Blue 5 offers one of the largest selections of award-winning craft beers in Virginia. Our 46 taps are stocked with some of the finest local, regional and national craft beers (even a few from across the pond). We are passionate about great beer and bringing new varieties to the Roanoke Valley. We have a handful of taps that have rotating seasonals and specials from various breweries. If you have a craft beer you'd like to see at Blue 5, let us know your recommendation on our Facebook fan page.
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Abita Purple Haze
Fruit Beer
Abita Brewery / Louisiana, USA
4.2% ABV
Purple Haze is a crisp, American style wheat beer with raspberry puree added after filtration. Therefore, you may see raspberry pulp in the beer. The raspberries provide the lager with a subtle purple coloration and haze, a fruity aroma, and a tartly sweet taste. |
Allagash Black
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Allagash Brewery / Maine, USA
7.5% ABV
Allagash Black is a Belgian style stout brewed with 2 Row barley, torrified wheat, oats, both roasted and chocolate malt and a generous portion of dark caramelized candi sugar. The silky mouth feel is a great balance to the roasted character, coffee and dark chocolate notes expressed throughout this beer. |
Allagash Curieux
Tripel
Allagash Brewery / Maine, USA
11% ABV
Allagash Curieux is a unique beer that was aged for 8 weeks in Jim Beam Bourbon Barrels. In July 2004 they brewed a batch of the Triple and placed it in Bourbon barrels from Kentucky.
December ’04 bottles labeled as 11% ABV. Previous vintages at 9.5% |
Allagash Grand Cru
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Allagash Brewery / Maine, USA
7.8% ABV
Grand Cru is brewed with a touch of peated malt and spiced with coriander, sweet orange peel and a hint of anise. It is deep golden in color, full bodied and has hints of smoke and licorice in the taste and aroma. The malty, warming finish is perfect... |
Allagash White
Witbier
Allagash Brewery / Maine, USA
5.2% ABV
The Allagash version of a traditional Belgian wheat beer. Brewed with a generous portion of wheat and spiced with coriander and Curacao orange peel, this beer is fruity, refreshing and slightly cloudy in appearance. |
As you wish Fox Barrel Cider
Hard Cider
Fox Barrel Cider Company / colfax, California
0% ABV
Inspired by the movie "The princess bride" As you wish is A sublime pear cider aged in Chardonnay barrels and finished with Butterbean Honey and vanilla beans. |
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
American IPA
Ballast Point Brewery / California, USA
7% ABV
The Sculpin showcases bright flavors and aromas of apricot, peach, mango & lemon. The lighter body also brings out the crispness of the hops. This delicious Ballast Point Ale won a gold medal at the World Beer Cup 2010 in the International Pale Ale category. |
Bell's Amber Ale
American Amber / Red Lager
Bells Brewery / Michigan, USA
5.8% ABV
This amber ale deftly balances a mixture of toasted grain with light caramel note and a range of floral, citrus and herbal hop notes, capped by a clean bitterness. |
Bells Oberon Ale
American Pale Wheat Ale
Bells Brewery / Michigan, USA
5.8% ABV
Bell's Oberon is a wheat ale fermented with Bell's signature house ale yeast, mixing a spicy hop character with mildly fruity aromas. The addition of wheat malt lends a smooth mouthfeel, making it a classic summer beer. |
Blue Moon
Witbier
Coors Brewing Company / Colorado, USA
5.4% ABV
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Breckenridge 471 IPA
American Double / Imperial IPA
Breckinridge Brewery / Colorado, USA
9.2% ABV
Hoppy? Brother, 471 redefines hoppy. 471 is a small batch, limited edition ale that was created by our Brewmaster to separate the weak from the strong. 471 is a double IPA, that combines Pale, Munich, Caramel-30, Carapils and Torrified Wheat malts, with Chinook, Centennial, Simcoe and Fuggles hops. It has a big sweet mouthfeel, followed by more hoppiness than you've ever had at one time. Enjoy. (Available at Breckenridge Pubs and Restaurants and bottled as 471 Small Batch Double Hopped IPA.) |
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
American Porter
Breckinridge Brewery / Colorado, USA
4.7% ABV
Who would have thought deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Madagascar grew the perfect ingredient to build an extraordinary Porter in Colorado? An ale that has all the chocolate and roasted nut flavor of a classic Porter, with an enigmatic surprise thrown in for good measure, real vanilla bean. Breckenridge Brewery’s Vanilla Porter. A vanilla kiss in a rich, dark sea. |
Brooklyn Silver Anniversary Lager
Doppelbock
Brooklyn Brewery / Brooklyn, NY, USA
8.6% ABV
The Brooklyn Brewery is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. We are fortunate to be a part of the incredible cultural renaissance Brooklyn has enjoyed during the last quarter century. Four great Brooklyn artists whom we met along the way—Fred Tomaselli, Roxy Paine, Joe Amhrein and Elizabeth Crawford—have created special labels for our Silver Anniversary Lager beer. We are saluting our beginnings with a special doppelbock version of the Brooklyn Lager we introduced in 1988. This beer is re-fermented in the bottle and will taste great today or years from now. The original was inspired by the beers of 19th Century New York and Vienna. |
Crispin "Prepare to die!"
