Check this out as Ellwoods explores the world of canned craft beer as a part of their Earth Day celebration.
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Monthly Archives: April 2013
SAVOR NYC Tickets On Sale Tuesday & Wednesday
UPDATE: Buy tickets through Ticketmaster here.
With everything that has been going on, details about SAVOR in New York City June 14th & 15th almost slipped through the cracks. Here are the details from the Brewers Association if you plan on attempting to go this year:
Ticket Sale Dates:
Tuesday, April 16: Member Pre-Sale for members of the American Homebrewers Association® and the Brewers Association, 12:00 pm EDT (11:00 am CDT/10:00 am MDT/9:00 am PDT)Wednesday, April 17: Public/general ticket sale, 12:00 pm EDT (11:00 am CDT/10:00 am MDT/9:00 am PDT)
In recent years, SAVOR tickets have sold out in mere minutes, and we expect another very fast ticket sell-out in 2013. Please review this important information in advance of the ticket sale:
- Ticket pricing is posted online.
- Set up a user account on Ticketmaster now so you’ll be ready to buy when tickets go on sale
- On the date of ticket sales, go directly to the SAVOR Ticketmaster page (link will be announced soon).
- If you plan to purchase a Grand Tasting and Salon package ticket(s), choose your preferred Salons ahead of time to more quickly navigate the Ticketmaster ticket selection list. You may also purchase a Grand Tasting ticket without a Salon option.
- You will receive one ticket for each Grand Tasting ticket purchase and one ticket for each Grand Tasting + Salon ticket package purchase. In other words, if you purchase a Grand Tasting + Salon ticket package, you will not receive two tickets, just one.
Good luck to everyone trying to go. I wish I could make it myself. Between attending the Homebrewers Conference later that month and New York hotel and travel costs, I just don’t it will happen this year.
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Drink Virginia Beer Around Carytown Friday And Taste The Local
Better yet get a group together and make your own pub crawl. All leading up to Sunday’s Carytown Craft Beer Festival. 
Three Hardywood Collaboration Pins At Capital Ale House Midlothian Friday
Credit: Capital Ale House
Head over to Capital Ale House Midlothian Friday April 12th starting at 7pm as they tap three specially made pins of Hardywood beers. Choosing anything their taste buds desired and having their choice of any Hardywood beer to use as the base, the gang at Cap Ale created the following three pins:
- Tripel — Fuggles and Kent Goldings hops smoked with wood chips from barrel once containing Hardywood’s Bourbon Cru — Matt Simmons
- Tripel — local raw honey, dried tart cherries and Oloroso Sherry barrel chips — Chris Holder
- Singel — blood orange peel, fresh ginger, and a touch of organic honey — Rachel and Amy DuFour,
Hardywood’s Patrick and Eric will also be on hand for the evening. So go try these one of a kind beers along with more Hardywood Park beers. Cap Ale will also have some giveaways that evening as well. Check out the Facebook event for more information.
13831 Village Place Dr.
Midlothian, VA 23113
Wolf Hills Tax Day Takeover At Station 2
Monday April 15th should be an interesting night at Station 2. Three Wolf Hill beers never tapped in Richmond before plus head brewer Drake Scott will be on hand for the evening.
Check out the Facebook event for more information.
Carytown Craft Beer Festival This Sunday
Spring has arrived just in time for the inaugural Carytown Craft Beer Festival this Sunday April 14th from noon to 6pm. Tickets are $15/$20 (in advance/at gate) and include a souvenir pint glass (while supplies last) and unlimited sampling of Virginia craft beer. Here are the beers they will be tapping along with what will be Smartmouth Brewing’s Richmond debut:
Hardywood – Richmond, VA COTU (Center of the Universe) – Ashland, VA
Singel – ABV 6.1% Ray Rays Pale Ale- ABV 5.2%
Quadruple Ale- ABV 10.2% Main Street Alt Ale- ABV 5%
Devils Backbone – Lexington, VA Bold Rock Cidery – Nellysford, VA
Schwartz Bier Black Lager- ABV 5.2% Virginia Draft Cider – ABV 4.9%
Congo Pale Ale – ABV 6.85%
Legend – Richmond, VA Starr Hill – Crozet, VA
Guardian Dog Dopplebock- ABV 8% Starr Saison – 6%
Legend Hopfest Pale Ale- ABV 6.5% Little Red Roostarr Coffee Cream Stout- ABV 5.8%
Double Platinum IPA*- ABV 8.6%
Three Brothers – Harrisonburg, VA O’Connor – Norfolk, VA
Admiral Double IPA- ABV 8.4% El Guapo IPA- ABV 7%
Coffee Breath Brown Ale- ABV 3.8% Great Dismal Black IPA- ABV 7.5%
Elementary Porter* – ABV 7%
Apocalypse Ale Works – Lynchburg, VA Roanoke Railhouse – Roanoke, VA
Hopocalypse Imperial Red Ale-ABV 8% Switch Monkey Belgian Pale- ABV 6.5%
Lustful Maiden Belgian Double- ABV 7.5% Track 1 Amber Lager- ABV 5.6%
Chocolate Stout* – ABV 6%
Midnight – Goochland, VA Smartmouth – Norfolk, VA RVA DEBUT!
