Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s 50th Anniversary Craft + Design Show will open to the public Saturday November 23rd at 10am showcasing local favorite craft artists as well as artists from California to Maine and members of VCU’s Contemporary Craft Society. This year some of Richmond’s favorite craft breweries and local food vendors have also been invited to participate.
As a special treat, each brewery was paired with a local artist to decorate and fill pins with cask beer. Here are the cask to be tapped Saturday:
- COTU & Diego Sanchez: El Duderino with Mexican cinnamon & sugar, dried peppers, vanilla bean, and cocao nibs (inspired by Mexican hot chocolate).
- Hardywood & Ed Trask: Gingerbread Stout with cocao nibs & Blanchard’s Dark as Dark coffee beans.
- Lickinghole Creek & Chris Milk: Three Chopt Tripel conditioned on 2006 Pu-er tea.
- Strangeways & Mickael Broth: new Blitzkrieg Bock with vanilla beans & cocao nibs
Here are the other beers on tap for the event:
| Center of the Universe — Ashland | Hardywood — Richmond |
| Pocahoptas | Singel |
| Main Street | Dry Irish Stout |
| Lickinghole Creek — Goochland | Strangeways — Richmond |
| Magic Beaver Belgian Pale Ale | Albino Monkey |
| Three Sheets ESB | Woodbooger |
| Bold Rock Cider — Nellysford | |
| Virginia Apple |
Alamo BBQ and Mosaic will be the featured food vendors. Go out and enjoy craft beer and some of the finest contemporary crafts in the nation!
General admission for the show is $8/person or $6/person with valid student ID or VisArts or Science Museum membership. Craft beer tickets will be $6 each or you can get a commerative tasting glass for $12 that includes four tasting tickets.
Head over to the Facebook event for more information and updates.
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