2nd Annual Crawling with the Creeps

For the second year in a row, the Avondale neighborhood bar scene will host the wildest Halloween block party and costume contest west of the Ashley River and perhaps all of Charleston. While the actual costume contest presented by Southern Eagle beer distributors doesn't get underway at each bar until 9PM of Friday evening, even the most novice of trick-or-treaters know that the fun begins with the setting sun. This will be especially true at Mellow Mushroom where we will be tapping kegs of Widmer Okto and New Belgium Tour de Fall that will run all night for $4 pints. In addition to these two brews, we will be featuring 'taste the rainbow' menu of $1 Jello Shots as well as a few more bartender specials throughout the evening.

As always, we will have $5 Irish Car Bombs available for those looking to power their way into the evening, and from 4-7, our regular Happy Hour Specials will be available: $4 drafts, $3 House Liquors (Jim Beam, Svedka, Jaurez, Gordon's, and Cruzan), $4 Fireball, $4 Rumpleminz, $4 Goldschlager, and $0.50 wings).

We encourage everyone to have a great time but to remember to enjoy responsibly. If you need transportation, please ask your server or bartender to call you a cab as we would be more than happy to help you get home safely. 

More about the New Belgium Tour de Fall

New Belgium's Tour de Fall is the perfect balance between a hoppy pale ale and the malty, caramel flavors of fall. Like many pales, the beer starts of with a distinct bitterness but transitions into a malty middle to finish with a light, crisp hoppiness. This is the perfect beer to balance out the many malty ales that dominate fall and are certainly present through the cold winter months. Be sure to add this to your list while its available.

More about the Widmer Okto
The Widmer Okto Ale is brewed specifically for the Oktoberfest season. It has a maltiness and smooth caramel flavor. It is only 5.2% ABV, which means you can have a more than a few before your highly elaborate costume starts becoming overtly risque. Beer club aspirers w bready ill want to be sure to get one added to your list as it will no longer be available at Mellow (or anywhere) after this weekend.

More about Crawling with the Creeps
The Roost Bar N’ Grille, Pearlz Oyster Bar, Voodoo Tiki Bar, Gene’s Haufbrau, Mellow Mushroom, and Oak Barrel Tavern will hold individual costume contests at 9 p.m., each one awarding a $100 gift card to the best costume. At 9:45 p.m., each winner will gather in the parking lot of Triangle Char & Bar for a final test, and the overall champion will be announced to win $500 cash. All attendees are encouraged to use the hashtag #crawlingwiththecreeps when using social media throughout the event.

More Info about the Beer Club

Want to know more information about upcoming Beer Club Events? Be sure to sign up here. You'll be one of the privileged few to receive all the latest on goings in one of Charlestons most storied social drinking society.  See you Tuesday at Mellow Mushroom Avondale.

Remember to use #mmbeerclub when checking in, tagging photos, or tweeting from the event for your chance to win Mellow cash and prizes.

Sam Adams Raise the Stein Beer Club Happy Hour

Much like the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen on October 12, 1810 that inaugurated the 16-Day festival of beer now known as Oktoberfest or "die-Wies'n" to Munich's locals, Samuel Adams and Mellow Mushroom Avondale will marry our love of quality beer in hosting Charleston's Official Raise the Stein competition.

So what does that mean?

Beer Club Members and fellow beer enthusiasts alike are invited to join us upstairs at Mellow Avondale Thursday, October 10 from 6PM thru the last snap as da Bears take on the G Men in a NFC Thursday Night Showdown. Existing Beer Club Members will enjoy drafts of Sam Adams Oktoberfest Ale at Happy Hour pricing throughout the evening.

The Stein Hoisting competition will be officiated by representatives from Samuel Adams Brewery, and one male and one female winner will be invited to compete in a South Carolina regional battle. Regional champions will the head to the National Hoisting Championships in Boston, MA where the National Winners will be flown to Germany to compete in the International Competition at next year's Oktoberfest in Munich.

If you've dreamed of wiener schnitzel, frauleins, and frothy German beers, then the first step in achieving all of that is to be in attendance at Mellow Avondale next Thursday night.

We'll also have NFL Bingo ongoing in house for your chance to win $50 house cash for 1st, $25 for 2nd, and $10 for 3rd.


More Info

Want to know more information about upcoming Beer Club Events? Be sure to sign up here. You'll be one of the privileged few to receive all the latest on goings in one of Charlestons most storied social drinking society.  See you Thursday at Mellow Mushroom Avondale.

Remember to use #mmbeerclub when checking in, tagging photos, or tweeting from the event for your chance to win Mellow cash and prizes.

Lagunitas Brewery - Beer Club Week 6 Happy Hour

Like many Charlestonians, I welcomed the onset of this week: the return to normalcy and sobriety that Monday ushered in and the much needed reprieve from the onerous task of turning last week into a five day bender. After days of binging, I began to contemplate whether the explosions I heard were my neighbor's contraband M80's or, in fact, simply sounds manifested by my own inebriated consciousness.  Luckily, when the flood waters of both Charleston and my mind receded, there were neither remnants of beach riots on Folly nor clues to suggest my own nefarious behavior to place any regret upon the weekend.

All 100 Beer Club Members

Alas, Monday, as it always has a habit of doing, has yielded its threat of week long sobriety to the whispers of the coming weekend and the indulgences that this town has to offer.  While we won't be brandishing sparklers like these lucky Mellow patrons last week (right) or sporting every stitch of Americana Walmart sells, we will be celebrating the definition of the American Dream. Our nation is built not by paper pushers and yes men but by dreamers and risk takers. It is not the multinational conglomerate that preserves our economic superiority but the little guy, the entrepreneur, and the small business owner. Nowhere is this risk taking mentality more prevalent now than in the Craft Beer and Craft Spirit industry.

As such, we will continue celebrating the great American craft beer industry this Thursday, July 11 by featuring Lagunitas Brewery at Mellow Mushroom Avondale at 19 Magnolia Road.

More About The Happy Hour

The shenanigans will get underway promptly at 6PM, and as previous events have foreshadowed, if you want to taste the most select growlers brought by the Lagunitas Reps, be sure to arrive early. The event is for beer club members, anyone working on their 100 beers, and guests of beer club members who would like to sign up to begin their quest of becoming a 100 beer club member.

Any existing beer club member that elects to drag a friend along to join the beer club will be endowed the high reward of a free Lagunitas IPA. Throughout the event, guests will be entitled to the ridiculously low fare of $3 to procure the IPA "made with 43 different hops and 65 various malts" and championed by Lagunitas as their flagship beer.


More About Lagunitas Brewery

Started in 1993 in Lagunitas, CA, it quickly outgrew its initial residence, relocating to Petaluma, CA in 1994 and expanding to open a second location in Chicago, IL in 2012. Lagunitas is known for its well crafted beers and for its witty descriptions that you can find on each beer's label. Think I'm joking? Check out a snippet from this week's featured beer, "Thanks for choosing to spend the next few minutes with this special homicidally hoppy ale. Savor the moment as the raging hop character engages the Imperial Qualities of the Malt Foundation in mortal combat on the battlefield of your palate!"

Want to know more information about upcoming Beer Club Events? Be sure to sign up here. You'll be one of the privileged few to receive all the latest on goings in one of Charlestons most storied social drinking society.  See you tomorrow at Mellow Mushroom Avondale.

Remember to use #mmbeerclub when checking in, tagging photos, or tweeting from the event for your chance to win Mellow cash and prizes.