The Shenandoah Valley wouldn’t be the same without the independent businesses along the Beerwerks Trail. These companies provide unique, local goods. Every product you buy helps these businesses that are so important to the local economy and our community identity. Each dollar supports area providers and helps keep people in our community employed.
Are you still trying to fill the gaps in your gifting list? Here are some local Valley businesses offering unique products this holiday season. Read on to find perfect last-minute gifts and wonderful treats for yourself!
Beerwerks Breweries:
Most Beerwerks breweries are offering gift cards, growlers and/or other merchandise. Stop by the taprooms or follow the links below to score fantastic gifts and stocking stuffers!
Basic City Beer Co. sells gift cards, hats, shirts, backpacks, and glassware online and in the taproom.
Brothers Craft Brewing has merchandise for sale in the taproom and online, including hats, beanies, dog leashes, and tap handles.
Cave Hill Farms Brewery: Gift cards, apparel, and glassware can be purchased on site.
Devils Backbone Outpost Tap Room & Kitchen: Offers “gear to match your beer.” Ready-to-drink cocktails ship to anywhere in Virginia. Merchandise includes growlers, tap handles, shirts, koozies, glassware, dog accessories, and much more. Order online or visit the brewery.
Elkton Brewing Co.: Shirts, hats, stickers, pint glasses and mugs can be purchased in the taproom.
The Friendly Fermenter: Stock up on all your homebrewing needs like specialty yeasts, grains, and more.
Great Valley Farm Brewery and Winery wines can be shipped to many states. There’s a minimum of three bottles, but 12 bottles or more ship free.
Pale Fire Brewing Co.: Check here to find gift cards as well as t-shirts, beer koozies, gaiters, pins, and sunglasses.
Redbeard Brewing Company has hoodies, hats, glassware, beer soap, and gift cards online.
Restless Moons Brewing Company: Check out the taproom for merchandise like sweatshirts. Gift cards are available online.
Rockbridge Vineyard and Brewery: Wines can be shipped to many states. There’s a minimum of two bottles. Growlers and more for sale in the onsite gift shop.
Seven Arrows Brewing growlers or gift cards make great gifts. Seven Arrows also sells beer glasses for all your beer needs, including goblets, pints, and pilsner glasses.
Shenandoah Valley Brewing Co.: Stop by the taproom for t-shirts, stickers, and growlers.
Skipping Rock Beer Company sells merch like shirts, hats, glassware, koozies, and of course delicious beer at the taproom or online.
Stable Craft Brewing: Grab some Stable Craft holiday gift cards, which make awesome gifts for foodies, beer, and cider lovers. Apparel, beer glasses, and more are available in the taproom.
Three Notch’d Valley Collab House: Check the taproom or website for gift cards and a nice selection of tees, sweatshirts, hats, and stickers.
Apparel, Accessories, and Jewelry
- Lineage (Harrisonburg) showcases simple, heirloom-quality waxed canvas and leather bags that have been created by hand in Harrisonburg. The store also carries candles, clothing, and home goods.
- Waynesboro’s Initial Inspiration sells apparel, jewelry, and bags that can all be personalized with in-house embroidery to identify the owner or commemorate a special event like a bridal party.
- Find something cute to wear for the holidays or for a unique gift to brighten someone’s home at ltd7 (Staunton). They carry casual, trendy fashions for men, women, and children as well as home decor, gifts, jewelry, handbags, and holiday items.
- Harrisonburg’s Elk Run Mining Company’s unique jewelry sets locally sourced and brilliantly colored cabochons (polished gems that are not cut into facets) into sterling silver or 18K gold.
Gifts for the Home
- You’ll find all kinds of wonderful gifts at Lexington’s Sugar Maple Trading Company including scarves, lotions, stationery, garden items, Virginia swag, and more. The online gift recommendation tool helps you pick a gift based on the recipient’s personality.
- Faded Poppy Mercantile (Waynesboro) will make your day with stunning fresh floral arrangements and merchandise like candles, clothing, stationery, decor, and quirky gifts.
