Where Craft Meets Culture
Eric Jackson is on a mission to uncap everything in RVA. A recent Atlanta transplant, Jackson is known in craft beer circles for his popular blog, Uncap Everything. Having landed in Richmond earlier this year, Jackson wasted no time getting to know all things beer, art, and culture in the river city. And he’s about […]
Final Gravity and Väsen Release Collab Beer
When great minds get together in Richmond, they make BEER. Final Gravity Brewing Co, a neighborhood brewery on Lakeside Ave with 18 taps offering award-winning beer, has partnered with Väsen Brewing, a Scott’s Addition based brewery recently named as one of the top new breweries in country by BeerAdvocate magazine. Together, Final Gravity and Väsen have created […]
Väsen Releases The Walrus Stout Series
Väsen Brewing Company, located in Scott’s Addition, has announced the launch of its 2018 stout series, called The Walrus, in honor of International Stout Day. Celebrated on November 1st every year, International Stout Day celebrates the rich and complex beer style and the brewers that craft it. Väsen, which is known for its experimental spirit, began brewing […]
Halloween Throwdown at River City Roll
River City Roll, a boutique bowling alley experience in Scott’s Addition, will host Hyper Halloween Throwdown benefiting Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation on October 31st from 5pm to midnight. The event will feature DJ Neil Flick, a cause-driven corn hole tournament, costume contest with cash prizes, New Belgium beer, and Tito’s cocktails supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month. […]
Hardywood Unveils 2019 Beer Club Offerings
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery has announced its 2019 Family Tree Beer Club offering which provides access to beer exclusive to the program and first access for members to purchase the coveted Gingerbread Stout ahead of the general public. Hardywood launched its Family Tree Beer Club in late 2016, with membership promptly selling out in less than […]
Väsen Vagabonds Inspire Richmond to Get Outside
PHOTOS BY NICK DAVIS AND VARIOUS VÄSEN VAGABONDS Joey Darragh and Tony Giordano see beer as a medium to express themselves, share a story, and inspireothers. As the owners of Väsen Brewing Company, Darragh and Giordano regularly produce some of the area’s best—and most unconventional—Belgian farmhouse and sour ales in their 17,000-square-foot facility in Scott’s […]
Back in the Neighborhood
By Jessica Beck Jin “Fei” Zhao started cooking at the age of 15 in a poor district of the Guandong capital of Guangzhou. He learned the art of Cantonese cuisine from his uncle at an early age and eventually moved to the U.S., where he would share dishes from his native land with a new […]
Dogtown Rising
Hull Street is back. In recent months, Richmond has been treated to news of the soon-to-open Butterbean Market & Café, Hot Diggity Donuts, and Dogtown Brewing—all coming to the area affectionately known as Dogtown. In addition, residential development is continuing to rise, an upcoming sculpture by local artist Mickael Broth is in the works, and […]
Chameleon IPA Sneak Peek
The Center of the Universe Brewing Company, based in Ashland, offered a media preview of the Chameleon IPA today. The new release, which will be available March 9th, will change every six weeks offering IPA fans a different flavor profile in each new release of the Chameleon lineup. The Chameleon beer can will also change […]
Steam Bell and Ellwood Thompson’s Create Collaboration Beer
Ellwood Thompson’s, a local and organic foods market in Richmond, has partnered with Steam Bell Beer Works, a craft brewery in Chesterfield, to create a collaboration beer. Called the Ellie Bell, the light-bodied saison was made using local beets and white turmeric to give the beer a balanced earthy sweetness and bite. Colin Beirne, marketing […]