For a fun weekend afternoon, head to Ono Brewing Company on Daly Drive in Chantilly. Open since Aug. 2017, Ono Brewing Company features a self-serve beer wall that allows you to enjoy a DIY approach to the brewery experience. Upon arriving, you check in with the taproom host and grab an RFID card that you can load up with cash to buy your brews. You can take a look at each beer and the description, which is located on a screen above the tap, and choose what you’d like to have. You can pour a sip or a whole pint — you’re charged by how much you pour.
The husband-and-wife team who founded the brewery spent years in Hawaii, which you can see infused into the design of the brewery as well as the beers themselves. One favorite is the Island Time — a light brown ale infused with coconut to add to the island feel. Other beers include a variety of IPAs, DIPAs, lagers, and stouts which are all brewed with Virginia-grown wheat and oats. If you head over and get hungry, they now have Odd BBQ serving up delicious barbecue eats all day long. Ke Aloha (Cheers)!