USA, SC: Legal Remedy Brewery to open in Rock Hill

Rock Hill attorney Chad McGowan and his partners decided to take their passion for beer from their kitchens or basements, where they crafted home brews, to a larger public arena, The Herald reported on June 7.

“There was no one here feeding our habit for good beer,” McGowan said. If no one was feeding their habit, there must be others in need, they reasoned.

Hence, Legal Remedy Brewing was started in 2009 to legally sell their best beers to retailers.

This fall, Legal Remedy will take another big step: meeting all the state and local rules to sell beer at a pub on Oakland Avenue near downtown Rock Hill.

They are converting the former Williams auto dealership into a brewery, restaurant and outdoor beer garden.

In the former service bays is a large array of small and large stainless steel tanks and accompanying plumbing. That’s where brewmaster Mike Krail practices his craft.

McGowan insists Legal Brewery will focus on bringing quality beer to the area and offering a “genuine” beer-drinking experience, not to make money. Bad-tasting beer, he insists, will be used to water the lawn or the hops garden.

The S.C. Brewers Guild estimates the value of state-made beer is now more than $275 million, and the value and volume of beer is rising.

10 June, 2015