Veterans United Craft Brewery

Veterans United Craft Brewery Call us today to learn more! VU🍺 is veteran-owned, veteran-operated and veteran-brewed!❤️

We put the PASSION and PRIDE of serving into VU🍺!
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Veterans United Craft Brewery🍺is dedicated to tantalizing healthy appetites with flavorful beer through the use of fresh, quality ingredients and hopes to expand the definition of what beer can become through hard work and innovation; VU🍺 values ideas and technologies that reinforce social and environmental responsibility to the local community. Join us Tuesday through Sunday in the taproom to exp

erience VU🍺 straight from the source - we brew and can on site! VU🍺has 21 TAPS and we serve our flagship brews in addition to taproom-exclusive beers. Take home a growler or 32oz fill-on-demand crowler or 16oz fill-on-demand buddy store, sample a flight or just stop by to have a few pints and play a few board games! Enjoy a tour of the brewery production area on the first Saturday of the Month at 2PM by one of VU🍺's Brewers! The VU🍺 Tour is $10 per person (+ sales tax) and includes a guided tour, 3 sample pours of VU🍺 beers on tap of your choosing PLUS 10% discount on TO-GO VU🍺beer! Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram feeds, sign-up for our weekly e-newsletter and check-out our website (www.vubrew.com) to see what's happening in the VU🍺Taproom! In general, VU🍺's weekly schedule is:

*Tuesday Beer Release
*Wednesday Live Trivia
*Thursday Texas Hold'em Poker
*Friday Live Music
*First Saturday of the Month - VU🍺Brewery Tour at 2PM
*Sunday Funday - catch a JAGS game or other sports on VU🍺📺
*Comedy Night every 3rd Saturday of the month
*NO COVER for trivia, poker, live music or comedy
*Pub fare, Drea's Delectables of the Week, occasional Food Truck
*Quarterly VU🍺 Events

Your kiddos and well-behaved doggies are welcome! Free Wi-Fi is available in the taproom. Veterans United Craft Brewery🍺is committed to making a positive contribution to the greater Jacksonville area and beyond! We look forward to sharing a VU🍺with you!

World Elephant Day🐘❤️Elephants are intelligent, family-oriented, and have great memories. They are capable of feeling a ...
08/11/2026

World Elephant Day🐘❤️

Elephants are intelligent, family-oriented, and have great memories.
They are capable of feeling a wide range of deep emotions, from intense grief to joy bordering on elation, as well as empathy and stunning self-awareness.

They create complex, supportive societies much like our own.
Taking into consideration all of that and much, much more, what’s not to love about elephants?

Sadly, elephants are brutally killed every year for their ivory by greedy poachers who then leave their carcasses to rot in the sun.
Preserve and protect the Pachyderms so they do not go the way of the mammoth!

FYI - Indian and African elephants differ in size but you can tell by the EARS!

Slàinte!🍻


Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens Carson Springs Wildlife Foundation The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee

US Department of Defense (DoD) Day🎂Although the federal government has overseen the US Armed Forces since our nation’s i...
08/10/2026

US Department of Defense (DoD) Day🎂

Although the federal government has overseen the US Armed Forces since our nation’s inception, the Department of Defense name and centralized defense department was not established until the late 1940s.

The “official” anniversary of the creation of the Department of Defense as we know it in modern times is August 10.

Established in 1949 thanks to an amended National Security Act, the agency is run by the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) with the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the various military services operating subordinately to the SECDEF.

The DoD is an executive division of the US Federal Government, based in the Pentagon and is responsible for ensuring national security and supervising the US military forces.

U.S. Department of War



World Lion Day 🌎🦁❤️Lion Day aims to raise awareness of the majestic hunter, the ultimate feline and the King of the Jung...
08/10/2026

World Lion Day
🌎🦁❤️

Lion Day aims to raise awareness of the majestic hunter, the ultimate feline and the King of the Jungle!

Plus the need for their continued preservation and conservation and to promote the protection and expansion of their habitats.

You can see these truly magnificent felines LOCALLY here:

Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary
St. Augustine Wild Reserve
White Oak Conservation
Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens
and
Carson Springs Wildlife Foundation
Single Vision, Inc.

ROAR!🦁

Wild Animal Health Fund


Back to school for the kiddos!😸😸😸Slàinte!🍻
08/10/2026

Back to school for the kiddos!😸😸😸

Slàinte!🍻



Open at 12 PM!21 VU🍺on TAPVU🍺Mug Club ALL DAY!Hurly-Burly British Summer Ale⛈🌩🍺 --> VU🍺 Beer ReleaseSUMMER WEEKEND HOURS...
08/09/2026

Open at 12 PM!

21 VU🍺on TAP

VU🍺Mug Club ALL DAY!

