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Celebrate Earth Day with Sierra Nevada & Capital Ale House

Head to Capital Ale House Downtown to for the second annual Unplug it Earth Day Festival featuring 24 Sierra Nevada beers.  Organizers have taken complaints from last year into consideration and have made all 24 beers available at the upstairs bar. The tappings will still be staggered to ensure everyone gets a chance to try some of the limited stuff but all beers will be tapped by 7:30!

Starting Taps (5 p.m.)

Brown Ale
Blonde Ale

First Flight (5:30 p.m.)

Bigfoot (2010, 2011, & 2012)

Second Flight (6:30 p.m.)

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Quad

Third Flight (7:30 p.m.)

Beer Camp #68 Burley Wine
Head over to the Facebook event for more information.
 
Capital Ale House

623 East Main St.

Richmond, VA 23219

(804) 643-2537

 

Thirteen Real Ales to be Tapped for Inaugural Virginia Cask Festival

Tomorrow, Friday April 20th, is the last day you can buy advance tickets to the inaugural Tap into Virginia Cask Festival.  The festival will be held at the Downtown Capital Ale House Music Hall for two sessions on Saturday, April 21st.

If you’re still on the fence about attending this Saturday, maybe this complete list of thirteen casks of real ale from eleven Virginia breweries will change your mind:

  • Legend Brewing — Golden IPA (dry hopped with Citra hops and aged with French oak chips)
  • Hardywood Park Craft Brewery — Bourbon Barrel Quad & Hoplar
  • Starr Hill Brewing — Double Platinum – dry hopped with Centennial hops
  • Mad Fox Brewing  — Wee Heavy Scotch Ale
  • Port City Brewing  — Monumental IPA
  • Lost Rhino Brewing — Face Plant IPA
  • Devils Backbone Brewing — 1) Wit Bier – 4.5% ABV, 15 IBU  Belgian-style witbier that is hazy straw in color, light in body, with a refreshing fruity spicy finish. Spiced with coriander, orange peel, szechuan peppercorn, and brewed with an aromatic Belgian yeast strain to create a complex yet delicate wheat ale.  2) White Stag IPA – 7.0% ABV, 50 IBU’s.  A wheat IPA that blends aspects of American IPA’s, British IPA’s, and wheat ales . Brewed with 4 types of malted & un-malted wheat, kettle hopped with both American and English hops, and dry hopped with East Kent Goldings to create a beer that’s uniquely its own.
  • Williamsburg Alewerks — Choco-Latte (Double Coffee Stout infused with Dutch chocolate and vanilla bean)
  • O’Connor Brewing — Great Dismal Black IPA –  infused with “Old Havana Cuban Coffee Blend” from Virginia Espresso in Norfolk, chocolate and vanilla bean.  ABV- 8%.
  • Wild Wolf Brewing — Tom Tom Founders Festival Ale — White IPA with extreme citrus and tropical hop notes added to the flavor of a traditional belgian wit, dry hopped with a pound of cascade. The brew used more than 60 pounds of local VA wildflower honey.  70IBU 5.5% ABV
  • St. George Brewing — Imperial Pale Ale – 10% ABV English style pale ale with 100% UK Fuggles and dry hopped with  UK Fuggles.

Remember, real ale is truly beer in its most natural delicious state. All proceeds from the festival go to support the work of the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild.  What are you waiting for?  Get your tickets to the afternoon (noon – 4pm) or evening (6 – 10pm) session. Head over to the festival website or Facebook event for further updates.

Capital Ale House
623 E Main St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804-780-2537

Richmond, Get Ready for Real Ale!

How fresh do you like your beer? If the answer is REAL fresh, then get ready for real ale Richmond!  The Tap into Virginia Cask Festival will be the first cask festival to happen in Richmond and most likely Virginia as well.  The festival will be held at the downtown Capital Ale House Music Hall for two sessions on Saturday, April 21st.

