The beach and a beverage go hand in hand, even more so at one of the numerous distilleries and breweries throughout the Virginia Beach region.
Tarnished Truth Distilling, in the basement of the historic Cavalier Hotel, will walk you through their distilling process before sitting you down before a dazzling flight of bourbons, each one more subtle than the last. After which, you can enjoy a cocktail in the hotel’s storied Raleigh Room. If your tastes run to sour ales, Italian pilsners or bourbon-barrel stouts, stop at Aslin Beer Co., an East Coast craft brewery with a new Virginia Beach location. Taste your way through a flight or two, but stick around for a snack on the colourful outdoor patio. And if there was a Virginia Beach signature drink, it would be the Orange Crush, a mix of vodka, orange liqueur, lemon-lime pop and fresh orange juice. Find the basis of this ready-made at Waterman Spirits, makers of organic, coral-filtered vodkas.
