New tasting room/bar. Beers are very good. Interesting tour of the brewery. A very good choice for some beer drinking.
I came to the tasting room with high high hopes. I left disappointed. Beer=good. Ambiance=interesting for craft brew: industrial yet charming. Service. Well it sucked. I had to sit at a not very busy bar for 5-7 minutes before anyone acknowledged I existed, let alone poured me a beer. Both bartenders pretty much completely ignored me. When the hostess switched from greeting to helping pour and tidy up, she got my second beer (which I'd been trying to order for about 5 minutes) after checking with one of the bartenders whom I presume is a manager or at least a shift ABC manager. He said it needed to be fast. Terrible service. I had arrived with the intention to taste a bit and buy some product to take home. I left without the product and intend now to buy a local competitor. I do not recommend until they figure out appropriate customer service.
Comfortable open space to enjoy a cold craft brew. Liked the 5 brew sampler for 5$. You could purchase bottles of your favorite beer.
This is the most famous of the breweries on the Brew Ridge Trail, due to their efforts to produce and distribute beer to bars, groceries, etc. on the east coast. They have a tremendous facility where they've repurposed Crozet's old "factory" that formerly housed Morton's/Del Monte/ ConAgra and they will take you on an informative tour. Recently remodeled into more of a Brew Pub, they've used glass garage doors to retain the old factory charm, but added repurposed wood bars, open garage doors for windows, an outdoor area with corn hole and frequent food trucks, and even menus from local restaurants that will deliver.This is my favorite beer on the Brew Ridge Trail. DEFINITELY bring a growler and start using their growler club cards!
The tasting and tour at Starr Hill are a great way to spend a few hours. IT is usually crowded on Saturdays, but even so the walk up service is usually pretty quick. The tour is only about 20 minutes, and was informative and fun, especially if you are into brewing. IIRC, you can taste 5 or 6 generous sample of beer, usually a few favorites and some seasonals, and you can buy beer to go as well as lots of Starr Hill merchandise while you are there. They sell chips and some other snacks.
the bar needs help, the beer is good, but the bar tenders have no system, they were constantly taking people's order out of turn and letting some people stand there for what seemed like forever just to get a beer.
Starr Hill was our first stop on a recent trip down the Brew Ridge Trail. We got there just as it opened on a Sunday and there was already a line of people streaming in the door. We tried the one of their 2 predetermined flights, and found several we really enjoyed. They had one beer that we didn't care for at all and I can't remember which one it was, but the Dark Starr Stout was great and the Little Red Roostarrr was amazing! We filled a growler with that one for the road. The service at the bar was just ok. The bartenders didn't have much to say about the beers, and I like information about what I'm drinking. All in all it was an enjoyable stop.
This was our last stop on our three stop winery tour and it was great. We were a large group - 15 people 25-30 - and they made sure that there were tables reserved for our large group. We went on an interesting tour of the brewery and afterwards we got a generous tasting sampler of all of the delicious beers that there are to offer. There is a great atmosphere here, although when it gets busy there is a bit of a wait at the bar - but that is because the beer is so good!There was also a food truck outside with sausages and grilled cheeses that were delicious and exactly what we needed.Loved it!
This was our first stop of the day. The atmosphere is very relaxed. Awesome décor. Great beers. The service was a little lacking. Instead of periodically checking up on people, the lone bartender would wait until it was obvious someone needed something. Despite that, I would visit again if I were in the area.
My husband and I have spent a lot of time in Charlottesville but decided to do some things this past weekend that we haven't done before. We had tried Starr Hill's beers (grocery store purchases) and thought it would be a fun change of pace for a January Saturday afternoon.The drive from close to the University to Crozet was a pretty one and we were met with a full parking lot and a busy tasting area! There was also a food truck parked outside. The tasting area is bright with lots of TVs (tuned to college basketball) and lots of seating. My husband tried a tasting of the classic flight of beers and also got to try their new Red IPA (Reviver) when one of the bartenders had some extra left over after filling a growler. It was his favorite.We took the brewery tour which was fun and (for me) educational. Tours start on the hour and last about 30 minutes.