Don’t forget about this festival happening Saturday, November 10th. Taste the Local amps up their Autumn Bottom Brews festival and places it in the field behind Keegans and ALoft. This will be a great way to ease into the end of RVA Beer Week!
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One Week Until Hardywood Gingerbread Stout Pairing Contest
I hope everyone is enjoying RVA Beer Week so far. Here’s something for you to consider that is only a week out. If you follow me on Facebook, then you’ve already heard about this competition from Hardywood and Capital Ale House. Here’s more from Hardywood’s Facebook:
Have an inclination for confection creation? Hardywood and Capital Ale House Richmond want to taste your concept to pair with the Hardywood Gingerbread Stout for the first dessert tasting competition on Monday, November 12th. The winner takes home a case of Gingerbread Stout and the dessert is featured on the Capital Ale House menu!
For more information or to enter, head over to contest entry page here.
PS. I may just be competing right next to you. Happy baking Richmond and good luck.
RVA Beer Week 2012: Festivals
Saturday November 3rd
Midnight Brewing Harvest Celebration — 1 – 7PM
Midnight unveils two new beers with music from the world-famous Hurricane Johnson Band starting at 3pm.
2410 Granite Ridge Road
Rockville, VA 23146
Sunday November 4th
Autumn Bottom Brews — 12 – 5PM
Probably the most attend event of last year’s beer week. This event at the 17th Street Farmer’s Market will feature the following Virginia beers:
Big Daddy Hopdog IPA
Big Daddy Sunshine Wit
Bold Rock Virginia Apple
Brass Cannon Muzzle Flash
Brass Cannon Smooth Pour Stout
Bull & Bones Lunch Pale Ale
Bull & Bones Maroon Effect Brown Ale
Devils Backbone 8 Point IPA
Devils Backbone Kilt Flasher
Devils Backbone Vienna Lager (Truck Only)
Hardywood Hoplar aged in 10 year old Bowman’s Bourbon Barrel
Hardywood Saison Rustica
James River Brewing Baltic Porter
James River Brewing Green Eyed Lady Pistachio Saison
Legend Brown Ale (Truck Only)
Legend Chocolate Porter
Legend Winter White
Midnight Kolsch
Midnight Rockville Red Ale
O’Connor/Portsmouth Collaboration Mild Child
O’Connor Great Dismal Black IPA
O’Connor Red Nun (Truck Only)
Roanoke Railhouse Switch Monkey Belgian Pale
Roanoke Railhouse Track 1
Starr Hill All Access Belgian-Style Strong
Starr Hill Cryptical Imperial Stout
Starr Hill Double Platinum Dry Hopped Firkin (Gravity poured festival keg)
Starr Hill Gift Winter Bock (Truck Only)
Wolf Hills Troopers Alley IPA
Wolf Hills White Blaze Honey Cream Ale
Saturday November 10th
Taste the Local West Broad Village — 12 – 7PM
Music
Love Canon
4 Play
The Big Payback
People’s Blues of Richmond
Local Beer
Legend Brewing
Hardywood Park
Center of the Universe
Starr Hill
Devils Backbone
O’Connor Brewing
Midnight Brewery
Bold Rock Cidery
Roanoke Railhouse
Bull and Bones Brewhaus
Food
Halligan Bar and Grill
Ledo’s Pizza
Crafts and artisinal products
DeRochonnet Delights
Fruit 66
Citiwood
Denton’s Bottle Openers
RVA Beer Week 2012: Tap Takeovers, Pub Crawls & Samplings
Friday November 2nd
Once Upon A Vine South – Seasonal Beer Sampling — 5 – 8PM
Starr Hill The Gift
Goose Island Christmas Ale
Heavy Seas Winter Storm
Legend Winter White
Legend Barleywine
Legend Wee Heavy
Saturday November 3th
South of the James Farmers Market 9AM – Noon
Bold Rock Cider Sampling
Crossroads Forest Hill Oskar Blues Tap Takeover and Bike Invasion Event — 1PM
Oskar Blues Dales Pale
Deviant Dales IPA
Gubna
Ten Fidy
Old Chub