American Amber
Crispin Hard Cider Company / Minneapolis, MN, USA
0% ABV
Inspired by the movie "the princess bride" Crispin Prepare to die cider is a dangerous, rapier of an apple cider aged in red wine barrels and finished with Killer Bee honey and organic blood orange. |
Devils Backbone Vienna Lager
Light Lager
Devils Backbone Brewing Co / Virginia, USA
4.9% ABV
This 2009 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal winner is an amber colored lager medium in body with a finish that has hints of caramel and toasted nuts. This beer is brewed with four different malts resulting in its smooth malty flavor. 4.9% alcohol by volume, 20 IBUs |
Dogfish Head 60 Min
American IPA
Dogfish Head Brewery / Delaware, USA
6% ABV
60 Minute IPA is continuously hopped -- more than 60 hop additions over a 60-minute boil. 60 Minute is brewed with a slew of great Northwest hops. A powerful but balanced East Coast IPA with a lot of citrusy hop character, it's the session beer for hardcore enthusiasts! |
Duvel
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Duvel Moortgat Brewery / Flemings, Belgium
8.5% ABV
Duvel is a classic Belgian Strong Blonde Ale. |
Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
American IPA
Firestone Walker / California, USA
7.5% ABV
Union Jack abounds with hop aroma and character. In fact this well balanced, west coast IPA is double dry hopped, giving it more and more of the grapefruit, citrus hop aroma and flavor it is known for. Overall it utilizes over four pounds of pacific-northwest hops per barrel. |
Founders Nitro Pale Ale
American Amber
Founders Brewing Company / Michigan, USA
5.4% ABV
A testament to Cascade hops in a bottle. This medium-bodied pale ale has a distinctive floral hop aroma and refreshing citrus flavor. You’ll notice a slight malty sweetness with a balanced hop finish. Perfect to enjoy anytime, anywhere. |
Green Flash Hop Odyssey(Black IPA)
American Blonde Ale
Green Flash Brewing Co. / San Diego, CA, USA
7.2% ABV
This American-style Black IPA is nearly jet black and perceived to have high hop bitterness, flavor and aroma with medium-high alcohol content, balanced with a medium body. The appearance may trick you into thinking you are about to enjoy a traditional stout beer when in fact your senses are about to be overwhelmed with our Black IPA. Juicy, fruity, floral, and pine from Pacific Northwest hops gives the beer a classic West Coast IPA hop character. The Black IPA is further characterized by a balanced and moderate degree of caramel malt and subdued dark roasted malt flavor and aroma. 7.2% ABV, 85 Hops used: Warrior, Citra, Cascade |
Green Flash Imperial IPA
American Double / Imperial IPA
Green Flash Brewing Co. / San Diego, CA, USA
9.4% ABV
San Diego IPA, as it has come to be known by many, is pale in color, super-hoppy, high-gravity, yet a highly quaffable ale. Our Imperial IPA is created in this new tradition with intense hop flavors and aromas from a unique blend of Summit and Nugget hops. |
Guinness Draught
Irish Dry Stout
Guinness Limited / Dublin, Ireland
4.2% ABV
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Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout
American Double / Imperial Stout
Bluegrass Brewing Company / Kentucky, USA
8.5% ABV
Aged for two to three months in McLain & Kyne Jefferson’s Reserve bourbon barrels, this stout is a richly flavored sipping beer, with a smooth chocolate taste and a hint of bourbon. |
Left Hand Fade to Black
American Black Ale
Lefthand Brewery / Colorado, USA
6.5% ABV
That time of year when the light fades away. Brewed for the darkness, Fade to Black speaks in volumes. Welcome to Volume 4, the Beer pours pitch black with an off white head. Citrus (bergamot) and roast dominates the nose. Slight sweet malt gets pushed back by initial citrusy hops followed by powerful Italian Amaro, gentian and hop bitterness. Finishing with a pleasant duality of dry roasted malts and hop bitterness. |
Left Hand Milk Stout - NITRO
Milk / Sweet Stout
Lefthand Brewery / Colorado, USA
6% ABV
A sweet, full bodied Stout from Left Hand Brewery. |
Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin'
American Pale Wheat Ale
Lagunitas Brewing / California, USA
7.5% ABV
