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Mekong Goes Wild With Barley Legal Beer

As part of their 17th anniversary celebration, Mekong will be tapping wild and sour ales Thursday June 28th starting at 2pm.  Here are the beers scheduled to be tapped though I’m sure there will be some surprises:

BFM Bon Chien 2006
BFM Bon Chien 2007
BFM Bon Chien 2009
BFM Bon Chien 2010
BFM Bon Chien 2011
Baladin Nora Sour
Allagash Interlude 2010
Allagash Coolship Series OLD HLT Aged with cherries
Hardywood Wild Singel Special Blend AKA Patrick Gone Wild
Verhaeghe Eckt Kriekenbier
Bockor Cuvee des Jacobin Rouge
New Belgium Tart Lychee
Bavik Petrus Aged Pale
Evil Twin Ron the Beast Ryan

All beers will be $5/10oz pour!

As a bonus, Townsend Screen Printing developed the shirt pictured above that Mekong is giving away to commemorate the evening.  Only 140 shirts were made so get there early to snag yours.

Get Your Sais-On At Mekong

Mekong is celebrating the summer solstice with a Summer Sol Stache/ Saison-a-Thon tap takeover Thursday June 21st.

Just look at this list of great beers to be tapped starting at 2pm:

Saison Dupont
Foret
Biere de Miel
The Bruery Saison de Lente
Goose Island Sofie
Evil Twin Ron & the Beast Ryan
Dogfish Head Saison Dubuff
Urthel Saisoniere
St. Fieullien Saison
Allagash Fluxus 2011
Stillwater Debutante
Stillwater Cellar Door
Stillwater/Mikkeller Our Side

If you’re looking for a summer beer, you’ll find it here.

Blue Mountain Barrels into Richmond

Blue Mountain Brewery is releasing their Barrel House Series beers into the Richmond market. You’ll get the chance to try these beers for the first time at least two times this week and it all starts tonight!

Monday June 18th

Head over to Joe’s Inn in the Fan for Full Nelson and three barrel series beers:

Local Species (Belgian Pale Ale)
Dark Hollow (Bourbon Barrel Stout)
Mandolin (Tripel)

Tuesday June 19th

Mekong is having a Barrel House Release Party  starting at 5pm with four five barrel series beers:

Mandolin
Dark Hollow
Local Species
Steel Wheels (Extra Special Bitter)
Firkin of Isabel (Chocolate Orange Bourbon Porter with Coffee)

That’s all I have for now.  I’ll update with more as other events pop up.  This is the most Blue Mountain beers that I have seen available in Richmond at one time.  You might not want to miss them. Read more about all the Barrel House beers here.

Update:

Friday June 22nd

Capital Ale House Innsbrook joins the Blue Mountain Barrel train into Richmond Friday night.  Here’s what they’ll have:

Mandolin
Dark Hollow
Local Species
Isabel
Weizen
Firkin of dry-hopped Full Nelson

Save on Growler Fills at Whole Foods This Weekend

Go to Whole Foods Short Pump and save $3 off all 64 oz growler fills now through Sunday.  Take a look at the selection of kegs they have in stock:

Sculpin
Fullers Porter
Avery Nineteen
Bells Amber
Avery White Rascal
St. Bernardus Wit
New Holland Oaked Mad Hatter
Sneaky Pete IPA
2009 Redhook Eisbock
Stone Russian Imperial Stout
Flying Dog Barrel Aged Gonzo
Troegenator
Brasserie de Rocs Blonde
Tart Lychee
Heavy Seas Great Pumpkin
Epic Hop Syndrome Lager
Epic Brainless Corruption
Sierra Bigfoot
21st Amendment Bitter American
Brooklyn Gold Standard
Sierra Hoptimum
Unibroue Blonde De Chambly

Looks like the growler king has done it again!  Go forth, save, and share some with dad while you’re at it.

Wolf Hills Brewing Asks For Your Help

Buying their beer is a great way to help Virginia breweries but it’s not the only way.  Sometimes all you have to do is click a few buttons on the web.  In this case, you would be helping Wolf Hills Brewing win  $250,000 grant from Chase and LivingSocial to fund their expansion. Wolf Hills explains more on their Facebook page:

Wolf Hills Brewing
Wolf Hills needs to expand!! We are currently in the planning stages to help increase our production, employment opportunities, etc. Please help by voting for us on the Mission:Small Business website for a grant competition. Just go to the webpage below and type in our name. Thanks for your support!!!!!
https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com/

I voted. Will you?

