The River Company operates a 10 barrel direct fired Diversified Metal Engineering brew system.  Our system was built in 1998 and originally installed in Globe, AZ. The River Company purchased the system in July 2008 and shipped it to Radford.
Our Chief Brewer supervised the installation and recommissioning of the system and commenced brewing in May 2009. We offer up to eight draft beers at any one time.  These are a mixture of year round offerings and special beers that the brewer dreams up.

Year Round Offerings

Fairlawn’s Finest Cream Lager

Fairlawn’s Finest is a light, crisp and refreshing example of this style and contains 2 Row Brewer’s Malt, Flaked Maize and Cara-Pils malt. It is balanced by Northern Brewer and Amarillo hops for a crisp aromatic and balanced finish.

River Red Ale

Our Red Ale contains 2 Row Brewers Malt, Honey Malt, 2 Caramel Malts and a touch of Chocolate malt. Bittered with Northern Brewer hops for a balanced beer.

Timber Brown Ale

Timber Brown Ale is a English Northern brown ale with a nice chocolaty malt backbone from 2 Row brewers malt, 2 caramel malts and Chocolate malt balanced with Fuggles hops.

Farmhouse Hefeweizen

Farmhouse Hefeweizen is made up from 2 Row Brewers malt, Malted White Wheat and Cara-Pils Malt. The sweetness is offset by Magnum and Northern Brewer hops.

Traveler’s Pale Ale

The American pale ale is characterized by a very assertive bitterness. Traveler’s Pale Ale is dead smack in the middle of that assertiveness. It is made from 2 Row Brewer’s Malt, Caramel malt and Car-Pils malt. The big hop presence comes from Magnum and Amarillo hops.

Southwest “V” India Pale Ale

In the U.S., India Pale Ales have become regionalized to the West and East Coast. In an effort to set ourselves apart from the pack we are brewing a Southwestern Virginia IPA. Southwest V IPA is made from 2 Row Brewers Malt, Toasted Malt, and 2 Caramel Malts. It is assertively hopped with Chinook and Amarillo hops.

Dumpster Dog Porter

Our Porter has a complex malt profile from 7 different malts and is balanced by Fuggles hops. It is named after the brewers’ late dog that he found in a dumpster as a puppy tied in a bag and left to die. That dog (his name was Guinness) became a one of the most complex and intelligent animals that he ever owned. This complexity is reflected in the Porter we serve.

Seasonal Offerings

*** SOLD OUT *** Shot Tower Imperial India Pale Ale

Shot Tower Imperial IPA is a full bodied, pale amber, Citra hop loaded, India Pale Ale. Our seasonals are usually brewed in 5 barrel batches and the Southwest "V" IPA has about 4.5 pound of hops in it. Shot Tower has 11 pounds of high alpha hops resulting in a huge hop presense! Not for the weak at heart!

Shot Tower is named after the Shot Tower outside of Wytheville VA. Overlooking the New River, Shot Tower was built more than 150 years ago to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers. Lead from the nearby Austinville Mines was melted in a kettle atop the 75-foot tower and poured through a sieve, falling through the tower and an additional 75-foot shaft beneath the tower into a kettle of water

The River Company Restaurant and Brewery - 6633 Viscoe Road - Fairlawn, VA 24141 - 540-633-3940
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