Crispy Wheat and Pale Malt flavors with a Big Round & Juicy Hop Finish. |
Lost Coast Indica IPA
American IPA
6.5% ABV
A hoppy full bodied beer, crisp and clean. Made with generous amounts of Columbus, Willamette and Centennial hops. |
Lost Rhino Ice Breaker IPA
American Double / Imperial IPA
Lost Rhino Brewing / Ashburn VA, United States
9.2% ABV
With double the malt and triple the hops, this ale, with its powerful flavor and rich color, soars over a standard IPA. Columbus and Amarillo hops provide the intense bitterness and aroma. Pale and Crystal malts contribute sweetness to the Citrusy hop attack. Drink with Caution! |
New Belgium Fat Tire
American Amber
New Belgium Brewery / Colorado, USA
5.2% ABV
Fat Tire won fans with its sense of balance: toasty, biscuit-like malt flavors coasting in equilibrium with hoppy freshness. |
New Belgium Rampant
American Double / Imperial IPA
New Belgium Brewery / Colorado, USA
8.5% ABV
A burly and bitter Imperial IPA, Rampant pours a pure copper and carries the sheen of a rightly hopped beer. The Mosaic and Calypso hops bring stonefruit to the front seat, and the addition of Centennials nod towards citrus for a well-rounded aroma. The taste expands these hops with heavy peach tones and a profoundly bitter bite. There is some malt sweetness to stand this beer up, and Rampant’s finish is bone-dry. |
Oaked Arrogant Bastard
American Strong Ale
Stone Brewing Co. / California, USA
7.2% ABV
Arrogant Bastard Aged with oak chips. |
Ommegang Fleur De Houblon
Belgian Pale Ale
Ommegang Brewery / New York, USA
6.8% ABV
Nothing is more evocative of summer than the beautiful aroma of flowers, and the favored flowers of brewers are hops. Our brand new summer ale, Fleur de Houblon (Hop Flowers), is brewed to bring the many elements of summer into a refreshing and easy-to-drink Belgian-style ale. Fleur de Houblon is a rich gold color with distinct floral hops in the aroma that follow through in the taste. Whole-cone Bravo hops are used to impart their earthy, fruity, and floral aromas and flavors. The body and flavor are clean and dry, with pleasing complexity and spicy notes from both primary and secondary fermentation with our unique Ommegang house yeast. |
Ommegang Gnomegang
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Ommegang Brewery / New York, USA
9.5% ABV
This delectable blonde ale is a co-creation of two famed farmstead breweries: Brewery Ommegang and Brasserie d’Achouffe. It employs five fine malts, two noble hops, and both of the distinctive Chouffe and Ommegang yeasts. You’ll enjoy the smooth drinkability, fruity aromas and flavors, and warming finish
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Ommegang Hennepin
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Ommegang Brewery / New York, USA
7.7% ABV
Hennepin is bright and lively in your mouth with a warming mix of spicy gingersnap and citrusy hops. |
Ommegang Rare Vos
Belgian Pale Ale
Ommegang Brewery / New York, USA
6.5% ABV
Named after a Brussels bar made famous as the starting point for bicycle and pigeon races, Ommegangs Rare Vos Amber Ale is also a great place to begin your virtual taste test. As you pour, you'll notice the beautiful coppery-amber color and the rich creamy head. Lift the glass to your mouth and enjoy the aroma of spicy orange blossoms. Taste, and the pleasant mellow flavor of caramel malt glides easily into a dry, hop finish. |
Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
American Pale Ale (APA)
Oskar Blues Brewery / Colorado, USA
6.5% ABV
America’s first hand-canned craft beer is a voluminously hopped beer that delivers a hoppy nose, assertive-but-balanced flavors of pale malts and hops from start to finish. First canned in 2002, Dale’s Pale Ale is a hearty (6.5% and 65 IBUs), critically acclaimed trailblazer. |
Oskar Blues Mamas Little Yella Pils
Czech Style Pilsner
Oskar Blues Brewery / Colorado, USA
5.3% ABV
Mamas Little Yella Pils is an uncompromising, small batch version of the beer that made Czech Republic famous. Unlike mass market "pilsners" diluted with corn and rice, Mams Little Yella Pils is built with 100% pale malt, German specialty malts, and Saaz hops. A clear golden yellow with a inch of white head. Aromas of grain, sweet malts, spicy Saaz hops and hints of grass or barley. Rich malt flavor blend well with a restrained sweetness, with a excellent level of balance that leaves a note of spice lingering in the back of the mouth. |
