Credit: Richmond Folk Festival
While you enjoy everything their is to offer at the Richmond Folk Festival this weekend, make sure you stop by the WestRock Craft Beer Tent for some special tappings. Take a look at the schedule below to plan your stop.
And don’t forget Alewerks Hazy Folk IPA will be on tap all three days of the festival.
This coming Saturday April 27th, I will be turning the grand old age of 42 otherwise known as the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. As is typical in Richmond, there is no shortage (read: too many!) of things I would like to celebrate my birthday. There are so many things I’ve been forced to do something I really hate, write a schedule but I figured if I was going to write a schedule, I might as well share it.
8AM
Herbs Galore & More at Maymont
Credit: Maymont
No sleeping in like normal for me because Maymont scheduled their yearly herb sale gathering on my birthday. Yes, it goes til 4pm but I have plans. Every year we get shishito peppers and other herbs and vegetable plants from Amy’s Organic Garden. I can’t imagine missing this but it will have to be a quick stop because the next stop is huge.
$5 for Marketplace / free for Maymont members and children 16 & under
Put on your gardening shoes, grab your little red wagon and come out to the Marketplace on the Lawn for everyone’s favorite gardening extravaganza!
Marketplace on the Lawn
Dozens of vendors from the mid-Atlantic fill Maymont’s Carriage House Lawn with every imaginable herb as well as annuals, perennials, trees, vegetables, and herbal products and crafts for this one-of-a-kind event. View the Herbs Galore Vendor Map.
Amy’s Garden
Bright Body
Bungalow Decor
Byrd Farm
Capsaicin Solutions
Charlotte LaRoy Basketry
Colesville Nursery
Cross Creek Nursery and Landscaping
Cymron Cottage
Dominion Energy Green Power
Down the Garden Path
Forest Lane Botanicals
Forrest Green Farm
Garden Gate Landscape & Design
Garner’s Produce
Gathered Threads
Greg’s Antiques & Garden Iron
Hanover Master Gardeners
Harvey Gardens
Herb Angel
Herb Society of America/Virginia Commonwealth Unit
J&B Herb and Plant Farm
Kathleen’s Gardens
KEBaubles Jewelry & Accessories
Living Art
Maymont’s From One Garden to Another
Maymont’s Herb Sale
Medina Mercantile
Morningside Farm and Nursery
People Via Plants
Perrin Cottage Perfumery
Pine Knot Farms
Plant By Design Native Nursery
Plant RVA Natives Campaign
Poplar Ridge Nursery
Prime Cut Crafts
Putnam Hill Nursery
Rabbit and Wren
Red Root & Co.
Roots & Blooms
Shade Metals
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Tricycle Urban Ag
A Thyme to Plant at Lavender Fields Herb Farm
Vera’s Vittles Seasonings
Virginia Vistas Greenhouses
Zapantis DesignsFOOD VENDORS
Check back for vendor updates.
Espresso-A-Go-Go
Gaucho
Gourmeltz
Jadean’s Smokin’ Six O
King of Pops
Monique’s Crepes
Old Dominion Herb Society
Rivah Southern
Scoop’s
Simply Street Food
Woodhead’s Grill
11AM
Avengers: Endgame
I have tickets to see this 3hr followup to Infinity War in IMAX 3D. Fair warning. If you spoil this movie for me, don’t bother trying to eat or drink in town. I mean I always use my powers for good but this is serious business.
Noon
Swine & Brine at Ardent Craft Ales
So I’ll still be in the movie when this starts but I’ll definitely want some pork and oysters once it is all said and done.
Swine & Brine is returning for a fifth annual celebration of pork, seafood, and of course, beer! Join us this Saturday for a local food feast, with a focus on oysters, pork dishes, and homemade sides, along with beer, cider, and prosecco.
Local restaurant lineup:
– ZZQ: Housemade pork sausage over Boracho Beans
– Saison: Pastrami pork ribs, pickled red cabbage & spicy Russian dressing
– Rappahannock River Oysters, LLC: Oysters + crab cakes
– Perch RVA: Filipino pork bbq skewers w/ soy, sugar cane vinegar & garlic
– Southbound & Autumn Olive Farms: Ham salad w/ pork rinds + smoked pork w/ slaw & Duke’s mayo brioche
– Oak & Apple brought to you by Postbellum: Red Fresno spare ribs, apple coleslaw w/ Alabama white sauce
– Nightingale Ice Cream SandwichesWe’ll have our full lineup of Ardent beers on tap, as well as Blue Bee Cider and Zardetto Prosecco.
