Vintage 50 Beer List (Stop in and meet our new Brewster Kristi Mathews )
Coming Soon.... "V50 Mug Club" and Engraved Growlers for the Holidays
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BEERS ON TAP 11/1/2012
- CATOCTIN KÖLSCH 4.9% ABV
(served in a 16oz fluted pilsner)
German style golden ale that originated in the Cologne region. Brewed with German wheat and German pilsner malt. Restrained hop bitterness can be discerned in the use of the classic German noble hop, Hallertau. - OKTOBERFEST MÄRZEN 5.5% ABV
(served in our 18.5oz STEIN)
Celebrate along with Munich!! Our Oktoberfest's full, malty profile and lovely copper hue come from five different styles of barley, all balanced with noble Hallertau Mittlefrau hops. Lagered slowly for almost two months, this beer has been waiting to usher in fall. Purchase a souvineir stein etched with the V50 logo with your beer; get one while they last!! $10/stein - BITTER #4 5.2% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
Like many things in life, this beer starts off sweet and finishes bitter. Malt-forward and brewed with Maris Otter, wheat, and caramel malts; solidly hopped with a blend of American and English hops. A sessionable ale for the bitter sweetness.
- 50 CAT IPA 7.0% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
Medium bodied, aggressive hop character and flavor from the abundant use of American hops. Generous quantities of English pale and crystal malt provide lots of body and golden color. Columbus hops for bittering and cascade hops for flavor and aroma. Cascade is the quintessential American IPA hop with its unmistakably sharp citrus character. time for a beer!! - SHILLING AL 4.8% ABV
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- A special brew to celebrate the Town of Leesburg, our own Scottish style ale! Brewed with English pale and crystal malts and a touch of roasted barley, we also used flaked oats to lend a nice mouth feel. The hop varietal used was English First Gold and it was sparingly used like most Scots would. A rich mahogany color with an accent towards malt sweetness. Cheers!
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DR. PUNKINSTEIN $5.50 5.7% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
A new twist on our popular harvest beer, this rich pumpkin porter is brewed with chocolate and caramel malts and a whopping 100 pounds of pumpkin! Fragrant with the aromas of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and a hint of brown sugar, it will put the funk in your fall! - ASK ABOUT OUR CASK
- Cask ale is an old school way of serving beer. In English pubs before the advent of refrigeration all beer was kept cool in the cellar and the typical ambient temperature was around 50-55 degrees Fahrenheit. The means for pulling the beer from the cellar was by displacement pump which evolved into the lovely hand pumps that you will find in most English pubs to this day. The beer is served unfiltered and may be fined to ensure clarity. The carbonation is natural and therefore very low resulting in a less gassy product. Cask ale is another way to enjoy the full flavor of beer.
- VINTAGE BEER SAMPLER
- (20oz total sample size)
- Choose any four our craft brewed beers to sample.
- VINTAGE 50’s NEW SIGNATURE GROWLER - 25
- A Vintage Growler filled with your favorite craft beer.
- BREVITY BELGIAN WIT 5.2% ABV
- (served in a 16oz fluted pilsner)
This traditional "white" beer is brewed with white wheat and pilsner malt, gently hopped with Hallertaus, and then infused with orange peel and whole coriander to add a subtle citrus note. The yeast strain adds a phenolic clove note to the beer, producing a simple yet flavorful brew. As the Bard said, "Brevity is the soul of Wit." - RYE OF THE TIGER 7.8% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
This Double Rye-PA gets its lovely red hue from the blend of rye and caramel malts. Generously hopped with a blend of four "C" hops (CTZ, Cluster, Cascade, and Centennial), there is also a hint of spiciness from the rye malt. Clocking in at 101 IBUs, it is all the hops your palate can stand!!HEAD KNOCKER - (served in a 16oz English pint)
- An English style golden strong ale brewed with imported English pale malt and German pilsner malts to provide buscuity malt notes and a dark golden color. The hop varietals used are imported English Challenger and First Gold to create a pleasant bitterness on a palate
- WEE HEAVY ALE
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- A Strong Scotch Ale. This is a very full bodied, dark, rich brew with a sweet malt character of much depth possessing the flavors of toffee, plums and currents. The hop varietal used in such small amount is English First Gold and can be barely discerned. The target gravity for this brew is 20 degrees plato and hop bitterness of just 14 IBU’s.
