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 - $4.00
16oz - $6.75Blonde 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 - $5.50Track Hopper 3
New England Juicy IPA – 6.8% ABV
This dank, juicy, and hoppy IPA is a thicker and hazier version of the previous Track Hoppers. For its density it is surprisingly refreshing and dangerously crushable, much like your car when it hits the pavement after going airborne over the railroad crossing. Here in downtown Elkton, the railroad crossing used to be quite abruptly steep, which naturally made for the perfect ramp to test your shocks on! Local folks used go out in the middle of the night to compete for longest jump in their cars. Sparks would fly, and pavement would get chipped up, and sheer joy would be had. This beer is the perfect tribute to such sweet memories. here’s to the dangerously crushable!
8oz - $3.65
16oz - $6.15Shenquistador
Anejo Tequila Barrel Aged Imperial Stout - 12.2% ABV
SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY RELEASE! When Spotswood led his expedition over the mountain in 1716, bringing the first Europeans into the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, he did not conquer as the conquistadors did, but rather he and all his crew (the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe) marveled at the valley’s beauty and they celebrated the grand adventure of exploring the unknown. Here on the banks of the Shenandoah River, they drank from a large selection of spirits and toasted to a successful adventure before camping and heading home. In the same spirit of adventure, we brewed this stout and aged it in an anejo tequila barrel for seven months. It has uniquely distinct flavor notes, with hints of tangy dark chocolate and vanilla, with a clean roasty finish. Feeling adventurous? This is the beer for you!
8oz - $4.50
12oz - $6.75Morgan’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 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 - $6.50Alt Müller
Altbier - 6.5% ABV
“Altbier” is a delicious and approachable German amber beer style. An altbier (which is German for “Old Beer”) is the German equivalent of a classic old ale. This place we call home was originally named “Camp Spotswood” when Alexander Spotswood led an expedition to the banks of the Shenandoah River. Our original old ale was named “Old Spotswood” in honor of the first man to lead explorers to our future home. In that same vein, Adam Müller, a German settler, was the first person to settle in the Shenandoah Valley - and he settled right here in what would someday become Elkton. Here’s to the people who came before us - who blazed a trail and set roots in this beautiful place that we are blessed to call home!
8oz - $3.50
16oz - $5.75Huckle Bear
Blackberry Blonde Ale - 5.2% ABV
Another variant to add to the “Bear” collection of fruited blonde ales! This refreshing and tasty, fruit-forward blonde fits right in with the rest of them! Huckleberry Road is one of many beautiful backroads just outside of town that runs into the mountains, where native huckleberries can be found. These berries are a common source of food for the local bear population, which will load up on all they can eat before going into hibernation. Likewise, get yourself some Huckle Bear before the winter cold settles in!
8oz - $4.00
16oz - $6.75East Rock
East Coast IPA - 6.4% ABV
Fresh from Rochingham county’s east coast (also known as “East Rock”), we bring you this delicious, crisp, hazy, bright and hoppy IPA. Brewed exclusively with barley malt and a medley of hops (magnum, centennial, cascade, and citra), this hybrid IPA meets somewhere in between a classic west coast and a hazy New England. The IBU range is in the middle as well - sitting around 60. It is a great IPA for all IPA drinkers!
8oz - $3.65
16oz - $6.15Red 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 - $5.75Weizen Bär
Bavarian Wheat Ale - 4.5% ABV
You’ve had our Blonde Bear. You’ve had our Blue Bear. And now you can have our Weizen Bär, or “Wheat Bear.” Just picture the Blonde Bear in a lederhosen! Deliciously crushable, nutty, wheaty/bready, with notes of banana. If you enjoy a good hefeweizen, then you’ll love this one. It is like a lighter hefe! Crisp and refreshing!
8oz - $3.25
16oz - $5.50Rushin’ River
Russian Imperial Stout - 10% ABV
There isn’t much in terms of local Russian history here (or anywhere in the valley, for that matter), other than the invasive Russian Olive Trees that have spread all throughout our forests and along the river banks. Some studies have suggested that the fruit of the Russian Olive trees that fall into the river help invasive fish species to thrive. The Shenandoah River has a reputation for swelling up during rain season, where it will often sweep away the smaller shrubs along the banks. We’re cool if the Rushin’ River takes away the Russian Olives! This Russian imperial stout is robust and delicious, with a strong roasted malt-forward flavor! Let the Rushin’ River sweep you away!
8oz - $3.75
16oz - $6.50Greene N’ Orange
Irish Coffee Stout - 6.9% 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 Chestnut Ridge Brazilian 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 - $6.50ShenandOats
NITRO Oatmeal Stout - 5.5% ABV
Strong will. Strong flavor. Don’t tell a Shenandoan what to do! This stout goes down smooth, with deliciously smooth and robust roasted malt flavor. This is our oldest beer recipe - developed by our head brewer August, part of the Elkton Brewing founding family, many years before we started up here!
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)
