Here are 10 out of 14 beers for Whole Foods Short Pump’s Food Truck Festival. Beers will be tapped at noon today September 9th.
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Capital Ale House Anniversary Beer: September
Hard to believe it’s already September. I mean the year is almost over. At this point, Capital Ale House has tapped ten different anniversary beers. Today September 5th, they tap lucky number eleven, or should I say 73, from Troegs. Fitting for the time of year, Capital Ale House has acquired number 73 from Troegs’ Scratch Beer Series for this month.
To commemorate the annual German tradition of Oktoberfest, Tröegs unveils Scratch #73 – 2012, an OkTröegerFest, if you will. This rich, pumpkin-colored lager goes against the grain by boasting a fairly hefty hop presence for the style, giving the flavor a moderate bitter twist while still maintaining the classic malt character that you’ve come to expect from a traditional Fest Bier. ABV is 5.5% and IBU is 35
Get out and try this beer while you can.
Starr Hill Boxcar Pumpkin at On The Rox
I didn’t know it was already time for this but I received a tip last night that On The Rox will tap Starr Hill’s Boxcar Pumpkin Porter tonight August 29th at 6pm.
Grab a bite at On The Rox early during their half off happy hour from 3 – 6pm then stay some pumpkin.
While perusing their Facebook page this morning, I saw Starr Hill’s Brewmaster Mark Thompson was riding around Richmond last night. If we’re lucky, maybe he’ll stop into The Rox.
UPDATE: Apparently, I was right abot Mark Thompson still being in town. He will be talking up the pumpkin porter at Station 2 according to their tweet.
Stop by this evening to see brewmaster Mark Thompson from Starr Hill Brewing Company talk up his Boxcar Pumpkin Porter!
#rva#craftbeer— Station 2 (@station2rva) August 29, 2012
Hardywood Virginia Blackberry Gets Randallized
Hardywood continues their celebration of Virginia Craft Beer Month with the official release of Virginia Blackberry today August 8th from 4 – 8pm. Yes, it has already been on tap at the brewery for a few days now but it will be the first time the beer has been given the randall treatment. I have the extreme honor of crafting tonight’s randall with blend of dark Belgian candi sugar, fresh lemon, and fresh purple basil from my garden.
Here’s more about the release from Hardywood’s Facebook page:
Hardywood Virginia Blackberry is a Belgian wheat beer brewed with over 1 lb. per gallon of fresh, local Agriberry CSA and Farm blackberries. Agriberry will be on hand with some of their latest harvest, The Official Gelati Celesti Ice Cream Makers will be serving up a special batch of Hardywood Virginia Blackberry ice cream, and Station 2will be grilling up some delicious burgers. Growlers and bottles will be available to take home.Look for Hardywood Virginia Blackberry later this week at Richmond’s best restaurants and beer stores.
Come on out and try this beer for the first time again.
Station 2 Celebrates One Year with Three Day Extravaganza
It’s hard to believe Station 2 will have been open for a full year this Saturday but it’s true and they are ready to party. Station 2 invites you out to their three day celebration with a different featured Virginia brewery for each night. it all starts
Thursday July 19th
Midnight Brewing
Pin of Watermelon Lime Kolsch
New Beginning Kolsch
Rockville Red Red Ale
Update: Pin of Raspberry Lemon Kolsch instead of Watermelon Lime
Friday July 20th
Blue Mountain
Pin of Full Nelson dry hopped with Amarillo hops
Summer Haze
Double IPA
Full Nelson
Rockfish Wheat
Kolsch Lager
Blue Mountain Barrel House
Mandolin
Local Species
Uber Pils
Dark Hallow
Isabel
Weizen
Steel Wheels
Saturday July 21st
Wild Wolf
Alpha Ale
Blonde Hunny
Strawberry Schwartzcake
Pilsner
American Black Ale
White Ale
Ginger Lager
Hefe
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.
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
Capital Ale House Anniversary Beer: Devils Temptation
Update: This just in from Taste the Local: Like Capital Ale House’s post on the Dinner with Devils Backbone event and you could win dinner for 4 with Brewmaster Jason Oliver at the Midlothian location.
I was hoping there would not be anything to tempt me to delay my trip up to Washington, DC today for Savor. Enter another edition of Capital Ale House’s tenth anniversary beer series this Wednesday June 6th to dash that hope. This time the beer is from World Beer Cup Gold Medalist Devils Backbone.
Ten Low (Lemongrass Oatmeal Wit). It is made with malted & un-malted wheat, pilsner malt, acidulated malt, flaked oats, German select hops, Belgian ale yeast, coriander, and lemongrass.
Head out to the nearest Cap Ale location for the tapping at 6pm. Brewmaster Jason Oliver will be at the Midlothian location to tap the first keg. As much as I’d like for you to save me some for when I get back into town, I doubt what will surely be an amazing beer will last that long. So enjoy!
Capital Ale House Double Taps Anniversary Beers
Capital Ale House may have missed last month’s Anniversary beer tapping but they are making up for it with the tapping of two anniversary beers Friday May 11th at 6pm.
First up is a Black IPA from Lancaster Brewing out of Pennnsylvania. Lancaster’s Black Boar IPA is the first of Cap Ale’s anniversary beers to come from out of state. I have an affinity for Black IPAs so I am looking forward to getting the chance to try it.
The second anniversary beer to be tapped will be from Blue & Gray Brewing of Fredericksburg, VA. Their Kollaboration Kolsch, brewed by Richmond native David Achkio, is described as “a refreshing golden ale, hopped with Saaz and Splatz. It’s bright, with a light delicate body. A great session beer for the warmer weather, it is a straightforward fresh Kolsch, true to its German origins accentuated by the noble hop character.”
Both beers will available at all Cap Ale locations starting at 6pm Friday. Go out and try these beers while you can.
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