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RVA Beer Week 2012: Richmond Beer Lovers Bar Bus Tour This Friday

Plenty of room left on this bus tour with Richmond Beer Lovers:

As part of Richmond Beer Week, Richmond Beer Lovers will be hosting a bar tour via the Bottom & Back Bus (2BNB Bus) on Friday, November 9th.The plan is that the 2BNB bus will run starting at Mekong from 6pm to 11pm, with stops at The Camel and Popkin Tavern for ““Broad Street Gets Goose’d”  Goose Island Night.

We are asking for a suggested donation of $5 per person to help with fuel costs for the bus.  Since the Bottom & Back bus is a 501(c)(3), you can feel good about helping them out.  This event will be limited to 40 people and you must be signed up with Richmond Beer Lovers to be guaranteed a spot on the bus!

1st stop – 6pm

Mekong Restaurant

Grab a beer at the bar and meet up in the back room.  You must check-in to get your pass for the bus.

Featured Beers:

Mad Fox Bourbon Barrel Stout
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Hardywood Park Hazelnut Imperial Milk Stout

The bus will leave ~7pm  for the 2nd stop:

The Camel

Featured Beers:

Goose Island Honker’s Ale
Goose Island Matilda
Goose Island Pere Jacques

The bus will leave ~8:30 for the 3rd stop:

Popkin Tavern

Featured Beers:

Goose Island Christmas Ale
Goose Island Sofie
Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale

The bus will leave ~9:45 to head back to Mekong.

Start Your Weekend Early With Hardywood

If you need to get your Hardywood fix in, this weekend has no shortage of opportunities for you to get some.

Thursday October 4th

As it does every Thursday, Richmond’s Food Truck Court gathers at the brewery from 6 – 9pm

Meanwhile, Mekong celebrates their favorite beer bar win with a special Hardywood lineup:

2012 Bourbon Barrel Milk Stout Pin
2012 Bourbon Barrel Gingerbread Stout Pin
2012 Farmhouse Pumpkin
Mekong Fresh Hop brewed with grapefruit peel and local honey
Bourbon DIPA
RVA IPA

Friday October 5th

It is a double Firkin Friday at the brewery with two different milk stout creations:

  • Bourbon Barrel Milk Stout with mole and Heritage’s house blend of Rostov’s coffee from Matthias Hagglund
  • Edward the Great: milk stout with vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, Maker’s Mark soaked ancho chiles, and orange zest from Dave Witte of Municipal Waste.

Saturday October 6th

Saturday sees the official release of this year’s Farmhouse Pumpkin at. the brewery starting at 2pm  As they approach their one year anniversary, this will be the first new vintage of one of their Reserve Series beers to be bottled.  Head over to the Facebook event  for more info; RSVP while you’re at it so they can prepare for the crowds.

Sunday October 7th

End your weekend with a beer dinner at Cous Cous.  Take a look at the menu.

MENU

Welcome Beer
Singel

Arugula salad with cherries, dates, quince and goat cheese; in a roasted shallot vinaigrette
RVA IPA

Duck confit with pumpkin risotto and maple pear sauce
Farmhouse Pumpkin

Braised lamb in mole sauce
Hoplar

Coffee torte with nutella cream
Mocha Belgique

The dinner starts at 5pm and costs $45/person (tax included).  The event will be capped at 50 people, so get your reservations asap by calling the restaurant at (804) 358-0868 or emailing alrcopeland@gmail.com (subject “hardywood dinner”).

900 W Franklin St
Richmond, VA 23220

Rock The Mekong Vote With Allagash

Maybe you’ve heard a little about Mekong competing in Craftbeer.com’s Great American Beer Bars Finals.  If not, get out there and vote here.

NOW!

Mekong demonstrates why they are a Great American Beer Bar with an Allagash Brewing tap takeover today September 18th starting at 5pm.  Here are the beers they will be tapping:

White
Confluence
Yakuza
Curieux
Black Andall with Oak chip, Bourbon oak chip, and raisin
Smoke n Beards  Smoked Triple collaboration with De Molen
Four

The Andall sounds delicious.  Plus Allagash drafts are all $5/glass.  Go out and get some.

Virginia Craft Brewers Guild Night at Mekong

Mekong continues their celebration of Virginia Craft Beer Month with a night dedicated to breweries belonging to the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild.  The Guild is the group responsible for leading the charge to get SB 604 passed so that you can go into local breweries like Hardywood and order a pint of beer.  Mekong will be donating $500 to support the Guild’s future initiatives.  Breweries representing the for the night are:

Hardywood Park — Richmond, VA
Legend — Richmond, VA
Starr Hill — Crozet, VA
Devils Backbone — Nelson Co, VA
O’Connor — Norfolk, VA
Blue Mountain — Afton, VA
Bold Rock — Nelson Co, VA
Wolf Hill — Abingdon, VA
Midnight — Goochland, VA
James River — Richmond, VA

So head out tonight  Thursday August 9th starting at 4pm and support these wonderful local breweries.

Mekong Belgian Independence Week

Leopold of Saxe-Coburg was crowned as first king of the Belgians on July 21, 1831.  Naturally, Mekong will celebrate this independence with a week of Belgian beers.  Here are some of the beers you can expect to see starting today with more sure to come as the week progresses:

D’ Achouffe Biere du Soleil
La Rulles Grand 10
Brasserie Dupont Biere de Miel
Brasserie Dupont Foret
Van Steenberge Gulden Draak
Van Steenberge Draak 9000
Urthel Samaranth
St Bernardus Abt 12
Dubuisson Scaldis Triple
Muskeeters Troubadour Magma
Bosteel Triple Karmeliet
Chimay Cinq Cents
Oud Beersel Framboise
Bockor Jacobins Rouge
Bavik Petrus Aged Pale

All draft beers are priced at $5. Tapping starts at 5pm so head out and enjoy.

Mekong Goes Wild With Barley Legal Beer

As part of their 17th anniversary celebration, Mekong will be tapping wild and sour ales Thursday June 28th starting at 2pm.  Here are the beers scheduled to be tapped though I’m sure there will be some surprises:

BFM Bon Chien 2006
BFM Bon Chien 2007
BFM Bon Chien 2009
BFM Bon Chien 2010
BFM Bon Chien 2011
Baladin Nora Sour
Allagash Interlude 2010
Allagash Coolship Series OLD HLT Aged with cherries
Hardywood Wild Singel Special Blend AKA Patrick Gone Wild
Verhaeghe Eckt Kriekenbier
Bockor Cuvee des Jacobin Rouge
New Belgium Tart Lychee
Bavik Petrus Aged Pale
Evil Twin Ron the Beast Ryan

All beers will be $5/10oz pour!

As a bonus, Townsend Screen Printing developed the shirt pictured above that Mekong is giving away to commemorate the evening.  Only 140 shirts were made so get there early to snag yours.

Get Your Sais-On At Mekong

Mekong is celebrating the summer solstice with a Summer Sol Stache/ Saison-a-Thon tap takeover Thursday June 21st.

Just look at this list of great beers to be tapped starting at 2pm:

Saison Dupont
Foret
Biere de Miel
The Bruery Saison de Lente
Goose Island Sofie
Evil Twin Ron & the Beast Ryan
Dogfish Head Saison Dubuff
Urthel Saisoniere
St. Fieullien Saison
Allagash Fluxus 2011
Stillwater Debutante
Stillwater Cellar Door
Stillwater/Mikkeller Our Side

If you’re looking for a summer beer, you’ll find it here.

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