Beltway Brewing- during one of my many visits to Loudoun County, Jeff and I went on a beer run to fill a few growlers for the weekend. The number of Craft Breweries growing in Loudoun County, along with my twin Grandsons growing up, requires many visits to Northern Virginia. On this beer run we made a stop at the Beltway Brewing Co. Beltway is unique in the fact that they focus more on contract brewing than brewing their own beers. The taproom, located in front of their 30 bbl brewhouse is very small and fills up quickly. We were lucky, as we were entering the taproom a large group was leaving. Shortly after ordering our brews the crowd returned and packed the tasting room. The beer selection was slightly surprising to me. They had more Grimm Artisanal Ales on tap ( Grimm contracts Beltway to brew some of their beer for Distro) than their own beer. So we selected a few Beltway brews: Black Snake & LoCollabor/coffee aged in rye barrels. the LoCollabor was a collaboration beer brewed by all of the Loudoun County Breweries, I believe each brewery made their unique variant of the base beer. Since the Grimm Brews on tap looked interesting I also enjoyed Lambo Door, Castling, Saison de Coupage and Skyspace.
Beltway is a nice stop if you are in the area, you get the bargain of two breweries in one taproom.
Beltway is a nice stop if you are in the area, you get the bargain of two breweries in one taproom.