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Central Virginia may not sound like the place to find a great beer bar. And as home of the University of Virginia, where thrifty college students are more apt to ask for inexpensive macrobrews, Charlottesville, Va., would seem to have two strikes against it for beer connoisseurs. Maybe that explains why Beer Run has stood out, earning national praise during the less than 2 years it's been open.
"The concept was originally just doing a bottle shop," says co-owner John Woodriff. But financial concerns led them to selling draft beer, which "opened a can of worms."
State laws required Beer Run to add food service and things quickly snowballed. "We were up early in the morning to make fresh bread for our sandwiches, so we morphed into an espresso bar and coffee shop," explains Woodriff. "Things got kinda wild."
Take a peek at the 14 beers Beer Run currently has on draft after the jump.
Wild is good. Patrons can get breakfast, lunch or dinner at Beer Run, as well as take out growlers, full kegs and, of course, bottles. Plus, Beer Run regularly sponsors tasting events, live music, pint nights. ... Heck, there really isn't much you can't do at Beer Run!
But beer is still the top priority, especially on draft. "We question the retailers early on and find what they might have that's interesting, different, or in extremely limited qualities, and then go for those."
Put simply, Woodriff says they're just looking for "good beer and also something a little bit different" -- though they still keep PBR on draft for the college kid in all of us.
- Bud Light
- Pabst Blue Ribbon
- Duck-Rabbit Schwartzbier
- Bear Republic Double Aught Pilsner
- Allagash White Belgian-Style Witbier
- Schneider Weisse Hefeweizenbier
- Starr Hill Love Hefeweizen
- Speakeasy Big Daddy India Pale Ale
- Williamsburg AleWerks Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Amber
- Brooklyn Brewery's Brewmaster's Reserve Sorachi Ace
- Blue Mountain Nitro Imperial Porter
- Guinness Stout
- Bluegrass Brewing's Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout
- Southern Tier Crème Brûlée Imperial Stout
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