This is Estate Barley, harvested yesterday on our farm, Wheatland Spring, where our brewery sits. This is Estate Beer.
It’s All About the Beer… and not About the Beer at All.
All that for a beer?
While the glass of beer is what most folks see, bringing that beer from the ground to the glass does a lot of things. That beer: reflects the agricultural character of our farm, surroundings, and growing region; keeps acreage in agricultural use; promotes awareness of small-scale agriculture and related services; directly supports small farms; helps small, agricultural-based businesses; contributes to U.S. manufacturing; and offers a reason for us to gather and spend time together.
So, yeah, all that for a beer.
Private seating in the center of our barley field? Select Private Barley Gazebo when reserving a table on our website. Follow your private path to your table. Settle in - we’ll bring the beer to you 🍻
Land Beer Fest Discussions - Yeast!
We are live with Jasper Yeast!
Land Beer Fest - Malting Discussion
We are live with Mecca Grade, Epiphany Craft Malt, and Murphy & Rude
HOPE GROWS
India Pale Ale 6.4%
15% Estate grain; 70% Virginia grain; 100% Regional grain
Tasting Notes: Pine nettle, Citrus grove, Noble Spice, Starfruit
Hope is our shared optimism for the tomorrow we’re building together, today. Created to celebrate the launch of our Hope Grows project, proceeds from every 4-pack sold will be put to work by Future Harvest directly supporting small farms in our region.
Hope Grows is a vibrant and expressive IPA brewed with a blend of Virginia-grown Pale malt, Maryland-grown Pilsner, and Wheatland Spring Estate-grown Winter Wheat. A touch of crystal malt provides a golden glow and a hint of malt sweetness that is balanced by a pleasant hop bitterness. Citrus and pine waft to the nose before a rush of herbal and tropical fruit aromatics usher in lush hop flavors. Double dry hoped with Australian-grown Ella hops along with American-grown Cascade.
Land Beer Fest
We are live with Wolves & People and Fonta Flora
Closed tomorrow for Easter 🌸
Estate Beer and Farm Brewing
If you care about agriculture, farming, beer, a rural way of life, supporting small businesses, or perhaps all of the above...please, take the 1.5 minutes to watch this brief video. It would mean so much to us to have your help in getting this story out. Please consider sharing this video and showing your support for farm brewing.
Thank you to Murphy & Rude Malting Co., Virginia Craft Beer Magazine, and Diecast Media Group for this video. Thank you Good Beer Hunting, Virginia Love, and Visit Loudoun for your interest and support.
Our Inaugural Okotberfest (mentioned in the video) debuts Friday, September 20th and runs through Sunday, September 22nd. Come out and try our Estate Hefeweizen?
Hey Scratch Brewing Company we liked your paper. We’re a brewery on a 200 year old farm in Virginia. We strive to make beautiful beer that celebrates our region and strengthens small farms.
If you’re ever in the neighborhood, please come visit. We’d love to share with you what we’ve been up to...
We have six neighbor-farmers working different areas of the 30 acre farm. On our brewery’s opening day, we had 20 acres in crop. We’re harvesting our wheat right now.
On average, about 9 in 10 of the grains used for our beer come from our growing region, with about half from Virginia. It’ll be more when we start using our recently harvested wheat. We’ve also been collaborating with local farmers and Virginia Tech to identify native crops that grow well in our soil.
Our Coolship lives in the upstairs loft of our 1920s corn crib barn — just above the brewhouse. We’ve also captured wild yeast from around the farm, which sits downwind of 400 acres of sustainable farmland.
Wheatland Spring got its name two centuries ago from the natural spring on the property. Our brewing water comes from a source three hundred feet below the 1920s corn crib brewhouse.
Our taproom is a 1870s bank barn. The fieldstone and limekiln mortar base of that barn is from the early 1800s. The original wood structure was burnt down during the Civil War and rebuilt in the 1870s. Our brewhouse sits in a 1920s corn crib barn which we kept in tact, just insulated and wrapped with pine. Dinners with food from the farm and neighboring farms will be held in the original farm spring house and our 1830s cottage house serves as the B&B.
We brew Land Beer and would love to share some with you.
Brewin up a storm on a beautiful day in May.
Yesterday was a neat day. Yes, our brewhouse landed, but the best part was seeing team Wheatland Spring coming together, working seamlessly. There were moments when we almost had tears in our eyes. When choosing a brewhouse we went through a year of research and months of painstaking comparison and soul searching. We landed almost at the last minute on a small US manufacturer out of Portland, OR Portland Kettle Works
The process of selecting our team was no different. We could not imagine doing this with anyone else. Sincere thanks crew, friends, for choosing Wheatland Spring.
Exciting day in Wheat-land! Getting our wheat in the ground before frost. #wheatlandgrows
Out working the fields on Labor Day and enjoying every minute of this labor of love.
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Had an amazing experience this morning; we enjoyed a 3+ hour long 400 acre tour of the Wheatland area farmland thanks to local farming legends Chip and Susan Planck. We enjoyed @greenstonefields @potomac_vegetable_farms @moutouxorchard Susan’s chickens and garden, and meeting many wonderful farmers. We had the opportunity to see the extra 50+ acres that were at one time a part of our farm @wheatlandspring
Thankful for our community!
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How do you spend a lazy summer afternoon? We butterfly watch in the field. You are sure to see our star, but can you find any of her 50+ friends in the background?!
#butterflies #bedandbreakfast #farmlife #simplethings
An 1830s Virginia farm brewing Land Beer focused on estate, local, and regional ingredients. Just 1 hour from DC nestled among gently rolling hills in the heart of rural Western Loudoun County - DC's growing region.
