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Are You Coming To Hardywood Saturday For My Birthday & Bourbon Cru Release?

Hardywood Twilight Cru

Yes, a bit of shameless promotion on my part.  My birthday on Saturday April 27th just happens to be the same date of Hardywood’s Bourbon Cru release for 2013.  Coincidence? I think not. I’m pretty awesome if I say so myself.  I’m happy to share my date with such an awesome beer.

But before we get to Saturday, we get to have some fun.  Tonight Thursday April 25th, Hardywood hosts the Twilight 4 Miler.  Don’t worry if you didn’t sign up for the run/walk; you can still participate in the block party.  In honor of the run, Hardywood will be tapping their Twilight Weiss, a red hued Bavarian style Hefeweizen.

Once you have tried the Twilight Weiss, you are going to want to come back Friday afternoon April 26th at 4pm as Hardywood taps a pin created by yours truly for Firkin Friday.  In honor of my first homebrew back in 2009, I chose to use Hardywood Twilight Weiss adding mango, sage (from my own garden), and pink peppercorns.  I also hope to have a matching Randall for the evening as well.

Hardywood Mango Weiss Pin

This brings us full circle back to the main event on Saturday.  Get the bottles, Richmond!  Here is what I can tell you about Bourbon Cru 2013.  I love it so much more than I did last year.  While I liked last year’s Cru, there were times I felt overwhelmed by the bourbon in that I could not taste the underlying Quad.  2013 Cru harmonizes both bourbon and quad flavors giving the best of both worlds.  I really hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Add in alternating music sets from Black Girls and The Trillions starting at 5pm and you really have a party on your hands. Plus don’t forget the food from Boka Tako, Super Fresh Carts, Monique Crepes, Estes Barbecue, and my favorite Pizza Tonight.

Oh and if I can find the time. there may be cake.

Three Hardywood Collaboration Pins At Capital Ale House Midlothian Friday

Credit: Capital Ale House

Credit: Capital Ale House

Head over to Capital Ale House Midlothian Friday April 12th starting at 7pm as they tap three specially made pins of Hardywood beers.  Choosing anything their taste buds desired and having their choice of any Hardywood beer to use as the base, the gang at Cap Ale created the following three pins:

  • Tripel — Fuggles and Kent Goldings hops smoked with wood chips from barrel once containing Hardywood’s Bourbon Cru — Matt Simmons
  • Tripel — local raw honey, dried tart cherries and Oloroso Sherry barrel chips — Chris Holder
  • Singel — blood orange peel, fresh ginger, and a touch of organic honey — Rachel and Amy DuFour,

Hardywood’s Patrick and Eric will also be on hand for the evening.  So go try these one of a kind beers along with more Hardywood Park beers.  Cap Ale will also have some giveaways that evening as well.  Check out the Facebook event for more information.

13831 Village Place Dr.
Midlothian, VA 23113

Carytown Cupcakes Celebrates Craft Beer With Hardywood & Dogfish Head

Clockwise: Chocolate Coffee Stout, Bourbon Stout, Chocolate Heat, Vegan Raspberry Stout & Tweason'Ale Strawberry (Original Photos Carytown Cupcakes)

Clockwise: Chocolate Coffee Stout, Bourbon Stout, Chocolate Heat, Vegan Raspberry Stout & Tweason’Ale Strawberry (Original Photos Carytown Cupcakes)

Leading up to next Sunday’s Carytown Craft Beer Festival, Carytown Cupcakes will be featuring craft beer flavors from April 8 – 14th.  I have enjoyed many of their cupcakes in the past but especially their vegan flavors. It is no surprise to see Hardywood featured so prominently. Gluten-free Richmonders will be pleased by the use of Dogfish Head’s Tweason Ale.

Craft Beer Flavor Menu

Chocolate Coffee Stout: Hardywood Sidomo Coffee Stout-Infused Chocolate Cupcake With Kahlua Buttercream
Bourbon Stout: Hardywood Bourbon Sidomo-Infused Vanilla Cupcake With Bourbon Buttercream
Chocolate Heat: Hardywood Chocolate Heat-Infused Chocolate Cupcake With Spicy Ganache Icing
Raspberry Stout: Vegan Hardywood Raspberry Stout-Infused Raspberry Cupcake With Reduced Raspberry Stout-Raspberry Frosting
Tweason’Ale Strawberry: Gluten-Free Dogfish Head Tweason’Ale-Infused Strawberry Cupcake With Strawberry Buttercream

Carytown Cupcakes
3111 W Cary St
Richmond, VA 23221
355-CAKE (2253)

Hardywood & The Magpie Present Your Dinner This April

UPDATE: Due to timing issues, this dinner has been canceled.

In my few trips to The Magpie, I have become very impressed with Chef Owen Lane’s food.  I’m really intrigued by this beer dinner menu he has put together with Hardywood on Tuesday April 9th at 6pm.  I’ve been afraid of trying sweetbreads before but the General Tso’s preparation should add a familiarity for the uninitiated.  Oh and a Hardywood tripel? Yes, please!

Magpie Hardywood Beer Dinner 040913

The cost for the dinner is $70/person plus tax and gratuity. Call The Magpie at (804) 269-0023 to make your reservations now.

Celebrate St Patty’s Weekend & Avoid Green Beer

Most of Richmond will spend their St Patrick’s Day weekend down in Shockoe Bottom for Shamrock The Block.  Don’t get me wrong if you can stand the crowd, it can be an interesting time.  If that’s your plan, know that On the Rox or Station 2 will serve as your craft beer oases.  If you’re looking to avoid the sea of green beer and the crowds that come with it this weekend here are a few under the radar events for you to checkout.