Sunday November 4th
Station 2 Autumn Bottom After Party — 6PM
Starr Hill The Love
Hardywood Park Farmhouse Pumpkin
O’Connor Mild Child
Devils Backbone Old Virginia Dark
Midnight Head First Pale
Roanoke Railhouse IPA
Big Daddy Trailhead Nut Brown
Wolf Hills Chocolate Milk Stout
Mad Fox Keller Kolsch
James River Burning Bruges
Bold Rock
Legend Pilsner
Monday November 5th
Pins & Pint Parade
A bar crawl focusing on some of the Fans’ favorite beer bars with a freshly tapped cask beer at each location:
5:30 PM –Commercial Taphouse- Mad Fox “Mason’s Mild”
6:30 PM –Secco- Devils Backbone “Ichabod Crandall”
7:30 PM — Weezie’s- Hardywood Park “Bourbon Barrel Milk Stout”
Tuesday November 6th
Joes Inn (The Fan) Hardywood Park Tap INNvasion — 6PM
Singel
Mocha Belgique
Hoplar
Blackberry
Farmhouse Pumpkin
Bourbon Cru
Bourbon DIPA
Belgian DIPA
Pin of Milk Stout with Vanilla and a hint of Orange Peel
Hoplar (Aged in 10yr old Bowman’s Bourbon Barrel)
Saison Rustica
Habanero IPA
Wednesday November 7th
Station 2 Victory Steal the Glass Night 5PM
Headwaters Pale
Kolsch
Yakima Glory
Thursday November 8th
Sedona Taphouse Pins and Pints — 5PM
O’Connor Punk con Cocoa pin- Punkelweisse infused with Chocolate (3 different, Cocoa Nibs, Cocoa Powder, Chocolate Bars)
Hardywood Bourbon Barrel Aged Virginia Blackberry pin
Friday November 9th
Attack of The Rare and Wonderful-5pm
You’d have to try really hard not to have a great time at a Mekong event. Here’s just a taste of what’s in store:
Mad Fox Bourbon Barrel Stout
Goose Island Bourbon County
Hardywood Hazelnut Milk Stout Pin
“Broad Street Gets Goose’d” Goose Island Night — 6pm.
The Camel & Popkin Tavern- Join Greg Barrett from Goose for different beers at each location.
Kick off for VA Cider Week — 5 – 8 PM
Once Upon A Vine South — VA Cider Sampling
Bold Rock: Virginia Apple, Virginia Draft, Crimson Ridge Vat #1
RVA Beer Week 2012: Four Beer Dinners & A Brunch
With four beer dinners and a brunch this week, I will most likely be very fat by the end of RVA Beer Week. Fat and very happy.
Sunday November 4th
Secco Wine Bar’s October beer brunch had to be moved due to Hurricane Sandy so now we are welcoming them to RVA Beer Week.
Update: Secco will be donating 10% of the proceeds from this Sunday’s brunch to the American Red Cross.
OCTOBER RVA BEER WEEK BRUNCH MENU
available 11AM – 3PM
biscuits & Border Springs lamb sausage gravy
roasted apple and walnut pancakes, house-made bacon and hash browns
huevos rancheros with cilantro crema (option to add braised pork shoulder)
smoked paprika sausage, braised collard greens, potatoes and soft egg
hash browns “all the way” (sauteed onions, Mahon cheese, diced ham, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms and chili)
house-made brioche with raspberry preserves and whipped vanilla butter
Mike’s bagel, smoked salmon spread, shaved radish and field greens
tortilla Espanola with potato, onion and Mahon cheese
grilled Border Springs lamb burger, harissa yogurt, feta and sliced red onion with fries
field green salad, chevre, pistachios, lemon-thyme vinaigrette
Featured Beers
Potter’s Cider
Founders Breakfast Stout
Bahnhof Leipziger Gose
Stillwater/Mikkeller “Our Side” (on deck)
This is a non-ticketed event and all items are served a la carte. Seating will be done on a first come, first served basis. Email info@seccowinebar.com or call (804) 353-0670 to get reservations for parties of five to eight. Keep in mind that Secco’s size means the smaller your party, the quicker they will be able accommodate you.
