RVA Beer Explorer Weekly Picks

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Beautiful Disasters: B-Movie Night – Strangeways, Friday

Did you know the “B” in B Movies stands for beer? Well know you do and there isn’t a better use for this knowledge than to share it with fellow beer and B Movie lovers.

A monthly surprise movie night celebrating schlock and B Movies. Presented by the Beautiful Disasters Podcast (now available at www.guipodcast.com)!

Theme for the month of March: WASTELAND SAVIORS

Schlock-O-Meter Checklist:
✓ Mutant Amphibians
✓ Hi-Tech Government Issued Chastity Belts
✓ The Dance of the 3 Snakes
✓ Rowdy Roddy Piper

Best of all?! It’s FREE!
21+ 

Beautiful Disasters Podcast is part of the Geeks Under the Influence Network. For more information about our podcasts and live events, go towww.guipodcast.com

Richmond Kickers Bike Night – Ardent, Saturday

Bikes, beer, and men kicking balls. It’s guaranteed to be a good time. Hopefully the Kickers can kick it gear and get a win.

Join us for a bike ride and soccer match! Brantley from Sports Backerswill lead a group ride from Ardent Craft Ales to City Stadium, where you’ll enjoy discounted tickets at the door for cyclists and a complimentary beer at the game.

Plus, take advantage of a free bike valet, pop-up shop, complimentary tune-ups, live music, and food trucks while you’re there!

4:00 Cyclists depart from Ardent for City Stadium
5:00 Kick-off: Richmond Kickers vs. North Carolina FC
7:30 Return to Ardent

Go Kickers! #RVAisRED

Spring Moon Market – Champion Brewing, Saturday

The first person to combine the craft market and craft beer location was brilliant. Sober me might not want a tee shirt with a mustached squirrel riding a bike, two beers in me totally wants that tee shirt.

Join us at Champion Brewing Company – RVA at 401 E . Grace St. on Saturday March 31, 2018 from 1 PM – 7 PM for loads of amazing vendors offering Richmond’s most unique crafts, art, jewelry, plants, apparel, tarot readings, energy work, herbal healing, magic craft supplies, vintage wear, housewares, knives, plants and hand made botanical products!

Check out the Facebook Event for the full list of vendors and there are a bunch.

Spring Farm Fest! Easter Egg Hunt and Petting Zoo! – Lickinghole Creek Brewery, Saturday

Easter fun out in the country.

Join us for the Easter Extravaganza at the Farm! SATURDAY, March 31, 2018

EGG HUNT, PETTING ZOO, PONY RIDES, EGG ROLL, FREE SPRING FLOWER PICKING, MUSIC, FOOD TRUCKS, AND FACEPAINT!

Nuclear Nugget Honey Imperial IPA Release

March 31, 2018 12-9pm

Live Music- Martha and Triple Threat

Food Trucks- Fireside Grill

 BEER NEWS

Buy a Brewery

It’s not Richmond but in relatively nearby Virginia Beach. Green Flash is focusing on the West Coast so is auctioning it’s Virginia Beach facility and we mean everything. This also means no distribution of Green Flash on the East Coast, so if you like their beer stock up now.

Check out the auction here.

Related: Yes, Virginia We Have Market Saturation – Virginia Brew Review

In other words, putting out a sign that says “BEER!” isn’t good enough any longer.  There are too many medium-to-large breweries, with improving distribution networks and agreements.  AB-InBev doesn’t play nice.  But in a world where Ornery and Green Flash bite the dust, that’s a signal that we have just enough GOOD breweries, with just enough ACCESS to their beers, that we’ve hit the saturation point for the Virginia craft beer market.

DRINK THIS

Company Man Release – Ardent, Thursday

He looks so sad standing in the rain. I bet a beer would cheer him up.

Our favorite Company Man is punching in again! Join us for the Company Man release this Thursday, March 29.

Company Man is a clear, golden straw pilsner with a creamy, long-lasting head that leaves rich lacing. The classic lager aroma is clean and bready, with a noble hop note and light grassiness. Medium body and high carbonation accentuate the soft bitterness, along with mild, balanced flavors of fruity, malty sweetness. Company Man is a crisp, refreshing German-style pils that finishes dry and clean.

5% ABV
36 IBU

Phantom, Myrtle and The Mandarin Saison Release w/ Stone! – Three Notch’d Collab House, Thursday

A great sounding beer for a great cause. Drink up.

A Very Special Collaboration Brew w/ Stone Brewing Company

“Phantom, Myrtle and the Mandarin”
Hoppy Saison w/ Guava & Tangerine
ABV: 6.0%
IBU: 30
Collaboration w/ Stone Brewing Company Richmond

Once a year, on International Women’s Day, female brewers throughout the world collaborate on a special beer in which a portion of proceeds benefit the Pink Boots Society, a global nonprofit organization that supports women in the beer industry. This year, we got the opportunity to host the ladies at Stone Brewing in Richmond for their brew! Each beer made this year utilizes a special “Pink Boots Blend” of hops created by the PBS and includes Palisade, Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra and Loral. Our hoppy saison enhances the bold tropical, citrus fruit hop flavors by adding Guava and Tangerine fruit and Belgian yeast that lends light spicy, clove notes.

*As part of the collaboration, Three Notch’d will be donating $1 to the Pink Boots Society for each pint sold!

Join us for PINT SPECIALS starting at 4 PM when we tap the first keg! Pint specials run till 7 PM. Stick around for trivia which starts at 7pm.

Vapour Trails Double IPA Release – Final Gravity, Friday

Another IPA from Final Gravity. I feel like I’ve said that before, oh yeah I have and it’s a good thing to repeat.

Another smooth and hazy Double IPA returns to the taps at Final Gravity this week. Vapour Trails consists of Falconer’s Flight and Citra hops which bring the essence of grapefruit, floral, and tropical tones. It’ll soon fade away like voices in a hurricane so act quickly.

BEEr Orange Blossom Honey Ale Release – Center of the Universe, Saturday

I see what you did there with the clever use of Bee and the letter R.

BEEr Orange Blossom Honey Ale is a graduate of Origin Beer Lab and developed by Ashley Ray. The beer is brewed with gallons of orange blossom honey which is then complimented by a generous portion of honey malt and 2-row barley. The result is a refreshing, brite, and delicious brew. This new taproom favorite clocks in at 7.2% ABV.

Bourbon Cru & Foolery Release – Hardywood, Saturday

Yes, two great beers released on one day.

BOURBON BARREL CRU: 12% ABV
Hardywood Bourbon Barrel Cru is brewed in the fashion of the abbey quadrupel, the grand cru of many of Belgium’s revered monastic breweries. Bourbon Cru displays a sunset orange hue with a substantial head and brilliant clarity after months of barrel aging. The maturity and melding of flavors brought on by the freshly drained bourbon barrels lends an extraordinary sense of harmony to Bourbon Barrel Cru. Almond toffee and oaky vanilla aromatics give way to dark cherries, raisins and mature whiskey. A bit of plum flavor is greeted by caramel overtones and an assertive yet incredibly rounded body and a lingering, bourbon-laced finish.

FOOLERY: 13% ABV
Hardywood Foolery is a huge imperial milk stout aged in bourbon barrels for 10 months. Massive chocolate, vanilla and caramel flavors precede aromatic hints of dark cherry, tobacco, leather and oak. Foolery is boisterous, thick and rich with a pleasant, warming finish.

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