Monthly Archives: August 2014

Bock Battle Between Lickinghole Creek And Strangeways This Weekend

There is nothing wrong with a little friendly competition between Richmond breweries.  There are no losers this weekend as Lickinghole Creek and Strangeways pit bock vs bock for Saturday and Sunday beer releases.

LCCB starts things off Saturday August 9th with the release of their Creator Hoppelbock, a hoppy doppelbock.

We are excited to release our newest lager. This one’s a doozy. We love the Doppelbock style, and as y’all know, we love hops, so we decided to “Create”a Hoppelbock. The Creator Hoppelbock maintains the malt heritage of the style while adding a fantastic hop presence without extra bitterness.

Nine distinctive malts provide the structure of the Creator, while New Zealand Hallertau, US Mount Hood, Styrian Celia and German Hersbucker account for the hop flavor and aroma.

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Head over to the Facebook event for more information and updates.

Strangeways has you covered on a potentially rainy Sunday August 10 with their bourbon bock, Virginia Vulgarian Bourbon Bock:

This oh-so-smooth bourbon bock is lagered specifically to blend with the bourbon characteristics of the A. Smith Bowman barrels, but with a lower ABV to increase drinkability…

An unrefined Virginia gentlemen is lured deep into the woodlands by the thrill of the hunt. Patience is his creed absent creature comforts that often come few and far between. His mind hearkens what Virginia native Thomas Jefferson once said: “With great risk comes great reward”. With this he seeks out full flavors enhanced by local Virginia bourbon, while at the same time harboring the desire to avoid excessive booziness and burn, which could detract from the smooth character and malty sweetness of the luscious, deep red elixir he so fervidly craves. A rapid flavor assault wets his appetite and courses through his veins as zings of bourbon resonate. His quarry in hand, the Virginia Vulgarian reveres the potion’s art of being quite approachable in its manageable 6.66% ABV.

Head over to the Facebook event for more information and updates.

Virginia Craft Beer Month & IPA Day Collide Thursday

Credit: Center of the Universe Brewing

Credit: Center of the Universe Brewing

Let me tell you, Virginia loves itself some hops.  There will be plenty of hops to go around as tomorrow Thursday, August 7th is National IPA Day.  Here are a few Virginia beer events around town to get your hop on:

Pocahoptus Yeast Study at Center of the Universe — 4PM I really love what COTU is doing here just wish I didn’t already have a conflict.  That’s four different Pocahoptases (Pocahopti?) for you to try:

IPA fans rejoice!  It is an entire day we are dedicating to our favorite India Pale Ale, Pocahoptas.  Ever wonder how much influence a yeast strain has on a beer?  Let us school you.  We did 3 different batches of Pocahoptas using 3 different yeast strains; London Ale, Pacific, and a Belgian Golden yeast strain.  You will be able to try all 3 and compare them to the ever delicious original Pocahoptas.  Don’t drag your feet!  5.2 gallons each.  Once its gone, its history!  Oh yeah, we will have a pin of Pocahoptas as well.  What’s in it?  Come in to find out.  LONG LIVE THE IPA!

COTU will also be tapping a cask conditioned pin of Pocohoptas.

Yipee-Ki-IPA Day at Strangeways — 4PM Strangeways will have six different IPAs on tap for their IPA Day party. In addition, they are running their “Steal the Vessel” promotion from now until Labor Day; so get your growler, grunt, or blue Ball jar while you can.

Here are the IPAs they will be tapping:

  • Cranberry Disintegration Barrel Aged IPA
  • Phantasmic East Coast IPA
  • Cherry Phantasmic East Coast IPA
  • Lemon Berry Phantasmic East Coast IPA
  • Peach Phantasmic East Coast IPA
  • Raspberry Phantasmic East Coast IPA

Virginia IPA Innvasion at Joe’s Inn — 5PM

Joe’s Inn will be tapping a small but impressive selection of Virginia IPAs. Their $6 burger is one of my favorites in town.  Try one of these IPAs with yours:

  • Ardent IPA
  • Blue Mountain Prizefighter
  • Hardywood Bourbon DIPA
  • Hardywood Great Return
  • Lickinghole Creek Til Sunset Session IPA
  • Starr Hill King of Hop Imperial IPA
  • Triple Crossing IPA
  • Potters Hopped Cider

You can find more details including addresses in the calendar here.

Richmond Breweries United Kickoff Party At The Cask Cafe Saturday

Richmond Breweries United outside Weezie’s Kitchen, RVA Beer Week 2013

Richmond Breweries United outside Weezie’s Kitchen, RVA Beer Week 2013

Here is your invitation to hang out with every single Richmond brewery Saturday August 2nd at The Cask Cafe from 2pm to close:

Hello beer lovers and fellow Richmonders,

This has been something that has been in the works for some time! Richmond Breweries United is a soon to be non profit made up of the Richmond Area breweries, Richmond Regional Tourism, and RVA Beer writers and bloggers. The group was formed to advocate Richmond beer culture and beer tourism. Cask Café on Robinson has jumped in to give us a hand. We are having a release party for the printed Richmond Beer Trail Map that will be freshly available thanks to Richmond Regional Tourism and Style Weekly. Also the first batch of promotion for RVABEER.COM will be available which links to the craft beer section of the Richmond Regional Tourism website. This party is open to the public and a great opportunity for all of us to celebrate the continued success of RVA as a beer town and the beginning of the 3rd annual Virginia Craft Beer Month. hope to see you there!

On more somber note this event will also be a farewell party for Ed Medina who is returning to town to say his last goodbyes to RVA before moving to North Carolina. Ed has beer a huge local beer advocate with his blog site www.vacraftbeer.com. For years he has helped our local beer scene grow, been an integral part of our community, and a great guy to grab beers with.

Here are the beers to be tapped from each of the Richmond area breweries:

  • Strangeways Brewing – Wake me up before you Gose
  • Ex Billy’s BBQ & Brewery – Double Deke Black Rye IPA
  • Ardent Craft Ales – Mild Ale
  • Hardywood – Virginia Blackberry
  • Triple Crossing & The Answer Collab – Street Cred IPA
  • Lickinghole Creek – Bourbon Barrel Tripel
  • Legend – Imperial Bourbon Brown Ale
  • Center of The Universe – RVale
  • Isley Brewing – Tall Dark and Hopsome
  • Rusty Beaver – Bucktooth IPA
  • Midnight Brewery – New Beginning  Kolsch

Head over to the Facebook event for more information and updates.

The Cask Cafe
206 S Robinson St
Richmond, VA 23220

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