Rockville Red Ale – ABV 5% Alter Ego Saison-ABV 5.3%
Not My Job Brown Ale – ABV 5% Rule G IPA- ABV 6.6%
New Beginning Kolsch* – ABV 5%
Extra Billy’s – Midlothian, VA
Citra Ass Down IPA
Secret Sauce IPA
* = back up beers in case others run out.
Lickinghole Creek – Goochland, VA
Information and a preview of what is coming up in the next couple months.
Food vendors offering small plates for $5-8 include:
Mezzanine
Nacho Mamas
Amour Wine Bistro
Ginger Thai Taste
Carytown Burger & Fries
Purchase tickets online here or check places to pick up in person here.
Carytown Cupcakes Celebrates Craft Beer With Hardywood & Dogfish Head
Clockwise: Chocolate Coffee Stout, Bourbon Stout, Chocolate Heat, Vegan Raspberry Stout & Tweason’Ale Strawberry (Original Photos Carytown Cupcakes)
Leading up to next Sunday’s Carytown Craft Beer Festival, Carytown Cupcakes will be featuring craft beer flavors from April 8 – 14th. I have enjoyed many of their cupcakes in the past but especially their vegan flavors. It is no surprise to see Hardywood featured so prominently. Gluten-free Richmonders will be pleased by the use of Dogfish Head’s Tweason Ale.
Craft Beer Flavor Menu
Chocolate Coffee Stout: Hardywood Sidomo Coffee Stout-Infused Chocolate Cupcake With Kahlua Buttercream
Bourbon Stout: Hardywood Bourbon Sidomo-Infused Vanilla Cupcake With Bourbon Buttercream
Chocolate Heat: Hardywood Chocolate Heat-Infused Chocolate Cupcake With Spicy Ganache Icing
Raspberry Stout: Vegan Hardywood Raspberry Stout-Infused Raspberry Cupcake With Reduced Raspberry Stout-Raspberry Frosting
Tweason’Ale Strawberry: Gluten-Free Dogfish Head Tweason’Ale-Infused Strawberry Cupcake With Strawberry Buttercream
Carytown Cupcakes
3111 W Cary St
Richmond, VA 23221
355-CAKE (2253)
Place Your Crazy Bet At Center of the Universe Tonight
Head up to Center of the Universe tonight Friday April 5th as they release their latest beer. From the imagination of head brewer and armchair historian, Mike Killelea, COTU’s Crazy Bet Imperial Amber is named after Elizabeth Van Lew a prominent Richmond resident during the Civil War, who used her Church Hill mansion to hide escaped slaves and Union prisoners of war.
Crazy Bet has a base of English mild ale malts with different caramel malts to adding sweetness and a deep ruby color. Hop additions in the boil include Columbus, Mount Hood, and Nugget in order to balance the bitterness and intense aromas. As a final measure, the beer is dry-hopped with Columbus and Nugget.
COTU will tap the new beer starting at 4pm. Head over to the Facebook event for more information.
11293 Air Park Rd
Ashland, VA 23005
Meet Three Brothers At Sedona Taphouse Tonight
Harrisonburg’s newest brewing sensation comes back to Richmond tonight Tuesday April 2nd as Three Brothers Brewing invades Sedona Taphouse starting at 5pm. Here are the beers they will be tapping tonight:
The Admiral DIPA
Hoptimization IPA
Coffee Breath Brown Ale
Elementary Porter
Great Outdoors Pale Ale
Come out and meet the brothers who make this great beer and snag a pint glass to take home. Head over to the Facebook event for more information.
15732 WC Main St.
Midlothian, Virginia 23113
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