Hurly-Burly British Summer Ale⛈🌩🍺 --> VU🍺 Beer Release

SUMMER WEEKEND HOURS at the VU🍺Taproom for Friday, Saturday and Sunday🍺🌞

This Week from Drea's🐧Delectables: Meatball Subs - YUMMY!❤️

Fantasy🧚Football 🏈at VU 🍺
The Fantasy Footballers

Slainte!🍻



International Beer Day is a global celebration of BEER🍺, taking place in pubs, taverns, breweries and backyards all over...
08/07/2026

International Beer Day is a global celebration of BEER🍺, taking place in pubs, taverns, breweries and backyards all over the world! 🌎🍺

It’s a day for BEER🍺LOVERS❤️everywhere to TOAST our brewers and rejoice in the greatness of BEER!🍺

Plus it brings the world together by celebrating the BEERS🍺of all nations and cultures on this one remarkable day!

Raise your PINT🍺 to celebrate the heroes behind each tasty BREW and support your LOCAL breweries!

Sláinte!🍻

FYI - BEER is a crater situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet MARS, named in honor of the German astronomer, Wilhelm Beer!


Purple Heart Day is a time for Americans to remember, honor and commemorate the men and women who have been killed or wo...
08/07/2026

Purple Heart Day is a time for Americans to remember, honor and commemorate the men and women who have been killed or wounded during military combat.💜

General George Washington created the Badge of Military Merit on August 07, 1782.

The honor was to be presented to soldiers for “any singularly meritorious action.”

Congress had put a moratorium on promotions in the Continental Army due to a lack of funds; the Commander-in-Chief created the award as a way to honor enlisted men deserving of recognition.

Its design included a purple, heart-shaped piece of silk bound with a thin edge of silver.

Across the face, the word "Merit" was embroidered in silver.
The Badge of Military Merit symbolized the courage and devotion of an American Patriot.

Until Washington’s 200th birthday, the Purple Heart persisted as a Revolutionary War footnote.

Through the efforts of General Douglas MacArthur, the US War Department created the Order of the Purple Heart.💜

Today the medal bears a bust of George Washington and his coat of arms.

Purple Heart Day is also known as National Purple Heart Day,
Purple Heart Recognition Day and Purple Heart Appreciation Day.
💜

Raise a VU🍺in honor of these brave men and women plus their families and friends who love and miss them.

International / National IPA Day Thursday August 6th!🍺National / International IPA Day is celebrated to increase appreci...
08/06/2026

International / National IPA Day Thursday August 6th!🍺

National / International IPA Day is celebrated to increase appreciation for one of the world's most popular types of craft beer: the India Pale Ale, aka IPA!

Made with hops and pale malts, IPA has a full-bodied taste that is bold and bitter.

IPAs have a higher alcohol content than the average beer and many different hop strains can be used to brew it, creating a myriad of aromas and flavors.

Hence, NEIPAs, aka New England-style, Hazy or Juicy IPAs!

Therefore NOT all IPAs are the same!

IPAs date back to the late 18th century when these (pale) ales were brewed for British sailors of the East India Company, who were making long sea voyages from England to India by taking the Cape Route and sailing around the Cape of Good Hope and Cape L'Agulhas.

When shipping ale to India, adding hops to the beer increased the longevity of the brew. Brewers thought that hops preserved the beer for long voyages to hot climates as most other beers didn’t keep well onboard ship, plus it had a higher hop content, which helped the beer keep its taste.

George Hodgson and his Bow Brewery was one of the first to brew IPAs and export them to India. The brewery was located two miles away from the East India Docks, making it accessible for traders.
Brewers in the English town of Burton soon began brewing beer to send to India, as did Allsopp Brewery, Bass and Salt plus other breweries.

There was demand for IPAs in England by 1840 and the beer was widely brewed there by 1860. However, by about the turn of the twentieth century, IPAs began losing their popularity around the world.🙀

The resurgence of IPAs began with brewing in California microbreweries in the 1970s.

The first American version of the modern IPA is Anchor Brewery's Liberty Ale, which began being brewed in San Francisco in 1975.
Raise your 🍺 on National IPA Day and enjoy this day with friends and support your local craft brewers!

We have 6 different HOPPY VU🍺on TAP!
🐇🐰

Sláinte!🍻

FYI - Avenging Angel🍺 is a "gray area" - IPA or Pale Ale?

Dang it - who cares? It's DAMN GOOD FREAKIN' VU🍺!





Address

8999 Western Way
Jacksonville, FL
32256

Opening Hours

Tuesday 3pm - 10pm
Wednesday 3pm - 10pm
Thursday 3pm - 10pm
Friday 12pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 6pm

Telephone

+19042533326

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