Columbia, South Carolina and surrounding area, including Lexington
Breweries: 13
Brewery Stars Ranking
What's the best local brewery? We take a data-driven approach to ranking breweries. When you’re visiting a brewery, you want both good beer and a good atmosphere. We take publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings and consolidate them into a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating. If guests consistently like a brewery’s beer and enjoy the experience of visiting the taproom, the brewery will do well in our rankings.
| Ranking | Brewery Venue | Brewery Stars Meta-Rating | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia Craft Brewing Company | 4.0649 | 520 Greene St, Columbia, SC 29201 |
| 2 | Hazelwood Brewing Company | 4.0357 | 711 E Main St, Lexington, SC 29072 |
| 3 | Angry Fish Brewing Co. | 4.0239 | 106 Fabrister Ln C, Lexington, SC 29072 |
| 4 | Krafty Draft Brew Pub | 3.9834 | 269 Charter Oak Rd., Lexington, SC 29072 |
| 5 | Savage Craft Ale Works | 3.9811 | 430 Center St, West Columbia, SC 29169 |
| 6 | Bierkeller Brewing Company | 3.9805 | 600 Canalside St Suite 1009, Columbia, SC 29201 |
| 7 | Steel Hands Vista Distilling and Brewing | 3.9724 | 705 A, 705 Gervais St A, Columbia, SC 29201 |
| 8 | Steel Hands Brewing | 3.9496 | 2350 Foreman St, Cayce, SC 29033 |
| 9 | Old Mill Brewpub | 3.9316 | 711 E Main St, Lexington, SC 29072 |
| 10 | Hunter-Gatherer Brewery/Taproom | 3.9106 | 1402 Jim Hamilton Blvd, Columbia, SC 29205 |
| 11 | Smoked (Peak Drift Brewing Company) | 3.8732 | 1643 Main St, Columbia, SC 29201 |
| 12 | Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant | 3.7628 | 945 Sabal St, Columbia, SC 29201 |
| 13 | BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse | 3.7028 | 148 Harbison Blvd, Columbia, SC 29212 |
The publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings that fed into the Brewery Stars Meta-Rating were last updated on April 24, 2025. Any venues marked "Temporarily Closed" may have re-opened since we last checked on them. Refer to the brewery for latest updates. Venues with a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating of -9.0000 have not yet received enough public ratings for us to accurately assess them and are listed alphabetically at the bottom of the rankings.
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