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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.

Hardywood Presents: The Great Return…and Pizza Beer Dinner

imageHardywood is debuting their latest canned beer, The Great Return, a West Coast Style IPA, this week.  You’ll start to see the new beer around town soon but here are a couple events to consider.

Tuesday  October 22nd

Head over to The Boathouse at Rockett’s Landing at 5pm for Great Return IPA cans:

Bold, resinous and bursting with bright grapefruit aroma, this IPA is a tribute to the decades of hard work by conservationists to restore the James River as a bounty of vibrant aquatic life, eco-friendly recreational activity, and in our case, fresh brewing water. These efforts have culminated recently with the symbolic return of the endangered Atlantic Sturgeon, a prehistoric, yet majestic behemoth of a fish, spotted as far up the James River as the fall line in Richmond. Let’s celebrate!

$10 from every barrel of The Great Return produced will be shared with the James River Association.

Enjoy other Hardywood drafts as well as appetizer specials as you talk with representatives from Hardywood and James River Association.

At 7PM, head over to Conch Republic for the check presentation to the James River Association. 16 oz. cans of The Great Return and other Hardywood drafts available. Dinner specials.

Check out the Facebook event for more information.

Thursday October 24th

Great Return Pizza DinnerIf you didn’t know, not only is Hardywood assistant brewer Nick Danger Walthall a great brewer, he is also a pizza fanatic.  He has teamed up with Whole Foods Short Pump for The Great Return Pizza + Beer Dinner.  Nick has let his imagination run wild with pizza toppings and beer pairings to create a truly unique menu.

MENU

Appetizer course featuring Olli Salami and Piave
Hardywood Singel

PIZZA

Olive oil, red grapes, pulled roast chicken, rosemary, fresh mozzarella and shaved Robusto
Lickinghole Creek Short Pump Saison

Ricotta with goat cheese crumbles, caramelized onions, Jambon ham and arugula
Hardywood Doppelbock

Roasted red peppers, roasted garlic with Parmesan, Asiago and Fontina cheeses
Hardywood Great Return IPA

Maple roasted pumpkin and apples, pancetta and smoked mozzarella
Hardywood Rum Pumpkin

The cost for the dinner is $40/person. Seating is limited so make your reservations today by calling Whole Foods at (804) 364-4050.

Check out the Facebook event for more information.

Richmond Beeristoric Tour Tickets Go On Sale October 15th

It may be month away but now is the time to prepare for RVA Beer Week.  Last night, Taste the Local revealed information on this year’s Richmond Beerhistoric Tour.

Trust me when I say, THIS. WILL. SELL. OUT!

This is the fourth annual Richmond Beeristoric Tour. It will feature 8 Richmond area breweries. Historic beer locations around the city, local food, and a few surprises. Sunday, November 10th, 2013. Only 100 people can go on the tour. Tickets are first come first serve.

There are two buses with 50 people each. Each bus will have its own local historian. One Bus leaves from Mekong, the other from Capital Ale House Downtown.
Tickets will go on sale on October 15th and are $45.00 a ticket

-Center of the Universe Brewing will be selling tickets for the Capital Ale House bus
-Strangeways Brewing will be selling tickets for the Mekong bus

Cash or check only for purchasing tickets. Checks should be made out to The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild.

You must be 21 or over to go on this tour.

Profits will go to the To The Bottom and Back Bus Line
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Like the Richmond Beeristoric Facebook page for more details as they become available.

Brew Tap Takeover Will Take You To Foothills Of North Carolina

Foothills LogoYes, that is my clever way of telling you Brew in Chesterfield will be hosting Foothills Brewing for their first tap takeover today Wednesday October 9th starting at 5pm.  This will be the first time Foothills’  entire core lineup has ever been on tap in the Richmond area.  Brew even managed to snag a keg of the limited Barrel Aged People’s Porter. Foothills rep Ben will be on hand to talk about the beers with guests and give out glassware.

Here is what they will be tapping:

Torch Pilsner
Pilot Mountain Pale Ale
Octoberfest
Hurricane Hefeweizen
Hoppyum IPA
Seeing Double IPA
Salem Gold
Jade IPA
Barrel Aged People’s Porter

Read more about the beers here and check out the Facebook event for more information.