Secco Wine Bar
2933 W. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23221
(804) 353-0670
Tuesday November 6th
Blue Goat Devils Backbone Beer Dinner — 6:30PM
Attending a Devils Backbone beer dinner hosted by The Blue Goat in conjunction with Slowfood’s RVA Chapter could be the no brainer of the week. I don’t have a menu yet but I’m working on getting one.
Beer Menu
Skull Crushing Ape– strong black wheat ale
Four Point Pale Ale– extra hoppy low gravity beer. The beer is slightly floral with a pleasant resinous note Scottish-style Wee Heavy “Kilt Flasher“- Deep rich dark brown ruby hued beer Vienna Lager- 2012 Gold World Beer Cup, 2012 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal Winner, and 2009 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal winner
8 Point IPA– American-style India Pale Ale, medium in body with intense hop flavor and aroma
Cost for the dinner will be $65/person plus tax and tip. If you prefer not to wait for a menu, call the restaurant at (804) 288-8875 to RSVP. Dinner starts at 6:30pm
Wednesday November 7th
Fat Dragon Virginia Beer Dinner — 6:30PM
Fat Dragon is not even open yet and they’ve already scheduled their first beer dinner. Their Virginia Beer Dinner will be five courses featuring beers from Hardywood, O’Connor, and Starr Hill. Cost for the dinner will be $45/person excluding tax and tip. I will post a menu as soon as I receive it.
Thursday November 8th
Libbie Market Ridgefield — 7PM
Libbie is hosting a Fall Harvest Victory Beer Dinner benefiting the James River Association starting at 7PM.
MENU
Amuse
Mushroom Napoleon with Roasted Mushroom, Red Pepper, Peppered Asparagus, Cheese and Spinach Saute
Victory Prima Pils(German Pilsner)
First Course
Fall Harvest Salad with Mixed Mesclun Greens, Virginia Apples, Cranberries, Asiago & Pecans
Victory Headwaters Pale Ale(Am Pale Ale)
Second Course
Mixed Cheese Plate with Cheryl’s Libbie Market Selections
Victory Hop Devil(Am IPA)
Third Course
Libbie Market’s BBQ Glazed Atlantic Salmon with Chinese Short Ribs
Victory Hop Wallop ( American Double Imperial IPA)
Fourth Course
Libbie Market’s Chocolate Decadence
Victory Storm King Stout (Russian Imperial)
The cost for the dinner $35/person. Reservations will be required so call Libbie Ridgefield at (804)741-0063 or email jonathan.scott@libbiemarket.com to RSVP.
If you can’t attend the dinner, there will be a free pre-dinner tasting at 6PM featuring Otto in Oak, Dark Intrigue, Yakima Glory-just added and Ranch Double IPA. Donations to the James River Association will gladly be accepted.
Libbie Market Ridgefield
10470 Ridgefield Parkway
Henrico, VA 23233
Friday November 9th
TJ’s at the Jefferson — 7PM
TJs probably has the most interesting dinner concept of the week. For their Whole Hog & VA Cask Beer Pig & Pins Dinner, Chef Patrick Ehemann has crafted a 5 course whole hog dinner to pair with cask beer from Mad Fox, O’Connor, Hardywood, Legend and Devils Backbone.
