Beer Gardens in Charlottesville, VA

“Rotating craft beer selections daily.“

“Limited seating inside but more outdoors - area is covered. Standard small brewer with a limited but diverse selection of beers. Food is available - some items from MarieBette Cafe. Ordering is done at the bar. Bartender was knowledgeable of beers.
Bar adjoins 5th Season Gardening store. Be sure to stop in either before or after Rockfish. It's a great shop with lots of unique items as well as gardening supplies. Large parking lot of side.
We will definitely visit both places again.“

“It was my birthday yesterday, so we decided to take the train to Charlottesville and arrived in time for breakfast. Wanting to visit the breweries, we found they all opened on or after 3 PM. We hoped to visit the Decade Pinball but they were closed until 12:30 PM and the Antique Shop was closed. Not being shoppers we wandered around, sat around, and then went to the movies. When 3 PM finally arrived we went into the Rockfish Brewing Company on W. Main St. Being past home brewers ourselves and having friends who own breweries in New York State and here in Virginia we were excited to have a tasting. The name Rockfish intrigues us as Rockfish Valley in Nelson County is one of ours ancestral home. Being that it was a Tuesday we didn't expect a crowd. Bartender was not very expressive, she seemed a bit distracted but still polite and approachable. We ordered a flight of four to help us decide which one we would like as our pint. The whole flight process was very low key and unceremonious. I was really looking forward to trying California Common “Steam Beer” unfortunately they were out of it. A customer recommended the Cream Ale. For our flight we chose Helles, Cream Ale, English Pale Ale, and Wit. When we looked at their website before visiting the only one on the website is the Cream Ale. For our pints we ordered Helles and English Pale Ale, both good. We also ordered the Sourdough pretzel with mustard. It looked so good, however it was cold and dry, the yellow mustard didn't make it any better. I guess we should have asked the bartender to warm it up some more but she seemed busy running back and forth to the restaurant down the hall. We had a great chat with the other customer who recommended the Cream Ale. Glad we were able to visit.“