CURRENTLY ON TAP
As a small batch brewery, our taps rotate regularly. We do our best to keep this menu up to date, but occasionally we have beers rotate off/on before we’re able to update here.
Fruit Farm
P.O.G. SOUR (+ passion fruit + orange + guava) – 6% ABV
Why settle for one fruit when you can have three! Orange, Guava, and Passion Fruit combine to form the perfect medley for this sour. This beer is a tribute to the many small farmers around the valley who appreciate variety. Not to mention it is a great source of refreshment after a long day under the sun! Fruit Farm also happens to be the name of a road in the area where berries are grown! This beer is tart and crisp with a delicious fruit-forward flavor!
8oz - $3.75
16oz - $6.50Blonde Bear
Blonde Ale – 5.2% ABV
We’ve got plenty of black bears, the West has plenty of brown bears, but one rarely sees the elusive blonde bear dancing about in our blue mountains. This Blonde is smooth and easy to drink, and tends to be a great fit for someone who wants the closest thing to a light, domestic style ale. This flagship recipe is a tribute to our local friend, known as the “Blonde Bear” (also known as the “Dancing Bear”). He is who originally taught August, our head brewer, how to brew many years ago - ultimately leading to the quality craftsmanship we have in our brew cellar today! Cheers to the Blonde Bear!
8oz - $3.25
16oz - $5.50Tripel Trek
Belgian Tripel – 8% ABV
It takes a strong spirit to trek any of the three Triple Crown Trails. The Appalachian Trail is no exception. At 2190 miles, 544 of which are in Virginia, and 101 are right here in our Shenandoah National Park, this trail is not one to underestimate. Likewise, don’t underestimate this Belgian style Tripel. The deceptively light, refreshing, and smooth flavor can distract you from the 8% ABV.
8oz - $3.75
12oz - $5.50Schornstein - (Elktoberfest!)
Rauchbier (German smoked malt beer) – 6.9% ABV
”Schornstein” is German for “Chimney.” Not only is that an appropriate name for a German smoked beer, but also to tie it into some local history. Fall season is one of the most popular times for locals and tourists alike to go up into mountains. The crisp and cool mountain air is refreshing, and the changing leaves can be spectacularly beautiful to behold! As the leaves fall and it becomes easier to gaze into the depths of the woods, mountain visitors might catch a glimpse of old chimneys here and there, which tell a darker story about the origins of the national park. They tried to keep the story hidden, but every year the mountain reminds us not to forget!.. This particular rauchbier was brewed with 100% imported and authentic German malts, hops, and yeast! The smoked malt gives the beer a unique bacon-like flavor!
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Gos in the Graveyard - (Elktoberfest!)
Rum Barrel Aged Imperial Gose (+Strawberry +Lime) - 12.3% ABV
This special release is beyond unique! We procured a George Bowman rum barrel from A. Smith Bowman Distillery, and we filled it with our imperial gose (which was fruited with strawberry and lime), and we aged it for 7 months. Both buttery smooth AND tart, this drink is sure to explosively hit all your taste buds in ways you might not have experienced before. A rare find, much like the native Virginia Elk that used to call this place home. The last of which was shot and killed by Colonel Gos Tuley not far North of here in 1855. Drink to the memory of those poor majestic creatures that went extinct as a result of unregulated hunting. Just like you should moderate your drinking with this heavy hitter, you should also hunt in moderation. This is a deliciously sour beer for a tragically sour memory!
5oz - $4.25
8oz - $7.00Mercky Water
DIPA (Double IPA) – 8.0% ABV
Our flagship DIPA, which has been rebrewed repeatedly since we tapped it in for the first time when we opened in February, 2020. Just the right balance of hops and restrained bitterness offers a tribute to the Shenandoah River’s murky history (especially the restrained bitterness part). We are all about using clean, natural spring water and only putting the best ingredients in that water for our beers. Not everyone has the same standards. Which brings us to the “Mercky” beers. Did we spell “mercky” properly? Oh well… Careful what you put in the water!
8oz - $3.75
16 oz - $6.50Settlement - (Elktoberfest!)
Bohemian Lager - 4.8% ABV
The first permanent settlement of the Shenandoah Valley was right here in Elkton! Of course, it wasn’t called Elkton back then. Adam Müller (who later changed to the more American “Miller”) settled next to the same spring we use today to brew all our beers. He was born in Germany around 1700, and immigrated to America. He originally settled around Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but heard that Virginia was better (well, duh!) so he went down to give it a look-see. He met some members of the Spotswood expedition in Williamsburg who told him of the beautiful valley hiding over the Blue Ridge Mountains, so he went to see for himself, and sure enough he fell in love with what he found. How could he not?! He followed Spotswood’s original route and found a permanent home right here, in what would someday become home to many.
