Hey beer and sports fans! The Gamecock sports hype is reaching its peak, and we're right there with you! To celebrate, we brought in our good buddy Elijah Campbell from 107.5 The Game, a Columbia Craft OG, to share his top 16 beers on tap right now.
Beer 1- Haze Multiplier- Hazey beer with great flavor and drink ability. REALLY GOOD. Best lead off beer I’ve ever had. Whit Merrifield levels of leading off here. But instead of a line drive to right to win the CWS, this sucker is a bomb to dead center. I’m impressed 9.3/10
Beer 2- Macro Economics - solid solid lager. Ole reliable. Like handing the ball off to Jerome Bettis (or South Carolina RB for post) on 3rd and 1. Gets the damn job done bröther 7.2/10
Beer 3- Alien Hat Strawberry Guava. Great bite to it. Fantastic flavor, flashy, like an Ace Sanders punt return. Can feel my taste buds high stepping into the end zone. Not a single flag on the field. 8.5/10.
Beer 4- Tourist Visa - English IPA. My kinda bitterness to it right out of the gate. Described as a “step back in time” and I agree. Almost like a caged face mask QB like Blake Mitchell. They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore 8.3/10
Beer 5- Salted Lime Carolinian- Beach Blonde. A great take on an instant classic. Very beachy. Great summer beer. Great to enjoy while watching Christian Walker mash dingers for the D’Backs during the dog days of summer. 8/10
Beer 6- Citrus All-Pro Dry Hopped Pale Ale- an abundance of fruit flavor. It’s a lot at once but like, in a good way. Like having to guard Collin Murray-Boyles. Lots of things to have to account for. Jack of all beer trades but the master of fruitful flavor. 8.6/10
Beer 7- Pink Robots- flavor intensity right off the jump. Like Xavier Legette running the opening kickoff back against Texas A&M in 2022. But with maybe more style. A sour that’s not too sour. I’m sure X would approve. 8.7/10
Beer 8- Hop to trot high volume scorer like Devan Downey. 8% alcohol by volume packs a serious punch in one glass the same way Devan Downey packed a nasty punch to the Kentucky Wildcats ego with a 30-point banger in 2010. Not a soul stopped him from scoring that night 8.7/10
Beer 9- Nostalgia Goggles - still a banger. West coast IPA. West coast flavor that gets the job done. Ace Sanders levels of directness. 8.9/10
Beer 10- Uber Hopfen - the most unique, depth full flavor on the menu. Deebo Samuels levels of versatility and uniqueness because it’s good for any occasion and any season, the same way Deebo was a legend in Columbia and the ultimate Swiss Army knife in San Francisco 8.8/10
Beer 11- Depth- dark and nutty. Ideal for a stout lover. The depth of the flavor is in the name of the beer but is deeper than it implies. Like Marcus Lattimore’s post football career arc. He can do it all and has incredible personal depth 7.7/10
Beer 12- Hazy- cloudy appearance like the monsoon game win vs Missouri in 2018! Citrus notes with a classic New England ipa taste. Like the way that Monsoon game Vs Missouri had a little bit of everything, this beer has everything you could ask for if you’re a lover of hazy IPAs. 9.2/10
Beer 13- famously hopped- My first beer here in Columbia and it took my world by storm. Not just the best beer but my favorite memory of Columbia. The same way my first memory of South Carolina football involved Sidney Rice being one of my all time favorite SEC wide receivers as well as my favorite Gamecock of all time. 10/10.
Beer 14- Casual Observer- Amber Lager dark flavor, that resembles the toughness of a Dos Equis. Like a Chris Silva blocking shots in the paint and D-ing the hell up. No sissies allowed, enforceable by Silva and a tough Frank Martin defense. 7.7/10
Beer 15- Carolinian - The Godfather, the staple, the backbone of Columbia Craft. There is no Columbia Craft legacy without the Carolinian the same way there’s no streak of 10 plus win seasons without Steve Spurrier. It’s the program builder just like the ole ball coach 8.9/10
Beer 16-Almighty- Vanilla Pear Sour, limited summer release, Columbia Craft collaboration with Arnold Allen, a sour for a fighter. An ally in the trenches like a Preston Thorne or a Langston Moore 7.8/10
Beer 17- The Lies We Tell Ouselves White Ale - a unique ale flavor that is hard to replicate. A very diverse range of tastes that is one of a kind, like a Dakereon Joyner playing a little QB, RB and WR. 7.7/10
Beer 18- Greenstone- New Zealand style sour IPA, good floral taste and a clash of ipa and sours. IPA consistency but a sour taste. Like Stephon Gilmore having elite ball skills as a CB but Wildcat offense QB skills. The man can do both and so can the Greenstone. 8.2/10
Final Top 16 by Elijah.
- Famously Hopped
- Haze Multiplier
- Hazy
- Nostalgia Goggles
- Carolinian
- Uber Hopfen
- Hop to trot
- Pink Robots
- Citrus All-Pro
- Alien Hat
- Tourist Visa
- Greenstone
- Salted Lime Carolinian
- Almighty
- Depth
- The Lies We Tell Ourselves
