Mixologist Danielle Sweatman is busy on most days behind the bar she owns with her husband Brent. On Mondays, however, she is guaranteed to be in the kitchen.

Together, the duo behind Sweatman’s Garden sodary, named Best Non-Alcoholic Bar of 2025 by Charleston City Paper , spend the start of every week dreaming up four new seasonal soda flavors to feature on an ever-changing menu. Whether it’s a summery peaches-and-cream lemonade or cozy cranberry orange soda with rosemary, the winners are then hand-crafted and batched in a 7-gallon pony keg on Tuesday and on tap by Wednesday.

But this month, the Sweatmans are adding a new task to their well-oiled weekly soda operation: They’re bottling fresh batches of their best-selling tonics and sodas to ship across the East Coast.

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