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Brewery Night – Legend Brewing, Friday

Starting this week Legend is opening its downstairs to craft beer brewers and the brewer curious. This Friday from 5-9 PM they’ll be pouring, Cherry Summer Session Ale, Blood Orange Z Dam, Golden Lime IPA, and Legend Belgian Stout.

Starting July 27th, Legend Brewing Co. is hosting Brewery Night! Every Friday 5-9pm Legend will be opening the brewery doors to craft brew fanatics! 21 and up, Free to attend! Serving special brewers choice beer not available anywhere else. But don’t fret; we’ll have the classics too. Come grab a pint downstairs, chat with the brewers, and taste what Legend has been cooking up!

Väsen’s 1 Year Anniversary Festival – Väsen, Saturday

The Scott’s Addition brewery is celebrating one year of operation with a big party. This party is so big I’m giving you two links, Facebook is above and here is the website. This is a ticketed event but you’re getting five bands and some truly unique activities that at first glance seem like a questionable mix with beer, like archery lessons and slackline. My advice is if someone screams heads-up, don’t look around just duck.

Speaking of beer, every brewery in the Scott’s Addition area and a few others like Triple Crossing are will be pouring beers. A grand total of 10 breweries so there’ll be plenty of options.

RVAHub is a proud media sponsor of this event so you know we’ll be there. Stay tuned for a ticket giveaway later this week.

Väsen Brewing Company is coming up on its 1 year anniversary and we want to celebrate with you!

Our 1 Year Anniversary Festival will be a massive throwdown in one of Scott’s Addition’s biggest open lots across the street from the brewery. We’re talking about a proper party — bands all day headlined by Bio Ritmo, over ten breweries slinging local beer, plenty of BBQ, outdoor activities, and a ton of surprises that’ll make this one of Scott’s Addition’s biggest bashes to date.

HeART & SOUL Brewfest 2018 – Hardywood (Ownby Lane), Saturday

There is a ton of stuff going down at Hardywood this Saturday. Hit the link above to get all details including 11 food vendors and 13 other merchandise vendors.

Dope Music. Urban Art. Craft beers. Soul Food.

NEW THIS YEAR!! Yoga Beats & Brews with bareSOUL yoga & wellnessfeaturing DJ Eas3! 12-1p before the festival starts. One beer ticket included in the cost. Purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baresoul-pop-up-yoga-beats-brew-at-heart-soul-brew-fest-tickets-47968656543?aff=efbeventtix

Harry Potter Weekend – Intermission, Thur.- Sun.

Intermission is picking a theme this weekend and running with it. The theme is the magical world of Harry Potter. All their events from Thursday onward have a spell-binding twist. It kicks off on Thursday with Harry Potter Trivia Night! and wraps up on Sunday with a costume contest and Books & Brews: Harry Potter Edition a discussion of the books. There is plenty going on between so check out the link above.

Made in VA: a very tasty Moon Market – Champion Brewing, Saturday

Around 25 vendors will be at Champion Brewing get to shopping and drinking.

This market is all about celebrating the culinary prowess, creativity and spirit of makers in Virginia. Join us check out tasty made-in-Virginia products, produce, flowers, herbal concoctions, baked goods, beverages, preserves, pickles and more.

Champion Brewing Co. 401 E. Grace St. Richmond, Virginia. Saturday, July 28th 2018 from 1 PM-7 PM

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Weizen Up Hefeweizen Release – Final Gravity, Friday

Weizen Up, an easy drinking 5% Hefeweizen, releases this Friday at Final Gravity. Light and refreshing with soft, velvety notes of banana and clove. Use your brain and get it while it’s here…no limit on Crowler purchases.

Watchtower Witbier Release – Castleburg, Friday

A Belgian Witbier brewed with Orange Peel and Coriander. A super light, easy drinking wheat beer 4.7% ABV, 13 IBU

Summer Beer Release – Strangeways, Saturday

Get ready for three beers from Strangeways.

We still have 56 more days of summer to enjoy, so come chill out with Strangeways, where it’s all about light, bright and sunny flavors this weekend.

Ready for a Chill Pil? Taste our new Playday Pilsner, one of three beers we’re releasing along with Everything Changes Pale Ale and There Is a Light That Never Gose Out.

BEER NEWS

On Sunday Stone Brewing announced they were going to be closed for the day. Rumor swirled but the reality was much less exciting.

From Stone Brewing Richmond Facebook:

Happy Monday, RVA. We are back open and pouring tasty beers!

Yesterday, we had an unscheduled closure due to a safety precaution. There was a chemical reaction with one of our cleaning solutions that was releasing what turned out to be just carbon dioxide, oxygen and water vapor. While no one was in danger, it did smell really bad. So we took maximum precautions to ensure no safety or production issues. The source was removed. It was an isolated one-off situation during closed hours. No person nor beer was affected.

We’re back open with normal hours today. Cheers!

Style Weekly’s Beer Issue

Tons of beer news to imbibe. Make sure and read the article on Tabol Brewing. The Northside brewery hopes to open late in August and will bring some wild sours for your tasting pleasure.

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