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List of breweries in Virginia

List of breweries in Virginia

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The following is a list of breweries in Virginia.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Virginia has a relatively large number of craft breweries per capita.

Breweries

This list is separated into the various counties and independent cities in Virginia. In cases where an independent city also serves as the county seat of an adjacent county, that city has been included in the county's list.

Albemarle County

A flight of beers at the Blue Mountain Brewery, on the border of Nelson and Albemarle Counties
  • Champion Brewing Company, Charlottesville[1]
  • James River Brewing Company, Scottsville[2]
  • Pro Re Nata, Charlottesville, Crozet[3][4]
  • Random Row Brewing Co., Charlottesville[5]
  • South Street Brewery, Charlottesville[6]
  • Starr Hill Brewery, Crozet[7]
  • Three Notch'd Brewing Company, Charlottesville[8]

Amherst County

  • Loose Shoe Brewing Company, Amherst[9]

Alexandria

Arlington

  • Heritage Brewing[13]
  • New District Brewing Company[14]

Augusta County

  • Redbeard Brewing Company, Staunton[15]
  • Shenandoah Valley Brewing Company, Staunton[16]

Bedford County

  • Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest[17]
  • Sunken City Brewery, Hardy[18][19]
  • Beale's Brewery, Bedford[20]

Caroline County

  • Rusty Beaver Brewery, Ruther Glen [CLOSED][21][22]

Chesterfield County

Culpeper County

  • Beer Hound Brewery, Culpeper[25]
  • Far Gohn Brewing Company, Culpeper[26]

Danville

  • 2 Witches Winery & Brewing Company[27]

Fairfax County

  • Aslin Beer Company, Herndon[28]
  • Caboose Brewing, Vienna[29][30]
  • G34.3 Brewing Company, Lorton[31]
  • Fairwinds Brewing Company, Lorton[32]

Falls Church

  • Mad Fox Brewing Company [CLOSED][11]
  • Sweetwater Tavern[33]

Fauquier County

  • Old Bust Head Brewing Company, Warrenton[29]

Franklin County

  • Chaos Mountain Brewing Company, Callaway[19]
  • Hammer & Forge Brewing Company, Boones Mill[34]

Frederick County

  • Backroom Brewery, Middletown[35]

Fredericksburg

  • Adventure Brewing Company, Eagle Village[36]
  • Battlefield Brewing Company[37]
  • Water's End Brewery at Fredericksburg Square[38]

Galax

  • Creek Bottom Brews[39]

Goochland County

  • Lickinghole Creek Farm Brewery, Goochland[22][40]

Hampton

  • St. George Brewing Company[41]

Hanover County

Henrico County

  • Final Gravity Brewing Company[22]
  • Rock Bottom Brewery[44]
  • The Answer Brewpub[22][45]

Loudoun County

  • Adroit Theory Brewing Company, Purcellville[46][47]
  • Barnhouse Brewery, Leesburg[48]
  • Belly Love Brewing, Purcellville[49]
  • Beltway Brewing Company, Sterling[50][51]
  • Bike TrAle Brewing, Leesburg[52]
  • Black Hoof Brewing, Leesburg[53]
  • Black Walnut Brewery, Leesburg[54]
  • Crooked Run Brewing, Leesburg[29][48]
  • Dog Money Restaurant and Brewery, Leesburg[55]
  • Dirt Farm Brewing, Bluemont[56]
  • Dragon Hops Brewing Company, "Purcellville"[57]
  • Holy Brew Brewing Company, Leesburg[58]
  • Jack's Run Brewing, Purcellville [CLOSED][59]
  • Lost Rhino Brewing Company, Ashburn[60][61]
  • Loudoun Brewing, Leesburg[64]
  • MacDowell Brew Kitchen, Leesburg[48]
  • Ocelot Brewery, Sterling[30]
  • Old 690, Purcellville[65]
  • Old Ox Brewery, Ashburn[61]
  • Quattro Goomba's Brewery, Aldie[30][66]
  • Rocket Frog Brewery, Sterling[61]
  • Solace Brewing Company, Sterling[67]
  • Twinpanzee Brewing Company, Sterling[68]

Madison County

  • Bald Top Brewing Company, Madison[69]

Manassas

  • BadWolf Brewing Company[29]
  • Heritage Brewing Company[29]

Montgomery County

  • Bull & Bones Brewhaus, Blacksburg[70]
  • Right Mind Brewery, Blacksburg[71]
  • Rising Silo Brewery, Blacksburg[72]

Nelson County

The Basecamp brew house of Devil's Backbone Brewery in Albemarle County, Virginia

Norfolk

  • Bold Mariner Brewing Company[77]
  • O'Connor Brewing Company[78]
  • Smartmouth Brewing Company[79][80][81]

Pulaski County

  • River Brewing Company, Fairlawn[82]

Richmond

  • Ardent Craft Ales[22][83][84]
  • Garden Grove Brewing Company[22][85]
  • Hardywood Park Craft Brewery[22][86]
  • Isley Brewing Company[22]
  • Legend Brewing Company[22]
  • Strangeways Brewing[22]
  • Triple Crossing Brewing Company[22]
  • The Veil Brewing Co.[22]

Roanoke

  • Big Lick Brewing Company[19]
  • Soaring Ridge Craft Brewers (closed November 2019)[19][39]

Roanoke County

  • Parkway Brewing, Salem[19]
  • Twin Creeks Brewing, Vinton[87]

Rockbridge County

  • Blue Lab Brewing Company, Lexington[58]
  • Devils Backbone Brewing Company - The Outpost, Lexington[88]

Rockingham County

Virginia Beach

  • Back Bay Brewing Company[58]
  • Reaver Beach Brewing Company[79][91]
  • Home Republic Brewing Company[79]
  • Pleasure House Brewing Company[92]
  • Wasserhund Brewing Company[93][94]
  • Young Veterans Brewing Company[29][95]

Washington County

  • Old Glade Brewery, Glade Spring[96]
  • The Damascus Brewery, Damascus[97]
  • Wolf Hills Brewing Company, Abingdon[97]

Waynesboro

Williamsburg

See also

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