- Downtown Dayton’s Hopeful Things sells kitchen decor and gifts like wooden and stoneware bowls. Nanny’s Nook is an old-fashioned shop selling Virginia and handmade goods.
- Made; By the People brings local products and quirky gifts to downtown Staunton. You’ll find Staunton-themed items as well as artisanal chocolate, tarot cards, books, jewelry, clothing, garden gifts.
Local Products
- The specialty shops at The Dayton Market sell crafts, collectibles, food, and handcrafted gifts. Shops include Whiskey Valley Jerky, Tic Tac Toys, Firefly Yarn and Mercantile, and Warfels Chocolates.
- Broadway’s Ben Franklin J&B Country Store sells antiques, handcrafted items by local artists, home and holiday decor, party supplies, and much more. Hungry? Grab something delicious at The Country Cafe & Bakery.
- JMD Farm Market and Garden Center (Augusta County) offers a big selection of quality local plants as well as eggs, meat, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and other farm products. They also sell pottery, garden decor and gifts like bath bombs and snacks.
- Pick and cut the perfect concolor fir, Canaan fir, Douglas fir, blue spruce, Norway spruce, white pine, and pre-cut Fraser firs at Keezletown’s Every Soul Acres. You’ll also find decorations like wreaths and centerpieces made from fresh greenery.
Toys and Hobbies
- Staunton’s Pufferbellies Toys & Books will delight all ages with books, games, art supplies, building toys, and more. The carefully curated collection is designed for inventive and imaginative play.
- The Quiltery in Fairfield is one of the best fabric stores in the mid-Atlantic and is packed with colorful fabrics, kits, threads and sewing supplies.
- Waynesboro’s new-age apothecary Pyramid sells natural items like stones, feathers, bones, shells, candles, and herbs for your Appalachian magick and holistic remedy needs.
- Luke’s Hobbies stocks all major brands of RC Surface and Air vehicles as well as slot cars, model kits, hobby supplies, paint, and accessories.
Art by Local and Regional Artists
- Harrisonburg’s non-profit OASIS Fine Art & Craft highlights local fine art and contemporary crafts including paintings, stained glass, pottery, fiber art, jewelry and photography.
- Waynesboro’s Shenandoah Valley Art Center Winter Market showcases handmade artisan works like original paintings and drawings, jewelry, cards, pottery, wood, glass, and textile art, and more from local and regional artists.
- Select special one-of-a-kind gifts created by 70 local and regional artists at the Staunton Augusta Art Center’s annual Art for Gifts event, which is open until December 31st. This juried marketplace features paintings, drawings, photography, textile art, pottery, stained glass, jewelry, holiday ornaments, and more.
Local Food
- Visit Wade’s Mill (Raphine) for bags of delicious, ground-to-order products sourced from local or regional farms. The mill has been grinding 100% natural, whole grain products with no additives, preservatives, or bleaches since 1750!
- Virginia Gold Asian Pear Orchard (Natural Bridge) offers 16 tree-ripened varieties of this hard-to-find fruit. The family-run orchard also carries persimmons, chestnuts, Chinese dates, black raspberries, blackberries, raw honey, apple cider vinegar, Asian pear marmalade and syrup, and other local products.
- If you’re baking or making gift baskets this holiday season, The Cheese Shop (Stuarts Draft) is a wonderful source for bulk and organic ingredients, spices, snacks, deli items, and local treats like honey and jams.
- Weyers Cave’s Valley Pike Farm Market stocks Virginia-made goods, wares, foods, and more than 300 different craft beers and wines.
- Downtown Elkton boasts Blue Elk Coffee Company where you can buy locally roasted coffee and a variety of gifts and products.
- The French-inspired Heritage Bakery & Café located in the Hardesty-Higgins House Visitor Center serves all-day breakfast, lunch, and pastries like incredible-tasting apple tarts. You can special order cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and picnic tea party baskets.