Mekong’s new brewpub, The Answer, celebrates its Grand Opening today!

by | Sep 2, 2014 | EAT DRINK

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!


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!

If you thought drinking at Mekong was amazing, you ain’t seen nothing yet! This place has a ton of taps, offering a selection of fine craft brews that is unrivaled elsewhere in the area. And in case you haven’t guessed, those giant TV screens over the bar are not there to display sporting events–they’ll show a constantly updated list of what’s available on tap for the evening.

Sure enough, An and the crew are pulling out all the stops to make The Answer the perfect destination for fans of top-quality craft beer in RVA. Who knows how you’ve lived without it for this long, but you don’t have to anymore, so come one come all to The Answer brewpub, located at 6008 W. Broad St (just down the way from Mekong), starting at 4 PM today.

And if all of that wasn’t enough to convince you, take a look at the tap list for the grand opening (it is absolutely ridiculous):

On The Wings of Armagedon – DC Brau
Corruption – DC Brau
Public Pale – DC Brau
Citizen – DC Brau
The Tradition – DC Brau
Straffe Hendrick Quad – De Halve Maan
Pacific Pear – Crispin
Double Trouble – Founders
Rubaeus – Founders
All Day IPA – Founders
Brainless Raspberries – Epic
Brainless Peaches – Epic
Admiral – 3 Bros
Gingerbread Stout – Hardywood
Great Return – Hardywood
Great Return firkin – Hardywood
Belgian Dubbel Pilot – Hardywood / The Answer collab
Goudenband – Liefmans
Curieux – Allagash
Hop Nosh – Uinta
Go To IPA – Stone
Street Cred – Triple Crossing / The Answer collab
Witte – Ommegang
Sweet Baby Jesus! – DuClaw
Cappuccino Stout – Lagunitas
Night Time – Lagunitas
Oarsman Ale – Bell’s
Earth – Blue Mountain
Enlightened Despot – Lickinghole Creek
To Peach His An – Strangeways / The Answer collab
Heiss Señorita – Strangeways / The Answer collab
Wampus Cat – Strangeways
Uberlin – Strangeways
IPA – Ardent
Racer 5 – Bear Republic
Dragon’s Milk – New Holland
Killer Kolsch – Champion

Now how can you say no to that? You can’t, can you? We didn’t think so. See you there!

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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