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Belgian Beer Dinner at The Blue Goat

There are only a few seats left for The Blue Goat’s Belgian Beer Dinner on Tuesday March 20th.  If you’re still on the fence about this dinner, take a look at the tasty course from Chef Kevin LaCivita.

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Melitzano Eggplant Caviar : Roasted then blended and served chilled with extra virgin olive oil, parsley & lemon over bruschetta
Hardywood Singel

Moules-frites. Sauteed with Belgium Beer with garlic butter in a fînes herb sauce
Westmalle Dubbel

Pollen dusted seared scallops, basil oil drizzle with tallegio cheese
Weyerbacher Merry Monks

House made Ravioli stuffed with braised goat, ricotta, Swiss chard with sage brown butter sauce and shaved Pecorino Romano
La Trappe Quadrupel

The dinner starts at 6:30pm and costs $45/person excluding tax and tip . To RSVP: call (804) 288-8875 or email chris@bluegoatva.com but make sure  you act fast.

The Blue Goat
5710 Grove Ave.
Richmond, VA 23226
(804) 288-8875

Capital Ale House Anniversary Beer: Month 3

Just in time for St Patrick’s Day, Capital Ale House will unveil it’s third tenth anniversary beer on Friday, March 16th at 6pm.  Fittingly, the beer will be from O’Connor Brewing from Norfolk, VA. Barmbrack (/ba:mbrak/) Irish Stout was brewed using an old family Irish bread recipe using raisins, black currants, and cinnamon.  You can expect notes of chocolate melding with the fruitiness from the raisins and black currants followed by a pleasing cinnamon finish.  While this high gravity (8.5% ABV) Irish stout will be tapped at all Cap Ale locations, you will only be able to meet brewery owner Kevin O’Connor at the Downtown location.  For more information, go to the Facebook event.

Growler King Says…

It’s time for half off growler fills at Whole Foods Short Pump.  That’s right all day Friday March 16th, you can walk into Whole Foods and have your growler filled for half of what it normally costs. But what’s a day like this without something to look forward to? Here’s the list of of kegs to be tapped for Whole Foods Half off day:

This is just a sampling of what will be available; there’s bound to be some surprises as well.  Keep an eye on the Facebook page for updates.

Not in Richmond? So far I’ve only heard that the Charlottesville location to be having the half off specials.  If the Whole Foods near you has draft available, you might want to go ask about this.

Special guests at Short Pump include Eric and Patrick from Hardywood, Mike from Legend and Jonathan from Heavy Seas.

It all starts at 8AM and goes until close or THEY RUN OUT OF BEER!

GO OUT AND GET YOURS!

Come Brew with Us: RVA Edition

Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to brew your own beer but lack the motivation? Loveland Distributing, in conjunction with Samuel Adams, is hosting a Text-to-Win contest to help you do just that.  They have recruited James River Homebrewers‘ members, yours truly included, to act as mentors to the lucky winners.

To Enter: Text “BREW” to 71280.  A message will pingback with a link to an online form.

The last day to enter is March 17th. Winners will be selected on March 19th and paired with mentors.  Five winners will receive the following supplies as a starter kit:

7.8 gallon Primary Bucket
5 gallon Glass Carboy
Fermentation Lock and Stopper
Autosiphon and tubing
Triple Scale Hydrometer with sampling tube
Floating Thermometer
Bottle and Carboy brush
Sanitizer
Capper
Bottle Filler
Caps
The Complete Joy of Home Brewing

Winners and mentors will develop recipes to brewed at Original Gravity on March 31st.  Finally, apprentice brewers will have the opportunity of pouring their beers at the Flavor Beer and Food Festival at Innsbrook Pavilion on June 2nd.

 

Duck, Duck, Goose Island!

Head out to Weezie’s Kitchen on Wednesday, March 14th at 5pm to get a taste of Goose Island Beer as it hits the Richmond market for the first time.  Goose Island holds an impressive record of 15 consecutive years of medals at the Great American Beer Festival.  Take a look at the Classic and Vintage Ales that will be featured on draft:

Honker’s Ale — English Style Bitter
India Pale Ale
Matilda — Belgian Style Pale Ale
Pere Jacques — Belgian Style Abbey Ale

For more information, head over to the Facebook event page here and prepare to get Goosed.

