Credit: Warren Haskell
Back for its third year, the Devils Backbone mystery pin crawl is your ticket for fun tomorrow Wednesday April 1st. Guess the mystery ingredients and win some DB swag.
Here are the stops on the crawl along with the base beers at each stop:
5:30PM — Commercial Taphouse — Trail Angel Hefeweizen
6:15PM — Cask Cafe — Dark Abbey Belgian Dubbel
7:00PM — Portrait House — Cru Noir Black Saison(first ever release!)
Find more information on the Facebook event page here.
Head over to AW Shucks Country Store today Thursday March 19th and hang out with Brian and Phil to enjoy some Heavy Seas Beer. They will have Treasure Map Shaker Pints, Uncharted Waters Tulips, and growlers for you to fill and steal with your choice of six beers.
Here is what they will have on tap starting at 5pm:
Loose Cannon
CrossBones
Deep Six Porter
Phantom Ship
Siren Noire
Peg Leg
Glasses may go fast so get there early if you want to make sure to grab one.
AW Shucks Country Store
6100 Pouncey Tract Rd
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Burgers and beers tonight?
Ballast Point may or may not be the next West Coast brewery looking at Richmond for a new facility but their presence will definitely be felt at this tap takeover at Brew’s Midlothian location. Go over and say hello, why don’t you.
Does anyone really like to cook on a Monday? I know I don’t. Especially, if what I planned for Sunday was very involved. Plus, you had one of those Mondays; you know the ones where everything goes wrong. Maybe take this Monday March 16th off and head out to a beer dinner or two.
Lickinghole Creek Cask Pin Dinner at Southbound — 6PM
UPDATE: Southbound was not able to sell enough tickets to host this dinner. The pins will be tapped at a later date.
Southbound has the makings of a hit dinner on its hands here. Three cask conditioned pins each paired with three small plate items. These are unique creations you will not see anywhere else. You will normally only see one cask beer at a dinner due to how much they cost the restaurant. This is a rare treat. Don’t sleep on this and miss out.
The cost for the dinner is $50/person. Contact the restaurant to reserve your spot.
Southbound
3036 Stony Point Rd
Richmond, VA 23235
(804) 918-5431
Hardywood Family Style Dinner At Graffiato — 6PM
This should be a relaxing night at Graffiato with some of their favorite dishes paired with Hardywood beers.
MENU
Antipasto
Selection of Cured Meats, Cheeses, & Pickles
Hardywood Pils
Vegetate
Broccoli Rabe calabrian chili, toasted garlic, pine nut gremolata
Charred Brussels pancetta, maple yogurt, egg
Hardywood Singel
Pizza
Strange Brew fried clams, Canadian bacon, spicy tomato sauce, ricotta
The Shire mushroom, garlic, arugula, fontina
Hardywood WRIR X
Pasta
Chocolate Parpadelle wild boar ragout, coffee, hazelnut pesto
Butternut Squash Casonsei maitake mushrooms, pepita, balsamic honey
Hardywood Bourbon Barrel Sidamo Stout
Dolche
Chocolate Raspberry Tart graham cracker, nutella caramel
Coconut Panna Cotta raspberry jam, pistachio crumble
Hardywood Raspberry Stout
The cost for the dinner is $50/person and all dishes will be served family style, to be shared by the table. Contact the restaurant to reserve your spot.
Graffiato Richmond
123 W Broad St
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 918-9454
Hardywood has teamed up with Plan 9 to celebrate the record store’s passion for vinyl records over the decades, 33 1/3 years of vinyl love in Richmond to be exact. They have poured their love into the liquid sound of 33 1/3 Black Vinyl Stout bringing “forth the warmth of sound and flavor achieved with a full bodied stout (or a vinyl record) and a chorus of citrus flavors to complete the track. Cara Cara oranges, Sumo mandarins, and kumquats harmonize together to compliment the deep chocolate malt backbone. Savor in stereo.”
I happened into Hardywood just in time to smell the amazing combination of citrus that would make it into this beer. If you have ever sectioned any type of citrus, you how much of a pain it can be. Yes, I helped a little bit.
Head over to Hardywood today Saturday March 7th starting at 2pm to give this collaboration a try. Black Vinyl Stout will be available on draft for pints and growler fills.
Hardywood will also debut an Irish Coffee Stout on nitro on Saturday as well.
Hardywood Irish Coffee Stout celebrates the luck of the Irish channeling warm rich, creamy notes of vanilla beans along strong roasty, dark chocolate flavors. We partnered with Cafe Stella in historic Ghent in Norfolk Virginia using their espresso roast to perk up your day and blend with Willamette hops for a beautiful floral, earthy aroma. Served on Nitro Tap. 8.5% ABV 25 SRM 40 IBU
Plan 9 will have DJs spinning from 2- 4:30 followed by live music from Hotel X, The Diamond Center, White Laces, and Kepone.
