This completely slipped my mind but Bells Brewery has taken over all 22 taps at Joe’s Inn today Wednesday April 30th. Everything from the list below was tapped at 8am except Black Note which will be tapped at 6pm.
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Birthday Weekend Roundup 2014: Rappahannock, Crossroads, RVA Earth Day, Hardywood, & Strangeways
Where did the time go? It is time to celebrate three years of great beers, food, and everything in between. Here are just a few things that caught my eye this weekend.
Thursday April 24th
Devils Backbone Auster Brau Release at Rappahannock — 4PM
What is Auster Brau?
@rvabeermeister @dbbrewingco 5% Smoked Wheat Kolsch w/ Sorachi Ace hops, wanted a brew that paired well w/oysters and I think we nailed it.
— Tyler Huband (@OystrAmbassador) February 25, 2014
In addition to their collaboration beer, they will have:
Azrael
Dark Abbey
Gold Leaf Lager
Schwartz Bier
Striped Bass Pale Ale
A beer specifically made to pair with oysters? Sign me up!
Heavy Seas Tap Takeover at Crossroads — 5PM
If you live in Southside and have not check out Crossroads Forest Hill, then you are really missing out. One visit had me addicted to pistachios with my beer. Today, six of their sixteen taps are being takeover by Heavy Seas beers.
There will be glassware to steal with these beers on tap:
Black Cannon IPA
Riptide
Peg Leg
Small Craft Warning
Big DIPA
Loose Cannon IPA
Head over to the Facebook event for more information.
Strangeways Tap Invasion at AW Shucks Country Store — 6PM
AW Shucks Country Store
6100 Pouncey Tract Rd
Glen Allen, VA 23059
Saturday April 26th
RVA Earth Day Festival, Manchester — 11AM
Style Weekly is proud to bring you the city’s favorite celebration of earth day again this year. Musical entertainment from critically acclaimed local bands, tasty local food, eye-popping local art, thirst-quenching Virginia craft beers and more. In all, you can expect a beautiful day. And it’s FREE to attend.
If you’ve been to the festival in any of the past four years, we’ll be at the SAME GREAT LOCATION — in Manchester, from riverside through Plant Zero. The fun starts on the south of the 14th Street Bridge and continues from East 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th streets, from Hull to Decatur, including riverside and flood wall activities. Look for new activities on Mayo Island.
Benefitting FeedRVA, RVA Earth Day Festival will feature all nine local Richmond breweries with the following beers on tap.
| Center of the Universe — Ashland | Hardywood — Richmond |
| Ray Ray’s Pale Ale | Singel |
| Main Street | Hoplar |
| Isley Brewing — Richmond | Legend — Richmond |
| The Bribe – Oatmeal Porter | Brown |
| Lickinghole Creek –Goochland | Maibock |
| Magic Beaver Pale Ale | Hopfest |
| Midnight — Goochland | Lager |
| Rockville Red | Strangeways — Richmond |
| Triple Crossing — Richmond | Albino Monkey |
| Falcon Smash IPA | Phantasmic IPA |
| Devils Backbone — Roseland | Bold Rock — Nellysford |
| Vienna Lager | Virginia Apple |
| Starr Hill — Crozet | |
| RooStarr Coffee Cream Stout |
Make sure to head over to the Legend Lounge to continue their 20th Anniversary Celebration and for a special treat. Legend Brewing will be the site of the official after-party from 7:30 – 11:30pm.
Hardywood x RVA Beard League Barleywine Release — Noon
To celebrate the 3rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Beard & ‘Stache Championships, Hardywood and RVA Beard League created a small batch of bourbon barrel aged barleywine that they are releasing in capped and waxed limited edition 16oz growlers.
Sunday April 27th
Strangeways B-Sides Honey Bock Release — 11AM
The trend of a beer being released on my actual birthday continues this year.