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SORDID PAST
- 8.3% ABV (SNIFTER)
Brewed with chocolate and caramel malts and a blend of English and American hops, this dark Belgian ale is flavorful and deceptively smooth. But tread lightly! The Sordid Past clocks in at a robust 8.3%! This is the first of Kristi's signature beers. Enjoy, sip, and slip over to the dark side! - BIG LEGGED PORTER 7.6% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
Sturdy, deep brown beer is brewed with Maris Otter, crystal, and chocolate malts, firmly hopped with Willamettes, then dosed with arabica-bean coffee. Heavy notes of roast and dark chocolate make this a robust pint! - NOT MY FAULT ALT
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- A German style Alt ("oldÄ in German) bier this version is a Düsseldorf version. Dark copper in color, rich malt notes, medium body and somewhat well hopped with the Spalt varietal. Cold conditioned for an extended period to lend a clean, crisp, smooth, flavor. This bier was made with pilsner, munich, wheat and a touch of chocolate wheat malts. Prosit!
- 1:50 ANNIVERSARY DIPA 8.0% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
Where has the time gone? Celebrate Kristi's 1st year as our brewster with a pint of this mighty, single-hopped beast of a brew. Loaded with 13 pounds of piney Simcoe hops, the 1:50 weighs in at 92 IBU's!! Coincidentally, it is also the 50th batch of beer she has produced for V50. 1:50; - EINFACH HEFEWEIZEN 5.6% ABV
(served in a 16oz fluted pilsner)
Classic German wheat beer, characterized by its cloudy straw color and flavors of banana and clove. True to style, it is brewed with the finest German pilsner and white wheat, spiced with Tettnang hops, and served unfiltered; clean and simple. Refreshing on a hot day and equally delightful on a cool evening! Prost! - E.S.B Extra Special Bitter 5.3% ABV
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- English style ale noted for being of extra strength and hop character as opposed to the regular Bitter or Mild as found in British taverns and pubs. Our version is made with English Pale Crystal malts and is lightly hopped with English Challenger and Progress hops. Color would be light copper in appearance.
- OLE BROWN ALE 5.2% ABV
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- Traditional English-Style Brown Ale. Brewed with imported English Ale Malt and a touch of Crystal and Chocolate Malts for a mild character, and gently hopped with English Golding Hops for a smooth balance. This classic beer illustrated that dark beers are sometimes the smoothest.
- MEDITATOR DOPPELBOCK 9.2% ABV
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This deep-copper-hued, malty monster of a lager was brewed the week before Christmas and has waited for over two months to meet your taste buds! This remarkably smooth beer is packed with six kinds of malt and balanced with noble German hops. Complex, potent, and flavorful. - DEVILS DUE 9.0% ABV
- (served in a 16oz fluted pilsner)
- A Belgian style Strong Golden Ale made with 100% pilsenermalt and 50 pounds of sugar this is a light golden colored ale fermented with a Belgian yeast strain from the A Chouffe brewery in the
- OATMEAL STOUT
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- English style robust stout made with the addition of a small percentage of flaked oats. Our version is made with English Pale, Chocolate, Black and Crystal malts with an addition of Roasted Barley. This brew is also lightly hopped with imported English Goldings hop varietal.
