Lately, Richmond has been seeing so much expansion in our craft beer scene it’s hard to keep up with it all. Whether it’s breweries opening, or adding on to their brewing system, or branching out to another area, 2016 has definitely been the year for the craft beer movement.
Lately, Richmond has been seeing so much expansion in our craft beer scene it’s hard to keep up with it all. Whether it’s breweries opening, or adding on to their brewing system, or branching out to another area, 2016 has definitely been the year for the craft beer movement.
Adding to that list of ever-expanding breweries, is Strangeways. The three-year-old brewery on Dabney Road announced Thursday evening it will open a second production brewery and taproom in Fredericksburg.
The 10,100-square foot building, located at 350 Landsowne Rd., will feature a 10-barrel brewhouse, a large taproom, live event space, private event space, retail shop, arcade, and outdoor beer garden.
Owner Neil Burton, a native of Fredericksburg, said in a statement that opening a location in his old stomping grounds has always been a part of the plan.
“This is the exact same building where we previously headquartered my families’ clothing operation, Burton’s Menswear, which I helped operate for nearly twenty years,” Burton said in the release. “That just makes this even more special and personal.”
The Fredericksburg taproom plans to feature nearly 50 Strangeways draft beers, making it the tasting room with the most offerings in Virginia. The 10-barrel brewhouse is half the size of the Richmond system, giving the brewery the ability to produce a large variety of smaller batch offerings, according to the release.
The Richmond brewery has made a name for itself offering over 36 different brews on tap regularly, and thinking outside of the box when it comes to their beers. Unlike many breweries, they’ve never shied away from wild and sour beers. Serving up brews like Bartlett & Bosc Pear O.T.I.S. Cucumber Melon Sour, Tart Cherry O.T.I.S. Cucumber Melon Sour, Must Be Nice, a white wine sour and their Rot In Hell Pumpkin Sour, Strangeways is never afraid to buck the trends.
And the Fredericksburg location will carry on that tradition including aging beers in wooden barrels that previously were used in the production of bourbon, rum, tequila, scotch, gin, red wine, white wine, sherry, grappa, and bourbon maple syrup.
Strangeways Brewing’s Fredericksburg location will create 27 new jobs and is slated to open in the first half of 2017.