6525 Centralia Rd
Chesterfield, Virginia 23832

Yes, Yes You Should Go To Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery’s Grand Opening Tomorrow

wpid-20130622_112849.jpgIf for one reason alone, you should attend Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery’s Grand Opening because it is absolutely gorgeous!

I mean just look at this view from my visit back in June.  Go ahead and click the photo to see the full breathtaking image.

20130622_112826Oh but you want to know about the beer.

When owner Sean Thomas-Pumphrey took me on a tour of the farm, he mentioned they would be brewing mostly Belgian style beers naming out a saison, tripel, and pale ale to start.

Seeing as it was their first brew, I’m guessing Three Chopt Tripel will be available in bottles Saturday

If you made it over to St Benedict’s Oktoberfest last Saturday, you’ve probably had Short Pump Saison:

Short Pump Saison Virginia Farmhouse Ale, 6.8 % ABV, 35 IBU. Our ode to Belgian Farmhouse Ale. The Short Pump name comes from the colonial era Short Pump Tavern, a famous mid-way point between Richmond and Charlottesville. Lickinghole Creek’s Saison matches Premium Imported Belgian Pilsner Malt with two types of Rye. First Wort Hopped (an old German brewing technique) with American Grown Galena Hops and Hop Bursted (a newer American technique) with large amounts of Columbus and Nugget hops. The combination of the malt, rye and hops creates a beer with a distinguished hop aroma, a more undeviating bitterness and a more balanced beer. Limited quantities of this one!

I hear those three kegs went very quickly.

Now for the rest of the beers, here’s what LCCB has outlined:

Estate Series:

Gentleman Farmer Estate Hop Ale: 7.5% ABV, ??? IBU The concept for this beer is the reason LCCB exists. We wanted to create a beer with ingredients that we grew on our family farm. Gentleman Farmer was made with hops grown on the farm the brewery is housed on. One of the only of its kind in the Commonwealth, Gentleman Farmer is LCCB’s foray into adding terroir into the world of Craft Beer. Very limited release.

We will also be debuting our flagship beer:

Magic Beaver Belgian Style Pale Ale: 5.5% ABV, 35 IBU LCCB’s flagship is named after the nearby Magic Beaver pond on the farm’s property. Premium Belgian Pilsner Malt and Authentic Belgian Yeast are combined with American Grown Galena, Columbus and New Zealand Pacific Jade hops. Magic Beaver is a hop-forward beer that mixes the mystery of Belgium with the flavors of North American and New Zealand hops.

2 Special Release Beers: Descriptions and types to be released later.

Our entire lineup will be available on draft, in growlers, and some will be available in bottles beginning at 2pm. Special Release Beers will be dispersed in different variations throughout the day.

I am most interested in the concept of terroir in the Gentleman Farmer series.  I know one of these will be a pumpkin beer using pumpkins grown on the farm.  These pumpkins were just sprouting at the time of my visit.  Another aspect of this principle will be seen in the planting of boysenberries, blueberries, and blackberries as well as wild blackberries on the farm.  These berries could easily find their way into the saison or tripel and who knows maybe even the pale.

Right now only four food trucks are listed for the opening:

Chupacabra
Paris Creperie
Haywood Grill
Piedmont Smokehouse

So how about this? Bring the family and a picnic.  It is sure to be a perfect day for it. Maybe take a stroll through the hopyards.
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Head over to the Facebook event for more information.  Music will be provided by Barrelhouse and Three Sheets to the Wind.

Drink & Eat At California Pizza Kitchen Short Pump To Benefit Screens ‘n’ Suds Tonight

Head over to California Pizza Kitchen in Short Pump tonight September 26th at 5pm as they tap a few Dogfish Head beers and display art in support of Screens ‘n’ Suds’ fifth year of raising money for MS Society.  The chef will be preparing several unique menu items specifically created to pair with Dogfish Head’s craft beers.

Beers on tap for the night include:

Punkin Ale
90 Minute IPA
Midas Touch

There will also be Dogfish Head glassware to steal.

Be sure to print the flyer below or grab the PDF here and give it to your server and CPK will donate 20% of your bill to Screens ‘n’ Suds.  

CPK Screens&Suds Flyer 092613

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