Saturday March 16th

Hardywood Raspberry Stout Pilot Release — 1PM

Hardy wood taps their newest pilot beer, a Russian Imperial Stout aged on local raspberries with music from Zep Replica starting at 5pm.

Crossroads’ Southern Tier St. Patty’s Stout Spectacular — 3PM

Crossroads Forest Hill will tap five different Southern Tier imperial stouts with music from the Beer Ticks starting at 7:30pm.  Here are the stouts plus two other Southern Tier beers they are tapping:

2x Milk
Creme Brûlée
Jahva
Mokah
Oat
Eurotrash Pilz
IPA

Update: You can also get a Southern Tier pint glass to take home.

Sunday March 17th

Richmond.com’s St Paddies Brew Tour — 1PM

There are only four tickets as I type this so get on snacking them up here.  The tour will start at Capital Ale House’s St Patrick’s Day Celebration continuing on to Legend, Hardywood, and Midnight Breweries.  Each brewery is opening up especially for the tour so you will have them all to yourself.

Capital Ale House’s 11th Annual St Patrick’s Day Celebration

Capital Ale House’s St Patrick’s Day celebration has grown over it’s eleven years to cover all five of it locations.  Head to the one near your for over ten different Irish & Scottish style ales, traditional Irish food, and music.

Saison’s “Local Is Green” Tapping — 4PM

Saison will tap these five great Virginia beers St Patrick’s day:

Alewerks Bitter Valentine
Alewerks Bourbon Barrel Porter
Hardywood Bourbon Sidamo
Port City Two Smoked Porter
Wolf Hills Wolf’s Den DIPA

Vote For Hardywood Brewer In Best Beard Of Craft Beer Finals

Alright Richmond, now is the real time to vote.  Nick Walthall has made to the finals of Craftbeer.com’s Best Beards of Craft Beer contest.  Head over here and vote for #19 to grab another win for RVA!

From earlier post:

Hardywood’s Nick Danger Walthall is in the running as one of the best beards in craft beer through CraftBeer.com.

Credit: CraftBeer.com

Credit: CraftBeer.com

Head over and like Nick’s photo on Facebook to push him on to the finals. Who knows, soon we may have another #1 title to add to Richmond’s tally.

Meet The Brewers Night Goes Southside With Legend And Hardywood

Take a trip over to Southside Richmond for a couple of  “Meet the Brewer” events tonight Tuesday March 5th.

Head over to Bailey’s Southside to join the folks from Hardywood for a few beers starting at 5pm. Richmond Beer Lovers will be also be in the house for their happy hour meetup.  Join up with them to hear about their other events.  Beers for the night include:

Singel
Sidamo
Chocolate Heat
Bourbon Sidamo

Bailey’s Pub and Grille
11581 Robious Rd
Richmond, VA 23235

Meanwhile, Sedona Taphouse will be the site of a Legend Tap Invasion.  Enjoy a few beers, chat up the brewer and take home some glassware.  Beers for the night  include:

Brown Ale
Lager
Hopfest
Maibock
Guardian Dog Dopplebock

Sedona Taphouse
15732 WC Main Street
Midlothian, VA 23113

Bourbon Your Saturday With Hardywood And Starr Hill

Bourbon Weekend 030213Looking for bourbon barrel aged stouts this Saturday March 2nd? Here are two ways to get your fix.

Hardywood Bourbon Sidamo Release

Hardywood celebrates the release of their barrel aged Sidamo Coffee Stout with a bottle-only sale in the morning followed by tasting room opening for bottles, draft, and food vendors at 2pm.   and an acoustic evening of Exebelle and the Rusted Cavalcade!

Hardywood will be open 10AM – Noon Saturday morning for a pre-sale event for bottles and merchandise.  If you’re looking to skip the lines before tasting room hours start at 2PM, this is when you want  to be at the brewery.

Tasting room hours will be open from 2 – 9PM with Bourbon Sidamo Coffee Stout available in half or full pints with most likely a special randall.  Exebelle and the Rusted Cavalcade will play acoustic sets starting at 5:30pm.

Food vendors for the night will be Monique’s Crepes, Estes BarBQue, and Station 2.

Head over to the Facebook event for more information.

Starr Hill ROCK MS Bourbon Barrel Cryptical Release

First off, thanks to  Screens N Suds for making me aware of this event

Take the scenic drive up to Starr Hill in Crozet, VA as they kick off their month-long celebration of ROCK MS.  They will be having a special tapping of their rare Bourbon Barrel Cryptical Imperial Stout in their tasting room.

While bottles will be made available at a later date, tastings, pints and growler fills will be available. Sign up to stake your claim for special Bourbon Barrel Cryptical bottles from their super limited run of this extremely rare brew.

Local food truck favorites Delicious George and The Lunchbox will be serving grub. If you have what it takes you compete in a fierce corn hole tournament for VIP tickets to ROCK MS, Starr Hill merchandise  and more. Come for the afternoon to sample and sip on this limited-edition extraordinary brew.

This Saturday marks the first of many community events surrounding Starr Hill’s  fundraising efforts for the National MS Society Blue Ridge Chapter and the James Q. Miller MS Clinic at UVA. The main event, ROCK MS will be held at the Jefferson Theater on Saturday, April 13th featuring the soul legend Charles Bradley.

To donate directly to Walk MS, click here: http://bit.ly/WGFkwp

To purchase tickets to ROCK MS featuring Charles Bradley, click here: http://www.jeffersontheater.com/rock-ms

Head over to the Facebook event for more information.

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