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First, I’d like to say that I am extremely proud of the beer community across Virginia. I believe a huge draw that Richmond had on Stone was the rich and welcoming environment that our local breweries have been able cultivate and have absolutely no concern that Stone coming to Richmond will hurt our local breweries.  And now Stone&n ...

Let me begin by stating that I love Mekong. They have great food (in my opinion) and an even greater offering of craft and Belgian beers. As far as I'm concerned, they can do no wrong...now thats out of the way, The Answer Brewpub is a perfect addition to the strip mall that houses Mekong. If you haven't been you may be thinking, "You say ...

Last Saturday Clay and I checked out the Fidelis Beer Company launch party. The brewing company is brand new to the market and has an interesting business model. Similar to Toms Shoe Company, Fidelis will be benefiting a cause with each of its beer labels. Fidelis is part of a relatively new wave of companies that aim high, not just to mak ...

The Answer Brewpub- Building an Empire of beer! If you drink beer in Richmond/ Central Virginia you (should) have heard of Mekong. Mekong has some great offerings when it comes to food- authentic Vietnamese cuisine at affordable prices! YAY! What makes Mekong truly great is their selection of beers; there are so many beers I'm not even going t ...

I know this post is a little late, but I figured I would make it so I could add in the pictures I took... So Sam, Clay, and I decided to go check out the 3rd Annual RVABrewBQ (Ercell couldn't make it- he was invited!) so we could taste samplings from the ELEVEN (11) different breweries in Richmond! Each brewery had a couple of different b ...

I was checking out the fantastic Virginia craft beer site vabeertrail.net, and the aggregation functions of the site got me thinking about the overall growth of interest in craft beer in the state. As far as I know, beer has always been a challenger to wine's popularity in Virginia. I figured that with the explosion of interest in craft bee ...

If you didn't get your fix at last week's National Beer Expo, make sure you get down to Merchant's Square in Williamsburg for the Dog Street Craft Beer Festival! There, you will be able to choose from a long list of participating breweries from around the commonwealth. Virginia Craft Beer, delicious food, and all for a good cause? Count us in! ...

Last week's Capital Ale House National Beer Expo events were a lot of fun albeit with a few first year hiccups. All in all it was a great start to what I hope will come back bigger and better next year. Take a look at my photos for the various events I was able to attend. Collabeerate ... ...read more The post PHOTOS: National Beer Expo: Col ...

Cask-conditioned ale is a process that starts at the brewery and continues at the pub. Bad practices at either end yield poor cask ale. For example: How NOT to cellar and tap cask ale: How TO tap cask ale: -----more----- CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale, based in the U.K.) defines cask-conditioned ale 'real ale'as: Draught (or bottled) ...

Old Bust Head Visit 6/25/14 We have been hearing a lot about Old Bust Head lately. It doesn't hurt that we see their product every time we go grocery shopping. So when Jaimis and the gang at OBH invited us over for a visit, we couldn't wait to see (and taste) everything that we'd heard so much about. The roughly 45 minute drive from As ...