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.
Appalachian Apricot
Apricot SOUR – 6% ABV
We get a lot of AT through-hikers in our taproom. You can often smell them before they even walk in. These hardcore trail warriors are as much in need of a cold refreshing drink as they are in need of a shower. Whether you're fresh off the Appalachian Trail or you're a thirsty purebred from deep Appalachia, this kettle sour - brewed with apricots - offers you a tart and refreshing, well-balanced thirst quencher.
8oz - $3.75
16oz - $6.50Blonde Bear
Honey Blonde Ale – 5.6% ABV
Using our popular “Blonde Bear” recipe as the base, we added honey to sweeten it and make it even more refreshing. If you enjoy our blonde bear, then you are sure to enjoy this version of it! Honey and bears just go hand in hand!
8oz - $3.65
16oz - $6.15Heritage
Vienna Lager – 4.8% ABV
This Vienna Lager is smooth, crisp, malt-balanced, and delicious. It is everything we hoped it would be. Much like Elkton and the Shenandoah Valley was to our family when they decided to settle here. Our family origins go back to Austria, home of the Vienna Lager. The first batch of our family came across the ocean in the early 1900’s, and our grandfather was born shortly after that arrival - becoming the first American-born of our family. To celebrate their new citizenship in this country, our ancestors brewed their own beers and enjoyed them together. This brewery is a continuation of that heritage, and this particular beer is a celebration of that heritage. Here’s to the immigrant heritage that we all share, which ultimately led us to this slice of paradise known as the Shenandoah Valley.
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Spruce Blazer
Golden Ale + Spruce Tips – 6.7% ABV
This classic, frontier-style, golden ale with spruce tips is smooth, sweet, and uniquely delicious! Way back in 1716, Spotswood’s Knights of the Golden Horseshoe blazed a trail through the brush and spruce trees over Swift Run Gap, becoming the first non-natives to step foot in the Shenandoah Valley. They set up camp right here along the banks of the Shenandoah River, calling the place “Camp Spotswood,” which would be named “Elkton” many years later - after people began settling here in this new frontier. What better way to commemorate the details of this history than to brew a FRONTIER style, SPRUCE tip, GOLDEN ale?!
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Gos’s Grave
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Gose (+Strawberry +Lime +Jalepeño) - 13.6% ABV
This special release is beyond unique! From buttery smooth, to tart, to spicy, 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 - $4.15
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 - $6.50Lunchbox 1
Peanut Butter & Jelly Gose - 8% ABV
Is there a more classic/iconic food to pack in your lunchbox than a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? We think not… This is the first “experimental” version of our new “Lunchbox” series, which is a tribute to local schools and their history. Lunchbox 1 is a tribute to the many local ONE-room school houses that used to operate all around town, including Shenandoah School, Dovel School, Sandy Bottom School, Maple Springs, and the Roadside School. They paved the way for our local education system! Likewise, this beer is paving the way for our PB&J experiment! How comforting it was to find a delicious PB&J in the lunchbox. How much more to find a PB&J BEER!
8oz - $3.75
16oz - $6.50Odell’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 - $6.15Greene N’ Orange
Irish Coffee Stout - 6.5% ABV
Not only are they nearby neighboring counties, but they are colors that represent the flag of many locals’ heritage. Whether you come from catholic-green or protestant-orange, we can learn a thing or two from the Irish: If you drink enough together, then you’ll have an easier time setting aside differences and finding peace in the middle. Here’s to the Irish, where peace is found between green and orange! Brewed with locally roasted (by Happ Coffee) decaf coffee beans that we soaked in Irish whiskey, plus a touch of Irish cream for a rich, smooth, well-rounded flavor!
8oz - $3.75
16oz - $6.50Red 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 - $5.75Front Line Fuel
IPA (w/ NZ Hops) - 6% ABV
This traditional IPA recipe’s origins reach way back to the beers England would brew to send on the long journey to the troops in India long ago. We took this traditional recipe and dry-hopped it, which mellows out the hops bitterness and boosts the hops flavor. In local history, the Shenandoah Valley was known as the “Breadbasket of the Confederacy.” It was the biggest source of fuel for the troops on the front lines. This is why it was such a significant target for the Union. Everyone is on the front lines somewhere, and this approachable IPA is fuel for everyone! It is very crushable, yet has a robust hops flavor with a touch of bitterness on the back end.
8oz - $3.65
16oz - $6.15Morgan’s March
American Brown Ale - 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 - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Mercky Mollusk
Oyster Stout - 4.5% ABV
Since we can’t eat anything from our local Shenandoah River - because of the “Mercky” water - we have to go a little further away to get our mollusks. This delicious and mild oyster stout was brewed with same-day fresh oysters from the Chesapeake Bay! We went a little light on the roasted malt to let the sweet oyster liquor come through. This made for a deliciously smooth, well rounded and well balanced stout!
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75ShenanDark
Irish NITRO Stout – 4.7% ABV
This stout spawned from our popular flagship oatmeal porter, “ShenandOats,” which is our oldest recipe - developed by brother August nearly two decades ago. For this beer, we traded the oats for extra roasted malt to give it a darker, deeper, roastier flavor profile. Then we hooked it up to our nitro tap to round it off with that smooth nitro texture, which is perfectly befitting of this beer. Here’s to Shenandoah Valley home-brews! You never know where they will end up - whether down the drain or becoming a menu item at a future craft brewery, keep on brewing!
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!! (Tapped in 11/1/2024)
“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)