– Highpoint DIPA
– Pilsner
– Defenestrator
– IPA X
– DDH IPA X
– Saison
– Earl Grey Brown Ale
– Honey Ginger
– IPA 14
– Dark Rye
– Dunkel
– Pithy in Pink
– Pink Boots IPA
– Kōyō
– Blue Bee cider – Mill Race Bramble
– Blue Bee cider – Rocky Ridge Reserve
– Zardetoo proseccoSoda, water, juice, and iced coffee will also be available.
Because of the special event license required to serve outside alcohol, no to-go sales will be available during Swine & Brine, to include bottles, cans, growler or crowler fills. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we hope you’re able to visit us on Friday or Sunday to stock your fridge!
Swine & Brine is open to the public, free to enter, family friendly, rain or shine! Leashed, well-behaved dogs are welcome on the patio, but pets are not permitted inside the taproom.
Food and drink tickets will be available for purchase by cash or card for $6 each. One ticket can be exchanged for one beverage or food item. (Some larger dishes may cost two tickets.)
Interested in volunteering? Sign up now and you’ll get an exclusive custom T-shirt, free food, and extra tickets to use how you’d like: http://signup.com/go/ebwLKca
All oyster shells are being recycled through the VCU Rice Rivers Center Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling Program in support of Chesapeake Bay restoration, building oyster sanctuaries.
Parking may be limited throughout Scott’s Addition, so consider planning alternate transportation, and please don’t drink and drive!
3rd Anniversary Releases at the Veil Brewing Co.
Yes, the Veil started celebrating their anniversary on Tuesday. Yes, there are desirable releases each day. Let’s concentrate on Saturday though. I mean this is mostly about me.
2PM
RVA [All Day] Block Party at the Broadberry
Live music on two stages by some of the best bands in Richmond. What’s not to love? I for one am excited to see No BS! Brass and to snag the release of their live album that was recorded during their 10th anniversary show at the Broadberry.
RVA All Day Block Party at The Broadberry Saturday April 27!
An indoor/outdoor block party extravaganza! We will be closing down the ENTIRE parking lot and setting up the BIG stage yet again!
Early Bird: $10 — SOLD OUT
GA Tier 1: $17 — SOLD OUT
GA Tier 2: $25 – on sale now http://bit.ly/RVAallday
VIP: $75The OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY for Party for the Planet!!
2:00 – Doors
3:00 – 3:30 – Calvin Presents
3:50 – 4:20 – Piranha Rama
4:40 – 5:20 – Camp Howard
5:40 – 6:20 – Kenneka Cook
6:40 – 7:45 – The Congress
8:15 – 9:45 – NO BS! Brass Band
INDOOR AFTER-PARTY:
10:30 – 12:30 – The Trongone Band
**Schedule subject to change without notice***Featuring DJ Ghozt on the 1s and 2s all day long!
Honestly, I have no idea how I’m going to make it through all of this but I will damn sure try!!!!
Credit: Hop Culture
Good afternoon, Richmond! Have you been on the fence on attending Hop Culture’s Juicy Brews festival at Triple Crossing coming up on June 10th?
Well, I think I have the deal that will put you just over the edge. For a limited time, you can use the code BEERMEISTER to get 20% off tickets to either session(11am – 2:30pm or 4pm – 7:30pm). This code will also discount designated driver tickets as well as the newly added VIP merch option.
Ticket prices before discount are $62.50/person. Designated driver tickets are $20/person. The discount lowers the cost for each of these to $50 and $16, respectively.
This is your first time hearing about the festival? Who will be there? Other than me?
Here is the list of over thirty breweries that will be in attendance.
Credit: Hop Culture
But you want to know about the beers? Here’s something from brewery number 33.
Or maybe one of these is more your style?
Here is the VIP package I mentioned earlier.
Now hop to it and grab those tickets and don’t forget to use the discount code BEERMEISTER. See you on the 10th!
Check out the Facebook event for updates and more details.
Credit: Triple Crossing
The rules of Can Jam Southeast at Triple Crossing’s Fulton location are pretty simple today Sunday February 11th. Pick a can and drink it. Follow that first can with as many as you can handle.
But which can should you start with? Here’s a handy list of the visiting breweries attending and the cans they will be bringing.
Credit: Triple Crossing
The All Star line up for tomorrow! Tickets will be sold for $6 and can be redeemed for any can. There will be some rules to how Can Jam will be operated, so please read these in advance of coming to the brewery Sunday:
1) Triple Crossing packaged products will only be available at our Downtown location on 2/11. There will be no packaged products (or to-go products) of any kind available at our Fulton location for the duration of the event on 2/11.
2) Tickets, which will be exchanged for cans, can be purchased upon arrival. Only 3 tickets can be purchased at a time. You can get in line again to purchase 3 more, if so desired.