821 Cafe Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary Tonight
Head over to 821 Cafe tonight Tuesday April 22nd starting at 5pm as they celebrate their 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion they share with Salvation Tatto, 821 went to Strangeways Brewing to create a special cask beer — a barrel aged Belgian IPA with mango, limes, and tangerines.
If the cask was not enough to get you out, maybe the rest of their tap list for the night will:
Bells Expedition Stout 2012
Off Color Brewing DinoS’mores
Evil Twin Justin Blåbær
Hardywood Gingerbread Stout 2013
Cuvee De Jacobins Rogue
Lagunitas Sucks
Hofbrau Maibock
Bee Nektar Necromangocon
Perennial 17
Hebrew Funky Jewbelation
Breckenridge Oaked 471
Blue Mountain DIPA
Blue Mountain Marsedon Quad
Allagash Odyssey
Avery Salvation
Alewerks Bourbon Barrel Porter
Duclaw Devine Retribution
Sugar Maple Mead — Cask
Check out the Facebook event for more information and updates.
821 Cafe
825 W Cary St
Richmond, VA 23220
Smartmouth and Green Flash Bring Their Man Crush To Mekong Tonight
Credit: Smartmouth
Head over to Mekong tonight Wednesday April 16th at 5pm as Smartmouth and Green Flash unveil their collaboration, Man Crush Hoppy Saison. Brewed in at Smartmouth in Norfolk, VA, Man Crush is Green Flash’s first collaboration with a Virginia brewery before they open their Virginia Beach brewery sometime in 2015.
Brewers from both Smartmouth and Green Flash will be in attendance to answer any questions you may have about their breweries or how they came up with this beer.
Other beers to be tapped for the night include:
Green Flash Green Bullet — Triple IPA
Green Flash Cedar Plank — American Pale Ale
Smartmouth Notch 9 — Double IPA
Smartmouth Cow Catcher — Milkstout
Head over to the Facebook event for more information.
Go Get Some DC Brau At The Cask Cafe Now
Complete DC Brau tap takeover happening right now at The Cask Cafe. Go get some!
RVA ROCK$ OnTap! Beer Festival This Saturday On Mayo Island
This Saturday April 12th RVA ROCK$ and Fetch-A-Cure present the first beer festival of the season with OnTap Beer Festival on Mayo Island from Noon to 5pm. I would be going if I did not have out of town plans so I need you to do a little reporting for me.
First you will need tickets. Tickets are $25 (general admission) or $40 (VIP) if you buy online here. Ticket prices will go up at the door; $30 GA, $50 VIP.
Got your ticket? Your general admission tikcet gets you unlimited samples of 24 beers from Richmond breweries with live music and a selection of food trucks. Yes, you can buy a full pint for $6/7 but you can always go back and get another sample of a beer you really like. VIP admission will get you in at 11am plus a catered VIP section, preferred parking, and more. Designated drivers will be granted FREE admission.
Here are the participating breweries and the beers they will be serving:
| Center of the Universe — Ashland | Extra Billy’s — Midlothian |
| Scotchtown | Citra Ass Down IPA |
| Ray Ray’s Pale Ale | My Only Weiss |
| Barrel Aged Scotchtown* | |
| Hardywood — Richmond | Isley Brewing — Richmond |
| Singel | Scott’s Addition IPA |
| Hoplar | Choosy Mother Peanut Butter Porter |
| Brian’s Barrel Blend #4* | |
| Legend — Richmond | Lickinghole Creek –Goochland |
| Hopfest | Magic Beaver Pale Ale |
| Maibock | Three Chopt Tripel |
| 20th Anniversary Imperial Brown* | Saison* |
| Midnight — Goochland | Rusty Beaver — Ladysmith |
| Rockville Red Ale | Roy’s Big Bad Brown Ale |
| Not My Job Brown | Bucktooth IPA |
| Strangeways — Richmond | Triple Crossing — Richmond |
| Albino Monkey | Falcon Smash IPA — RVA debut! |
| Phantasmic IPA | |
| Wampus Cat Triple IPA* | * = special limited beers |
Music will be provided by DJ Carter Baldwin, The Big Payback, and The Downbeat Switch starting at 11am, Noon, and 3pm, respectively.