Hardywood Goes Colonial at Benny’s Tavern

Hardywood is expanding their reach by heading south today June 13th for a Meet & Greet in Colonial Heights.  Head out to Benny’s Tavern  from 5 – 8pm to meet the brewers where they will be pouring a cask conditioned pin of “Nick Palmer” — a blend of Singel and Hoplar with spices.

Benny’s Tavern
3631 Boulevard
Colonial Heights, VA 23834
(804) 526-2536

Capital Ale House Anniversary Beer: Devils Temptation

Update: This just in from Taste the Local: Like Capital Ale House’s post on the Dinner with Devils Backbone event and you could win dinner for 4 with Brewmaster Jason Oliver at the Midlothian location.

I was hoping there would not be anything to tempt me to delay my trip up to Washington, DC today for Savor.  Enter another edition of Capital Ale House’s tenth anniversary beer series this Wednesday June 6th to dash that hope.  This time the beer is from World Beer Cup Gold Medalist Devils Backbone.

Ten Low (Lemongrass Oatmeal Wit). It is made with malted & un-malted wheat, pilsner malt, acidulated malt, flaked oats, German select hops, Belgian ale yeast, coriander, and lemongrass.

Head out to the nearest Cap Ale location for the tapping at 6pm.   Brewmaster Jason Oliver will be at the Midlothian location to tap the first keg.  As much as I’d like for you to save me some for when I get back into town, I doubt what will surely be an amazing beer will last that long. So enjoy!

Virginia Beers at Broad Appetit

Are you planning on attending Broad Appetit tomorrow, Sunday, June 3rd?  No?! Why not?!

Seriously, it is the best deal on food from the several of the best restaurants in town.  I don’t know how you can beat $3 a plate.  Oh yeah, I do! $5 for two dishes in most cases.

This will be my third year in attendance at the five year old festival but this year has me even more excited because Virginia’s craft breweries are joining in on the fun.

Now take another look at the photo above.  Ladies and gentlemen, here are just a few of the people responsible for bringing you local craft beer.

Look for the truck provided by Brown Distributing for the following beers:

  • Legend Hefeweizen
  • Legend Lager
  • Starr Hill Northern Lights
  • Starr Hill Starr Pils
  • Hardywood Park Singel
  • Devils Backbone Vienna Lager
  • O’Connor Red Nun
  • Roanoke Railhouse Track 1
  • Roanoke Railhouse Caboose
  • Bold Rock Virginia Apple Cider (first kegs anywhere!)

Step into Popkin Tavern for the ‘Taste the Local Tasting Room’ featuring:

  • Firkin of Starr Hill Brewer’s Choice Zested Saison
  • Starr Pils
  • Legend Saison
  • Hardywood Park Bourbon Cru
  • Devils Backbone Gold Leaf Lager
  • O’Connor Great Dismal Black IPA
  • Roanoke Railhouse IPA
  • Wolf Hills Imperial Stout
  • Bull and Bones Maroon Effect
  • Bold Rock Virginia Apple Cider

Taste the Local will host three Meet the Brewer sessions featuring:

  • Starr Hill            12 – 1pm
  • Legend                1 – 2pm
  • Hardywood         2 – 3pm

The Starr Hill firkin will be tapped at noon at the start of Starr Hill’s Meet the Brewer session.

So head out for some great local food and beer as Broad Street shuts down for a party unlike any other.

Broad Appetit runs from 12 – 6pm  between Adams and Henry.  You will have fun even if you try not to.

New Belgium Takeover at Bar Louie

Today is just the day of dueling tap takeovers.  If you’re going to be in Short Pump tonight, Thursday May 31st, check out Bar Louie for a New Belgium tap takeover.

Bar Louie will have the following New Belgium mainstays:

Fat Tire
Ranger IPA
Somersault
Trippel
Abbey
1554
Belgo IPA

But wait, there’s more. Three beers from New Belgium’s Lips of Faith series also on hand for the evening:

Cocoa Mole Ale
Tart Lychee
Biere de Mars

Bar Louie
11788 W. Broad St.
Henrico, VA 23233
(804) 440-7301

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