RVA Beer Explorer Weekly Picks

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Reindeer Run & Double Dip-a Potluck – Final Gravity, Thursday

On your mark’s, get set, run. Run for beer.

Limited Opening Weekend – Lickinghole Goodwater Brew Pub, Fri.-Sun.

I thought that Lickinghole Goodwater (Lickinghole Creek Shockoe edition) had already officially opened. Obviously, I was wrong since I just read this on Facebook. I drove past Goodwater last week and it looks sharp.

Special Limited Opening Weekend

Lickinghole Goodwater Brew Pub
1717 East Franklin St.
Richmond, VA

Hours of Operation:
Friday, December 15th from 12 – 9
Saturday, December 16th from 12 – 9
Sunday, December 17th from 12 – 9

Join us as we continue to get closer to our official opening. Check on our progress and try some of our limited releases that are rarely available on draft.

YOGA & Pop Up Holiday Shop – Strangeways, Saturday

Find your center, find your beer, find your Christmas presents.

Winter Market + LOBO Marino – Väsen Brewing Company, Saturday

Handmade goods, herbal preparations and gifts for sale and trade. Local plant infused brands. Potluck desserts. Crafted herbal drink menu for donations for herbalists in Puerto Rico. Sound concert experience by Lucid Living RVA and puppet making for the kids offered by Play Tectonics. Hosted by Väsen Brewing Company Earth Folk Collective Lobo Marino and the Richmond Herbalism Guild

A. True. Folk. Market.
Crafted herbal drink menu
Local artisans with beautiful wares to trade or purchase
A comfortable community space established outside of the new brewery in Scotts Addition. Check out their FB to learn of their mission and desires to bring sustainability and measured environmental impact to the growing brewery scene.
Folk Giving Spirit.
Sound concert with Lucid Living RVA
Paper Puppets from Play Tectonics
desserts on a beautifully decorated table

Lobo Marino will play at 6 PM

Oyster Shellabration with Nomini Bay Oyster Ranch – Isley, Sunday

Kick back for Sunday football with beers and oysters at Isley.

Join us for a great day of beer and fresh oysters! Nomini Bay Osyter Ranch from the Nothern Neck will be serving oysters on the half shell, and our charbroiled oysters with Nomini Bay’s secret sauce, cheese, bacon and peppers. For the non oyster eaters, they will also have shrimp and chicken salad sliders.

Dave Cavitt will also be playing some acoustic tunes for us from 2-5pm!

Christmas Market – Center of the Universe, Sunday

It really is time to start working on that Christmas list. Why not do it over a nice beer? Head up the road to COTU and avoid the mall.

Center of the Universe is proud to present the COTU Christmas Market! Still looking for something unique for that hard to buy for person on your list? Or, are you just looking for a little something for yourself!?! Well don’t worry, we have you covered. We will have 13 handcrafted vendors at the brewery for a one day market for all your shopping needs. Admission is free and proceeds will benefit a local charity! There will be live holiday music and delicious beers flowing all day long.

BEER NEWS

Stone Expands Production – Richmond BizSense.com

Our BEERSTAGRAM picture below shows the tanks heading up to Stone. The article by Richmond BizSense.com has the hard numbers.

The new hardware puts Stone’s system at a 250-barrel brewing system – among the largest beer operations in Richmond. Comparatively, one of the area’s smaller breweries, Final Gravity Brewing Co., operates a two-barrel system.

Stone’s Richmond operation is on track to brew about 100,000 barrels, or 3 million gallons of beer this year, accounting for about 25 percent of the company’s total production.

 Dogtown Brewing coming to Manchester – Dogtown Dish

The name of the brewery and the name of the publication aren’t just a happy coincidence. The husband and wife team of Michael C. Hild & Laura Dyer Hild own both.

The Hilds are making quite the impact on Manchester. According to Richmond BizSense.com, the couple has spent $4 million in and around Manchester. On the commercial side they’re developing The Butterbean, Hot Diggity Donuts and now Dogtown Brewing. Dogtown Brewing will be located at 1209 Hull Street.

The Hilds are sharing a good number of details on the proposed brewery.