Thai Cabin, Halligan’s, Burgerworks, Mosaic, Kentico and Red Eye Cookie will be serving food.
Check the Facebook event and RVA ROCK$ page for more information and updates. So head out, drink some beers, snap some pics and have a good time.
Italian Beer Dinner Tomorrow At Secco Wine Bar
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Yes, Secco Wine Bar, the place that brought us beer brunch, is hosting a beer dinner tomorrow Tuesday April 8th at 6:30pm featuring beers out of the Piedmont region of Italy. Ron Fischer of B. United Imports will be the host for the dinner with pairings from Chef Mike Braune. Take a look at what is sure to be a delicious menu.
MENU
FIRST COURSE
Birra Baladin “Isaac” (light, citrusy blanche)
baked mozzarella piccata
SECOND COURSE
Grado Plato “Strada S. Felice” (amber brewed with chestnuts)
chestnut spaetzle with peas, poached egg, serrano ham jus
THIRD COURSE
Birrificio Montegiaco Lover Beer “Madamin” (deep amber barrel aged sour)
grilled veal sweetbreads with olive butter-poached tuna, fennel salad
FOURTH COURSE
Birra Baladin “Etruska” (their spiced, malty, barrrel-aged version of a 3-part cooperative, multi-brewery quest for an ancient beer recipe)
barley risotto with hazelnuts, scallion, brown butter
FIFTH COURSE
Grado Plato “Cantus Caeli” (beer-wine-mead hybrid aged in oak)
duck confit with currant jam, duck fat potatoes, honey gastrique
The cost for the dinner is $70/person including tax and tip and you can buy your tickets here.
Oyster Roast Tomorrow at Whole Foods With Devils Backbone & Rappahannock Oysters
Whole Foods Short Pump, Devils Backbone, and Rappahannock Oysters have teamed up for an outdoor oyster event to benefit VCU’s Oyster Shell Recycling Program. Reps from Devisl Backbone and Rappahannock Oyster Co will on hand to answer your questions about beer, oysters, and how well they go together.
Devils Backbone beers to be tapped for the event are:
Tasmanian Pale Ale (Galaxy Single Hop)
Trail Angel Hefeweizen
Striped Bass Pale Ale
Vienna Lager
Check out the Facebook event for more information and updates. This is a cash only event so make sure you come prepared.
Founders KBS Featured On Tap Takeover at Brew Tonight
Head over to Brew tonight Thursday April 3rd at 6pm for their tap takeover featuring Founders Brewing. They will have ten Founders beers on tap and some glassware to take home. Founders rep Jon McIntire will be on hand to answer your questions about the brewery and their beers.
Here is the taplist for the evening:
KBS
Smoked Porter (Backstage Release)
Backwoods Bastard
Imperial Stout
Red’s Rye IPA
Centennial IPA
Nitro Oatmeal Stout
Porter
Dirty Bastard
All Day IPA
brew
6525 Centralia Rd
Chesterfield, VA 23832
Devils Backbone Magical Mystery Pin Tour Is Back For April Fools
Credit: Warren Haskell
In what is turning into a yearly April Fools’ Day celebration, the Devils Backbone mystery pin crawl is back for a second installment today April 1st. Guess the mystery ingredients from the first three stops on the tour and win some DB swag.
Here are the stops on the crawl along with the base beers at the first three stops:
5:30PM — Cask Cafe — Azrael Belgian Golden Ale
6:30PM — Portrait House — Eight Point IPA
7:30PM — Can Can Brasserie — Schwartz Bier
8:30PM — Mellow Mushroom
Find more information on the Facebook event page here.
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