PURSUIT+HAPPINESS SET THE BAR TASTE THE HISTORY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP BEHIND SOUTH CAROLINA'S ICONIC SPIRITS BY SAVANNA SARGENT PHOTO BY CHRIS M. ROGERS From breweries to dairy farms and the country's only tea plantation, the Satisfy Your Thirst Tour reveals there's more to taste in the Palmetto State than just sweet tea. Here, cocktails are elevated with handcrafted spirits and beers instilled with complex local flavors. Sit a spell and sip (responsibly, of course) on a glass of spiked Southern flair at these local distilleries and breweries. Then take a bottle (or two) home to mix up some signature South Carolina cocktails. Six & Twenty Distillery Powdersville * Mon.-Sat., noon-6:20 p.m. 2 UPSTATE REVIVAL 1½ oz. Six & Twenty 5-Grain Bourbon ½ oz. lime juice ½ oz. peach juice 1½ oz. O+O Hooch Fizzy Mixer ½ oz. Bittermilk Charred Grapefruit Tonic Basil leaf Freshly sliced peaches Add bourbon, juices, fizz and tonic to mixing tin full of ice. Shake passionately. Pour into rocks glass with ice. Garnish with basil leaf and peach slice. 3 1 Copper Horse Distilling Columbia * Reservations required for tours and tastings 1 HORSEY'S KNEES 1½ oz. Copper Horse Bulle Rock Gin ¾ oz. lemon juice ¾ oz. honey syrup Lemon wheel Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake naked, then add ice and shake again until chilled. Strain ingredients into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lemon wheel. 6 DiscoverSouthCarolina.com 2http://www.DiscoverSouthCarolina.com