Bars in Spartanburg
Spartanburg is a beacon for thirsty travelers in search of the best watering holes to quench their parched throats. The city is overflowing with bars that serve up craft beers, exquisite wines, and fiery cocktails that can spice up the nightlife. So put your beer hat on and go beer hopping to 10 of the best bars Spartanburg has to offer.
Shotz Sportz Bar & Grill
Jager bombs and fireballs in your belly make for an explosive night out with friends and drinking buddies. Going through the extensive list of cleverly-named shots is as exciting as the shots themselves. Shotz Sportz Bar & Grill also carry an assortment of local and international beer brands that will make you question your beer loyalty.
You may be impressed with the alcoholic beverages on offer, but the food is equally impressive in taste and portion! The fried food options will go well with nursing a hangover. The entertainment never stops with live music and karaoke. If your singing is atrocious, throw some darts or play a few rounds of billiards for fun or competitive play.
Delaney's Irish Pub
In the heart of downtown Spartanburg stands an authentic Irish pub with 32 taps flowing with premium ales, ciders, lagers, stouts, and other craft beers from all over the world. The pub is always packed with beer connoisseurs and foodies during happy hour but it does not feel crowded or rowdy. A lot of the food on the menu pair well with beer. Don’t be shy to ask which beer goes well with which food. Delaney’s is a fun drinking destination no matter the occasion.
Ciclops Cyderi & Brewery
Popularly known as Spartanburg’s second brewery, Ciclops Cyderi & Brewery (CC&B) is the beer and cider aficionados’ ultimate taphouse. They brew classic German beers and put their own flavorful spin to it by incorporating ingredients from around the world. Their core beers are diverse in taste and flavor. The food has strong German cuisine influence so expect hearty sausages and meats.
Their brand of “absurd” beers shines through and must be tried at all costs. There’s nothing quite like their homebrew beers. With 30 taps that feature their core beers as well as carefully chosen craft beers, there is never a dry season at CC&B.
Growler Haus Spartanburg
A craft beer shop with 24 taps, what’s not to like? Growler Haus has four unique locations in South Carolina and each has different craft beers create with the local community in mind. So don’t expect to find the same beers in all their locations.
The casual atmosphere attracts friendly beer-loving patrons who are not shy about recommending their ale of choice. The staff knows their beer and wine so you will be expertly guided on which beer will satisfy your taste buds.
Growler Haus is not just about beer, there’s a lot of fun activities to do. Tuesdays is a Bites and Flights kind of day where you get $2 off on beer flights and pretzels. This is the best way to sample what’s on tap and pick your favorites.
Wednesday is trivia night. With free beer money at stake, it can get very competitive. If you want music to go with your beer, visit on a Friday for live music headlined by local musicians.
Main Street Pub
This industrial-chic pub has 28 taps featuring beer, ales, lagers, and ciders from different brewers far and wide. Rich, bold, and flavorful craft beer concoctions are yours for the taking. But if you want something that packs a punch, whiskey, scotch, or tequila may just quench your thirst.
Main Street Pub has quite a selection of whiskey and wine so you’d probably find even the most obscure brands to pair up with bar food favorites like jumbo pub wings, nachos, and burgers. And if you’re still standing after a few drinks, join the games or enjoy the live music.
RJ Rockers Brewing
With more than 18 handcraft beers in their lineup, RJ Rockers is dead serious about brewing in their solar-powered microbrewery. They are beer innovators that are making the loudest noise in the Spartanburg craft beer scene. Being the city’s original brewery established in 1997, the brewery revitalized Morgan Square and made it the perfect destination for the beer-guzzling travelers.
Rockers has a capacity of 16,000 barrels of beer so you’d find their handcraft beers throughout the Southeast region. Their flagship beers fruity and fun, but their beer blends are so intriguing, it’s impossible not to try them. Wine, spirits, and rocktails round up their massive beverage menu.
FR8yard Biergarten & Social Hub
FR8yard’s unique concept of outdoor biergarten makes it a community gathering spot for people whole love food, beer, and live music. It’s the perfect setting for eating exquisite hotdogs (which they call yard dogs) and craft beers. With their huge open space, FR8yard is party waiting to happen for large groups of beer-loving party animals.
Although they “hi-beer-nate’ in the winter, they come back strong in Spring, which means live entertainment and beer-drinking will resume like they never left.
Holliday Brewing
“Every beer is an adventure.” No truer words are spoken. The Holliday brothers are not only creative, but they are also innovative. Their inventive craft beers are some of the most satisfying and thirst-quenching beers you’ll ever taste. Flavors are smooth and well-balanced. You can choose from different styles and blend. Holliday Brewing features handpicked guest beers, ciders, and sours.
Blues Boulevard Jazz
Located in downtown Spartanburg, Blues Boulevard plays host to jazz artists who perform three times a week. People come for the jazz music and stay for the signature cocktails. What they lack in beer and wine selection, they more than made up for it in inventive and delicious concoctions that are named after jazz legends. The combination of jazz music, food, and cocktails make for an electrifying night out with your jazz-loving drinking pals.
Flock Shop
The new chicken in the Spartanburg block is slowly becoming a destination not just for the fried chicken but for its tapped cocktails and draft beer. Flock Shop is built and managed by the team behind Willy Taco, so they are not new to the cocktail scene. If the tequila cocktail in Willy Taco is any indication of the future cocktails, then the Flock Shop is in the right hands and in the right direction.
