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Beer and Wine Classic at Maymont

Ashley Sasscer | February 21, 2020

Topics: beer, Drinking, outdoors, summer activity, Things to do in Richmond, wine

Raise a glass to celebrate Beer & Wine Classic at Maymont, hosted by the Dooley Noted Society! Taste some of Virginia’s finest beverages from local breweries and and wineries while enjoying food trucks, lawn games, and live music from Three Sheets to the Wind + the Rounding Cape Horns, America’s #1 tribute to yacht rock. Follow Beer & Wine Classic on Untapped for a cool way to rate each sample as you sip. Cheers!

Participants must be 21 years old or older. Parking available at the Historical Estate Entrance.

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2020 VIRGINIA WINE EXPO

Ashley Sasscer | February 4, 2020

Topics: Drinking, drinking wine in richmond, Things to do in Richmond, wine expo

The 2020 Virginia Wine Expo presented by Publix is a multi-day, immersive and educational craft beverage and culinary experience featuring more than 30 carefully curated events.  For six fun-filled days, you’ll taste an exceptional variety of brilliant wines, spirits, ciders and high-end craft beers (at the new Ultimate Brew Fest) with Virginia’s vintners, distillers, cider-makers and craft brewers, including highly sought-after top-scoring bottlings.  

You’ll also experience Richmond’s vibrant and flourishing culinary scene, savoring delicious cuisine from some of the region’s hottest chefs and pitmasters at our signature dinners, lunches, brunches and larger culinary events like SMOKED! and Bounty of Virginia Brunch, both presented by Performance Foodservice.

Most of the signature events will be held at historic Main Street Station, one of Richmond, Virginia’s historic crown jewels and an absolutely stunning venue for the Expo’s signature experiences.

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EVENT: Yell At The Lee Statue, While Drinking Out Of A Container In A Brown Bag

RVA Staff | October 19, 2017

Topics: Brown Bagging, Confederado, Confederates, Drinking, Guns N Roses, Lee Statue, PBR, whiskey

*Only the most ridiculous parts of this story are true. 

In what can only be described as the apex of neo-Confederate resistance, local Richmond residents on October 23 are planning on gathering once again in the shadow of Lee Monument – this time to yell at the statue, while drinking out of a container in a brown bag.

This comes on the heels of the unsuccessful rally to gain the world-record for yelling the world’s longest “Yea Boi” at Lee Monument this past September. While this event was abandoned due to circumstances particular to the organizers, this most recent rally combines two of Richmond’s most notable pastimes; namely, monuments to slave owning rebels, and drinking out of brown paper bags.

The event page does not specify what should be drank out of said bags, but given Richmond’s prior history, one could surmise that it will almost certainly be Pabst Blue Ribbon, known colloquially as PBR. However, National Bohemian (known in some circles as “Nattie Bo”), Mad Dog 20/20, Naragansett (beer from Jaws), and Night Train, as well as various cheap bourbons, are also strong contenders.

The history of drinking out of brown paper bags can be traced back to a plethora of legal ordinances and boozy eccentricities, which have been popularized throughout pop culture over the years. Yet nowhere has this cultural phenomenon been more adequately captured than by Guns n’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan.

Epic Party Machine, Duff McKagan

McKagan, a notoriously epic party machine, once famously said, ”The first time I discovered Night Train wine was on one of these epic nocturnal flyering campaigns – which were best accomplished while drinking from a brown paper bag.” He explained the utility of brown paper bagging further, saying, “At $1.29 a bottle, Night Train instantly became a band staple. We started piecing together the song ‘Night Train’ a week later while rehearsing, before another flyer-posting outing.”

Nonetheless, as Richmond braces itself for a rally in which yelling and brown bagging are central features, the issue could become one of core constitutionality. The fourth amendment protects the property of an individual against what can be deemed “unreasonable” searches. Therefore, searching individuals drinking from brown paper bags and simultaneously yelling at the Lee statue has the potential to be a violation of both a person’s fourth and first amendment rights.

According to RVA Mag’s sources on the street, i.e., the Facebook event page, 166 people have signaled their intent to be present at the rally, with another 1.1 thousand interested, making this rally potentially 1,000 percent bigger than the failed neo-Confederate rally this past September. Given the city’s $500,000 expenditure in providing force protection and security at that event, no information has yet been released on what would be required to manage an event of this magnitude.

Some observers have opined that strong language backed by the liquid encouragement which flows mightily from brown paper bags has the ability to irreparably alter the social, economic, and political landscape of the Commonwealth. However, neither candidate for governor was available for comment on the rally – because we just didn’t ask.

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