The 20-some breweries in and around town are adding to the city’s cool factor.

When Southerners think of beer, they think of Asheville, which has long had the most breweries per capita regionally (and nearly nationwide). There’s room for other opinions, though. Many think of Greenville as Asheville’s slightly older, more mature cousin that’s now becoming a sought-after destination. We even named it The South’s Best City on the Rise in March!

Much has changed since Greenville opened its first craft brewery in 1998, and trust us: The 20-some breweries in and around town are adding to the city’s cool factor today. If you’re visiting the area, let cold beer cool you off on hot days in any of the taprooms below. Staying a while? Snag a four-pack or crowler to take with you on any of the area’s nearby trails.

Pangaea Brewing is pretty new to the Greenville beer scene, but its inspiration is prehistoric: owner Steve Schofield dreamed up the brewery in college as Jurassic Brewland, a not-so-tragic version of Jurassic Park where folks could drink beer while walking around with dinosaurs. Science was never going to catch up quick enough (or maybe Schofield was just many millenia too late), but the idea pushed him to try his hand at making beer. After attending the lauded UC Davis Master Brewers Program, Schofield and his wife Emily opened Pangaea 30 miles east of where their love story started at Clemson. Try the surprisingly creamy Queen Pinky, a strawberry and vanilla milkshake IPA, or the Sunrise Fifrildi, a peach and mango kveik sour with a name that translates to “butterfly” in Old Norse. The pizza is a must-get: lucky for the transplants who’ve descended upon Greenville in recent years, Pangaea has what many deem the best pizza in town.

Tetrad means “a group of four,” and four is their lucky number. For one thing, besties and brewery owners John Bucher and Chad Tynings would have no business without four key ingredients—hops, grain, yeast, and water—and secondly, the duo has lived in four corners of this country, including north in Alaska, west in Oregon and Utah, east in New York and Vermont, and finally, south, settled in Greenville. Most importantly to them, they’re both dads to two kids. 2 + 2 = 4, and you get Tetrad, where the motto is “Brew 4 the love.” Their brewing ventures began with a Mr. Beer home-brew kit, which today sits atop a shelf in view of all who visit. A portion of proceeds from…