MENU
Family Style Appetizers
Poached Oysters & Lardo on Braised Collard Greens, BBQ’d Scrapple & Apples, Buffalo Spiced Pork Rinds
Mad Fox Mason’s Mild
Crispy Pigs Feet Confit with Shredded Root Slaw, Horseradish Pommery Vinaigrette
O’Connor Black Saison Dry Hopped with Amarillo Hops
Pastrami Style Pork Belly with Caraway Potato Puree, Brussels, Pulled Pork Hash, Dry Hopped Pig Tea
Legend Weizenbock
Molasses Glazed Pork Flank Steak with Braised Pork Shank Hominy, Fried Collard Greens
Devils Backbone Smokehouse Porter
Bacon Coconut Snowballs
Hardywood Park Milk Stout with Cocoa Nibs, Vanilla Beans and Coconut
The cost for the dinner is $50/person plus tax and gratuity. Call TJ’s at (804) 649-4672 or email jonathan.kibiloski@jeffersonhotel.com for more information or reservations.
TJ’s at the Jefferson
101 W. Franklin St.
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 649-4672
Have You RSVPed To Hardywood’s Anniversary Party?
Hardywood’s First Anniversary Party is this Saturday October 27th. So far the Facebook event has only 300 people attending plus another hundred maybes. I think those numbers are a lot lower than they should be. Out of the 7593 people that like Hardywood on Facebook, only 400 know they might want to be there to celebrate one year?
Come on Richmond, you voted them the best local brewery on Richmond.com. Yes, the current weather forecast is mostly rain and clouds but how many times have you known what looked like it would be a crappy day turn into a gorgeous day for being outside drinking beer.
Maybe you can’t make Saturday at all. Then you should know Hardywood has extended the celebration to three days starting with tonight’s Fall Food Truckober Festival. Attendance looks low on this as well but the awesome weather we have been having these past few nights will continue today. Yes, I know we are in the middle of restaurant week; even I had a hard time choosing between the two options. With the food truck court extending into the next parking lot and a beer truck onsite, I think this will be where I end up most likely eating some Dixie Chicken.
Update with draft list from Hardywood:
Barleywine aged 16 weeks on 18 year old Bowman’s “Abraham Bourbon Barrels”….
Hoplar aged 14 weeks on 18 year old Bowman’s “Abraham Bourbon Barrels”
Milk Stout aged on 6 weeks on 4 year old Bowman’s bourbon barrels.
Pretty In Pink Saison, a collaboration between brewer Rachael Cardwell and Lost Rhino Brewing Co.
Raspberry Stout with vanilla
Farmhouse Pumpkin Ale
Hardywood Singel
Saison Rustica
Belgian DIPA
Brian’s Barrel Blend No. 1
**We are only able to offer growler fills on Hardywood Singel and Saison Rustica today and tomorrow. Take home any Hardywood draft in a single serving mason jar!**
If that’s not enough, Firkin Friday has been turned into an epic night of fundraising for Nectar’s OnBoard Project and Justin Caskey, a local two time cancer survivor, amputee, and athlete. They will be raffling off gift packs from sponors such as Hardywood, Boka Tako, Lady Nawlins, Olio, City Dogs and more.
Okay Richmond, with three nights to choose from, I hope I see the 7593 Hardywood lovers come out in force. Go ahead and RSVP while you’re at it.
Sunday Funday Pumpkin Tap Takeover At The Camel
While I’m still in New York until Monday,I’m kind of bummed I’ll miss the start of The Camel’s pumpkin tap takeover tonight, Sunday October 14th. They are adding celebration by sampling new menu items such fried oysters, fish tacos, and more.
Here are the beers they will be tapping at 5pm:
Dogfish Punkin
Southern Tier Pumking
Schlafly Pumpkin
Smuttynose Pumpkin
Hardywood Farmhouse Pumpkin
Weyerbacher Pumpkin
Terrapin Pumpkinfest
Heavy Seas Great Pumpkin
Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin
Enjoy your Sunday Fundday!
Screens N Suds Belgo-American Beer Dinner
To start off the celebration of their fourth year raising money to fight Multiple Sclerosis, Screens N Suds has teamed with TJ’s at the Jefferson to host a Belgo-American Beer Dinner tomorrow Friday October 12th starting at 7pm.
