Charleston Metro Chamber Of Commerce: Firefly Distillery Honored As 2020 Champion Innovator

Press release from the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce:

2021-04-16

Firefly Distillery is being awarded with our Champion Innovator Award, which recognizes a business that created a cutting-edge product or service, that has impacted their region or has reshaped their business in a significant and meaningful way.

Firefly Distillery, South Carolina’s oldest working distillery, is the birthplace of Firefly Spirits. What began as an idea for the world’s first sweet tea vodka has grown into the state’s largest distillery. Outgrowing its flagship location on Wadmalaw Island, Firefly Distillery expanded its operations in early 2020 with its new 25,000 square foot distillery in the Park Circle neighborhood of North Charleston.

After nearly 15 years on Wadmalaw Island, opening a new location would have posed its own challenges, but the pandemic took those challenges to a whole new level. As the community began to respond to the pandemic, the distillery quickly identified the need and gap in resources, taking action to help the community the best way its team knew how. With all the key infrastructure in place to produce hand sanitizer, Firefly quickly pivoted to use its distilling equipment to ramp up production and help meet demand in the Charleston community.

This press release was produced by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.