Richmond’s breweries continue to rack up awards for their tasty brews.
Richmond’s breweries continue to rack up awards for their tasty brews.
Over the weekend, Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery in Goochland and Hardywood Park Craft Brewery took home a few awards at the bi-annual World Beer Cup competition in Colorado.
The Brewers Association developed the Competition in 1996 to celebrate the art and science of brewing and with over 200 beer judges, and nearly 100 style categories, it’s refered to as “The Olympics of Beer Competitions.”
Lickinghole Creek took home the Silver medal in the “Field Beer” category for its Coconut Delight beer and Hardywood took home the bronze in the “Wood and Barrel Aged-Strong Stout” category for Ruse, an imperial milk stout which is aged in The Winery at Bull Run Red Wine barrels for 18 months, and has distinct dark chocolate and molasses characteristics.
Pictured: Patrick Murtaugh, Ben Petty, Brian Nelson, Kate Lee, Richard Miller, Ken Rayher & Eric McKay of Hardywood
Other Virginia breweries such as Devils Backbone’s Outpost location in Lexington, Pale Fire Brewing in Harrisonburg, Lost Rhino Brewing in Ashburn, Crooked Run Brewing in Leesburg, and O’Connor Brewing Co. in Norfolk also took home awards for their beers. Check out the list of all of the 253 award winners here.