3) Each ticket may be exchanged for one brand from one brewery at a time. For example, you may exchange all 3 tickets at once, but it must be for 3 different beers from 3 different breweries. We’ve done this to ensure that as many guests as possible have the opportunity to try out a wide variety of breweries and their beer.
4) Any cans you receive will be opened by our server upon ticket exchange. There are no exceptions to this rule.
5) Absolutely no outside beer will be allowed on Triple Crossing premises.
If you need a memento of your time today, consider the $3 Can Jam SE koozie.
Credit: Triple Crossing
Check out the Facebook event for more details and updates.
Triple Crossing Beer – Fulton
5203 Hatcher St
Richmond, VA 23231
Credit: St Benedict’s Oktoberfest
Quite possibly one of Richmond’s most beloved Oktoberfest will start its thirteenth year at St Benedict’s Oktoberfest tonight Friday, September 15th at 4pm. Check out the beer list for the weekend long event including the return of Benny & The Fest in the Hardywood tent and the new pumpkin patch.
Pumpkin Patch – Small Truck
Hardywood Tent on Belmont Ave
Large Truck
Credit: Stone Brewing Co
Stone Brewing will celebrate the one year anniversary of the opening of their east coast facility here in Richmond this Saturday September 9th starting at noon with a party on Brown’s Island full of live music and independent craft beer as unique and dynamic as Richmond itself.
Stone’s Throw Down in RVA was born out of Stone’s desire to enrich their fan’s experiences with their beers and sought to curate bands for the festival that complimented the beers.
So which beers go best with the bands performing on the island? That’s the exact question I posed to a few people at Stone. Here are their responses:
Daylen Dalrymple, Marketing Communications Manager
Sometimes contrast is just as important in creating a complementary beer pairing. such is the case with Northern Virginia’s Pontiak, whose hypnotic sludgy jams are an ideal counterpart to the crisp, refreshing, yet still bitter Stone Delicious IPA. Seeing this band Live is pretty unbelievable, sort of like the reaction we get when we tell people that Stone Delicious IPA is actually gluten reduced!
Ethan Anderson, VP of Marketing
I’d pair Stone Ripper with JEFF The Brotherhood. It’s a San Diego style pale ale inspired by the coastal surf scenes of Australia and So Cal. Psychedelic garage rock pairs perfectly with that rippin’ swell of hops. Of course, they have a song called ‘Ripper’ too, so I guess we shouldn’t overlook that.
Jeff Martin, Director of Brewing Operations, East Coast
I’ll be pairing Stone Go To IPA with No BS! Brass Band on Saturday. Thumping beats with horns are delivered with R&B stylings by No BS! Brass Band. It’s a sound that most of us are familiar with and recognize from our schooldays yet it’s been expanded into something new and different. Stone Go To IPA is the perfect pair. It’s a lower ABV session IPA that stuns you with its surprisingly bold flavor. Just like the band’s infectious tunes, you can definitely kick back more than one of these!
Dominic Engels, Stone Brewing CEO
Pair the definitive West Coast IPA that birthed a generation of hop fanatics with the furious East Coast funk of Boston-born Lettuce and you get the ultimate combination of ICONIC and BIONIC. Blistering bass, punctuating horns, righteously dank and lingeringly bitter. Music and beer swirl in some new zombie-apocalyptic strain of DNA that will spawn a new funkin’ IPA army for the now.
Here is the full lineup of artists performing Saturday:
Tickets for the all ages festival are $10/person; free admission for children ages 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased in advance online here.
Head over to the Facebook event for updates and more details including pre- and after-parties.
Credit: Triple Crossing Brewing
I hope your clicker finger is ready. Tickets for Triple Crossing’s East Coast Covenant Beer Festival go on sale this Friday September 8th at 10am online here.
Here is everything you will need to know:
This festival will showcase 24 of some of the best breweries on the East Coast. We will be utilizing the entire Fulton brewery for this event and splitting the event into two 400 ticket sessions. Tickets are $75/each and will guarantee you one 4oz pour from each of the 24 breweries attending. Along with the ticket you will receive a limited edition ECC glass and a custom can tote bag.
On the day of the event we will also be releasing three separate cans and our first Proximity Project Wild Ale Series Beer. Purchase of an East Coast Covenant ticket secures you the ability to buy the following items on the day of the event:
- Battle Creek DIPA – 1 – 4 pack
- DDH Clever Girl IPA – 1 – 4 pack
- Waxing Poetic 100% Raspberry – 1 – 4 pack
- Proximity Project – 1 Year Old Wild Ale Series Bottle
There will be two sessions on 11/11/2017:
- Session 1 – 12PM – 3:30PM (400 people)
- Session 2 – 5PM – 8:30PM (400 people)
Tickets
- Tickets will go on sale Friday, September 8 at 10am at $75+ per ticket exclusively ONLINE at Brown Paper Tickets.
