Celebrating Over 400 Years of Craft Brewing Tradition in the Old Dominion
In 1935, the Gottfried Krueger Brewery made drinking history by selling the first-ever canned beer, choosing Richmond, Virginia, as its test market. But the innovating spirit of the city’s brew scene didn’t settle, leaving the town far behind in the...
Toby’s Triple Threads Porter, available from Alewerks in Williamsburg, in their adjoining brew pub. I wouldn’t have thought I’d want to see the stuff I use to make gingerbread in my beer, but the molasses in this fine brown brew...
Seven breweries, cideries, and a distillery are taking part in the fun. A Halloween bar crawl is taking over Scott’s Addition’s many breweries, cideries, and even a distillery on Saturday, and there will be plenty of “booz” to go around....
The ninth annual Blacksburg Brew Do Homebrew Competition drew 51 entries in four categories. The competition, sponsored by Starr Hill Brewery, is unique in the New River Valley and was organized in conjunction with Blacksburg Brew Do, a craft beer...
So you’re in a brewery with some friends having a good time when you realize your glass is inexplicably empty. What do you do? There is nothing more frustrating than waiting to order another beer. You get the server’s attention...
For the next month, local craft brewery Fair Winds Brewing Company is running their annual “Buy a Vet a Beer” campaign in which patrons have the opportunity to purchase a beer to be reserved for a service member, be they...
Big Lick Brewing Company has expanded in Downtown Roanoke with the relocation and opening of its new West Station facility. The new spot is the latest in a string of exciting announcements and openings for the craft beer scene in...
RINER — Sinkland Farms kicked off its 26th Annual Pumpkin Festival with a new flavor this year, adding a little barley to the mix. It was a soft launch for an entirely new business venture known as Sinkland Farms Brewery....
This year there was apparently some concern that interest in craft beer was declining. For example, when tickets went on sale for the Great American Beer Festival last year it took 67 minutes to sell out. This year it took...
Tart and experimental styles are suddenly everywhere, turning non-beer drinkers into sour lovers. To a mainstream beer drinker, the list of featured beers at a recent Washington-area festival might sound like a truly weird beer geek’s Christmas list: a crisp,...
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