Peak Drift Brewing Company unveils Columbia production facility.

A new era in Columbia's craft beer industry started with the official opening of the Peak Drift Brewing Company on Wednesday morning, Jan. 18.

Peak Drift officially opened its new 25,000-square-foot production facility, which represents phase one of the company's future 65,000-square-foot brewery complex.

State legislators, county council members and other community leaders from around the Midlands attended an official ribbon cutting ceremony held at the brewery located at 3452 North Main St.

"Our mission with Peak Drift is to help people celebrate life's peak moments, no matter how big or small they are," said Sara Middleton Styles, co-owner of Peak Drift along with her brother Greg Middleton. "We're excited to be part of an innovative craft beverage community here in the Columbia area and to have a state-of-the-art brewing experience going on here. There are endless possibilities here and this is only the beginning for us."

The Middletons launched Peak Drift in 2021. The company launched its inaugural line of craft beer and hard seltzers in the Midlands in December.

Speakers at the opening ceremony included Ashley Kinart-Short, one of the only female certified master brewers in the Southeast who oversees the brewery's flavors, recipes and overall brewing process.

"This is a huge project, bigger than anything I've ever taken on, and I'm excited to be doing what I love to do, which is making amazing beer and beverages," Kinart-Short told a large...

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