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 - $5.50Beerocracy 2.0
Imperial Stout (with Vanilla) – 5.6% ABV
This strong imperial stout has a dark chocolate & vanilla fragrance, and a rich, full-bodied flavor, with hints of espresso. Like most beerocrats, this one probably has more power and influence than it should. So whether you are dealing with bureaucracy with local government or within your own home, you could likely use a drink. Drink it wisely.
5oz - $3.50
8oz - $5.50Belsnickeling
Christmas Stout (w/ Chocolate, Vanilla, & Cinnamon) – 8% ABV
CHEER or FEAR, Belsnickel is HERE! This lost Christmas custom used to be popular here in our own Rockingham County. Belsnickel, who was like a dirty, crotchety, creepier version of Santa, would bang on your door sometime around Christmas, insist to be let in, and would swat your children with a stick if they had been naughty. It was often customary to bribe the Belsnickel to leave by giving him an alcoholic beverage. In the spirit of the holidays, we bring you this Christmas stout, which is full of Christmas spirit, and a hint of Belsnickel spice… Brewed with chocolate, vanilla, and a small dose of cinnamon, for a festive and richly balanced flavor experience!
8oz - $3.75
16oz - $6.50Mercky Flow
Hazy Double IPA - 7.5% ABV
Careful what you pour down your drain. You never know where it will flow. It is generally accepted that we should all be responsible with what we put in water. Some people and/or entities have disregarded these generally accepted rules in the past. Bad decisions always flow downstream and have lasting effects… Here at Elkton Brewing Company, we only put the best ingredients in the best water. This hazy, deliciously juicy DIPA is a visual reminder of the Shenandoah River’s hazy (or “Mercky”) history of pollution, with a little well balanced bitterness thrown in, and a smooth finish as tribute to resilience and a better future!
8oz - $3.75
16oz - $6.50Mercky 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
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 - $4.00
16oz - $6.75Nekid Crik
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 - $5.75Blackbeard’s Revenge (2025)
Rum Barrel Aged English Old Ale - 13.7% ABV
Early this year, we took a dark rum barrel and filled it with our popular English Old Ale, “Old Spotswood,” and we let it soak up that sweet and boozy dark rum flavor for 7 months! 1718 Brewing, on Ocracoke Island, is named after the year that Blackbeard the pirate was beheaded there on the island. Who had Blackbeard killed, you ask? None other than our own Alexander Spotswood, the namesake for our beer! ‘Twas on the 22nd of November, 1718, that Blackbeard lost his head. Now, just over 300 years later, Blackbeard is getting his revenge by having Old Spotswood shoved into a pirate rum barrel - just in time to observe the anniversary of the beheading! A perfect beer for all you modern day pirates!.. We shared our “Old Spotswood” recipe with 1718 Brewing, who brewed the same beer and also aged it in rum barrels. 1718 always has an excellent selection of beers on tap! If you’re ever down in their NECK of the woods, they are well worth a visit!
5oz - $4.75
8oz - $7.50Tiger Treat (coming soon!)
Chocolate Orange Imperial Stout - 10% ABV
This special, Christmas season, limited release is rich and delicious! Bursting with classic strong roasted malt, and tastefully balanced with chocolate and orange for some subtle sweetness. It gets better with every sip! But be careful! Don’t let the welcoming appearance of this stout catch you off guard, as the 10% ABV will quickly bite you if you’re not careful. Likewise it was always prudent to avoid getting too close to the fence that separated you from Odell’s tigers, otherwise you would become a tiger treat! Be brave, but approach with caution!
8oz - $5.50
12oz - $7.25Mt. George
Belgian Quad - 11.3% ABV
When the first expedition into the Shenandoah Valley took place in 1716, led by Alexander Spotswood, they were stopped right here on the banks of the Shenandoah River. As they were still under the authority of the English crown at this point, they thought it appropriate to name the most prominent peak in view (presumably the present day Massanutten Mountain) “Mt. George” - after the king. What would they have named it if they didn’t have the pressure of the tyrant king George looming over them? We will never know!.. Likewise, we have our very own taproom tyrant (and friend) who inspired us to brew this particular Belgian Quad! And how appropriate is it that his name happens to be George?! This bold and robust, full-bodied, deep amber beer is rich with flavor and tastes smoother than the ABV would suggest. The more time you spend with it, the stronger the influence it has over you - just like George! Here’s to the tyrant king George!
8oz - $5.50
12oz - $7.25ShenandOats
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)
