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RVA Beer Explorer Weekly Picks 3/19/19
Where to go and what to do in the world of #rvabeer this week and weekend!
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World Pediatric Project – Väsen, Wednesday
The World Pediatric Project is a global network linking worldwide pediatric surgical, diagnostic and preventative resources to heal critically ill children in developing countries. This is your chance to find out more or simply drink some beer and help a good cause.
Join World Pediatric Project’s Emerging Leaders Board for a fundraiser and networking night at Väsen Brewing Company on Wednesday, March 20th!
This event will feature live music from local musician Justin Golden along with drinks from our favorite philanthropic local brewery, Väsen Brewing Company
Is beer not your thing? Väsen also carries local Ninja Kombucha on tap as well as their wide selection of beers.
10% of all proceeds between 6 and 8pm will go towards our goal of helping children gain access to life-changing medical care. Together we can enact real change in the lives of children in need.
3rd Annual NFB Richmond Chapter Chili Cookoff – Strangeways, Saturday
If you think your chili has the muscle to win you could walk home with some cash and help the National Federation of the Blind. If you’ve just got a hankering for some chili and funky beers you’re also covered.
The National Federation of the Blind Richmond Chapter 3rd Annual Chili Cookoff. The chili cookoff is a fundraiser for the chapter held yearly. This year the NFB Richmond Chapter is partnering with Strangeways Brewing. Join us for chili, beer, and fun.
Each contestant must bring chili in a crockpot. All chilis must be named. Send your name and chili name to [email protected]
$10 Entry Fee for Contestants
Entry Deadline: March 16, 2019Prizes: 1st Place—Cash
50/50 Raffle, Action Auction & Door PrizeTickets: $7.00 in Advance or $10 Day of & at the Door
(Cash App $creoleking5 or Venmo: @Gerald-Meredith)
Spring Fest 2019 – Isley, Saturday
Always a great time to combine shopping and drinking.
Where the hops and the hip connect… imbibe…revel…nosh…and haggle….Because drinking beers and shopping just go together!
Join Isley Brewing Company and Scott’s Addition neighbors, Class And Trash, for a day of fun and shopping in the sun!
Beer Release, live music, vendors, and more! We’ll be celebrating the first Saturday of Spring out on our joint patio!
2nd Annual Southern Food Fest – Center of the Universe, Saturday
Homemade southern food and locally made beer in the South all just to the north of Richmond. If you’ve an old or new recipe that for pimento cheese, ham biscuits, pie, or cobbler there is only one day left to register. To compete in the Amateur Southern Dish Competition, please bring your dish in a disposable container labeled to the brewery with your name, the category entered, an email address, and phone number between Saturday, March 16th and Wednesday, March 20th during normal tap room hours. Prizes will be awarded to the top vote receiver in each category.
Grab your rolling pins, dust off the old family cookbooks, and call up your Great Aunt Sally for her secret ingredient list because Saturday, March 23rd marks the 2nd Annual Southern Food Festival and Amateur Southern Dish Competition! Incredible food vendors (Mama J’s, Jake’s Place, Early Bird Biscuit, Grandpa Eddie’s Alabama Ribs & BBQ, Capitol Waffle Shop and more!) will each show off their Southern Food Specialty with $3 small plates for you to savor while enjoying the festivities. Winners of the Amateur Southern Dish Competition will be announced and PRIZES awarded at the festival. 2 amazing bands (Buckville Hootenanny and Commonwealth Bluegrass Band) + 2 special beer releases will make this a day like no other.
Farmers Market – Stone Brewing, Sunday
Well the text says, “in addition to the vendors below” but there are no vendors listed. We assume that either they’ll update it later or you can just head out for some Sunday surprise shopping and/or drinking.
Join us on Sunday, March 24th. for our first Farmer’s Market of the season at our Tap Room right here in RVA! In addition to the vendors below, we’ll have awesome beers on tap (as always) for you to sip while you shop. All ages welcome, 21+ to drink.