Head over to the Facebook event for more information and updates.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step this way and enter into the lab that is Strangeways Brewing.
Come see the crazy cast of misfits that have helped build Strangeways’ quirky brand. Marvel at Kirk Thor’s metal bending ways. Can you stand the heat of Daddy G’s Salsa? Look for Barf Comics’ characters jump to life from shirts and case packs.
All of this and more inside the tent at Strangeways Sideshow Expo Saturday February 28th from Noon to 4pm:
Do you dare enter? Are you strange enough?
Head over to the Facebook event for more details and updates.
Strangeways Brewing
2277A Dabney Rd
Richmond, VA 23230
By now you’ve heard that Stone Brewing has select Richmond as the home of their East Coast brewery and restaurant. The facility won’t open its doors until 2016 but you can catch up with Stone’s brewmaster Mitch Steele as he makes a stop at Capital Ale House Downtown. Grab a seat in the music hall tonight Wednesday February 25th starting 6pm as he gives a short talk on IPAs.
Cap Ale will have eight Stone beers on tap for the occasion:
Stone IPA
Stone Go To IPA
Stone Delicious IPA
Arrogant Bastard
Stone Smoked Porter
Stone Stochasticity Quad
Stone Ruination IPA
Stone Bang Bang — bourbon barrel aged red ale
Head over to the Facebook event for more details and updates.
Capital Ale House
623 E Main St
Richmond, VA 23219
Head over to Garden Grove Brewing in Carytown today Saturday February 14th for their grand opening as the 100th Virginia brewery.
Here is what they will have on tap for the grand opening starting at noon:
The Farmhouse — Belgian Saison (ABV 6%; IBUs 36; O.G. 1.052; 12oz $6)
A delicious blend of fruit and spice on a barley, wheat, and rye base. This ale cherishes and toys with the Saison tradition.
The Knight — Belgian Triple (ABV 9.1%; IBUs 32; O.G. 1.080; 10oz $7)
Esters and Phenols take flight at 9.1% ABV with the right amount of malt character to keep it grounded.
Southern Hemi India Pale Ale (ABV 7.1%; IBUs 60; O.G. 1.068; 12oz $7)
This IPA featuring hops entirely from New Zealand and Australia introduces a fruit forward hop character completely unique from West Coast, East Coast, and British IPAs. The malt character is rich yet the beer is still dry and crisp ensuring that the hops are the star attraction.
Ronnie’s Red Ale (ABV 6.8%; IBUs 56; O.G. 1.065; 12oz $6)
Our British red ale is an exercise in malt and hop excess. The malt and hop characters are in a battle to be the stars.
Carytown Brown (ABV 5.6%; IBUs 36; O.G. 1.054; 12oz $5)
A British style brown with an American twist. Clean, drinkable with a restrained bitterness but quite rich in caramel, chocolate, and nuts. Nutella and peanut butter on toast.
Solera Stout (ABV 8%; IBUs 58; O.G. 1.072; 10 oz $6)
We aim to have an ever evolving complex Imperial Stout reminiscent of a fine port by using the Solera System. We generally blend in up to 10% of older vintages of our Imperial Stout into the most recent batch in the fermenter.
Honey Sparkler (ABV 8%; IBUs 0; O.G. 1.066; 10oz $7)
A confused soul that is reminiscent of a fine sparkling wine. Our Sparkler is formulated with white sorghum, orange blossom honey and finished with a touch of the French hop variety Strisselpalt to heighten the fruity aromas. Great acidity, effervescence, fruit, and delicious honey flavors make it thirst quenching. Gluten Free.
Take a look inside the brewery from my time during the soft opening.
Check out Garden Grove’s Facebook event for more details on the grand opening.
Garden Grove Brewing Company
3445 W Cary St
Richmond, VA 23221
Hardywood and Cigar City have joined forces to create two original milk stouts — Milkman and Milkmaid.
With its full body, palate coating viscosity, and a hefty 13.5% ABV, The Milkman is a beer to be reckoned with. Heaps of chocolate malts and a massive addition of gourmet cocoa nibs meld with a generous dose of milk sugar to satisfy the biggest chocolate craving. Available on draft at the brewery and in 750mL bottles to go (limit 2 bottles per guest, no growler fills).
The Milkmaid displays a copper to amber color, surprising and delighting your olfactory senses and tastebuds with the unmistakable roasted and chocolate notes of a stout. Cocoa nibs from Ghana and Ecuador impart hints of espresso and roast, while a unique combination of hop varieties adds layers of dark chocolate and licorice. 7%ABV Available in 750mL bottles to go only (limit 2 bottles per guest).
These stouts will be available for the first time anywhere Saturday January 24th starting at 2pm. A sweeping lineup of Hardywood and Cigar City beers will join these two new stouts to create an event not to be missed.
Check out the tap list and locations as detailed by Hardywood.
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