The first floor brewpub component of the brewery will be located in the old Thalhimer’s department store and will feature live music. A two-story brewhouse will be located in the rear addition of the main building. The brewhouse is designed to enable the brewery to offer 20 different beers all made on site, and a canning line for those who want beers to go. Many of the beers will be piped straight from tank to tap in order to avoid the need for kegs, similar to how many brewpubs operate in Europe.

The first floor of the pub. Photo – Dogtown Dish

The rooftop deck located on the fourth floor atop the building will offer 360 degree views including that of downtown Richmond. The rooftop will feature beer and wine on tap, a limited bar menu for food, and dim sum carts for featured items.

The brewery hopes to open late 2018 or early 2019.

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Winter American Sour Blend release – Ardent, Thursday

If you’re sour on winter why not have a winter sour?

Ardent’s Winter American Sour Blend is a barrel-fermented sour red ale cultured with our house strain. Amber-colored with a roasty aroma, this blended beer was aged in oak for 10 months and balances a malty sweetness with rounded tart flavors and notes of plum and sour cherry.

Available on draft and in 330 mL bottles. 6.9% ABV 5 IBU

Go Go Vegan Go will be the food truck in the beer garden!

Return of OREO Hornswoggler – Veil Brewing Co., Tuesday

This Tuesday December 12th will be the return of OREO HORNSWOGGLER!!!! 😳

It’s backkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!

For the first time in almost a year, OREO HORNS is back! We took our 7% robust chocolate milk stout Hornswoggler and conditioned it on hundreds and hundreds of pounds of Oreo cookies. We actually added an additional 100lbs than the original batch called for just for fun.

If you like Oreo cookies, this is a must try! Shooting for approx 140-160 cases. $17.50+tax/4-pack. 2x 4-pack per person. *CASES PACKAGED AND LIMITS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*

Winter American Sour Blend release – Ardent, Thursday

If you’ve soured on this cold weather perhaps a beer to match your mood.

We’ll be releasing our newest sour beer, Winter American Sour Blend, on Thursday, December 14. We’re super excited for you to try this one!

Ardent’s Winter American Sour Blend is a barrel-fermented sour red ale cultured with our house strain. Amber-colored with a roasty aroma, this blended beer was aged in oak for 10 months and balances a malty sweetness with rounded tart flavors and notes of plum and sour cherry.

Available on draft and in 330 mL bottles. 6.9% ABV 5 IBU

Go Go Vegan Go will be the food truck in the beer garden!

Shake Some Action DIPA Release – Final Gravity, Friday

Hop to Lakeside to get your hops fix.

Shake Some Action DIPA is busting out at full speed this Friday. Calypso, El Dorado, and Citra hops are all you need to make it all right. Available on draft and to-go in Growlers and Crowlers.

Double Barrel GBS Release – Hardywood, Saturday

The Gingerbread Stout express train keeps on rolling along. The next stop is the Double Barrel GBS. All Aboard.

New in 2017, Hardywood Double Barrel GBS is a labor of love from start to finish. Our Gingerbread Stout is aged for four months in Caribbean dark rum barrels where it adopts sticky sweet notes of molasses and brown sugar. From there, the rum barrel-aged GBS is then transferred into bourbon barrels and aged for an additional four months, introducing notes of oak and velvety caramel. If you’re the one who goes straight for the biggest gift under the tree, this bottle is for you.

Keyser Gose Beer Release – Isley, Sunday

Brewed with Wheat and Pilsner base malts, Flaked Rye (for a bit of “spice”), Nomini Bay Oysters, coriander, and salt. The salt is added to reproduce the salt water found in Goslar. The oysters help contribute to the saltiness, add minerals to the water, and give the brew a subtle, complimentary oyster flavor. The result is a lightly hazy and light wheat beer (witbier) that is slightly sour with a slightly salty finish. The salt is mostly perceptible on the finish, more as a sensation than a flavor. Come grab a glass of the highly refreshing Keyser Gose!

We are releasing the Keyser Gose as part of our “Oyster Shellabration” with Nomini Bay Oyster Ranch, LLC!

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