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Pineapple Guava Gose Release – Ardent, Thursday
🍍Pineapple Guava Gose is a tart, effervescent wheat beer featuring salt and coriander with a blend of pineapple and pink guava puree for a pink hue and juicy, tropical fruit flavor that complements the natural acidity in the gose style. 🍍
5.6% ABV • 4 IBU
Draft only + crowler/growler fills
Papaya Mandarin Sour Release – Väsen, Thursday
This Belgian-style fruited sour was brewed with our favorite strain of saison yeast and conditioned on hundreds of pounds of papaya and mandarin orange, along with a little lactose to provide some sweet balance to its significantly tart character. A big, dangerously smooth sour with a bit of saison spice and bold tropical flavors.
Dwarf Star Session IPA & 3 Mile Double IPA – Final Gravity, Friday
You all have been itching for another Session IPA and we’ve got a brand new hazy one on the horizon. Dwarf Star Session IPA was steeped with Mosaic, Citra, and Amarillo which will make this 4.5% ABV brew full of citrus, floral, and tropical flavors – big taste yet easy drinking.
Also coming out this week is 3 Mile Double IPA with Jarrylo, Falconer’s Flight, and Citra hops. An homage to the Final Gravity Running Club’s 2nd Anniversary this week, 3 Mile boasts a flavorful bounty of grapefruit, pear, and passionfruit that will indeed refresh your senses and get you going.
Hopkeeper Release – Hardywood, Saturday
HOPKEEPER // DOUBLE IPA WITH VIRGINIA HONEY // 8.5% ABVHopkeeper is brewed with Virginia-grown malt from Copper Fox Distillery in Williamsburg, VA, and a touch of Virginia Honey. Our Double IPA is hop-forward and approachable with a proprietary blend of hops lending lush notes of juicy pineapple, fresh orange zest and citrus fruit.
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Stout Month at Starr Hill Richmond Beer
I’m late to the stout party here but there is still a week left to get your stout at Starr Hill
Love is in the air – AND on tap! 💘 Starr Hill is sharing the love all month long with the perfect pair: beer + chocolate 🍫 Enjoy our Stout Month flight with a special box of chocolate candy—buy one, get one flight HALF OFF only on Tues. Feb. 14th for Valentine’s Day!
❤️❤️❤️ FEATURED BEERS
❤️ Why Wait Snickers Stout
❤️ Ever Given Foreign Export Stout
❤️ You Oatta Know Oatmeal Stout
❤️ Chonkyfire Cherry Cordial Stout
🍫 Stout Month Flight 🍫
feat. each of the above beers paired with a special chocolate:
🍫 Oatmeal Stout with a maple buttercream
🍫 Foreign Export Stout with a coffee caramel
🍫 Snickers Stout with a peanut cluster
🍫 Cherry Cordial Stout with a chocolate-covered cherry
Ownby Lane Beer Crawl for Feedmore! at Castleburg and Hardywood
February 26th
Two breweries does not a crawl make but it’s for a great case so I’m posting about it. Get some beers and help out some folks.
Don’t have Sunday plans? Not sure what to do after brunch?
Come on over to Hardywood and Castleburg for a beer! Just a five minute walk apart, we’ll both be serving snacks and beer hopefully with weather good enough to hang outside!
We’ll be donating 10% of the day to FeedMore
Pizza Palace – Triple Crossing Downtown
February 26th
Talking with some of the folk that work here and they say it should be awesome. A great way to deal with a Sunday.
And the best pizza around is back. Welcome to Pizza Palace!!
On Sunday, February 26th, Triple Crossing – Downtown will be re-imagined as your go to by the Slice NY Style pizza palace.
Menu is as follows.
$4 House Salad
$4 Garlic Knots
$5 Cheese Slice
$6 Pepperoni Slice
-add Hot Honey for $1
48oz Pitchers:
$15 Falcon Smash
$12 Pathway Pils
Pizza Palace will be open from 12p – 8p.
