A Better Cup of Coffee, A Better Future
There is good coffee and then there’s good coffee. A good cup of coffee is all about flavor: bright or robust, sweet or dark, rich, floral, or fruity – it’s a matter of taste. Everyone likes different coffee. Some of us enjoy a cup of amazon mushroom coffee whereas others prefer a shot of espresso. […]
Intentionally Unconventional: Third Wave Coffee Company Expands
An unmarked, steel garage door in historic Manchester rolls open to reveal a warehouse filled with neatly stacked rows of kegs. Standing next to a walk-in refrigerator, childhood friends Terry Darcy and Mike Woitach take inventory of their oaked cold brew. They look confident, like two guys just waiting to shake up an industry. Darcy […]
Smelling Success: The Story Behind Garden Grove Brewing Company
By Josh Epperson This is a story about beer. And craft beer at that. Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard it before. A group of friends get together and start brewing beer that tastes like pomegranate or whatever. Well, this one’s different. This is a story about gaining it all and falling apart. This is a […]
Shop and Sip Roaring Pines
Drew Dayberry is an advertising man gone rogue. He is the owner and operator of Roaring Pines, a general store and soda shop in Union Hill. Walking through the front door of Roaring Pines is like walking through time. The walls are made mostly of frosty gray-green pegboard decorated with American-manufactured goods: brooms, galvanized buckets, […]
Wine Tasting Uncorked
By Robey Martin It takes most people many years to learn about wine, and even then the knowledge is so subjective and intense that it feels as though you’ve only scratched the surface. With upwards of 4,000 distinct grape varieties (or cultivars) in the world plus fruit wines, barley wines, honey wines, ginger wine, and […]
Brewer’s Ball
The Virginia Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation introduced RVA to the inaugural Brewer’s Ball this June at the Virginia War Memorial. The event showcased Richmond’s finest craft beer, restaurants, and cocktails. Beer aside, the heart of the event was found with this year’s class of honorees. Members of the community nominated young professionals for […]
Here for the Beer
Richmond’s tourism marketers want everyone to know what’s brewing in RVA. The folks at Richmond Region Tourism are doing their level best to spread the word that Richmonders like beer—and we’re pretty darn good at making it, too. Good beer. Lots of good beer. RVA’s storied heritage reaches back to the beginnings of our country. […]
Tapside: Sharing Good Times and Good Beer
He will make you laugh, confused, interested, uncomfortable, thirsty, and wanting more. Will Herring (aka Willy Beans) of Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream is sharing his love and knowledge of beer from inside his shop, out into the world via a new web series called Tapside with Willy Beans. Tapside is the product of community, […]
Sharing the Answer
Huddled in a dark room in the back of Fuego, a West End restaurant and nightclub that has since closed, An Bui prepared to take the stage. It was a makeshift stage, surrounded by a collection of odd, mismatched chairs and a gaggle of small business owners just beginning to explore social media. This was […]
Belle Isle Craft Spirits
Three men stand outside a Manchester warehouse at dusk in early December. One of them is clad in jeans and an open-collared shirt and a dark blazer. He’s holding a locked metal briefcase containing the men’s signature product: one 750-millileter bottle of Belle Isle Craft Spirits white whiskey. It is this suave and hard work […]