Parkway "Get Bent" Mountian IPA
American IPA
Parkway Brewing / Salem Virgina, United States
7.2% ABV
It's not just a place but a state of mind. A delightful bready character balances lots of citrusy hops in this light bodied, West Coast inspired IPA. Get Some! |
Reissdorf Kolsch
Kölsch
Heinrich Reissdorf Brewing / Cologne, Germany
4.8% ABV
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Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock
Doppelbock
G. Schneider & Sohn Brewery / Munich, Germany
8.2% ABV
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Slumbrew Porter Square Porter
American Amber
Ipswich Ale Brewery / Somerville, Massachusettes, United States
6.5% ABV
Rich black porter with a unique blend of chocolate, coffee, roasted and nutty flavors. Brewed with cocoa powder and conditioned with cacao nibs from Taza Chocolate. Bold flavors from the cacao nibs and black malts are balanced with a special blend of pale malts, oats and wheat to produce a lush and lingering mouthfeel. |
Snake Dog IPA
American IPA
Flying Dog Brewery / Frederick, MD, USA
7.1% ABV
More cunning than a snake in the bush...Snake Dog India Pale Ale is a Colorado-style IPA, power hopped with specialty hops from the Pacific Northwest. This is the brewery’s hop monster, and the citrus fruit aroma will hypnotize the senses of the most hardcore of craft drinkers. 15 Plato, 60 IBU, Crystal Malt, Warrior and Columbus hops, and dry hopped with Columbus. |
St. Bernardus Pater 6
Dubbel
St. Bernardus Brouwerji / Watou, Belgium
6.7% ABV
This name became a reference. This beer is mostly pointed out with its product name: “a Paterke”. This “Paterke” is a chestnut coloured dark beer with a high fermentation (6.7 alcohol content) and a full taste. One of the finest examples of this style. |
Starr Hill The Love
Hefeweizen
Starr Hill / Charlottesville, VA, USA
4.6% ABV
The Love is an unfiltered wheat beer, also known as a hefeweizen. It is distinguished by its extremely light body and flavored with hints of banana and clove. A slice of lemon can complement this refreshing brew. |
Stella Artois
Euro Pale Lager
Artois Brewing / Leuven, Belgium
5% ABV
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Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
American Strong Ale
Stone Brewing Co. / California, USA
7.2% ABV
This is an aggressive beer. You probably won’t like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. |
Stone Cali-Belgique
Belgian IPA
Stone Brewing Co. / California, USA
6.9% ABV
When reading the name “Stone Cali-Belgique IPA”, “Cali” hints that it is a California style IPA, and this brew has an undeniable Belgian influence, indicated by the word “Belgique” (which is how Belgium’s French-speaking population says the word “Belgian”; the Dutch speaking Belgians say “Belgie”). We carefully selected a Belgian yeast strain that illuminates a fascinating new aspect of the beer that is otherwise quite simply Stone IPA.
The result is both completely new and different, while still being recognizable as a Stone Brew – and Stone IPA in particular. Think of it as an otherwise identical twin to Stone IPA that was raised in a Belgian culture. Literally. |
Val-Dieu Triple
Tripel
9% ABV
Origin :
Originaly inspired by a monastic recipe from the abbey of the same name, which as already produce a pale and a brown ale.
Type of beer:
Abbey triple pale ale, unfiltered and unpasteurised, brewed by a layman in the right wing of the abbey.
Aroma :
Both delicate and full-bodied.
Alcohol content:
Strong 9%
Colour:
Warm yellow, slightly cloudy.
Flavour:
Its a full bodied taste is progressive but never excessive. A slightly sugared flavour in the middle of the mounth - a perfect combination of alcohol, bitterness and sweetness. Finally accentuates an aromatic and alcohol bitterness. Excellent and highly digestible, particulary when accompagning a good meal.
Head :
Nice white head, not too oily because of its high alcohol content.
Glass :
Flared goblet, rounded at the rim and in its parison. |
