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Sadly, American Craft Beer Week 2015 is now behind us. With every new year, we experience a growing problem.....there are too many awesome things going on in one week! I decided to close this years American Craft Beer Week with a trip to Bailey's Sports Grille on Robious Road in Richmond.   More TVs than you can imagineDuring my tour, ...

My wife Lauren and I recently made a trip to the picturesque town of Chincoteague, VA, to enjoy the first annual Saltwater Brew N Que. The event was hosted at the Chincoteage Fair Grounds and drew crowds and brews from all over Virginia and Maryland.   Now for all of us mainland Virginians, I'll start by giving you a heads up: If y ...

Clay and I decided to go up to Fredericksburg and check out their beer fest. I didn't have any expectations just vague notions of the fizzy sort. Upon arriving in or around the city, we picked up Clay's brother-in-law. He's an affable beer lover who was happy to be picked up and delivered to the beer. After an oddly efficient carding/wrist band ...

Stone CFO Craig Spitz, myself, and Stone CEO and Co-founder Greg Koch, celebrating post City Council's vote at Southern Railway TaphouseBeer lovers, rejoice! Richmond's East End just became the hottest spot on the East Coast for Craft Beer enthusiasts. With Richmond City Council unanimously voting Monday night to approve the transfer of the Old ...

I was surprised this past Saturday by Jess with an afternoon of Richmond Brewery Tours! WOO WOO!! The event started promptly at 11:30am with our tour guide going over a brief history of beer, reviewing the vital ingredients, mentioning the reinheitsgebot, and concluding with the breweries we were to visit that afternoon: Legend, Midni ...

Welcome to the first installment in what will hopefully be a well-received and mostly enjoyed part of the blog! Let me begin by stating that I am not a professional brewer. I'm just a guy with a couple of five gallon buckets, a plastic carboy, and some assorted brewing equipment. I also enjoy beer, understand the basics behind brewing, and know ...

I hope everyone is recovering from the mayhem that is Thanksgiving weekend. We at Virginia Beer Blog enjoyed the time spent with friends, family, food, and amazing Virginia Craft Beer. After Thanksgiving dinner round three, Sam and I had a moment to sit down, enjoy some brews, and marvel at our newest gadgets: two new, customized bottle openers ...

Apocalypse Ale Works has been on my radar for a bit now; solid beers with great names...Lustful Maiden being the first to come to mind- great taste, only need one or two, and a great name. Their artwork is also incredibly badass. I mean, seriously?! Look at that logo! Their can art is so good that craftcans.com did an interview with t ...

So, I've been drinking beer. A good deal of beer. I'm sure anyone who finds themselves at this blog, looking at beer writing focused on Virginia, is also doing a lot of beer drinking. I recently hit my local grocery store and bought a few brews in cans. I drink these beers in a sitting, and I call it an aluminium session. I think beer from a ...

When you visit Strangeways, you might find yourself wondering if you've already met this guy and just forgot his name. That's how welcome he makes you feel. The moment I realized that, no, I don't know Lars, is when it hit me - this is the first time I've ever been treated like a beer enthusiast instead of just someone's wife. To my partner and ...