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    Cooling Pond Brewery

    4.1 (30 reviews)
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    Krystal K.

    Nice brewery with lots of beer and wine options. Plenty of tables for all party sizes. Seating both inside and outside. They have some food offerings too! Had a sour on site and bought a bottle of wine to go.

    1. Hefeweizen. 2. Hefeweizen tart cherry. 3. Penny's Tavern Red red ale. 4. Ipatope IPA
    Howard F.

    A pleasant brewery in Lake Anna (with a great name and theme, and associated T-shirts). We had a flight to try a few. I particularly liked the traditional Hefeweizen, while my wife gravitated to the tart cherry Hefeweizen. She also liked the Ipatopia, a sharp IPA, but neither of us were keen on the Penny's Tavern Red. No food here, other than a few packaged snacks, just beer and wine.

    More, lovely artwork for sale.
    Joy B.

    My son is the beer connoisseur in the family and he wanted to check out this brewery. The people running the brewery were very nice and hospitable. The have a huge tasting room with lots of seats. There is also outdoor seating and have live music on occasion. An extra plus, was the lovely local artwork that was displayed in the brewery. I tasted my sons beer and it was full bodied and refreshing. I think they need to put some work into the outdoor design. I liked the beer and thought the service was excellent.

    Lori, one of the proprietors, pouring some of the local brews.
    CJ T.

    I was drawn to Cooling Pond Brewery by a story in the "Central Virginian" about a Jazz festival happening on Saturday. After arriving, I wandered into the main building, tap room. Cooling pond has plenty of seating inside and outside on the covered patio. The beer maid turned out to be one of the proprietors. Lori informed me that the bands were cancelled due to a storm warning. As it happened, it did not rain, but it was a nice day to be out and discovering new places. There is a nice stage with a grassy knoll for lounging and listening to the music. If you wander just past the stage area, there are some vines growing in the back. Beer seems to be the main focus, but it appears they also have wine. I looked down the extensive selection and settled on an Irish Stout. It was creamy and delicious. It is nice place to cool off and grab a micro brew. You can get various sizes of pours and they may have a sampler set. The Pond does have other events that are listed on their website. On their site is also a list of their beers and tasing notes. https://coolingpondbrewery.com The people are knowledgeable and friendly. The beer is good and the grounds are lovely to walk around or just sit and sip a brew. If you are around the lake on a hot day, it is worth a drop in.

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    John M.

    Great brewery that was new to me in Mineral. Easy stop on 208 if you are coming or going to Lake Anna. You need to pay attention for the turn. The GPS throws you. Coming from the lake it tells you to turn too early (just where the building lines up on 208) and I'm assuming the opposite happens if going to the lake. They have plenty of outdoor seating. As we were leaving there was live music setting up on the patio. Beer wise, they had a Dark Mild on tap which you never seem to see anymore. It has good flavor for the style. The Swim Advisory was a solid hazy IPA. They had a great food truck on site as well. Covid protocols: Staff wore masks, and traffic was one direction inside. Plenty of social distanced seating was available. It is now a must stop when at the Lake.

    Cooling Pond from parking lot
    Wendy M.

    Great local brewery open on the weekends near Lake Anna. We were visiting the state park and decided to give it a try one Saturday afternoon. They had a variety of beer including a dark mild, a sour, hefeweizen, stout, blonde ale, red ale, a juicy IPA, an ESB, a porter, and a few more. Live music is often offered on Saturdays and food trucks are there on the weekends. Can enjoy a pint on site or have a crowler or growler filled to go. We have a couple of camping trips scheduled for later this year; we will be returning to Cooling Pond.

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    Chante C.

    Excellent little brewery! Good options and tasty beers. Really liked the hazy IPA. Spacious outdoor seating area and friendly staff. We would come back!

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    Nicole R.

    Disappointing. The beer tasted like flavored water and the food truck outside only had burgers and little snack options. The service counter was not managed well. You can tell this is a new brewery ran by inexperienced management. Hopefully they'll learn and get better. But I won't be back for the simple fact that it wasn't good beer.

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    The bartender was rushing us and it was our first visit there . I asked questions and she seemed very bothered .

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    Great, small brewery in rural VA! I loved the variety of beer and all the seating available outside.

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    Southern Revere Cellars - Side patio

    Southern Revere Cellars

    4.5(15 reviews)
    13.9 mi

    What a discovery. We were driving home and still had 3 hours to go. I wanted beer and my bf wanted…read morewine. It's normally the opposite but hey. Today was a switch day. We were surrounded by wineries but something called my name to this spot. He didn't object. I told him it was a brewery. He was a disappointed since he wanted wine. We reach the top of the mountain that as NYorkers makes things look Erie. We just watch Hills have Eyes so we were a little scared. Yelp, we survived!! It was a nice little spot. We walked in and it's like both our prayers were answered. They had beer AND wine flights!! We scored!! We had a flight of each. After our flight we had another glass of wine before we continued our journey. The bartenders was very sweet and welcoming. They have one bathroom inside and one around the outside of the property. Plenty of parking once you reach the mountain. Don't let look deserve you. This is a really nice place to stop to enjoy the view and the drinks. Seems it was a local spot which is what I enjoy the most when I travel.

