# Bad Shepherd Beer Company — Charleston, West Virginia

> Bad Shepherd Beer Company in Charleston, West Virginia, United States scores 3.77 out of 5 — Fine, #19 in West Virginia. 370 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Bad Shepherd Beer Company is a brewery in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.77 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #19 in West Virginia. Of the 370 beers we track, 44% are IPA and 20% Other.

## Rating

- Score: 3.77 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #19 in West Virginia · #5,017 in United States · #7,199 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 370

## About

Black Sheep Burrito & Brews restaurant’s house brewery, Bad Shepherd Beer Company out of Charleston, won three awards at the West Virginia Craft Beer Festival in Lewisburg, West Virginia, for its Petite Rye Saison and its The Loud! IPA. Locations in Charleston and Huntington.
Eleven house-brewed beers on tap means that aside from flagship beer The Loud, and popular How Ewe Doin? Cream Ale, there are new brews constantly rotating through the other taps. A barrel program turns out a variety of sour ales and the occasional whiskey-barrel aged stout.

## What they brew

- IPA — 44% of the beers we track
- Other — 20% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 15% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 6% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 6% of the beers we track
- Belgian Ale — 5% of the beers we track
- Spiced / Herbed Beer — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 702 Quarrier Street, Charleston, West Virginia, United States
- Coordinates: 38.3503327, -81.63542939999999
- Website: http://blacksheepwv.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Fife Street Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/fife-street-brewing-26803.md) — 3.90, Fine — Charleston, West Virginia — 0.1 mi away
- [Charleston Nano Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/charleston-nano-brewery-29445.md) — 4.16, Great — Charleston, West Virginia — 0.8 mi away
- [Clendenin Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/clendenin-brewing-co-28754.md) — 2.96, Limited — Clendenin, West Virginia — 18 mi away
- [The Freefolk Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-freefolk-brewery-16594.md) — 3.57, Poor — Fayetteville, West Virginia — 36 mi away
- [Köerber Beer Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/koerber-beer-company-32993.md) — 4.16, Great — Barboursville, West Virginia — 36 mi away
- [Bridge Brew Works](https://finding.beer/brewery/bridge-brew-works-2413.md) — 3.86, Fine — Fayetteville, West Virginia — 37 mi away
- [The Peddler](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-peddler-5097.md) — 4.17, Great — Huntington, West Virginia — 44 mi away
- [Old Mill Craft Beer](https://finding.beer/brewery/old-mill-craft-beer-2213.md) — 2.78, Limited — Bidwell, Ohio — 51 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Charleston, West Virginia](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/west-virginia/charleston.md)
- [Best breweries in West Virginia](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/west-virginia.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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