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RVA Beer Week 2013: Festivals

Everyone knows Richmond loves festivals.  Here are several to check out at beginning and end of the week.

Saturday November 2nd

Midnight Brewery Harvest Festival — 1PM

Screens ‘n’ Suds 5th Anniversary Big Event — 3-7PM

Head over to Gallery 5 and check out some beer and art. 

Relatively Certain Draft List for the Screens ‘n’ Suds Big Event this Saturday:

Screens ‘n’ Suds 5th Anniversary Small Batch Series
Blue Mountain Foxy Mama Red Tripel
Hardywood: Menagerie Barrel Blend
O’Connor: Mermaid’s Milk Imperial Milk Stout
Strangeways: 3 Wyrd Sisters: Desdemona, Ophelia, Cordelia Belgian Tripels
Three Brothers: Meet Brett IPA 100% Brettanomyces-fermented IPA
*these will also be available to reserve at the Big Event at Gallery5. Pick up will be at Hardywood.

Blue Mountain: Blue Reserve Belgian Pale Ale
Center of the Universe: El Duderino White Russian Stout
Devil’s Backbone: Gold Leaf Lager
Dogfish Head:
Extra Billy’s: Midlo Pale Ale
Firestone Walker: Wooky Jack Black Rye IPA
Green Flash: Double Stout
Hardywood: SB604 Pale Ale
Legend: Urban Legend Vampire Imperial Red Ale
Lickinghole Creek: Short Pump Saison
Lost Rhino: New River Pale Ale
New Belgium: Shift
O’Connor: Great Dismal Black IPA
Sierra Nevada: Northern Hemisphere Wet Hop Ale
Smartmouth: Double IPA
St. George: Pilsner
Starr Hill: Jomo Lager
Strangeways: Albino Monkey Belgian White
The Bruery: Tradewinds Tripel
Three Brothers: Admiral DIPA

Sunday November 3rd

Autumn Bottom Brews — 12 – 5PM

Always well attended, this event at the 17th Street Farmer’s Market will feature over 30 Virginia beers:

Three Brothers — Harrisonburg Apocalypse Ale Works — Forest
Hoptimization IPA Hopocalypse Imperial Red
Tri Brathair Scottish Ale Golden Censer
Center of the Universe — Ashland Bold Rock — Nellysford
Monkey’s Uncle Virginia Apple
Kolsch Virginia Draft
Lickinghole Creek — Goochland Devils Backbone — Lexington
Magic Beaver Pale Ale Kilt Flasher
Three Sheets ESB Striped Bass
Extra Billy’s — Midlothian Maibock
Proverbial Porter Dark Abby
Otis Brown Ale  
Legend — Richmond Hardywood — Richmond
Hopfest Farmhouse Pumpkin
Winter White RVA IPA
Midnight — Goochland O’Connor — Norfolk
Red Moon Ryesing Great Dismal Black IPA
Granite Stout Bell’s Beach Saison
Isley Brewing — Richmond Strangeways — Richmond
Plain Jane Belgian Wit Phantasmic IPA
The Bribe – Oatmeal Porter Woodbooger
Starr Hill — Crozet  
Grateful Pale  
Snowblind Doppelbock  

Beer samples available for just $2 each, or get a full 16 oz. pour for $6.

Food
Halligan’s
Mosaic
Boka Tako
Grate Pizza
RVA Vegan
Granny’s Ice Cream.

The stage for Autumn Bottom Brews will be rocking throughout the day featuring Andy Vaughn & the Drive Line playing from 11-1pm & finishing the day with a live performance from regional bluegrass favorite, Jackass Flats.

There are ample parking areas in and around the historic 17th Street Farmers’ Market on Main and Cary Streets, from 15th Street to 18th Street.

Free Admission

Saturday November 9th

Historical Society Beer Festival — 12 – 5PM

Not a lot on this event yet other than a craft beer and food festival located outside the Historical Society. I’m working on getting more information.

RVA Beer Week 2013: Beer Dinners & Other Specials

RVA Beer Week is finally upon us for 2013. Running from November 1st to 10th, there will be a lot to experience. If you’re looking to eat your way through the week, here are some options.

All Week
Go over to Saison and try one of their special beer cocktails with some of their amazing food.

