Abolitionist Ale Works

Store front brewery in the downtown area. L-shaped bar perpendicular to the entrance on the right seats 14, with a few tables up front and in the other room. 20 beers on tap. Single can to go. Efficient bartender.

Storefront location heading into town. Long bar makes up the front of the establishment, more rooms and patio in the back. Super service, friendly. Great taplist, overall decent quality. Honey vibe, locals. A nice break after the tourist trap that was Harper's Ferry Brewing

Cool space, heavy on hazy ipas and farmhouse and sour ales. Bartender spent a lot of time texting, but otherwise made sure I had what I needed. Naan bread pizza was really good. Quality of beers was good as well.

Stopped in today at lunchtime looking for a quick growler for a party. Cool location downtown and good service in the bar side, I did not enter the restaurant side. 32 oz. growlers are available and they said they will fill up 64s from other places for double the 32 place. I got the Alpha Mayle and something called the Hopthamologist. A little pricey for WV but seemed like a cool place. Will probably come back.

Friendly, country service. The vibe is very informal without much in the way of decoration, in fact I would call it random. It took a little while for someone to come serve me. This is definitely a local watering hole—the server knew a few people here. The bar was closed due to COVID (3/20/21), so I was seated at a four-top.

The food featured pizza (I ordered boneless Buffalo wings). I think the chicken nuggets were previously breaded and frozen while the hot sauce was pretty similar to Franks. I wouldn’t order them again.

The beers are entirely made on the premises and there was a large (18 on tap) and diverse selection for such a small establishment.

 

Vibe - I walk in and they have one room playing fairly chill music and the other room had a live band
Quality - beers were just ok and the food was interesting with nann pizza
Service - at the bar it was great but I sat in the live room and had to leave after 5 min since I didn’t even get noticed
Selection - 3 ipa’s (kind of), 3 saisons (kind of) 1 gose. Need I say more

Stopped in early evening on a Tuesday after an afternoon of zip lining with the kids in Harpers Ferry. We were seated in the front dining area. I might have preferred the outdoor section out back, but I didn’t know it was there and the host didn’t give us the option. We were famished so we ordered an appetizer of soft pretzels and drinks to start. I ordered a 5 beer flight that included the Alpha Mayle IPA, The Pale Funky Hoposapian, The Funk of the Concords, The Abolitionist Ale and the Plum Saison. The beers ranged from very good to outstanding, with the Pale Funky & Funkof the Concords being my favorites. The vibe was definitely hipster, but not in an annoying way. We each ordered personal pizzas (which was pretty much all that was on the menu) and really enjoyed them. Both the beers and the pies were very creative and mostly delicious. The service was a bit slow and somewhat inattentive, but I would certainly recommend stopping in for a few beers and some light fare. If you’re really hungry you might want to stop somewhere else first for a more significant meal.