From smooth bourbons to ciders made with heritage apple varieties and award-winning breweries, Southern West Virginia offers handcrafted beverages to suit any style. Now, travelers and locals alike can explore these flavors in a new way with Visit Southern West Virginia’s Brews and Booze Trail.
The Brews and Booze Trail digital passport connects fans of small-batch artisanal beverages to the distilleries, wineries and breweries of Southern West Virginia. When passholders check in to any of the 9 locations, they earn points, which can be redeemed for prizes. Signing up is free, and some vendors offer special deals on food, merch, and drinks for passport holders.
Passport holders must be at least 21 years old to participate. Please drink responsibly—one vendor coupon per pass holder. Coupons can only be redeemed once.
Prizes
Brews and Booze Trail Sticker – 50 points
Show off your love of West Virginian craft beverages with the Visit Southern West Virginia Brews and Booze Trail Sticker! This 5″ vinyl sticker features the specially designed Visit Southern West Virginia Brews and Booze Trail possum logo.
Brews and Booze Trail Corked-back Coaster – 75 points
This quality 3.74″×3.74″ cork-back coaster featuring the Brews and Booze Trail possum is the perfect keepsake to remind you of all the tastes Southern West Virginia has to offer.
Brews and Booze Trail Wine Tumbler – 125 points
Celebrate completing the Brews and Booze Trail with a 12-oz wine tumbler. Featuring the Visit Southern West Virginia Brews and Booze Trail opossum logo, this tumbler has a double-wall vacuum seal that will keep any beverage the perfect temperature for hours.
Trail Map
Breweries
Bridge Brew Works
Located in Fayetteville by the Wolf Creek bike trails and the New River Birding and Nature Center, Bridge Brew Works is at the intersection of outdoor recreation and relaxation. It’s the perfect place to grab a freshly brewed beer, crafted on-site, after a day of adventuring in the New River Gorge.
No special pass offer at this time.
Gad Dam Brewing
Gad Dam Brewing is the ideal spot for both the morning brew and evening beer. The family-friendly atmosphere welcomes customers of all ages, with life-size games, a fire pit, and an outdoor area. Whether you’re relaxing on their porch with a homemade dessert or joining the crowd on line dancing night, this Summersville hidden gem is worth the visit.
Special pass offer: Buy one craft beer, get one 1/2 off
Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company
Not too far from downtown Lewisburg, Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company is one of West Virginia’s premier craft breweries. Their taproom has over a dozen beers on draft, and their lineup includes a variety of West Virginia-themed beverages like Mothman IPA, 36 Parks WV Pale Ale made in honor of the 36 West Virginia State Parks, and Ole Ran’l Pilsner named after Randolph McCoy of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
Special pass offer: Buy one draft pour get one draft pour 50% off
Weathered Ground Brewery
Weathered Ground Brewery is a family-owned brewery situated on rolling farmland in Ghent. It is a small but mighty operation that releases a variety of beers throughout the year. Sip on a wide selection of IPAs, kolsches, goses, altbeirs, stouts, lagers, sours, porters, and more.
Special pass offer: 10% off merch
Distilleries
Isaiah Morgan Distillery
Isaiah Morgan Distillery in Summersville is home to West Virginia’s first bourbon, but they didn’t stop there. Though it is one of the smallest distilleries in the U.S., Isaiah Morgan also makes brandy, whiskey, moonshine, liquor, and grappa.
Special pass offer: $8 cocktail
Smooth Ambler
Smooth Ambler specializes in high-quality, award-winning ryes and bourbons. Their whiskies start at 92 proof and feature blended, port cask finished, and cask strength varieties. A taste and tour will show anyone just how smooth West Virginia whiskey can get. Don’t forget to grab a box of Holl’s Chocolates made with Smooth Ambler’s Contradiction Bourbon while you’re there.
Special pass offer: Free shot glass with complimentary tasting
Wineries
Hawk Knob Appalachian Hard Cider
Hawk Knob Appalachian Hard Cider takes pride in crafting ciders in the traditional, Appalachian way– barrel-aging West Virginian heritage apples. Their flavors range from traditional ciders to tastes that nod to Appalachia’s environment and culture, such as elderberry, ambrosia, hard cherry, and their Bloody Session Cider, a cider commemorating the Battle of Blair Mountain. A visit to Hawk Knob’s cidery in Lewisburg means relishing these flavors while inhaling the tantalizing smells from their kitchen and casting a line in the fully stocked pond.
Special pass offer: 1/2 off a bottle of cider or 20% off a food item
Kirkwood Winery
Found just north of Summersville, Kirkwood Winery is the first established vineyard in the region and has one of the largest local wine selections in West Virginia. The six-acre vineyard grows blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, rhubarb, and over 40 tons of grapes. The result is quality, small-batch wines in more than 28 different flavors. Take a tour and tasting at the winery to get a sample of their variety.
Special pass offer: 10% off a bottle of wine
Old World Libations
Nestled in a valley overlooking Indian Creek in Union, Old World Libations is a working farm winery specializing in fine meads, ciders, and wine. Old World Libations not only uses the produce they grow on-site, but also partners with local farmers and artisans to create environmentally sustainable, high-caliber libations.
Special pass offer: 1/2 off a food item
We hope you enjoy discovering the flavors of Southern West Virginia’s craft beverages through the Brews and Booze Trail. Please enjoy these craft beverages responsibly. Don’t forget to tag us while you’re on the trail! @visitwv #visitwv.