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  • Home
  • Patio Plaques
  • About Us
    • About
    • Recognition
    • Taxus Street Coffee
  • On Tap
  • Taproom Events
  • Rewards Program
  • Shop Merch
  • Contact Us
    • Book An Event
    • Vendor Application
    • Live Music Application
    • Distribution

Recognition

VCBG – Virginia Craft Beer Awards

VCBG – Virginia Craft Beer Awards

2024: AMBER ALES

  • 2nd Place: No Steam Ahead 

2022: 

  • 2nd Place - Hot Pursuit

2020:

  • 3rd Place – Doppelbock 

2019:

  • 2nd Place: Strong European Beer – Accelerator Doppelbock
  • 3rd Place: American IPA – Rockers IPA

2017:

  • 1st Place: Strong British Ale – Barnfind Barleywine
  • 3rd Place: International Lager / Strong European Beer – Ghost Rider Porter

2016:

  • 2nd Place: Strong European Beer – Ghost Rider Porter
  • 3rd Place: Fruit Beer – Mango Rockers

2015:

  • 2nd Place: Porter – Ghost Rider Porter

Battle of the Beers

VCBG – Virginia Craft Beer Awards


2022

2nd Place (tie)Battle of the Brewers 

2021

3rd Place People's Choice Strawberry Vanilla Blonde

2nd Place (tie)Battle of the Brewers

2020

1st Place Brewers' Choice POG Gose 

2019

1st Place Brewers Games

2nd Place People’s Choice

2018

1st Place People’s Choice

2017

1st Place People’s Choice

2016

1st Place People’s Choice

2nd Place IPA

2nd Place Seasonal

Other Awards

Other Awards

2024 COVA Biz BOB Award: Best Coastal Virginia-Made Food/Beverage

SILVER


2024 COVA Biz BOB Award: Best Coastal Virgina-Made Product

BRONZE


2023 Crushies - Gold

Voted Coolest Taproom in the Craft Beer Marketing Awards


GABF (Great American Beer Festival)

  • Bronze – Ghost Rider Porter
  • Bronze – POG Gose

2020 Battle of the Beers

Brewers Choice for POG

2020 Virginia Media BEST OF Awards:

Gold – Best of Chesapeake – Brewery

COVA Best of 2020

Bronze – Best Local Brewery

Dark Beer Fest – St. George 2019

Best Head – Chocolate/Almond/Coconut Porter

Battle of the Burgers  2019:

People’s Choice – Sunbeam Blonde

Veer Awards

2024

2024

2024

GOLD: 

  • Golden Tap Award
  • IPA - Rockers West Coast IPA  ⠀⠀⠀
  • Porter - 22 Vanilla Porter ⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Creams & Blondes - Sunbeam Blonde 
  • International Lager - Peake 
  • Amber Lager - Pallet Cleanser


SILVER:

  • Taproom 
  • Double IPA - Maybe Today Satan 


2023

2024

2024

GOLD: 

  • Golden Tap Award
  • Kolsch - 31 Heroes⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Pilsner - Road Worthy⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • DIPA - Maybe Today Satan⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • International Lager - Peake 
  • Porter - 22

SILVER:

  • Blonde - Sunbeam

BRONZE:

  • Hazy IPA - Nuclear Powered Forklift⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • IPA - Crazy Easy⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Dark European Lager - Schlitzengiggle Marzen
  • Taproom

2022

2024

2022

GOLD: 

  • Taproom
  • Kolsch - 31 Heroes⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • International Lager - Peake 
  • Porter - 22


BRONZE:

  • Amber Lager - Schlitzengiggle .

2021

2021

2022

2021:

GOLD:

  • German Dunkel or Bock - Accelerator Dopplebock⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Oktoberfest/Marzen - Schlitzengiggle ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Fruited Gose - POG Gose⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Chili Beer - Hot Pursuit 

SILVER:

  • Overall⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Best Taproom⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Pale Ale - Fresh Hop Mods⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Porter - Ghost Rider Porter

BRONZE:

  • Pilsner - Peake ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Wheat Beer - Ragtop Wit ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Experimental Beer - Pink Cadillac

2020

2021

2020

 2020 Veer Awards: Best brewery overall

GOLD:

  • Accelerator Doppelbock
  • POG Gose
  • Imperial Leaf Peepers
  • S’mores Brown Ale

SILVER:

  • Ghost Rider Porter
  • Peake Lager
  • Rockers IPA
  • Ride on Red
  • Fresh Hopped Mods Pale Ale

BRONZE:

  • Hot Pursuit
  • Curbside Service

2019

2021

2020

2019: 2nd Best Brewery Overall

GOLD:

  • Best Tasting Room
  • Pauls Brown (Coopers Ditch)
  • Accelerator Doppelbock
  • POG Gose
  • S’mores Brown

SILVER:

  • Roland’s Red
  • Colab: With Tradition – MoUgly – Tropical IPA
  • Can Design – Rockers IPA

BRONZE:

  • Ghost Rider Porter
  • Imperial Leaf Peepers
  • Hot Pursuit
  • Wood Beer: WBA Red White and Blueberry Saison

2018

2018

2018

2018: 3rd Best Brewery Overall

GOLD:

  • Best Tasting Room
  • Ghost Rider Porter
  • Sunbeam Blonde

SILVER:

  • POG Gose
  • Hot Pursuit
  • Imp Leaf Peepers
  • Barnfind Barleywine
  • Zeppelin’s Hellish Belgian Strong Ale

BRONZE:

  • Collab: With The Answer – Ugly Answer
  • Best Event: Opening Party at the new location.

2017

2018

2018

 2017: 5th Best Brewery Overall

GOLD:

  • Best Tasting Room

SILVER: 

  • Ghost Rider Porter
  • Zeppelin’s Hellish Belgian Strong Ale
  • Hot Pursuit
  • Collab: With Gordon Bierch – Red White and Blueberry Saison 

BRONZE:

  • Sunbeam Blonde
  • Coopers Ditch Brown
  • Rockers IPA 
  • Mango Rockers
  • Chocolate/Almond/Coconut Porter

Chesapeake Beautification Award – 2018

  

The group of judges from the Chesapeake Environmental Improvement Council were particularly impressed with how the owners transformed the previously overgrown site by surrounding the new building with native trees and shrubs alongside the pleasantly landscaped parking area.

The facility was designed to naturally filter the storm water runoff with added vegetation and the new lighting adds to the evening charm of the property. Well thought out hardscape and landscape, including wood chip mulch and well maintained lawns put the finishing touches on this once underutilized plot of land.

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