After tasting the full-bodied, unique craft brews served in the rustic, comfortable atmospheres found in brewpubs throughout the Pacific \Northwest, experienced restaurateur Bob Hiller decided to bring this concept home to Greenville, South Carolina.  At this time, state law prohibited the production and sale of alcoholic beverages on the same premises.  Mr. Hiller, and a like-minded group of beer lovers, lobbied hard and eventually Brewpubs were legally permitted in our great state.