- Each ticket will guarantee a 4oz pour from every brewery, ECC Glass, ECC Can Tote, reservation to purchase TC can releases and wild ale series bottle.
- Food and other merchandise are not included in the ticket price.
- Tickets are non-transferrable and non-refundable.
- You will be allowed to buy 4x ticket per person. Every guest MUST be present with the ticket purchaser. Each guest must have their ID in order to enter the venue.
- This event will be 100% Will Call the day of the event. No physical tickets will be present.
- Designated Driver tickets will be $3 plus fees and sales tax. DD attendees will not receive glassware or tote. DD tickets only grant purchasers the ability to enter the venue. DD attendees may purchase merchandise and food but will receive no beer pours or packaged product.
Food
- We will be dialing up some quick pizzas from our pizza kitchen and catering from Elwood Thompson’s. All food sales are separate from ticket sales.
Merchandise Available
- We will also have limited t-shirts and limited edition posters available for sale with East Coast Covenant branding.
Volunteers
- Please e-mail info@triplecrossingbeer.com if you are interested in volunteering for the event.
Parking
- Please try to carpool and utilizing ride sharing if possible.
Other details to be announced:
- Music
Participating Breweries
- Ardent Craft Ales
- Aslin Beer Company
- Bluejacket
- Bond Brothers Beer Company
- Burial Beer Co.
- Charles Towne Fermentory
- Civil Society Brewing
- Dancing Gnome Beer
- Diamondback Beer
- Final Gravity Brewing Co.
- Finback Brewery
- Foam Brewers
- Good Measure Brewing Co.
- Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
- Interboro NYC
- Kent Falls Brewing
- Magnify Brewing Company
- Manor Hill Brewing
- Ocelot Brewing Company
- RAR Brewing
- The Answer Brewpub
- Threes Brewing
- UNION Craft Brewing
Head over to the Facebook event to stay up to date on the festival.
Twenty three breweries from up and down the coast will join Triple Crossing at the first annual East Coast Covenant Beer Festival on Saturday November 11th. I have a feeling you’re going to want to mark your calendar for this.
Credit: Triple Crossing Brewing
Credit: Hardywood
HeART & Soul Brew Fest returns for its second year at Hardywood this Saturday July 29th starting at 1pm. If you missed it last year, you missed some of the best soul food Richmond has to offer served with that delicious Hardywood beer. Personally, it was one of my favorite events from last year. I’ve said it before but it was very uplifting to see more African Americans like myself at a beer event even when I honestly didn’t know it was something missing from my life.
I for one look forward to getting down on some Mama J’s catfish but here is the full food lineup for this year.
Mama J’s
Croaker’s Spot Restaurants
Minibar RVA
Jus Cukn, LLC
Inner City Blues home of Carolina Bar B Que
Mo’s Sweet Minis
Ruby Scoops Ice Cream & Sweets
Soul-Ice
RVA Street Foodies
Kelli S. Lemon has the reasons you should check out each of these spots.
This year the festival will also be paired with the release of Cuvée Gold, a remix of Hardywood’s Vinalia Urbana.
Hardywood Cuvée Gold artfully blends the elegance of French wine country with the gentle and balanced characteristics of a traditional Belgian-style Golden Ale. Combining both young and mature vintages aged in freshly emptied Sauvignon Blanc barrels, Cuvée Gold offers light earthy aromatics, a subtle sweetness and a hint of toasted oak that are delightfully dry and delicate on the palate, with lasting white grape and stone fruit undertones.
Head over to the Facebook events for the festival and beer release, here and here, for updates and more.
Credit: The Veil Brewing Co.
Forever Summer, the Veil Brewing’s festival celebrating hoppy beers, returns for the second year Saturday August 12th. Once again the proceeds from the festival will benefit ChildSavers. There will be no after party this year so the day will be split into three sessions:
Tickets will go on sale both online and in the Veil’s taproom this Sunday July 9th promptly at noon.
Tickets are $90(+ fees)/person and include:
When looking to buy your tickets, pay very close attention to these rules:
2x tickets max per person. 1x ticket for you, and 1x ticket for a guest. You will not be allowed to redeem two tickets for one person. If you do not know who your guest will be, we highly suggest putting both tickets under your name. There will be no physical tickets. This event will be 100% will call list. Tickets are NON-TRANSFERABLE, NON-REFUNDABLE, **NO EXCEPTIONS**. Must have ID/CC, purchaser must be present with guest.
Breweries
With this list of breweries you can expect this festival to sell out quickly. Online tickets will probably be gone in minutes and there will be a line at the taproom. So before you go buying:
Check out the Facebook event for more details and updates.
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