Meeting Charleston

Founded by husband and wife team, Scott and Sara Gayle McConnell, Tradesman opened as the first brewery on James Island in April 2014 and became part of the growing Charleston beer community. Scott and Sara Gayle had extensive home brewing experience, which fueled their dream of starting their own commercial brewery.  Co-Owner Chris Winn joined the team in January of 2015 with years of brewery experience and a love of local beer.  The new facility is capable of producing almost 2500 barrels of beer annually, and plans to sell draft and canned beer in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, and Hilton Head/Bluffton/Beaufort. 

The tasting room (Center for Beer Outreach & Education) will be be open soon for further exploration Monday-Thursday 12-8pm, Friday and Saturday 12-10pm 4:30-8pm, and Sunday 12-6pm

“BREWSTER”: Sara is the VP of Ops for Brewster an acronym for Building Relationships Empowering Women Striving To Exist Responsibly.

UNION CLUB: They have a “union” complete with dues and secret meetings.

GROWLER CLUB: Which one is your favorite?

Hilary Johnson had everything she had wanted. She had quit her corporate marketing job with MillerCoors and moved to Charleston to start her own event-planning business. As the owner of Gusto Group, she produced events such as Charleston Beer Garden and the Lowcountry Hoedown. She had freedom and independence.

At the same time, she was discovering that the event-planning business was more volatile than she had anticipated. She found she didn’t love the work anymore. It was a difficult decision, but she decided to sell the events, close Gusto Group and launch Hatch Tribe. 

Hatch Tribe is the community for women entrepreneurs who are serious about building a powerful, profitable, purposeful business. This is where women just like you come to connect, learn, and grow, and have some fun while doing it!

"Helping other women entrepreneurs is important because entrepreneurship, when successful, provides women resources. Women who have financial independence can more easily improve their communities, help boost economies and fight for equal opportunities." 

Check out more about this incredible community at www.hatchtribe.com 

* https://www.skirt.com/profiles/hilary-johnson-created-a-tribe-of-entrepreneurs/ 

We had the chance to sit down with Eliza Limehouse of Southern Charm just in time for the reunion. Deep-dive into the life of Eliza Limehouse in the captivating extended version here. Listen as she discusses her wedding, the Southern Charm cast, plunging toilets, empowering women, building her brand and so much more!

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