Bull Island Brewing Company

Vanguard Artisanal Venue is going to be an entertainment venue specializing in Craft Beers (BrewPub) and Craft Spirits (Craft Distillery). Open December 2017. Author: Dirk Jahn Read more...

1865 Brewing Company is the first Black owned brewery in Hampton Roads. We are a community meeting hub equipped with a full service coffee shop, fully functional brewery, nutritional juice bar, non-alcoholic cocktail station with tasty food and snack options. Come and enjoy a drink with us. Author: Dirk Jahn Read more...

Sly Clyde Ciderworks is Virginia’s first coastal cidery, craftily crushing 100% Virginia apples to make delicious hard ciders just blocks from the Chesapeake Bay. The cidery was founded by two brothers whose family roots go all the way back to the Virginia Company of 1607! Today, our flavored ciders combine interesting flavors like Blackberry and Mint, and use innovative combinations Read more...

One night in 1905, Captain H.M. Merriam (while quite possibly under the influence of our favorite beverage) swore he saw a strange, large-eyed bird outside the Fort Monroe Officers’ Club. His outlandish tale quickly spread throughout the community, and the bizarre creature later became the mascot of the club. Merriam’s fellow officers dubbed the bird the “Oozlefinch” and placed a Read more...

Capstan Bar Brewing Company is a small-scale craft microbrewery and taproom located in the City of Hampton, one of Virginia’s oldest cities and one with a strong nautical heritage. Capstan bars were stout poles of strong oak. They were used for leverage, particularly for operating a ship’s capstan, which was a simple machine used to haul up the ship’s anchor, Read more...

Ironclad’s exclusive-to-Virginia bourbon hails from the Port of Newport News. We use small batch production methods and premium Virginia grains in our proprietary four-grain mash bill. We ferment and distill one batch a time, all under one roof. And then we let the brackish air from the James River and our small charred oak barrels do the rest. The result? Read more...

At the heart of St. George Brewing Company is family. We aim to brew delicious, award-wining, sessionable beer that we love and share it with you! The legend of St. George slaying the dragon lives on in who we are and what we do. Slaying Ordinary Beer Since 1998! We are one of the oldest micro breweries in VA. We Read more...