Virginia Beach Distilleries The craft breweries in Virginia Beach might be better known, but distilling craft spirits became a booming tradition in the region as far back as the 1920s during Prohibition. Today, distilleries in Virginia Beach blend art and science to create an incredible variety of flavors that can be enjoyed in fun tasting rooms and then taken home as souvenirs and gifts. BEACH VODKA/VIRGINIA BEACH DISTILLING Beach Vodka has a tasting room in a bright, airy and inland (but appropriately beachy) space near Oceana Air Station. It’s a rescued but new-and-improved brand. The former Beach Vodka closed its doors in 2019, attracting the attention of Stephanie Somers and Tony Gower Jr., who thought it was a loss for the community in which they’d grown up, as well as a business opportunity for them. After research and investment in a high-tech still imported from the Netherlands, the new Beach Vodka opened in July 2022. Unlike some distillers that branch out into flavored products and other types of spirits, Beach Vodka uses corn-based ingredients and its still to make one thing well: Beach Vodka. It uses its creativity to devise drink recipes such as the Beach Crush, Chick’s Beach Mule, Sandbridge Spritzer and Jetty Margarita. CHESAPEAKE BAY DISTILLERY Operating out of an iconic, vintage surf shop, Chesapeake Bay Distillery is serving up vodka and rum that is distilled and bottled in-house. The distillery is known for its spicy Ghost Pepper Infused Vodka and Mutiny Island Vodka, the world’s first breadfruit vodka, featuring tasting notes of honeydew, banana and citrus. This place is truly a paradise for connoisseurs of the clear elixir. Drop by their tasting room to sample each spirit on its own or in a prepared cocktail shooter, such as a lemon drop or a bloody mary. 66 Coastal Flavors
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