- GINGER KIDS 5.0% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
A salute to the red heads of the world!! This unfiltered "strawberry blonde" beer is brewed with white wheat, pilsner and honey malt and infused with orange peel and six pounds of fresh ginger. It is citrusy, fragrant and very subtly hopped with the noble Hallertau strain.POINT OF ROCKS PALE ALE 6.5% ABV
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
AWest coast style American pale ale brewed with equal portions of pale and Vienna malts to provide lots of malt backbone and caramel malt for a hint of sweetness. The hop varietals are cluster for bittering and three additions of cascade for flavor and aroma. Pale copper brew is not for the hop impaired and is known to induce hophead hysteria - KALASHNIKOV RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- The strongest, darkest of ales was originally brewed by the British excusively for the Imperial Court of the Czar. This recipe uses imported English Pale Malt, gererous portions of Dark Chocolate Malt fo a smooth roasted character and Golding Hops for a light floral balance.
10.8 abv - SHINY HAPPY PILSNER 6.2% ABV
(served in a 16oz fluted pilsner)
An extra strong pilsner at 7.9% abv, but retaining it’s light color and crisp lager character. Generously hopped with Czech Saaz hops, balancing the copius amount of German pilsner malt. This beer could be accurately classified and "uber-pils" or "spring bock", but we just think it’s just happy. -
- MOLASSES PORTER
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- Molasses was an important part of the sugar trade in colonial America, and so was readily available to brewers. Molasses adds a touch of body and spiciness to this mild porter brewed with chocolate roasted malt and caramel malt, and balanced out with English Golding hops.
- WINTER SUN SAISON 5.3% ABV
- (served in a 16oz fluted pilsner)
- This pale-orange, farmhouse style ale derives its citrus flavor solely from the Saison yeast strain, while barley, wheat and crystal malts are blanced by Noble hops. Flavorful and smooth, this beer is a beam of sunshine for these cold winter days.
- IRISH STYLE DRY STOUT 4.0% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
A rich malt grist of dark grains used to brew this results in its being completely opaque in colour. Some Black Malt, lots of roasted Barley and a good amount of flaked Barley are used to provide the characteristic dryness found in the finish. A richness or strength may be perceived but is actually less in alcohol than our Kolsch. Sparingly used hop English First Gold. - THE LONGEST NIGHT SOLSTICE ALE 5.8% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
This gently spiced holiday porter is brewed with English hops, caramel and chocolate malts for a warm ruby-brown hue. Look for subtle aromas of citrus, clove and cinnamon. This is a pleasant session ale to carry you through those long winter nights. - 1757 AMBER LAGER
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- Crisp, drinkable lager with a malty backbone and a pleasant hop character. This style of lager has been traditionally brewed in Germany as an "Export Lager", which was a tax classification for slightly higher alcohol content. 6.0% abv
- ANGELS SHARE
- (served in a 16oz fluted pilsner)
- Our version of a Belgian style Pale Ale. Brewed with pale, crystal and munich malts and a touch of flaked barley and then spiced with a light touch of Saaz hops. This beer is then fermented with a Belgian yeast strain from the A Chouffe brewery in the Ardennes region. Light burnished bronze in color with an accent on malt sweetness and a focus on fruit flavors from the yeasts fermentation.
- DARK STAR
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- A spiced dark Belgian inspired ale. Brewed with imported English pale malt and German vienna and chocolate wheat malts to yield a dark brew with low sweetness. The hop varietal is English First Gold and it was spiced with star anise to lend a light anise flavor. This beer was fermented with the strain from the Rocheforte brewery, one of the last Trappist Monastic breweries.
- AULD ABOMINABLE
- (served in a 16oz English pint)
- An English style Old Ale and our offering this year as our Winter Warmer. Brewed with imported British pale malt and a good amount of crystal malt, a hint of chocolate malt weighing in at 22 degrees Plato this is one hefty beer. A luscious malt complexity is complimented with a light use of the UK First Gold hop varietal. An addition of blackstrap molasses rounds out the mix. Cheers!
- SPARTAN RED ALE 6.0% ABV
(served in a 16oz English pint)
American style red ale brewed with Maris Otter malt to build a full malt character, a high percentage of crystal malt to create the brilliant red hue and toffee/caramel notes in the flavor. The hops used are a blend of English and American strains, producing a mildly hoppy brew with a solid malt background. Official beer served at the 2012 Spartan Race.
