River Company

Our Porter has a complex malt profile from 7 different malts and is balanced by Fuggles hops. It is named after the brewers’ late dog that he found in a dumpster as a puppy tied in a bag and left to die. That dog (his name was Guinness) became a one of the most complex and intelligent animals that he ever owned. This complexity is reflected in the Porter we serve.

Fairlawn’s Finest is a light, crisp and refreshing example of this style and contains 2 Row Brewer’s Malt, Flaked Maize and Cara-Pils malt. It is balanced by Northern Brewer and Amarillo hops for a crisp aromatic and balanced finish.

Farmhouse Hefeweizen is made up from 2 Row Brewers malt, Malted White Wheat and Cara-Pils Malt. The sweetness is offset by Magnum and Northern Brewer hops.

Light in body and color with peaches and apricots makes this the summer thirst quencher you have been looking for! We think someone needs to create a fruit that blends these two perfect flavors!

Our Red Ale contains 2 Row Brewers Malt, Honey Malt, 2 Caramel Malts and a touch of Chocolate malt. Bittered with Northern Brewer hops for a balanced beer.

Shot Tower Imperial IPA is a full bodied, pale amber, Citra hop loaded, India Pale Ale. Our seasonals are usually brewed in 5 barrel batches and the Southwest "V" IPA has about 4.5 pound of hops in it. Shot Tower has 11 pounds of high alpha hops resulting in a huge hop presense! Not for the weak at heart! Shot Tower is named after the Shot Tower outside of Wytheville VA. Overlooking the New River, Shot Tower was built more than 150 years ago to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers. Lead from the nearby Austinville Mines was melted in a kettle atop the 75-foot tower and poured through a sieve, falling through the tower and an additional 75-foot shaft beneath the tower into a kettle of water.

In the U.S., India Pale Ales have become regionalized to the West and East Coast. In an effort to set ourselves apart from the pack we are brewing a Southwestern Virginia IPA. Southwest V IPA is made from 2 Row Brewers Malt, Toasted Malt, and 2 Caramel Malts. It is assertively hopped with Chinook and Amarillo hops.

Timber Brown Ale is a English Northern brown ale with a nice chocolaty malt backbone from 2 Row brewers malt, 2 caramel malts and Chocolate malt balanced with Fuggles hops.

The American pale ale is characterized by a very assertive bitterness. Traveler’s Pale Ale is dead smack in the middle of that assertiveness. It is made from 2 Row Brewer’s Malt, Caramel malt and Car-Pils malt. The big hop presence comes from Magnum and Amarillo hops.

The regular Dumpster Dog Porter aged in a chambourcin wine barrel.