Tuesday November 5th

Center of the Universe Beer Dinner — Kona Grill — 6PM

Thursday November 7th

Fat Dragon Menu Specials — 11:30am – 9PM

Some pretty cool menu specials coming out of Fat Dragon’s kitchen tonight:

  • Legend Beer Battered Mushrooms
  • Albino Monkey Fries
  • Hardywood Pumpkin Soup.

Additionally, all Richmond beers will at a special low price all day long!

Hardywood Beer Dinner — Popkin Tavern

Popkin is inviting people to come anytime of the night and try their special Hardywood Beer Dinner Menu.  Even still reservations are strongly recommended.

MENU

Local tomato, cucumber, feta salad
Singel

Beer braised pork belly, cilantro, pickled carrot, sriracha caviar
Hoperation Pink IPA

Truffle Tremor, pickled shallot
2nd Anniversary Ale (Tequila Barrel Aged Tripel)

Dry aged steak burger slider, 2 year gouda, 12 hour tomato, mushroom ketchup
Sidamo Stout 2012

Chocolate pumpkin creme brulee
Rum Pumpkin

There could be special tappings of  their cellared kegs such as Bourbon Sidamo, Bourbon Cru, and Brian’s Blend #1 if interest in the dinner is large enough.  Head over to the Facebook event for more information.

RVA Charity Beer Dinner — TJ’s at the Jefferson — 7PM

The beer dinners at TJs have always been top notch. This promises to be the same. $5 from every plate goes to 2 Bottom & Back Bus.

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Great Pumpkin Takeover at Bucket Trade Tonight

This is going down at Bucket Trade tonight October 31st at 5pm:

After the kids have their tricks and treats stop by for an evening of all treats! Join us for the return of the Great Pumpkin! Featuring:

– Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Farmhouse Pumpkin poured through a pumpkin

– Southern Tier Brewing Company Pumking
– 21st Amendment Brewery He Said Pumpkin Tripel
– AleWerks Brewing Company Pumpkin Ale
– STRANGEWAYS BREWING Gourd of Thunder

As a special treat we also have Ace Cider pumpkin cider on tap and bottles of Southern Tier’s Warlock.

Learn more over at the Facebook event.

13131 Rivers Bend Boulevard
Chester, VA 23836

Double Double Toil & Trouble: Get Wyrd With Strangeways And Screens ‘n’ Suds Tonight

Like all good things, Strangeways Brewing’s contribution to Screens ‘n’ Suds’ Small Batch Beer Series come in threes.   Drawing inspiration from the three witches (weird sisters) from Macbeth, Strangeways has concocted The Wyrd Sisters, three different versions of a Belgian Tripel, each fermented on a different yeast strain — Cordelia (Celis), Ophelia (La Chouffe), Desdemona (Trappist) — then aged in oak barrels.

Head over to the lab tonight Tuesday October 29th at 5pm for your first tastes of these three wicked beers.

Head over to the Facebook event for more information.

2277A Dabney Rd
Richmond, VA 23230

Remember this and Screens ‘n’ Suds’ other small batdch beers will be available for purchase only at their Big Event Saturday at Gallery 5.

Kick Off Screens ‘n’ Suds Week With Blue Mountain Brewery At The Camel Tonight

wpid-poster1_web.jpgTonight Monday October 28th starts a week of events leading up to Screens ‘n’ Suds Big Event Saturday November 2nd at Gallery 5.

Head over to The Camel at 6pm and kick things off with Blue Mountain Brewery.  Get a taste of the first of five Screens ‘n’ Suds’ Fifth Anniversary Small Batch Series, Blue Mountain Foxy Mama Red Tripel.

Other Blue Mountain beers on tap will include:

Barrel aged Mandolin
Rip Rap Pale
Dark Hollow Bourbon Barrel Stout
Full Nelson

Take home some Blue Mountain glassware and purchase some art to benefit National MS Society Central and Eastern Virginia Chapter.

Check out the Facebook event for more information

Firkin Your Friday At Brew With Lickinghole Creek’s Pumpkin Ain’t Easy Pin

Simply put, today Friday October 25th at 5pm will be your first chance to have an idea of what Lickinghole Creek’s Estate pumpkin beer, Pumpkin Ain’t Easy, will taste like except with spices.  Brew in Chesterfield is tapping a pin containing 90% Pumpkin Ain’t Easy, 10% Three Chopt Tripel, and cinnamon nibs. Yes, cinnamon nibs not cocoa. I had to look it up; they are a real thing. They will have other Lickinghole Creeek beers on tap as well.  Owner Sean-Thomas Pumphrey will be there as well to answer your questions as well. 