All are welcomed.
Cheers!
BEER NEWS
Shamrock the Block is on the move. I avoid this festival but for those that enjoy you’ll be enjoying in a new spot over on Leigh Street between Movie Land and the Bon Secours Training facility. They’ve also announced the bands.
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PHOTOS & GAME SUMMARY: Rams Knockdown Fordham
VCU forced 22 turnovers and outscored Fordham 29-15 off miscues. The Black and Gold also owned a 42-20 scoring advantage in the paint.
Official VCU Game Summary
Score: VCU 80, Fordham 61
Location: Richmond, Va. (Stuart C. Siegel Center)
Records: VCU 20-7 (11-3 Atlantic 10), Fordham 21-6 (9-5)
Attendance: 7,637 (Fourth consecutive sellout)
The short story: Sophomore Nick Kern Jr. poured in a career-high 17 points and VCU forced 22 Fordham turnovers on the way to a Senior Day victory Saturday at the Siegel Center.
OPENING TIP
- Kern scored eight of VCU’s first 11 points and finished 8-of-9 from the field
- Junior guard Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 13 points and dished out 10 assists to record his second career double-double. He also grabbed six steals and four rebounds
- Sophomore forward Jalen Deloach and redshirt sophomore guard Jamir Watkins added 11 and 10 points, respectively, for the Black and Gold
- Will Richardson supplied Fordham with 21 points on 6-of-10 shootin from three
THE DIFFERENCE
- VCU forced 22 turnovers and outscored Fordham 29-15 off miscues. The Black and Gold also owned a 42-20 scoring advantage in the paint
- VCU shot 51 percent (26-of-51) from the floor. Meanwhile, it also limited Fordham to 34 percent shooting (20-of-59) in the game
- Kern keyed a 13-4 VCU run to start the game with a fast break layup and a dunk on the first two possessions of the contest
- VCU held Fordham to 7-of-23 shooting in the first half on the way to a 37-24 halftime lead. Fordham never led and the lone tie came at 20-20 with 7:07 left in the first half. VCU would lead by as many as 24
- VCU’s bench contributed 28 points
NOTABLE
- With six steals today and 170 in his career, Baldwin Jr. tied Doug Brooks for eighth all-time in VCU’s history Saturday
- Baldwin’s 10 assists tied a career-high. It’s the third time he’s recorded double-digit assists in his career and the first time this season
UP NEXT
The Rams hit the road for a matchup against Saint Joseph’s in Philadelphia, Pa. on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. That game will be streamed on ESPN+.
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RVA Beer Explorer: Queens of Pain and Three VD Markets
We took a little break but we’re back, cheers my fellow beer heads.
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Starr Hill Spirit Night Queens of Pain at Starr Hill
February, 8th
Roller derby is cool and drinking beer while supporting local roller derby is the coolest.
Starr Hill and River City Roller Derby present…. QUEENS OF PAIN.
Join RCRD for an evening at Starr Hill Richmond Beer Hall & Rooftop. $1 from every pint sold between 4pm and 9pm will be donated to the league. Non-alcoholic beverages are available for our sober friends and supporters.
7pm we will showing the documentary Queens of Pain on Starr Hill’s big ole projector.
Since this event is leading up to Valentine’s Day, we will have an opportunity for electronic donations in exchange for a Valentine from your friendly neighborhood derby team
Buzzzzz Market at 2004 Dabney Rd
February, 11th
The event will be showing off local makers of the craft and beer/mead variety. The first description is from Capsoul Collective and obviously focused on the beers they’ll be slinging. The second is from the official event page, linked above.
Pull up with Capsoul THIS Saturday, 2/11, for the re-up only we could provide. We’ll be at the Buzzz Market with @blackheathmeadery from 12p – 5p serving up two new releases.