Not familiar with cask or real ale? There are three main points when talking about real ale:

  • Top-fermented beer that completes its secondary fermentation in the container from which it is served
  • Served at cellar temperatures and often dry-hopped
  • Not filtered or pasteurized

The festival will feature casks of real ale from eleven Virginia breweries:

Legend Brewing
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Starr Hill Brewing
Mad Fox Brewing
Port City Brewing
Lost Rhino Brewing
Devils Backbone Brewing
Williamsburg Alewerks
O’Connor Brewing
Wild Wolf Brewing
St. George Brewing

I am very interested in seeing what Mad Fox Brewing will have to offer. Here are three casks that have been confirmed:

  • Starr Hill — Double Platinum IPA dry-hopped with Centennial hops
  • O’Connor — Great Dismal Black IPA — Infused with “Old Havana Cuban Coffee Blend” from Virginia Espresso in Norfolk, as well as chocolate and vanilla bean.
  • Devils Backbone — White Stag IPA. A wheat IPA that blends aspects of American IPA’s, British IPA’s, and wheat ales. Brewed with 4 types of malted & un-malted wheat, kettle hopped with both American and English hops, and dry hopped with East Kent Goldings to create a beer that’s uniquely its own.

Remember, real ale is truly beer in its most natural delicious state. All proceeds from the festival go to support the work of the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild.  So go ahead and get your tickets to the afternoon (noon – 4pm) or evening (6 – 10pm) session. Head over to the festival website or Facebook event for further updates.

Capital Ale House
623 E Main St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804-780-2537

Public Sale for Savor Tickets Starts & Ends Today

If you were planning on following Hardywood to SAVORSM: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, the public sale for tickets start today April 5th at noon (10am MDT).  Tickets will sell out quickly as they always do.  To help you out, here are separate links to Friday and Saturday night sales:

SAVOR Friday June 8th Tickets

SAVOR Saturday June 9th Tickets

Still have doubts about how much fun there is to be had at SAVOR?  Here’s a little ode I wrote immediately after last year’s event.

Ode to SAVOR

SAVOR, how do I love thee, let me count the ways.

Yes, there was the outstanding American craft beer.

Yes, there was expertly crafted food.

Maybe, it was the new breweries beaming with pride.

Maybe, it was the educational but entertaining salons.

In the end what, I really think makes Savor a great event were all the people I talked to on the sidelines, asking them what they tried and recommending some favorites of my own!

2012, here we come!

Good luck in getting tickets this year.  Hopefully, I will be joining you as well.

You’re Invited to the After Party

I’m heading out to Brown Distributing’s Brand Expo later today.  I hope to gain some info on what they have planned throughout the year.  I plan on taking plenty of pictures so don’t worry if you weren’t invited.  Besides everyone knows the after-party is always more fun.  Consider this your invitation.

The place to be on Monday April 2nd will be BlowToad at 7pm.  Brown Reps will be in the house. There will be at least two special beers on hand for the night:

Who knows Brown might have some surprises up their collective sleeves.  Guess you’ll have to come check it out for yourself to find out.

BlowToad will also be showing the NCAA Mens Basketball championship game if you’re into that sort of thing.

BlowToad
2907 W Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23221
7pm

Doggy Draft Takeover at Station 2

Today, March 27th, Station 2 releases the hounds in its most creatively named tap takeover to date.  Benefiting, Fetch A Cure, their Doggy Draft Takeover will feature beers or breweries with dog in the name.  You can even vote for your favorite to be featured during their dog days of summer.  Without further ado, here’s the pack line-up:

The hounds will be loosed at 6pm.  Head over to the Facebook event for more information.

2016 East Main St.
Richmond, VA 23223

Richmond Taps the Oberon

Bells Oberon tappings are happening nationwide today, March 26th.  Richmond is no different. In fact, I know of at least three places around town where you’ll be able to snag some of this beer: 

Whole Foods Short Pump
11173 W. Broad St.
Glen Allen, VA23060
(804) 364-4050

Cary St Cafe
2631 W. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 353-7445

Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream
3600 Forest Hill Ave
Richmond, VA 23225
(804) 231-2030

All tapppings start at 5pm.  Hopefully unlike the mythical Oberon, disputes over this beer will not adversely affect the weather. 

Craft Beer Seminars at Sedona Taphouse

Haven’t had a chance to check out Sedona Taphouse?  Me either, but that should change today. Sedona has been having beer seminars every Sunday since February. Sunday, March 25th at 1pm, Mike Killelea will be talking about the history as well as the bright future in store for Virginia breweries. Mike is the chairman of the VA Craft Brewers Guild as well as the head brewer at Legend Brewing.  The VCBG is responsible for leading the charge for the passing of SB604.  Due to their efforts, you will be able to enjoy a pint at your favorite VA brewery on July 1st. So head over to Midlothian and check out what he has to say and thank him for what the VCBG has done and will continue to do to promote Virginia beer.

Sedona Taphouse
15732 Wc Commons Way
Midlothian, VA, 23113
(804) 379-0037

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