Maybe ask why not call the beer “Punkin Ain’t Easy.”  I guess that’d require new neck labels.

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Head over to the Facebook event for more information.

6525 Centralia Rd
Chesterfield, VA 23832
 
UPDATE: Apparently, double the Lickinghole Creek firkin goodness is on tap for today.  Bucket Trade in Chester is tapping a pin containing 90% Short Pump Saison, 10% Three Chopt Tripel, and reconditioned 2006 Pu-erh tea.
 
According to wikipedia:

Pu-erh or Pu’er tea is a variety of fermented dark tea produced in Yunnan province, China.[1][2][3]Fermentation is a tea production style in which the tea leaves undergo microbial fermentation and oxidation after they are dried and rolled.[4] This process is a Chinese specialty and produces tea known as Hei Cha (黑茶), commonly translated as dark, or black tea (this type of tea is completely different from what in West is known as “black tea”, which in China is called “red tea” 红茶). The most famous variety of this category of tea is Pu-erh from Yunnan Province, named after the trading post for dark tea during imperial China.[5]

Bucket Trade will tap their pin at 5pm. Head over to the Facebook event for more information.

The Bucket Trade- Craft Beer, Growlers and Provisions
13131 Rivers Bend Boulevard
Chester, VA 23836

Navigate the “Brew Quarter” Saturday With Boulevard Pumpkin Festival, Hardywood Second Anniversary, & Isley Brewing Opening

Brew Quarter3A new brewery opening, a festival, and an anniversary–all happening Saturday October 26th just north of Broad St in a section of town I will now lovingly refer to as Richmond’s Brew Quarter.  You could easily spend all day checking out these three events but what should you do first?  Any order is probably fine but I will share my planned attack order.

Boulevard Pumpkin Festival — Noon

Yes, the pumpkin festival is where I’m starting simply because it starts the earliest.  Make sure you don’t eat lunch beforehand.  Richmond.com has the all the details on pumpkin dishes to be served at the festival but here are a few that stood out to me:

  • Fat Dragon: Pumpkin seafood soup, pumpkin fried rice, beer battered fried pumpkin This just might be the holy trinity of pumpkin dishes
  • Sasion: Pumpkin mofongo I don’t know what mofongo is but I sure am having fun saying it.
  • The Camel: Fried chicken and pumpkin waffles, pumpkin shrimp & grits Pumpkin waffles & chicken, I mean someone had to do it!
  • Mosaic: Pumpkin curry, pumpkin chili, crispy chicken with cornbread I could see the pumpkin used in place of potatoes in Mussuman curry or just pureed with coconut milk to serve as the broth. Either way sure to be delicious.

Isley Brewing Grand Opening — 1 – 7PM

Now, this one caught me totally by surprise as I did not realize they were this far along.  They will have four beers for people to try:

Plain Jane Belgian White Ale
Plain Jane Blueberry Belgian White Ale
The Bribe Oatmeal Porter
Decadence Coconut Cocoa Oatmeal Porter

Have to say I’m intrigued by the Blueberry White Ale.

Isley Brewing Co
1715 Summit Ave
Richmond, VA 23230

Hardywood Second Anniversary Party — 2 – 9PM

Last but certainly not least, end the day at Hardywood for tequila or at least their Tequila barrel aged Second Anniversary Ale.  Definitely get there before 6pm as Goldrush will provide a live soundtrack for Godzilla Destroy All Monsters.

Side note: Is it too late for me to go as Godzilla for Halloween? 

Second Anniversary Ale will be available by the pint as well as a limited number of  750mL bottles starting at 2pm.  Special event beers are to be announced. RVA Street Foodies will bring the yum with  Pizza Tonight, Monique’s Crepes, Super Fresh Carts, Thai Cabin, Estes Bar.B.’Que,  Cielito Lindo, Soul-Ice Vending, Inc., and Station 2.

Additional music will be provided by Scorpio Brothers Marty Key and Troy Hurt (rare garage, soul and funk) and The Green Hearts (power pop & rock ‘n’ roll) at 2 and 4:30pm, respectively.

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