Imprint 🗿
Dry hopped with a heavy dose of El Dorado, Cashmere and Exp 158, Imprint, our Double IPA boasts impressions of soft stone fruit with a finishing indentation of intense citrus and dank pineapple. The nose is like diced pineapples 👌
Night is Dark 🌌
Drinking as easy as, well, the Night is Dark, this 5.5% dark lager gives impressions of lightly roasted coffee beans with a beautiful milk sweetness, all of this is rounded out by notes of bitter, dark chocolate. Night is Dark finishes very light.
📍Buzzzz Market/ 2004 Dabney Rd
Crafts
Inaugural RVA focused crafters market. Let’s promote our wares in a chill space, with mead for sale during the event.
Vendors include:
Boho Bota – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080906312310
Capsoul Collective
Colin Plouffe – https://instagram.com/plouffe.rva.art
Davideatin – https://www.davideatin.com
Diego Cusano – https://www.facebook.com/theamatista
Down By The Creek LLC – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071838500984
Jayne Heffner – crochet
Jenny Jones – Resting Bear Holistic Solutions
Natasha Crawford – Healing Hope Urban Gardens
Nick Vaughan – https://www.facebook.com/Erraticsmith
Rayna Liddell (Wyld Faebles) – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086255299702
Thomas Glazier – https://www.instagram.com/glazedanddyed/
TJ Krivanec – Woodworking, Furniture, Glass
Tre Artz – https://www.facebook.com/tre.artz
Valentines Weekend Brunch & Market at Triple Crossing (Midlothian)
February, 11th
We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day in this house but we do drink beer and eat so we’re down with this event.
On February 11th, 2023, Triple Crossing Midlothian will host another outdoor market, weather permitting, as well as a special Brunch menu.
The market will be from 12p to 4p, with Brunch being served from 11a to 3p.Brunch Menu ⬇️
Sun dried Tomato Frittata with spinach & feta plated with a wild berry parfait, hashbrowns and a biscuit.
Maple Sausage Frittata with cheddar cheese plated with your choice of bacon or sausage, hashbrowns, and a biscuit.
Avocado Toast with everything bagel seasoning & sprouts
Brunch Pizza, egg based, topped with sausage, bacon, caramelized onions and spinach.
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Cinnamon Rolls
Cheer
Valentine’s Day Market at Veil (Forest Hill Ave)
February, 11th
Love and beer are in the air south of the river.
Ooh la la Veil-entines Day is approaching y’all, come out to our Valentine’s Day market February 11th from 12-4pm in Forest Hill.💓
💋 Mimosas will be served, @ytumama.mx will be firing up some 🌮 and the beer will be juicy!😘
💖Shop with these sweet vendors:💞
@nodicevintagerva
@Mon.der_official
@Thecuriofairy
@Fairyhausrva
@Daheim.goods
@_fivesistersboutique_
@sillycowgirlvintage
@shh_secretflowers
@teresa__justis
@candleobject
@kitcolorshow_
@moody___cc
@shannon_studio
@richmondspca
See ya there! 😍
BEER NEWS
It’s nice to get the background on one of the local brew master powerhouses and the creation of Gingerbread Stout
FROM VIRGINIA TECH HOMEBREW TO HARDYWOOD: A CHAT WITH BREWMASTER BRIAN NELSON – RVA Mag
In 2011, I created the RVA IPA using local hops and that recipe went into our Farmhouse Pumpkin beer, which is still a staple today. We then moved on to our base single and experimented with batches that incorporated cocoa, coffee, and vanilla. Suddenly, Bill Cox from Castleman Farms came in with a big bunch of ginger and asked if we could do anything with it. He was trying to find restaurants in Richmond that could use it. This ginger had big green stalks that were four feet tall, and the root has “hands” that were in the ground. It was baby ginger, meaning the translucent flesh was edible without peeling the outer skin. So he presented this to us and we were grinding our gears when Eric McKay came up with this idea, how do we integrate gingerbread? There wasn’t a gingerbread stout out there in the market — it had never been done before and we still consider our gingerbread stout, the original gingerbread stout.
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