Virginia's Micro Cans: 2010-2014

My apologies, but I have to mothball this page. There are so many Virginia micros out now that I can not keep up. So this page will have to be just the first generation.

Within the past few years it's become economically feasible for small breweries (micros) to can beer. As a result, it's once again possible for collectors to concentrate on collecting current cans from a specific state, an ability that was mostly lost in the 1960s and 1970s as so many small local breweries closed. It wasn't much fun to collect currents from your home state if there was only one brewery left, and it was a big national company. However, now it's possible to collect cans from multiple breweries in a single state, as well as from states that had few or no cans before.

I collect micro cans from Virginia and Washington, DC as well as from Hawaii. (I also will collect micros from Dayton, Ohio (my home town) as well as Athens, Ohio and Madison/Hanover, Indiana (two places where I attended school). So far only Athens has any cans, but I am keeping my eyes open. )

At any rate, here are the Virginia micro beer cans. I have them broken down by brewery. Most of the labels are printed directly on the can, although a few breweries are using wrap-around labels. I noted these applied labels on the list when appropriate.

Note, to see the micro cans from around the US you have to check Craftcans.com! (link opens a new window) You can also check my page of DC cans.

If a can is not pictured here, it's because I do not yet have one for my collection.

 

	Beach Brewing
	Virginia Beach

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Hoptopus Double IPA	16 oz

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	Beltway Brewing
	Sterling

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Batch One	12 oz		Applied label.

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	Blue Mountain
	Afton

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Full Nelson	12 oz		2010 Bottom line read "Blue Mountain Brewery"
Full Nelson	12 oz		2013 Bottom line reads "Blue Mountain Barrel House"
Blue Mountain Classic Lager	12 oz
Kolsch 151	12 oz
Steel Wheels ESB	12 oz

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	Center of the Universe
	Ashland

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Main Street Virginia Ale	12 oz
Ray Ray's Pale Ale	12 oz
Chin Music Amber Lager	12 oz	STILL NEED.

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	Champion Brewing Company
	Charlottesville

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Missile IPA	12 oz
Killer Kolsch	12 oz

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	Devil's Backbone Brewing Company
	Lexington

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Striped Bass Pale Ale	12 oz
Reilly's Red Irish Style Red Ale	12 oz
Gold Leaf Lager	12 oz
East-West India Style Pale Lager	16 oz

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	Hardywood Park
	Richmond

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Capital Trail Pale Ale	12 oz
Hardywood Cream Ale	12 oz		Has a neat Opening Instruction Panel on the side. (Click Here To See It)
Great Return	16 oz

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	Lost Rhino Brewing Company
	Ashburn

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Face Plant IPA	12 oz
Rhino Chasers Pilsner	12 oz

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	Roanoke Railhouse
	Roanoke

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Track 1 Amber Ale	16 oz		applied label

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	Smartmouth Brewing
	Norfolk

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Alter Ego	12 oz
Murphy's Law	12 oz
Rule G	12 oz

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	Starr Hill
	Crozet

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Festie	12 oz
Northern Lights India Pale Ale	12 oz
Starr Pils	12 oz
Grateful Pale Ale	16 oz

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	Sunken City
	Hardy

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Dam Lager	12 oz
Red Clay IPA	12 oz

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	Three Brothers Brewing
	Harrisonburg

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Drift	16 oz		applied label.

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	Three Notch'd Brewing
	Charlottesville

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Hydraulion Red	12 oz
40 Mile IPA	12 oz

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	Wild Wolf
	Nellysford

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Alpha Ale	12 oz
American Pilsner	12 oz
Wee Heavy Scottish Style Ale	12 oz
Blonde Hunny	12 oz		This one abandons the previous "Wolf" design. I will try to avoid jokes about blondes and wolves.

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	Wolf Hills
	Abingdon

BRAND	SIZE	PHOTO	NOTES
Troopers Alley IPA	12 oz		applied label.

 

 

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