Visit to "Belly Love" - Purcellville's Latest Brew Pub

Heidi and I and a couple of our friends recently visited Belly Love, western Loudoun's newest brewpub in Purcellville.  Belly Love is a Micro Brewery located in the Loudoun Valley Shopping Center (725 E. Main Street).  It is down the breezeway from the Coney Island Diner.

Our first impression as we walked in was "Wow, they have really fixed this place up!".  They have only been opened a month and they had five beers on tap on the day we were there, which was exactly the number of beers in their sampler flight so we did not have to make any decisions.

• Shut the Fook Up (Pale Ale) - this beer was a nice lightly hopped English Pale Ale.  It was very tasty and would be well like by the folks that don't want all of the hops of an IPA that are all the rage these days.  Myself I would love to try this beer as a cask conditioned, hand-drawn beer. Ray's Beer Rating - 3.0.
• My Bitter X (American IPA) - this beer was a nice well balanced American IPA.  The Centennial and Citra hops really came through nicely in this beer.  My Bitter X will be one of my standards for drinking at Belly Love. Ray's Beer Rating - 3.5.
• Eye of Jupiter (Oatmeal Stout) - this beer was a nice silky oatmeal stout.  It was the favorite of the table and at least one growler of it went home for consumption later that evening. Ray's Beer Rating - 3.5.
• Auld Resolutions (Winter Spiced Ale) - this beer was a spiced brown ale that went well with the cold weather outdoors. Ray's Beer Rating - 3.0.
• 50 Shades of Gold (Belgian Golden Strong) - the beer was the highest ABV beer of the group, but it was nicely balanced and quite drinkable. Ray's Beer Rating - 3.0.

I am pleasantly surprised at the growing number of breweries and brew pubs in Loudoun County and and in western Loudoun.  Belly Love is an awesome addition to that growing list.  We did not try any of the food at Belly Love, but I did peruse the menu.  They had an interested, eclectic set of menu items, such as scotch eggs, pork belly tacos and grilled siracha sausage.  I will be coming back to try some of the menu items.

I really liked their logo so I had to get one of their tshirts, maybe this is what I will look like some day.