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Odell’s Tiger
Blood Orange Blonde Ale - 5.2% ABV
We don’t need to get into his complex local notoriety, but Odell had tigers. This exotic beer will be short lived, much like Odell’s tigers. It is a refreshing tribute to the beautiful beasts that lived in captivity here in Elkton some years ago. Toast to those tigers, whose fate is unknown! This delicious, crushable, flagship recipe is a crowd pleaser! It is refreshing and bursting with orange flavor! Catch Odell’s Tiger by the tail, we guarantee you it will be an exciting experience!
8oz - $3.65
16oz - $6.15Nekid Crik - (Elktoberfest!)
Kölsch - 5.3% ABV
Known as “Naked Creek” to non-locals, this smooth and malty beer is hazy and rich in flavor. It is refreshing and light, like the color of the unclothed regions of backwoods folks skinny dipping in Naked Creek!
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Red Brush
Red Ale - 5% ABV
This beer is the only beer we’ve been able to brew with 100% Virginia grown malt! Combine that with our local Bear Lithia Springs water, with a low ABV, and you have a pretty hard to beat session beer! Crisp and malt-forward, with hints of smoky roasted malt, and a beautiful dark red/amber color. Red Brush starts at Bear Lithia Springs, and winds its way all the way to our beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Cruising down that road gives you a proper taste of Virginia’s beauty. Drink up Red Brush, and taste Virginia!
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Dunstberg - (Elktoberfest!)
Hefeweizen - 6.7% ABV
“Dunstberg” means “Hazy Mountain” in German. Similar flavor attributes to its predecessor, Weizen Bär, but more dense and hazy. This Hefeweizen is rich with fragrance and flavor notes of banana ester, with a strong wheat backbone! On clear, hot days spent in the mountain, you may more likely crave a lighter beer, like Weizen Bär, but on cool and cloudy days, something stronger is needed to quench your post-mountain adventure thirst. Enter Dunstberg!
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Bock On Course - (Elktoberfest!)
Eisbock - 12.7% ABV
The Eisbock style was the strong German result of a cold accident at a big Bavarian brewery in the 1800’s. On its way to becoming a traditional Bock, it froze overnight and became an Eisbock - stronger with a more densely packed malt flavor profile due to the water freezing out of it. Likewise, in the early 1700’s a group of 100 German immigrants traveling across the ocean to Pennsylvania got off course in a storm and accidentally ended up in Virginia, where they were sold into indentured servitude to our own Alexander Spotswood. They meant to be Pennsylvanians, but as fortune would have it they became something far better: Virginians! (For more information about this story, see the description for another one of our German beers: “Wort 100”)
8oz - $5.50
12oz - $7.25Elktobier 6 - (Elktoberfest!)
Märzen - 5.7% ABV
Some might fault him for being loyal to England, but times were different back then. And we’d like to think that he was always an American at heart (at least a Virginian!). This beer is a tribute to the olden days and to the heart of exploration which led Old Al to the valley! Loosely influenced by one of George Washington’s old beer recipes, with molasses for some unique sweetness and rich malty flavor.
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Morgan’s March
American Brown Ale (NITRO) - 5.5% ABV
Brewed with historic Bear Lithia Spring water (as with all of our beers) and British hops, this malty tribute honors Daniel Morgan’s epic 600-mile trek from the Shenandoah Valley to Boston in 1775. Toasty, rich, and bold as a Rifleman’s spirit, it celebrates 250 years since the American War for Independence began. When word of Lexington and Concord reached Virginia, Morgan rallied his Virginia Riflemen—96 sharpshooters, including frontier men from Augusta County’s rugged backcountry, which is now part of Rockingham near Elkton. Armed with long rifles and grit, they marched to defy an empire. Poured fresh at Elkton Brewing Co. At a pleasant 21 IBU, this smooth and malt-forward brown ale is delicious and approachable to any seasoned craft beer drinker!
8oz - $3.25
16oz - $5.50
NOW OFFERING HARD CIDER & Wine + Mead (GF)!
A1. Hard Apple Cider - “Betwixt”
Dry Cider - 7.0% ABV - $6.75 / 12oz
A2. Hard Apple Cider - “Off the Press”
Sweet Cider - 5.5% ABV - $6.25 / 12oz
Sangue Di Alce
Sangiovese (Italian Red) - 14.3% ABV
Delicious grape-forward new wine crafted in our brew cellar with imported Italian grapes!
6oz - $6.50
NEW!!
“Wahdooleesee” - MEAD (honey wine) - 15% ABV
“Wahdooleesee” is Cherokee for “honey,” which is obviously a fitting name for this tasty beverage. Harvesting honey was very common among the tribes that used to roam this area until the European honey bees took over (which native locals referred to as “white man’s flies”). Here’s to the folks that called this beautiful place home long before we showed up! Drink some Wah-doo-lee-see in remembrance!
6oz - $6.50
FLIGHTS - four 5 oz pours of your choice (wine not included in flights)
$10/regular flight
$12/high ABV flight
*(up-charge on flights that include barrel aged beers)
