Beer, Cigars, & Whiskey

Here's an assortment of interesting sites for more information on whiskey, craft beer, and cigars.

Cigars and Smoke

• Blind Man's Puff
• Braddog's Blog
• Cigar Aficionado
• Cigar Craig
• Cigar Reviews by the Katman 
• Cigar Snob
• crazynvirginia
• halfwheel
• Hogshead Cigar Lounge (Local shop, my regular haunt)
• Leaf Enthusiast
• Olde Towne Tobacconist (Local shop)
• Olde Towne Tobacconist at the Farm (Now closed)
• Tiny Tim's Cigar World!

Whiskey, Bourbon, and the like

• A. Smith Bowman Distillery - Virginia's Oldest Distillery, Fredericksburg, VA
• Bourbon Culture
• bourbonveachdotcom
• J. H. Bards Spirit Company - Blacksburg, Virginia
• Master of Malt Blog
• Mostly Bourbon
• The Bourbon Review
• The Chuck Cowdery Blog
• The Whiskey Wash
• Whisky Advocate
• Whiskey, by George
• Whiskey Vault (YouTube Channel)

Beer Blogs

• Appellation Beer
• Boak & Bailey
• Brookston Beer Bulletin
• Fuggled
• The Beer Nut

Virginia Craft Breweries
(Not nearly complete, mostly the ones I've tried.)

• 1781 Brewing Company
• 6 Bears & a Goat Brewing Company
• Adroit Theory Brewing
• Adventure Brewing Company
• Apocalypse Ale Works
• BadWolf Brewing Company
• Bald Top Brewing
• Battlefield Brewing Company (Closed)
• Beach Brewing Company
• Beer Hound Brewery
• Belly Love Brewing
• Blue & Gray Brewing Company (Now only a fond memory)
• Blue Bee Cider
• Blue Lab Brewing Company
• Blue Mountain Brewery and Hops Farm
• Bull & Bones Brewhaus & Grill
• Capitol City Brewing Company
• Center of the Universe
• Cider Lab
• Commonwealth Brewing Company
• Corcoran Brewing Company
• Creek Bottom Brewing Company
• Crooked Run Brewing
• Devils Backbone Brewing Company
• Fair Winds Brewing
• Fär Göhn Brewing
• Fidelis Beer Company
• Forge BrewWorks
• Fredericksburg Area Brew Trail
• Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
• Highmark Brewery
• Holy Brew Brewing Company
• Legend Brewing Company
• Lost Rhino
• Mad Fox Brewing Company (Closed)
• Maltese Brewing Company
• Ocelot Brewing Company
• O'Connor Brewing Company
• The Maroon Door / Off The Mall Brewing
• Old Bust Head
• Old Ox Brewery
• Old Trade Brewery
• Pale Fire Brewing
• Parkway Brewing Company
• Port City Brewing
• Queen City Brewing
• Red Dragon Brewery
• Right Mind Brewing
• Rising Silo Brewery
• River Company
• Roanoke Railhouse Brewery (Closed)
• Seven Arrows Brewing
• Sinkland Farms Brewery
• South Street Brewery
• Spencer Devon Brewing (Closed)
• St. George Brewing Company
• Starr Hill Brewery
• Strangeways Brewing
• Sunken City Brewing Company
• Tin Cannon Brewing
• Three Notch'd Brewing
• Tucked Away Brewing Company
• Unionville Brewing
• VA Beer Trail
• Virginia BrewRidge Trail
• Virginia Craft Beer & Breweries - Virginia Tourism
• Virginia Craft Brewers Guild
• Waters End Brewery
• Wild Run Brewing
• Williamsburg AleWerks
• Wolf Hills Brewing (Closed)

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Updated: 5/16/2025