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Celebrate Virginia Beer Independence Tonight at Hardywood

July 1st marks the first day Virginia breweries will be able to legally sell full pints of beer thanks to the passage of SB604.  Head out tonight and join Hardywood from midnight to 1AM for a few pints and get a sneak peek of their new beer “SB604” aka Special Bitter 604.  Fittingly, VA Craft Brewers Guild Chairman and Legend Brewer, Mike Killelea will be there to purchase the first glass.  So head out and raise a glass to this auspicious occasion.  Can’t make out there myself tonight so someone raise a glass for me too.

Comedy of Laughing Dog Comes to Beer Theater

Ben — the Original Logo Dog for Laughing Dog Brewing

Beer Theater is back for another installment in Capital Ale House Downtown Music Hall tonight June 21st. Brewmaster Fred Colby of Laughing Dog Brewing will be the guest for this Skype tasting session.   Doors open at 5:30pm; the six beer tasting will run from 6-7pm. Cap Ale will offer happy hour special as well as an after event special.

The tasting menu will be selected from the following beers:

Alpha Dog
Anubis Imp. Coffee Porter
CSB
Devil Dog
Dogzilla
Huckleberry Cream Ale
Rocket Dog
Sneaky Pete

Cover charge  for the tasting is $10 and can be purchased in advance here or at the door.

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

Meet Hardywood On The Rox

It seems like the brewers at Hardywood are on a post-Savor victory lap around the Greater Richmond area.   First stop was Benny’s Tavern in Colonial Heights.

Join them at their next stop on Tuesday June 19th from 6 – 8pm at On the Rox in Historic Shockoe Bottom. Beers on hand for the night will be Singel, Hoplar, Bourbon Cru and a special cask conditioned pin of Hoplar. Prizes will be raffled off to benefit a local charities, Massey Cancer Center and Area 10 Global. Happy Hour specials run from 3 – 7pm including 1/2 off draft beer.  So head on out and maybe you can ask them what type of beer will get these 2500 lbs of strawberries.

On the Rox
119 N. 18th St
Richmond, VA

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

Hardywood Throws Great Corn-Holy-O Tournament!

I know there’s a Beavis & Butthead joke to be made here.  Get it out of your system now.

Done?

Good.

Hardywood will hold their first annual corn hole tournament Saturday June 2nd at 11:30am.  Proceeds from this year’s tournament will benefit Area 10 Global’s 2012 Mission Team to Petit Bourg de Borgne, Haiti.  First prize in the tournament includes a private tour of Hardywood Park Craft Brewery with the founders for the winning team and eight of their friends. 

Team registration ends Friday June 1st.  Use promo code “Hardywood” to save 30% on registration here.

Heaed over to the Facebook event for more information.

Midnight Brewery Open House This Friday

Midnight Brewery invites you to their open house this Friday May 11th from 4 – 8pm.  One of the beers you get to taste will be their collaboration with Hardywood, Banana Pancake.  Watch as RVA Buzz films them talking about brewing this hefeweizen.

Head over to the Facebook event for more information.  Welcoming a new brewery to the area sounds like a perfect way to kick off American Craft Beer Week!

2410 Granite Ridge Rd
Rockville, VA 23146

Hardywood Park News Roundup

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If you follow them on Facebook or Twitter, you’ve seen a lot of news come out of Hardywood this week. I’m going to do my best to summarize it all.

First off, Thursday March 29th from 4 – 8pm, Hardywood will launch their Pilot Series.  The Hardywood Pilot Series  will initially feature Strawberry Basil Witbier, Cedar IPA, Grand Cru, Bourbon Mocha Belgique, Bourbon Singel, and Bourbon Imperial Milk Stout. This exercise in creativity for the brewers will give them the opportunity to gather feedback on potential future commercial-scale releases.  So head up to the tasting room and weigh in on which beer Hardywood will send up to the big leagues.  I really want to taste the Strawberry Basil Witbier so I hope there is some Friday or Saturday when I’m able to make it by.

That’s not all Thursday has to offer from Hardywood.  Whole Foods Short Pump will be having a local cheese and beer tasting with Hardywood’s Patrick Murtaugh as a special guest.  The tasting goes from 5 – 7pm.

Probably, the biggest news of the week is the next entry in Hardywood’s Reserve Series, Hoplar.  Hoplar is an imperial India Pale Ale (IPA) conditioned on Virginia Tulip Poplar wood.  In keeping with their local and environmental focus, Hardywood is using Tulip Poplar recycled from trees that fell during Hurricane Isabel on Bell Creek Rd in Mechanicsville.  Richmond-based CitiWood Urban Forest Products helped transform the fallen Poplar into custom designed infusion sticks to enhance both flavor and aroma. You’re first chance to get this beer will be Saturday, March 31st from 2 – 8pm.

Remember how awhile back I was very excited over Hardywood going to SAVOR? Well, the time is coming up fast on when you will be able to buy tickets if you plan on joining them in Washington, DC.  Here are the details on how to get tickets from the Brewers Association:

Tickets On Sale April 5

Tickets to the 2012 edition of SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience go on sale to the public Thursday, April 5 at 10:00 am MDT.

SAVOR takes place June 8-9, 2012 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. All tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster. Each individual may purchase a total of four (4) tickets to any combination of the Friday and Saturday night sessions. Ticket buyers may only purchase a Salon ticket(s) for the night that corresponds to their general admission ticket(s).

Membership Status for Presale

Members of the Brewers Association (BA) and the American Homebrewers Association® (AHA) are eligible to purchase tickets during the members presale, April 3 at 10:00 am MDT. You must join or renew (AHA; BA) before March 30 to be eligible for the pre-sale. Tickets will likely sell out the day of the general public sale.

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