What’s happening craft beer lovers of RVA?!
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.
Our cup is overflowing with news this week, but first head over here to check out what awesome brews were released in Richmond last weekend.
We’ve got beer releases for the Carytown Watermelon Festival, Virginia Craft Beer Month events and more so hold on to your mugs because we’re getting ready to tap this thing!
The Carytown Watermelon Festival is here again which means Garden Grove Brewing Company is releasing a new bright & tangy Watermelon Sparkler! Crafted with about 40 gallons of fresh-cut, VA-grown watermelon cubes & juice, wildflower honey, rice, French Strisselspat Hops, and wine yeast… this baby has a robust herbal sweet aroma and dry tart watermelon flavor… for days. (gluten-free)
Also, premiering this week at Garden Grove Brewing Co. is the Red Baron – a nontraditional Belgian Red Ale fermented in red wine barrels and crafted with pomegranate juice & pomegranate seeds. The seeds team up with a healthy dose of Mosaic hops- making for a dynamite bitterness, strong enough to balance those rich fruit & malt flavors.
Hardywood will release its Galaxy So Hazy DIPA this weekend. It’s an 8.0% DIPA featuring heavy doses of Galaxy, Nelson, and Hallertau Blanc in both the kettle and dry hop. This is a collab brew with Triple Crossing!
Isley Brewing will release its weekly infusion on Friday. This week, its a Blackberry Gose.
The brewery will also release its Seed Sitter Watermelon Belgian White Ale on Saturday. It will be available in Carytown bars for the Carytown Watermelon Festival and at Isley.
Steam Bell Beer Works will continue its Randall series on Thursday, this time with their Tiramisu Stout. I’s a milk stout brewed with vanilla beans, coffee and rum soaked oak chips and they are adding fresh toasted coconut.
The brewery will also release Red Dog, 5.3% light bodied saison fermented with hibiscus tea and lime on Saturday.
Strangeways will release its I Cary’d A Watermelon Berliner Weisse this Friday.
On Saturday, Licking Creek in Goochland will release a Seven Region Saison and host an oyster fest featuring oysers from five different places! The Seven Regions’ Saison is crafted using oysters from seven geographic oyster regions in Virginia. There will be live music and you can check out their beer lineup at the link above. 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Trapezium Brewing in Petersburg will host Maltdown this Friday featuring Ammo and Trapezium Brewing Companies as well as a special selection from The Bucket Trade. Food trucks will be on site along with musical entertainment.
The annual Virginia Craft Brewers Fest will kick off at Devils Backbone in Roseland, VA next weekend Aug. 20 and if you haven’t already purchased your tickets, now is the time! 80+ Virginia breweries have punched their tickets to the largest VA beer party of the year, so you’ll have a chance to taste some of the best beers brewed right here in Virginia, hang with the guys & gals who make those brews, enjoy hot eats & rock out to live music, play games and camp! Tickets are $25 to $65 depending on package and camping is extra. You can purhcase your tickets here.
To submit events or releases to Tapped, please email amy@rvamag.com. Cheers!
