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DC's Beer Country: Loudoun County!
Visit the premier beer-tasting and sampling festival in Northern Virginia!
The 3rd Annual Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest "A Celebration of American Beer" will be held at Morven Park in
Leesburg, VA, from 11am-9pm Saturday,
and 11am-7pm Sunday, June 26-27th 2010. The BrewFest will feature over 40 of America's and the World's best breweries - including Loudoun's own Vintage 50 Restaurant and Brew Lounge (free shuttle from Vintage 50 in Leesburg!), a variety of food to complement the craft beers and great
local and regional bands to enterain you.
Admission tickets for the BrewFest purchased on the day of the event will be $25 for a
sampling ticket. Admission tickets are available prior to the opening of the event for $20 and are available now!
The selection of craft-beer, microbrews and other delicious choices for beer aficionados is growing in the heart of the Dulles South region (i.e. South Riding, Stone Ridge, Chantilly, Arcola and Brambleton), and there's a few very good options to be found among the regional Loudoun County beer destinations.
Looking for
Virginia Wine and Loudoun Vineyard information?
Loudoun Vineyards
DC's Wine Country - Visit Loudoun
Why this page?
Simple - we like beer, a lot, and pretty much everyone we know does as well. Though there seems to be 3 primary camps of Loudoun beer consumers:
- Real Beer Drinkers (RBD's - you know who you are, and who isn't)
- Beer Appreciators (BA's - can readily drink a Bud as easily as a DogFish, but actually likes the Bud)
- Beer Drinking Posers (BDP - don't know or care what Real Beer is (though some think Corona is) - every gas station caters to them)
Here, therefore, are sources of beer for Dulles South residents to buy and/or drink, for RBD's, and the occasional BA. (Note we'll be adding more info and links in between some more beers.)
Breweries
- Vintage 50 Microbrewery (Leesburg) - some of the best beers in the County!
- Sweetwater Tavern(s), Sterling - Good seasonal beers, good food, nice people (also over in Centreville)
- Gordon Biersch, Tysons Corner, Mclean - Excellent seasonal selection, though it's in a Mall and doesn't sport enough Ales
Good Beer in Restaurants (just a starter list, send us more!)
- Vintage 51 Brew Lounge South Riding
- Fireworks Pizza, Leesburg (great selection!)
- Tuscarora Mill, Leesburg
- Magnolias at the Mill, Purcellville
- Dogfish Head Alehouse, Chantilly (Rt. 50 near Greenbriar)
- Hard Times Chili Restaurant, in Herndon
- Total Beverage, Greenbriar (Rt. 50 near Fairfax County Parkway) - a Beer Mecca, worthly of a monthly stock run
- All Giants - reasonable selection of more popular microbrews, in emergencies
- All Blooms - actually a little better than Giant, in selection, some unique titles here and there
- Wegman's - has a few very unique, expensive titles - but actually the selection isn't much better than Bloom's
- Harris Teeter - fantastic selection, especially the new locations in Leesburg and Chantilly
- Costco's - sometimes, a decent label by the case, but mostly you'll have to settle for Sam's
- Dulles South Beer, of course
- Loudoun Restaurant and Beer Reviews
- Mid-Atlantic Brewing News
- Real Beer
- Topix Beer News
(Thanks to Leesburg Tomorrow)