This story was originally published in RVA 41 which can be in various locations around town, or you can read it right here. This is a slightly modified version formatted for digital distribution. Step into Scott's Addition, the Richmond neighborhood where rusting...
Craft beer fans of RVA, you're going to want to find an excuse to get out of work early today! We've been hearing for a while about how Mekong was building a brewpub specializing in the craft beer this Viethamese restaurant has become famous for--and now it has come to pass. Starting at 4 PM today, The Answer brewpub will hold its Grand Opening!...
After driving all the way up the seemingly steepest mountain in all of Virginia, the craft-brew fanatics of Virginia’s Craft Brewers Festival arrived at th After driving all the way up the seemingly steepest mountain in all of Virginia, the craft-brew fanatics of Virginia’s Craft Brewers Festival arrived at their destination: Devil’s Backbone...
The Virginia Craft Brewers Festival is taking place at Devil’s Backbone Brewery in Nelson County for the third year this coming Saturday, August 23. With over 50 breweries entered into the competition and 222 beers in the running for Best in Show and other categories, this year promises to live up to the past years and then some. The Virginia...
The weather may be cooler than usual for the dog days of summer in RVA, but it is undeniably still August. Walk into your corner store, however, and you’d be forgiven for wondering if your calendar were wrong. Yes, that is pumpkin beer sitting on the shelf for sale. The weather may be cooler than usual for the dog days of summer in RVA, but it is...
Sometimes it seems like RVA's craft beer scene is growing so quickly that we must be heading for some sort of inevitable critical mass, in which the entire city is drowned beneath 60-foot-high amber waves of golden hoppy deliciousness. Best apocalypse ever! But until that day of reckoning comes, there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy tasty,...
With 52 beers on tap, and a reported $2 Million in revenue last year, it's no surprise Mekong is expanding and its owner, An Bui, is all smiles. With 52 beers on tap, and a reported $2 Million in revenue last year, it's no surprise Mekong is expanding and its owner, An Bui, is all smiles. Local business-news allstars Richmond Bizsense got a...
What (or who) is Stone Brewing Co.? Meet the 10th largest craft brewer in the US, its 400 jobs, millions in promised revenue, and eyes toward Richmond, VA. What (or who) is Stone Brewing Co.? Meet the 10th largest craft brewer in the US, its 400 jobs, millions in promised revenue, and eyes toward Richmond, VA. The Times-Dispatch is reporting a...
I think I figured out why RVA is the happiest city in the country - it's our access to world-class craft beer. I think I figured out why RVA is the happiest city in the country - it's our access to world-class craft beer. And we've got folks like Hardywood Brewery to thank for that. And you can take part in their newest brews when they premiere...
Mekong has a lot to be excited about - they are close to opening their new expanded brew pub, they won our Beer Madness tournament back in April, and its generally a great place to drink. Mekong has a lot to be excited about - they are close to opening their new expanded brew pub, they won our Beer Madness tournament back in April, and its...
