggeriet Nissefar
Harpoon Leviathan Barleywine
Highland Kashmir IPA
Jolly Pumpkin Fuego Del Otono
Mikkeller 1000 IBU
Mikkeller It's Alive!
Southern Tier Krampus

Our complete bottle/can inventory can also be found by clicking the "Inventory/Shipping" tab on our website.

Brewvival 2012!
Did you get your tickets yet?  If not, they can be purchased through the Brewvival website at www.brewvival.com with a credit card, or CASH ONLY at The Charleston Beer Exchange or COAST Brewing Company.  Whether you've gone every year so far or never gone before, you gotta go!  It's gonna be a blast!

Cheers!

Follow the "What's New" and "Back in Stock" tabs on our Inventory Page to keep up with what's happening in the world of bottles.

Follow them on facebook and Twitter for real time CBX updates.

Cheers!

The Charleston Beer Exchange
14 Exchange Street
Charleston, SC 29401
843.577.5446

Nice and happy.

Ballast Point IPA is for hopheads. It's a malty brew too, with four malts to balance the high IBU (around 55).

Brewed by the Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California.

As a hophead myself, and comparing it to the likes of Stone IPA, or Dogfish Head 90 minute, I'd have to put it in third place, but that's only by a whisker. I really do enjoy this beer, but it doesn't have that 'something' that the others have.

Still on a scale of ten, I'd give it at least 7.5.

It's a higher gravity brew compared to a regular bitter, coming in at 5.7%. It is more highly hopped too. These are the characteristics of an India Pale Ale, which were originally formulated to survive the lengthy journey from England to India, back in colonial days, when it took weeks to make the journey by sea.

It's brewed using Optic Malt, which gives it a truly pale colour. Goldings and Fuggles hops are added to this beer, and there's a final hopping with American Cascade hops to give it an added bitterness.

All in all, I found this a pleasant brew, although I found it to be a little too highly carbonated for my own palate.

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