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Tapped: American Craft Beer Week, Hardywood’s Peach Tripel and Isley’s Peanut Butter Banana Porter

by | May 18, 2016 | EAT DRINK

What’s happening craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s “Tapped,” RVA Magazine’s go to weekly craft beer column where you can find all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals and all the booze news your little hearts desire.

What’s happening craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s “Tapped,” RVA Magazine’s go to weekly craft beer column where you can find all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals and all the booze news your little hearts desire.

Our cup is overflowing with news this week, but first head over here to check out what awesome brews were released in Richmond last weekend.

Its American Craft Beer Week so tons of breweries so celebrating with specials, releases and cool events! So hold on to your mugs because we’re about to tap this thing!

Hardywood will release itss Little Flowers brew on Friday May 20, a saison which “celebrates anyone who follows their vocation in life.”

On Saturday, Hardywood will also release its Peach Tripel. The brew has notes of white pepper and honeysuckle, and is refermented on over 50 pounds per barrel of peaches, apricots and nectarine. Yum!

Strangeways is celebrating American Craft Beer Week in a big way with events all week long! They will have trivia, beer releases, music and more. Check out the photo below for the schedule. The brewery will also release its fourth brew in its “Legalize It IPA” series this Saturday. “Equal Rights” consists of tropical fruit flavors of mango, ripe honeydew, pear, and stone(d) fruit lend to bright, citrus flavors of grapefruit and lemon.

It’s IPA ALL DAY at Ardent Craft Ales on Saturday. Here are the beers that will be on tap: Beers On Tap:

Batch 6.3: Citra, Mosaic
Batch 13.2: Centennial, Simcoe
Batch 17: Centennial, Citra, Simcoe
Batch 18: Columbus
Batch 19: Amarillo, Citra
Batch 20: Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe
Batch 21: Equinox, Simcoe
IPL : Belmont, Cascade, Citra; Dry Hopped with Mosaic
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Isley is back on Friday May 20 with another delicious infusion. This go around, its their “KING” brew, a Peanut Butter Banana Porter.

It’s Homefront IPA season at Center of the Universe again. This year, six charitable breweries are brewing the recipe with 100% of the proceeds benefitting Soldiers’ Angels. holding two events to honor the charitable beer: Homefront IPA beer release on the 21st Homefront IPA Day Memorial Day Cookout on the 29th.The Hops for Heroes team is set to release the 2016 batches of Homefront IPA across the country this Memorial Day. This year, 6 charitable breweries are brewing the recipe with 100% of the proceeds benefitting Soldiers’ Angels. Find out more here.

To submit news or ideas to Tapped, please email amy@rvamag.com. Cheers!

Amy David

Amy David

Amy David was the Web Editor for RVAMag.com from May 2015 until September 2018. She covered craft beer, food, music, art and more. She's been a journalist since 2010 and attended Radford University. She enjoys dogs, beer, tacos, and Bob's Burgers references.

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