By Matthew T. Eng, Offbeat NOVA
I am always up for finding new and exciting things to do around Northern Virginia. It doesn’t matter what experience it is—shopping, dining, or entertainment—I’m not the type to do the same old thing every week. After living here for almost a decade, it always surprises me when something pops up that I haven’t heard of before.
I was following one of my favorite content creators on Youtube, Adam the Woo, as he stopped for a brief stint in the DC Metro area. After catching a Nationals-Rays baseball game, he and his friend stopped by the Bunnyman Bridge in Clifton (something we are no stranger of) before filming a short segment at a nearby brewery of the same name.
Was this real? Bunnyman Brewing? No way.
I had to find out for myself.
There are plenty of Northern Virginia breweries with varying degrees of interesting names: Fair Winds, Chubby Squirrel, Two Silos, Two Bears and a Goat. This one directly related to something we wrote about back when Offbeat NOVA first started, so we had to go.
After a quick internet search, I discovered that Bunnyman Brewing opened its doors in 2019. Nestled in the back of a business park in the Fairfax/Burke area near Lake Royal, Bunnyman offers “high-quality beers with an exciting rotation of unique variations.” The best part? It’s family friendly.
We “hopped” in the car this past Saturday to have a few hare-raising beers with a couple of friends. The knowledgeable staff showed us the ropes once we got there. You are given a card that you scan near the self-serve tap. You pay by the ounce—from forty cents up to a dollar. Your standard pint, then, will only set you back about seven or eight dollars. Not bad considering how delicious everything was.
There were glasses for pints, testers, and even flights. We had a few flights of beers amongst us and had a pint of the beers we liked best. My favorite was the German-style Altbier. If you are looking for something sweeter, I recommend the Dark Bunny almond vanilla milk stout. Moderation is everything, though. One of their beers, the Binders Barrel-Aged S’mores Milk Stout, is 12.5% ABV. That’s over three percent more than a Dogfish Head 90-Minute IPA. A couple of those in my wildest of days would have laid me out. I had one sip. That was it.
The atmosphere at our table outside was extremely relaxed. Although there was no live music that Saturday, the location is known for a regular rotation of local favorites. We sampled some food from an Indian food truck while there. The samosas were tasty. You can hear the Amtrak trains in the distance while you sip away on something and converse amongst friends and family. All-in-all, we will most definitely be back for more.
Don’t forget to look to your left once you arrive at the location – there is a small cutout of the Bunnyman in the trees that makes for a perfect photo op.
You could say I couldn’t “axe” for a better afternoon.
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