MENU
First Course
Roasted Fall Apple with Rabbit Mousse, Walnut Pangani Crisp
Leffe Blond & Hardywood Singel
Roasted Fall Apple with Rabbit Mousse, Walnut Pangani Crisp
Leffe Blond & Hardywood Singel
Second Course
Savory Tiramisu: Pork Cheeks, Parsnip Mousse, Maredsous Roasted Root Vegetables, Pork Rind Coco
Maredsous Brune & Flying Dog Disobedience Dubbel
Third Course
Fennel Roasted Branzino with Coriander Spaetzle, Tomato Vermouth Nage
Bosteels Tripel Karmeleit & The Bruery Tradewinds Tripel
Fourth Course
Homemade Fig Newton with Blue Cheese Ice Cream, Salted Caramel
De Dochter van de Korenaar Embrasse & Ommegang Three Philosophers
The cost for the dinner is $50/person plus tax and gratuity. Tax and Gratuity. A portion of the dinner proceeds and all of Screens ‘n’ Suds sales will benefit MS Society Central Virginia Chapter and Virginia Association of Free Clinics.
Dinner starts at 7pm. For reservations or more information, call TJ’s at (804) 649-4672 or email jonathan.kibiloski@jeffersonhotel.com. Cheers!
TJ’s at the Jefferson
101 W. Franklin St.
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 649-4672
Goose Island Madame Rose Hitting Richmond Today
I always have to debate whether to share information anytime I find out about a new beer coming to our market. This is especially true for beers with limited availability that I may not have the time to run out and get.
Goose Island’s Madame Rose is just such a beer. Available in 22oz bottles, Madame Rose is a Belgian style brown ale fermented with a wild yeast strain and aged on cherries in wine barrels. You have no idea how much I want to try this beer. Alas, I need to travel and still have packing and rooms to find.
So today is your lucky day. I know where you can go to get the beer today if it sounds good to you. Here they are:
Ellwood Thompson
4 N. Thompson St.
Richmond VA 23221
Shield’s Market
206 North Shields Ave
Richmond, VA 23220
Total Wine
8099 West Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23294
Total Wine
10036 Robious Rd.
Richmond, VA 23235
Go. Enjoy!
Journey to Center of the Universe Brewing
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit Center of the Universe Brewing in Ashland, VA. Brothers Chris and Phil Ray along with head brewer Mike Killelea lead Edmond Medina (@va_beergeek; read his take here) and myself on a tour of the site with our first stop being the 60 seat tasting room with a freshly finished bar and one prototype tap handle. It’s a pretty awesome looking taphandle!
With the recently installed fermentors and bright tanks in place, the only thing that was missing from main brewhouse was their 15 barrel brew system. Although it was delivered the next morning, it will take some time to get it fully installed and tested.
Once COTU is up and running what type of beers can you expect to see from them. I can’t tell you exactly but here are a few tidbits:
- Hanover water quality perfect for delicate styles
- German & English malts were have been received
- Non filtered beers
- Targeting four year round beers; pale ale & IPA (possibly West Coast style) vying for first two slots
- Access to family farm to source hops, pumpkins, and maybe tomatoes. Yes, I’ve warmed to the idea of a tomato beer.
- Homefront IPA for Chris Ray’s charity Hops for Heroes available Memorial Day 2013. COTU joins Cigar City, Perennial Artisan Ales, Fremont, SlyFox, St. Arnold’s, and 21st Amendment breweries to make this a nationwide effort. Proceeds from each beer goes to local Operation Homefront chapter.
At the end of the day, COTU has a lot going for them. Chris and Phil have an endless amount of enthusiasm for taking their love of homebrewing to craft brewing. Mike Killelea praised the brothers for their well developed homebrew recipes that we may see in some form.
Center of the Universe Brewing will open their doors in November. I encourage you to take a trip up and check them out. For now, Like them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter for announcements and pictures detailing their progress.
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