Credit: Ardent Craft Ales

It is hard to imagine that it has already been three years since Ardent Craft Ales opened their doors in Scott’s Addition.  I mean it feels like it was just yesterday when I was having my first tastes of Honey Ginger and Sweet Potato & Sage Saison in the Church Hill brew garage. In some ways, it feels like Ardent has always been right there. It’s as if it was preordained that they would occupy that very spot in Scott’s Addition.

Ardent will celebrate their third anniversary with a huge block party this Saturday June 17th starting at noon featuring over 20 guest beers plus bottles and draft of a special Third Anniversary Tripel.

Guest Beers

• Triple Crossing Brewing — Galaxy So Mosaic DIPA
• The Answer Brewpub — Triple Dry Hopped Larceny IPA
• Center of the Universe Brewing — Summer Moon Imperial Raspberry Lemonade Wheat
• Hardywood Park Craft Brewery — Oyster Kolsch
  
• The Veil Brewing Co. — TBA
• Stone Brewing Richmond — Give Me Stout or Give Me Death
• Final Gravity Brewing Co. — ’69 Superbird DIPA
• Brothers Craft Brewing + Trophy Brewing Company collab — Gosecolada
• Champion Brewing Company — Fruitless DIPA
  
• Alewerks Brewing Company — Weekend Lager
  
• O’Connor Brewing Co. — Spyhop
  
• Smartmouth Beer — Awkward Silence DIPA
  
• Commonwealth Brewing Company — Swizzle Tropical Gose
  
• Ocelot Brewing Company — IPA
  
• Pale Fire Brewing Company — Bourbon Barrel Tripel
  
• Aslin Beer Company — Passion of Johann DIPA
  
• Wicked Weed Brewing — TBA
  
• Other Half Brewing Company — DIPA
  
• Blue Bee Cider — Hopsap Shandy, fermented with saison yeast and dry-hopped with Motueka
  
• Potter’s Craft Cider — Wapatoolie Hop Cider
  
• Buskey Cider — Tart Cherry
  
• Black Heath Meadery — Mead with Ginger

Enjoy live music throughout the day from the following bands:

• 1PM — The Trillions
• 2PM — Clair Morgan
• 3PM — Mikrowaves
• 4PM — McKinley Dixon
• 5PM — Prabir

Food will be available from the following vendors:

• ZZQ
• Intergalactic Tacos
• Dank Eats
• Continental Divide Richmond
• The Return of the Mac
• Bikini Panini
• Chzy Ryder
• Aloi
• King Of Pops – Richmond
• River City Kettle Corn

This event is free to enter and open to the public. Beverage purchases (21+) will be ticketed; $6 per ticket, with ticket sales at the door and inside the event. All food is pay-as-you-go from the individual food vendors. Event is rain or shine. No outside food, beverages, or coolers are allowed. Kids and families welcome; must be 21+ to consume alcohol. Leashed friendly dogs welcome. Thank you for your help making this a safe, fun event for everyone.

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Interested in volunteering? Thank you! Sign up here:signup.com/go/sGnizsm

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

Ardent Craft Ales
3200 W Leigh St
Richmond, VA 23230