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.
If you missed last week’s beer news, you can check those out here. Our cup is overflowing with news this week from releases to events, and other cool happenings around town, so hold on to your mugs because we’re getting ready to tap this thing!
Center of the Universe is hosting their 2nd annual Pickled & Fermented Festival this Saturday at the brewery, a day that I am SUPER bummed to be missing for the second time. For pickle lovers and lovers of everything pickled, this is the event for you. The Artisan Pickle Clubwill bring you all things pickled and fermented including pickled cucumbers, sauerkraut, pickled fruit, pickled veggies, hot peppers, kimchi, BEER, kombucha, kefir and more from soem amazing vendors.
Along with a slew of great vendors who will be sampling and selling, there will be live music from Buckville Hootenany, food trucks, the return of Center of the Universe’s Pickled Gose Ale, and the announcement of the Pickled & Fermented competition winners. New to the festival this year: pickling and fermenting demonstrations from local chefs and fermentation specialists, and a pickle juice drinking competition! The festival kicks off at 2pm with live music. The pickle juice drinking competition happens at 4pm and the competition winners will be announced around 5pm with demonstrations happening throughout the day.
RVA Mag’s own President John Reinhold will be on the panel of judges tasting and selecting the best pickles, ferments and more. (Not jealous of him at all…) Be on the lookout for a followup article from RVA Mag with photos and the winners of the competition! Check out the vendors and chef demos on their Facebook page.
This Saturday, Hardywood will release its Brandy Barrel Cru, its Abbey-style Quadrupel ale aged in Brandy barrels. Slideways Mobile Bistro will be here grillin’ up goodness and live performances by Blush Face Album Release with Gull and Bad Magic begin at 6PM!
Fine Creek Brewing Co. in Powhatan will have a Happy hour Thursday and Friday 3-5pm; 25% off all food. Also on Thursday, they will host a benefit for the Virginia Mavericks, a local girls softball team. This Saturday the brewery will release their American Saison which is heavily dry hopped with Amarillo and Equinox hops. And on Sunday, Fine Creek is doing another cookout. They’ll be simmering Brats in some of their own beer then grilling them. Old Money will be playing from 4-6:30. They will also be releasing their Brett Saison.
On Saturday, Isley will be welcoming the FIRST official weekend of Fall by releasing their Seasonal Beer, along with a full day of music, art, and vendors with Fallfest 2017. Music 2-9:30PM by Lil Jimmy & The Robnsons (headliner), The Grace Street Players and Chris Buerkley.
Three Notch’d Brewing RVA Collab House returns this Thursday with their weekly collaboration, this time its Reapers Red Red IPA, brewed in partnership with Creepy Hollow Scream Park. As RVA’s #1 haunt, each night they have well over 50 live monsters, incredible animatronics, amazing illusions and acres of screams. The Red IPA is brewed with Centennial and Cascade hops. The brew taps at 5pm (pint specials on the 1st keg or until 9pm) followed by Brewer’s Toast at 6pm, stop by and try RVA’s Halloween beer.
On Friday, Castleburg Brewery will release its For Love and Honor Peach & Cinnamon Saison. 6%, juicy, and sweet!
Steam Bell Beer Works will bring back the Hoppy Boy Farm Ale this Saturday. , a 7.6% Farmhouse Ale brewed with Byrd Mill Company‘s grits and fermented with locally foraged yeast strains. This beer was brewed especially for the 2016 RVA Fire, Flour & Fork Festival.
Triple Crossing will release Beer 1 of 2 this Friday, 9/22 in Fulton, it is their 01100111 01110010 01101001 01100100 8% DIPA.
The hop aromatics from this juice will hit you square in the face. They will be shooting for 250 cases.
For the third thursday at The Veil Brewing Co., from 5p-8p 10% of sales will be donated to Jacob’s Chance, a not for profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting wellness for children and young adults ages 5-25 with special needs through athletic programs, social experiences, exercise, education, volunteerism, and skills training. Raffle with a special Veil 4-pack and swag. All proceeds go to Jacob’s Chance. Beer Release: Crowlers and Draft of: Involved, 6.2% IPA.
On Sunday, the seafood pop up is back at The Veil with Northern Neck Oyster Co. and Chef Andrew Manning and Steve Farr. Expect raw oysters and fresh seafood, meats and veggies over the wood buring fire.
On Friday, Buskey Cider will have a Summer Send Off for their Watermelon Rosemary Randall’d Cider for the season! This cider has been a fan favorite so make sure you get a pint or take home a crowler before it’s gone until next year!! To continue the festivities, they have partnered with Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches on a Watermelon Rosemary Cider Sandwich, specifically for the event!
On Thursday,Ardent Craft Ales will release its Festbier, a traditional German lager with a malty backbone and light hoppiness. Prost!
Garden Grove Brewing Company will host a taproom dinner on Monday featuring Chef Bryan McClure of Lemaire. Five courses of mouth-watering cuisine will be matched with five brews Please note that space is limited and these events sell out. Please register at the link below! $39 plus tax & tip, Reservations Required. Tickets here.
On Friday, Final Gravity will release its Private Idaho Double IPA.
Stone Brewing has collaborated with Trapezium Brewing in Petersburg to make The Vezachata, an imperial cream ale made with vanilla bean and cinnamon which will be released this Saturday.
Any submissions or ideas for Tapped can be sent to Amy at amy@rvamag.com. Cheers!
Top photo credit: Center of the Universe
