When a brewery lives by the mantra “Quality first. The rest will follow” you know you’re in for something special. Like spotting a unicorn. Or no traffic on I26.

If you hate things that are awesome and want a boring beer, you can throw a palmetto rose from just about anywhere in Charleston and hit a brewery serving up foamy hop water. However, if you want an…interesting beer, your search ends at Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company.

I’ve overheard whispers in the taproom that their brewing director was once bitten by a rattlesnake, and after 5 days of excruciating pain, the snake finally died. Last year he won the Tour-de-France, but was disqualified for riding a unicycle. He has won the lifetime achievement award…twice. Sharks have a week dedicated to him. He gave his father “the talk.” He bowls overhand. Werewolves are jealous of his beard. When a tree falls in a forest and no one is there, he hears it.

If conquering beer wasn’t enough, Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co is also home to a full-service restaurant featuring a wood-fired brick oven and a Polish smokehouse. Lets be honest, if you aren’t eating food from a wood-fired brick oven, what’s the point of even eating in the first place? This kitchen puts out more magic than Hogwarts, these chefs have more fire than Eminem on a diss track, this food is more clutch than Jordan in game 7, sometimes…late at night…I find myself thinking about their Spicy Pie with it’s Calabrese, fresh mozzarella, and ghost pepper honey. I guess what I’m trying to say is, their food is good too.

Brewing director Cameron Read and his team produce beers that are interesting, complex and delicious, their recipes are creative, and the final product is so expertly made it puts them in the running against the best breweries in the US, or dare I say the world - nay, the universe.

You should go here.