Pale Fire Brewing Company

05/05/2026

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Pale Fire! 🇲🇽

🍋‍🟩 $5 Ranch Waters: tequila, lime juice, soda water
🍋‍🟩 $6 House Margaritas
🍋‍🟩 Smokin’ Sunshine: mezcal, passion fruit, agave nectar, ginger beer, Tajin
🍋‍🟩 Reposado Ripper Old Fashioned: Espolon Reposado, agave, orange bitters
🍋‍🟩 Sun Snatcher Mexican lime lager

Don’t forget about our Elote pizza, pictured here on a flatbread. This Mexican street corn pizza features fire-roasted corn, crema, cotija cheese, Tajin, and cilantro.

04/04/2026

It’s a beautiful day to turn this taproom up to 11! Join us as we celebrate 11 years of Pale Fire in the only way we know how—paired with a musical reference! Let’s get Spinal Tapped!

Here’s what you can expect:

🍉 Goes to 11: Try our anniversary cocktail that’s sure to crank up your party spirit! Crafted with tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and watermelon puree.

🍍 Spinal Tapped: Following the rock and roll theme, B-side is back! For today’s festivities, we’re serving up a limited batch of our New England IPA, but with pineapple added.

🍺 Like A Mug: We’ve had a connection to Jack Brown’s since before we opened our taproom doors, so it’s only fitting that we celebrate their anniversary as well! Say cheers to the craft beer culture of downtown by enjoying a $5 pint of Like a Mug, our JBs & PF collaboration pale ale.

🔊 Live music with John Paul Douglas & the Bitter Trades: They’re amping it up at 7pm and will keep the taproom celebrating til 10pm.

04/01/2026

Pale Fire Goes to 11 this Saturday, April 4, for our 11th Anniversary, and we’re turning everything all the way up! 🔊 Expect a special release of Spinal Tapped, our B-side NEIPA with pineapple, plus a Goes to 11 cocktail with tequila, watermelon, and Tajin to keep the party at full volume.

We’ll also have discounted pints of Like a Mug, our collaboration with our friends at Jack Brown’s as they celebrate 17 years in this downtown Harrisonburg beer community, plus live music at 7pm with John Paul Douglas and the Bitter Trades to keep the amps humming all night long.

No k***s stuck at 10 here — come celebrate with us and help us turn it up to 11. 🎸🔥

03/19/2026

We’re keeping the St. Paddy’s fun going through Friday! While our Dry Irish Stout has kicked, you can still enjoy a green pint or sip on a Galway Girl cocktail with Jameson, lemonade, and ginger beer. And don’t forget — Jameson shots are just $6 through Friday! 🍀🥃 Feeling adventurous? Try a Pale Fire car bomb with our newly tapped Back Creek Maple stout!

🎵 On Friday, we’re bringing Matthew O’Donnel, the bard of the Blue Ridge, to the taproom 7-10PM! O’Donnell is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and performer of traditional Celtic music based in Charlottesville. An experienced practitioner of the classic pub singer’s trade, Matthew brings a modern energy to traditional drinking songs, sea shanties, Irish jigs & reels, timeless folk favorites and original songs. A typical live show sees Matthew switching between the accordion, bouzouki, cittern, guitar, banjo, fiddle, bodhran and tin whistle as he roars out singable choruses to the rhythm of kick drum and tambourine (played with his feet).

03/13/2026

Participate in the second annual Bloody Mary Bash by ordering one (or both!) of Pale Fire’s pizza-inspired additions! We make our Bloody mix in house using our pizza sauce as the base, seasoned with fresh lime and lemon juices, worcestershire sauce, horseradish, celery salt, black pepper, and locally made hot sauce.

🍅 Bloody Marinara • vodka and our house Bloody Mary mix
🍅 Taking Water Michelada • house Bloody Mary mix and lime added to our best-selling lager, served with a Tajin rim

Available all month long!

03/03/2026

March 3rd is Tripel Day! 🍺 To celebrate, we’re putting Loop & Lil back on draft, Pale Fire’s version of this distinct style of beer. It’s an 8.5% ABV boozy Belgian treat to delight the senses. Yeast from an ancient monastery brings notes of mulled spices and sugar plums. The name is a reference to the Townes Van Zandt song, If I Needed You. 🎵 “Swim the seas and ease your pain.”

So, what is a tripel? Often confused with a triple IPA, but it is in fact an entirely different beer! A tripel is a strong (typically 7%–10% ABV), golden-colored Belgian-style ale known for its complex, fruity, and spicy yeast flavors with a dry finish. Originating from Trappist monks, the name refers to a tradition of using three times the malt of their standard beer.

03/01/2026

Catch the Harrisonburg unveiling of The Golden Hours, a new Charlottesville-based band formed by the members of acclaimed indie-folk acts Lowland Hum and David Wax Museum during a listening room-style performance in our taproom on Saturday, March 21. The two duos, Lowland Hum and David Wax Museum, will open the show, followed by your first local introduction to their new project.

These musicians have been touring and recording for over 20 years, featured on CBS Saturday Morning and NPR’s Tiny Desk, and lauded by The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, and Rolling Stone, among others. The Golden Hours’ debut record Terra Nova (to be released in 2026) includes “Day Wheel,” an NPR Music Song of the Day. The forthcoming album brings together the power of these four songwriters in an artifact that is simultaneously lush and distilled, emotionally probing, and conceptually expansive.

Tickets are currently on sale: $25 ADV / $30 DOS

David Wax Museum & Lowland Hum present The Golden Hours | Pale Fire Brewing Co. - Harrisonburg | March 21st 2026

02/12/2026

We love these people! ❤️ Can you guess who’s who in our Pale Fire portfolio?

02/04/2026

POV: It’s 2016 and you’re headed to Pale Fire. 🔥🍺

We may be a little late to this trend, but the good news is that you have plenty of time to mark your calendars for our upcoming 11th anniversary on Saturday, April 4th. Save the date for us to celebrate another successful year of Pale Fire beer and more!

Live music by John Paul Douglas and the Bitter Trades. More details coming soon!

01/25/2026

Meteorologists were predicting a lot of snow for us this weekend. ❄️ Regardless of the final accumulation, here in the taproom we can pretty much guarantee a blizzard—of bargains, that is! In honor of the snow day, enjoy $2 off pints of Snow Miser or its cocktail counterpart, Heat Miser.

❄️ Snow Miser winter warmer ❄️ A delightful spiced ale that wraps you in comfort with every sip. Vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg bring a warm finish. Cheers to Mr. Ten below. 7.3% ABV

🔥 Heat Miser cocktail 🔥 Red Hots–infused vodka, lime, ginger beer, and edible glitter come together for a beverage with a fiery kick and a playful nod to this hot-headed holiday character. Spicy, zesty, and refreshingly bold, the Heat Miser brings the warmth when winter won’t.

(Discount available til 9pm 1/27)