Spartanburg County craft beer lovers have to celebrate this week following the announcement of a momentary Holliday Brewing location in Inman.
Drayton Brewery with Burgers
“It’s the best partnership, and with the location, the city, the downtown and all the other people, I think it’s going to be great,” said Holliday Brewing owner Jim Holliday.
The new Holliday beer, which Holliday says will be the flagship and distribution center, will be a 9,000-square-foot, three-acre facility at 12 Prospect Street. It will come with a place to eat that serves artistic hamburger dishes.
Their respective partnership announcements temporarily provoked enthusiastic reactions on Wednesday afternoon.
“I think one of the online reviews sums it up: beer and burger are having a baby,” said Mike Okun, owner of Burgers and Bakery and Burgers, Inc.
Holliday and Okun said the partnership grew out of their friendship established during their years in the Spartanburg food scene and their preference for collaboration. Both are businesses of the circle of relatives. Holliday Brewing, which opened in Drayton Mills in 2019, is owned by Jim Holliday, his wife Karen Holliday, his brother John Holliday and his in-laws Mike and Pat Cater.
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The marriage was facilitated through their shared interest in expanding into Inman. The two corporations were looking for places in Inman’s domain and getting married when they discovered their simultaneous searches. The city of Inman sought out Holliday Brewing to move into the city since the brewery opened, Holliday said.
“We were looking for a construction or land and Joe Lanahan, the city manager, and Mayor (Cornelius) Huff presented us with other features to help us, and then we stumbled upon the best location,” Holliday said.
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The new progression is part of an expansion finish for Inman, according to Inman City Manager Joe Lanahan. Downtown has seen the opening of Upstate Coffee, The Crepe Factory, Vintage Restore and More and Homerun Nutrition over the past two years, occupying 70% of its available retail space. The city expects to see a new branch of the library open until the end of this year.
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“The expansion of our center over the past two years has been incredible. We have over 70% occupancy, up from 25% 3 years ago,” Lanahan said in an email to the Herald-Journal. “Mayor Huff and the entire City Council is confident that Holliday Brewing and Burger, Inc. make the city of Inman a destination only for the citizens of Scomponentanburg County, but of the entire northern component of the state. “
Holliday and Okun agree. They intend to make Holliday Brewing a network hangout, where families and friends can gather throughout the day. The facility will house up to 1,000 more people and house teams on weekends, Holliday said.
The interior of the restaurant will come with a variety of seating arrangements and spaces, either on the ground floor and on the mezzanine, balconies, a terrace and dining areas. The property, in addition to the concert hall, also includes part of an acre of undeveloped land that members hope can be used for walking or biking trails.
Okun believes the brewery will attract a lot of attention to the city.
“I think, unfortunately, a lot of other people are going through (Inman). Unless you know it’s there, you don’t know it’s there. This puts it a little bit on the map; it creates this preference for getting out of your community and meeting there,” Okun said. “It’s so central. It will come from Spartanburg, Boiling Springs, Greer and all the surrounding communities, so it makes sense in the world. “
For Holliday Brewing, the new facility will particularly develop its ability to make a call for itself in the craft beer distribution industry. Holliday said the new facility would allow distribution to local restaurants as well as other cities such as Greenville, Fort Mill, Rock Hill. , Colombia and, eventually, the state.
“We are installing a brewery that will allow us to do exactly that. We’re going to start developing with barrel and on-site sales and eventually get into canned goods and grocery stores,” Holliday said. “We also have the land to go up more square meters and our infusion formula is already planned to be expandable so that we can expand the tanks. “
Holliday said they would produce up to 250 barrels per month when they start brewing beer at the plant, an amount that would take them a year to produce at their Drayton site.
For Okun, a new, larger kitchen will allow him to try new dishes he doesn’t have the opportunity to prepare at his restaurant on the west side.
“We go to a lot of Burgers favorites
An example: a baked potato peel topped with filet mignon, andouille sausage and bacon puree with garlic and cheddar cheese. Holliday and Okun also plan to collaborate on dishes that incorporate some of Holliday Brewing’s beers and offer a varied menu of food and beverages.
Holliday Brewing will employ Clayton Construction Company, which is lately running in the new Inman Library, to build the new brewery. Holliday said they hope to innovate in August and may be in a position to open elegantly from February 2023.
Samantha Swann covers Spartanburg County food and restaurants. She is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina Upstate and Greenville Technical College. Contact her with her most important questions about the restaurant, its recipes and its new evening dishes on sswann@shj. com or on Instagram in @sameatsspartanburg.