Weezie’s Kitchen
3123 West Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23220

Hops: It’s What’s for Dinner

Calling all hopheads! Have you been turned off by beer dinners of the past that dared to serve malt bombs? Not to worry, TJ’s at the Jefferson had you in mind when they came up with their first ever Charity Hop Beer Dinner on Friday, March 16th.  TJ’s will be  working in tandem with Screens and Suds to raise money for Richmond MS.

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Welcome Beer
Trio of Dogfish Head 60, 75, & 90 Minute IPAs

Braised Endive wrapped in Surryano Ham, Honey Glazed Cippolini Onions, Crispy Herbs
Southern Tier Gemini

Braised Oxtail and Toasted Marble Rye Cavatelli, Arugula, Curried Golden Raisins, Hazelnuts
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA

Hop Marinated Cornish Game Hen, Jefferson Spoon Bread, Apple Rhubarb Slaw
Williamsburg Aleworks Bitter Valentine

Pineapple Cardamom Upside Down Cake, Pistachio Tellicherry Ice Cream
Bell’s Hopslam

The dinner will be $50 per person and will include a donation. TJ’s will be matching the donations for the evening and be giving a portion of their sales for the evening to Richmond MS. Dinner starts at 7pm. Call TJ’s at (804) 649-4672 or email at jonathan.kibiloski@jeffersonhotel.com for more information or reservations. Cheers!

TJ’s at the Jefferson
101 W. Franklin St.
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 649-4672

Two Spicy Beer Events This Week

If your food and beer palate is spice inclined, I have two events for you to consider this week.

First off, The Empress is having another beer pairing  for Tasting Tuesday featuring mexican food.  Here’s a look at the menu.

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Green chili – candied habaneros, micro cilantro, red jalapeno cornbread with Breckenridge Agave Wheat

Carne Asada Tamales with fresh crema and smoked poblano sauce with Dos XX Amber Ale

Baked smoked pork empanada , queso fresco, and cilantro sauce with Michelada (similar to a bloody mary) made with Pacifico

Marinated shrimp sopes (corn masa boat, grilled marinated shrimp) fennel salsa, roasted tomatillos with New Belgium Trippel

Black mole, braised chicken, yucca with Left Hand Fade to Black Chili Porter

Head to the Facebook event for more information here.

$25 per person
Vegetarian options available
Call for reservations 

The Empress
2043 W Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23220
804-592-4000

Next up, Can Can Brasserie is having a Cajun Beer/Cocktail Dinner this Thursday, March 8th. Here’s a look at the menu.

Dinner starts at 6:30pm and costs $45 including tax and gratuity. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Head to the Facebook event for more information here.

Can Can Brasserie
3120 W Cary St
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 358-7274

Breckenridge Tap Takeover at Station 2

Saturday, March 3rd, Station 2 will have their taps taken over by Breckenridge Brewery starting at 5pm.  Here are the beers they will have on hand:

Avalanche Ale
471 Small Batch IPA
72 Imperial Chocolate Cream Stout
Regal Double Pilsner
Pandora’s Bock

So go out and enjoy some burgers and these excellent craft beer by this fine Colorado brewery.  Need more info head to the Facebook event here. 

2016 East Main St.
Richmond, VA 23223

Leap Day Appropriate Beer

An extra day in the month meant I was supposed to have extra time.  Somehow that did not happen. Well there’s no way I’m letting this 29th day of Februrary get by without having some fun.  This tweet from Dogfish Head had me wondering how many different ways could we celebrate Leap Day with beer. 

Let’s see how many different beers qualify if we use the numbers 29 and 60.

Anniversary Beers

Weyerbacher’s anniversary beers immediately came to mind.  You could have a Fourteen and a Fifteen, 4 Fifteens, 2 Fourteens and 2 Sixteens.

ABV

This one requires math but the end results are fun.

The Bruery’s Cuir comes in at 14.5% ABV so you only need two to get 29.

He’Brew Jewbelation Fifteen fits for anniversary beers, but it also works for ABV. With 15% ABV, you’ll need four to get to 60. 

Bell’s Amber is only 5.8% ABV so getting to 29 will knock you back 5 of these. 

Looks like that’s all I really could come up with but I think it’s plenty. Besides it’s not as if you really needed an excuse to drink great beer from me.

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