Westbrook Brewing Company

Pretty sick spot if you find yourself in Mt. Pleasant. Funny thing about Mt. Pleasant: It’s not a Mount, it’s actually super flat and swampy. Also, when I was there it was not pleasant, it was raining. So if my experience is any indication, they should rename it Swamp Unpleasant. But do you know what is pleasant? The brewskis at Westbrook. Their taste is pleasant and seeing your tick count go up is pleasant, if you’re a ticker. If you’re not a ticker, like, dude, what? Being a ticker was right there and you just picked not being a ticker. Make better life choices, my guy. Well anyway, this is a good place. Airy indoor spot and an outdoor spot for good weather. Great selection. Awesome -bal stouts that will murder you. Solid IPAs and fruity fruitcakes. Seltzer is an abomination against humanity but they have it. Crowlers and 4-packs to go.

I've been wanting to come here for years, and finally made it. Sadly, the vintage bottles are gone. Ipa's aren't very good, but I did enjoy the sours and seltzers. Solid list of their stouts on as well. I'd come back.

Westbrook is out off a service road in an industrial park area. They seem to have two fairly large aluminum shell type buildings next to each other, with some parking in between and next to both, with overflow parking on a gravel lot adjacent to their lots. We went shortly after opening on a rainy Tuesday and were surprised by the crowd. There isn’t a lot of seating for a fairly big room. The oval-shaped large bar in the middle takes up a lot of space. Service here is notoriously slow and unfriendly. Prices are fair overall, except for the absurd prices on the vintage bottle menu, with Mexican Cake vintages and variants ranging from $75-$1,000. There are some cans and bottles available to go, as well. They had about 10 house taps and 2 guests, both Evil Twin beers - which I guess technically aren’t really guest taps. It’s a snazzy place with good beer and definitely worth a visit if you’re anywhere in the Charleston area, but they could also tweak a few things to make it better.

appearance: Typical industrial park. Mid-sized tap room, decently-appointed. They made more of an effort than many breweries. service: It was fine. Friendly enough, but the bartenders seemed more interested in their phones than serving the customers. selection: A dozen taps, usually one guest tap. food: N/A. value: Not bad. overall: The star is the beer, and it mostly lived up to expectations. That said, this place might just be slightly overrated. I preferred the warmer, cozier, friendlier more *real* feeling Two Blokes, less than a mile away.

Visited with the family on a Thursday afternoon. Not necessarily a kid friendly place, though my boys did fine sitting with me at a high top. Located just off the interstate not too far from downtown Charleston or the airport. Located in a light industrial warehouse type area. The large brewery building houses a medium sized tasting room. 20 seats at the oval bar with maybe 10 or so high top tables. There is a small patio area out front though it’s not particularly well designed. The highlight here is the beer though, and the 12 Westbrook beers that were on spanned a broad range of styles and included a bunch of one-off and brand new beers. Also had 1 Evil Twin on. Beers are sold by the pint, or a 4 beer tasting flight where you pick the beers. 4 different beers were on sale to to go, and most of the drafts were available via growler or crowler. Crowd was happy and festive. Service friendly and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed my visit.

88 = ★★★★ (best in area, a must for locals and visitors)

I only use the total score, not the component parts.

For a larger commercial brewery the tap room is well done. Good size and a cool vibe. Very friendly and they had several beers on tap that were tap room only. Sours they had were phenomenal, others are very good as well but the sours are superb. Well worth a stop. Only downside was the limited hours. 4-7 Tues-Friday and 12-6 Saturday. Although the hours are written in erasable marker on the door, so my guess is they are not written in stone. Really enjoyed the taproom though.

This was the first stop on an early birthday brewery and beer tour of Charleston area. The brewery is located a new industrial area. They are expanding the canning and bottling operations. The tasting room is nicely done with bar in the center and tables around and outside. The place was full at 1230 PM. The service was excelent and very helpful. The Dark Helmet was one of the best I have had. They could offer sodas to the designated drivers etc

Sort of a business park brewery, I suppose. It’s a little bit out of town if you’re in Charleston, but not too bad of a drive. Pretty big facility and a really well done building and tasting room.

Pretty modern feel to it. The bar is sort of an oval/elliptical shape and since we were there on a weekday afternoon, not super busy. They had a pretty good number of beers on, mostly their own but some Evil Twin stuff as well. I guess nice to be able to try those without having to buy expensive bottles... Flights available and pretty cheap. Plenty of beer to go as well (cans, bottles, growlers).

Despite being the rather typical business park brewery location, they’ve done a good job with this place and I thought the beers were pretty decent overall, too.

Very large modern commercial brewery. Beer is world class as is taproom - Would have liked for them to have a few more different beers on.

Definitely a must visit for the beers, though this place could use some serious work in the service department. Got here at opening on a Friday before July 4th and still didn’t get served for 20 minutes. Managed to get one of the only few bottles of Mexican Cake they were selling that day at least. Better vibe outside, where there are some chairs on a patio but the general area isn’t much to look at, being right beside a highway in an industrial area outside of town. Really not worth spending much time in when beautiful downtown Charleston is so close by. Inside is too busy for any kind of ambiance, with dozens of people clambering for service from 2-3 staff members. Perhaps it was because of the holiday weekend, but I still wouldn’t recommend staying too long - just get in and get out. They appear to be building a large expansion next door. Beers were great, however.