    Found this brewery/winery today and decided to stop in. You have to drive down an unpaved road to…read moreget to the building, which looks like an old farm with outdoor and indoor seating. As I wasn't familiar with this place, I asked if their beers or wines were more popular and was told that most people drink the beer. I was able to try a couple of samples before deciding on a 4-5oz beer sampler. The beers were all very different and tasty. My favorite was What the Fox. There was ample seating both inside and outside. Overall, it's a nice place to enjoy some beverages with friendly people.

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    Southern Revere Cellars - Ah Virginia. Skies, trees, music, relaxation... it's all here.

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    Everleigh Vineyards & Brewing Company

    Everleigh Vineyards & Brewing Company

    4.0(24 reviews)
    10.5 mi

    We spent a Sunday afternoon, from about 1-3pm, at Everleigh Vineyards…read more We were greeted and served by two very friendly women behind the bar. Both helpful with tips on what to order from their beer and wine options based off what we told them of our tastes. The grounds and building were very well kept. We chose to sit outside so our kids could run around (6 kids between us and our friend's family). They tried to light a fire for us, but that was the one downfall: all the fuel was wet from recent rain I think, so the fire never really took and we just had smoke for a while and no warmth or flames to enjoy watching. But they tried! We enjoyed all the wines we sampled, and went home with one bottle. All that I tried were dry, well-bodied and smooth. My husband only found the beer so-so, so next time we go he'll probably stick to the wines that he also enjoyed from tasting my flight. The soft pretzels are huge, delicious and delivered hot and fresh. The cheese sauce for dipping them was really tasty and much better than most cheese sauce offered for soft pretzels elsewhere. The staff was very courteous, offering us blankets as it was chilly outside and they saw the fire wasn't thriving. We are only 25 minutes from them, and we'll definitely go back; we were very happy with our visit!

    I had a difficult time trying to figure out what to eat because all the food looked exceptionally…read moredelicious. Inside is soooo nice. There is just one big problem. There is an insane amount of Hornets everywhere I couldn't even walk outside without having a feeling I was gonna get stung. Take my advice, Hire pest control.

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    Everleigh Vineyards & Brewing Company - Deck

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    Lake Anna Taphouse - Sampler platter

    Lake Anna Taphouse

    2.8(74 reviews)
    3.3 mi

    I have been multiple times, almost every time I come to the lake I start or end at the taphouse…read more Has a great selection of beer on tap and above average bar food. Great outdoor space that allows the kiddos to run around and play and the dog to relax with water bowls provided. Service is simple wait in line to order. Some days it can crowded so food takes a while. Other times it super fast. Only negative I would say is for how busy the place is the bathroom situation can be a challenge. They have three individual bathrooms (2 outside, 1 inside).

    Hard pass on this place. You pay out the nose for a cramped, noisy bar leading out to a beer garden…read morearea made out of astroturf, cheapo furniture, and a giant chess set with a missing piece. The bar staff were kind and did the best they could, but the staffing was not adequate when we visited. We waited in line for about half an hour for just a beer. The kitchen here is not very good. Salty chicken tenders and stuff like that - subpar for even divey bar food. There's a big window in the taphouse looking into a cluttered brewing garage that gave me lots of health department/OSHA twitches. Many taphouses feature panoramic views of their brewing floors, but every one I'd seen before the one at Lake Anna Taphouse was immaculately well-kept. This one was operating (there were fermenters with controllers turned on) but was disgusting - completely stuffed with beer kegs, co-mingled with non-food-prep stuff on the ground like you'd use to clean the sidewalk.

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    Lake Anna Taphouse - Pulled pork tacos (they are cold)

    Pulled pork tacos (they are cold)

    Lake Anna Taphouse - Cider and beer

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    Old Trade Brewery

    Old Trade Brewery

    4.4(69 reviews)
    30.9 mi
    $$

    On our way back from Old Rag, we stopped by Old Trade Brewery & Cidery since we wanted a drink…read morebefore going back to NoVa for dinner. The views here are very nice. The nice fall breeze was perfect with the gradual sunset that was happening at the same time this past Saturday evening. We took a lot of nice pictures here. BLACK BRIAR CIDER (PINT) - 9 This was pretty fruity and pleasant with blackberry notes. One of my friends had a sip and found it to be artificial, but I drank my cider pretty quickly and enjoyed it. You can taste the alcohol subtly, but not enough to make me gag. I'm not from the area so I wasn't aware, but the tax (sales + Culpeper County food & beverage) rate is 11.3% which is intense. Just an FYI if you're also not from the area and wondering why your bill is that high.

    Views views views! Wow we were blown away by the beautiful scenery surrounding this brewery…read more Can't beat a kid friendly brewery, lots of fun play structures for kids to keep them occupied for a few hours - a sand pit, a big wooden boat with slides, a bouncing castle etc. my kids had a blast! Unfortunately for us, the adults, we didn't enjoy the beers and food as much. Food was not it, we had the pulled pork nachos- the chip/pulled pork ratio was not good, barely any meat, flavor was ok-ish. And also ordered a hamburger because you can't go wrong with a hamburger- well we were wrong! The bread tasted stale and the patty was flavorless, the french fries were over salted, we took two bites and couldn't finish it. I had the peach cider which was pretty decent and my husband had a sour beer which he didn't like and another beer before we decided to call it a day. At least the kids had fun :)!

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    Old Trade Brewery - Flight of 4 beers. They have wine and cider too.

    Flight of 4 beers. They have wine and cider too.

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