RVA craft beer

Tapped: Triple Crossing’s Can Jam, Hardywood’s Hoax, & Isley’s Piña Colada Belgian White Ale

Amy David | August 15, 2018

Topics: craft beer, Hardywood, isley brewing, RVA breweries, RVA craft beer, RVA On Tap, triple crossing

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.

If you missed last week’s beer news, you can check those out here. Our cup is overflowing with news this week from releases to events, and other cool happenings around town, so hold on to your mugs because we’re getting ready to tap this thing!

Even though we tend to celebrate craft beer every day in Richmond, August is officially Virginia Craft Beer Month, and there are a ton of events and releases happening. We will have a breakdown of our top events for the month later in the week, but here is your regular rundown for this weekend’s happenings:

Vasen Brewing is still celebrating their Gose Month will their Otter Series, a variety of four different goses. First up, is The Otter, a 5%
kettle-soured, Americanized version of a traditional German gose. Tart and fruity, this brew is crisp, sour, and just a touch of funkiness from their house Lacto blend.

Next up is The Tangerine Otter, a hazy citrusy sour thanks to hundreds of pounds of tangerines, tangerine peel, and Citra hops. Light notes of strawberry, apricot and honey provide complexity to this fruity tangerine bomb. Perfect to beat the summer heat!

Vasen also introduced The Cranbiscus Otter with this lineup. Cranberry, dried hibiscus petals, and coriander seed give this moderately sour wheat ale a striking ruby-red hue and a deep, complex flavor profile with berry, citrus and floral characteristics. Sour and fruity flavors lead into a bit of funkiness and a crisp finish with hints of fresh buttermilk biscuits and honey. Yum!

Finally, we have The Añejo Otter, a kettle-soured American gose aged for months in tequila barrels giving way to an agave character reminiscent of port wine, strawberries, and peaches. Hints of lime and coriander combine with mild funkiness and a touch of oak give this tart, golden ale a surprisingly complex character. Now go try them all!

Hardywood’s Hoax brew returns this Saturday. A milk stout aged in freshly-emptied Brandy barrels that premiered last year, Hoax clocks in at a whopping 13.5%, with notes of grape jam, ripe plums, and dried dates. Get ready for some mischief! Available at downtown location and West Creek.

Three Notch’d RVA Collab House returns this Thursday with its weekly collaboration. This go around, it’s a Hefeweizen made by RVA Head Brewer Willey Broaddus. Pint specials from 4 to 7 pm. Prost!

Tomorrow also marks Third Thursday at The Veil Brewing Co. which means fresh brews and a new local charity who will benefit from the night’s proceeds. This time, it’s I AM RVA, an organization that seeks to encourage more people in the RVA community to ride their bikes while being safe. Their known for their “Chrome Helmet” used to build solidarity and unity. All proceeds from the sales of the helmets goes directly to support other nonprofits. The Veil will donate 15% of sales from 5p-8p so go drink beer for a good cause!

Yesterday, Isley Brewing released its Piña Colada Belgian White Ale, and it will be available until supplies last. Last time it was kicked in under three hours so make sure you get in there and snag some while you can! Happy Hour starts at 4 pm, Trivia 7 pm, and food from

Triple Crossing will have its Can Jam, Summer Edition this Friday, bringing Threes Brewing’s brilliant festival from Brooklyn to Richmond again! Cans from some of the best and brightest breweries across the country will be available for purchase. Here are some of the guest breweries: Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill, Aslin Beer Company, Calusa Brewing, Charles Towne Fermentory and more. Fulton location, 12pm-10 pm.

Ardent Craft Ale will release its Robust Porter this Thursday. This 6% brew is a medium-bodied American ale with notes of chocolate and coffee.

Head over to Legend Brewing this Friday for a brewery and special limited releases, which they are doing all throughout August. The brewery has also just released its Oktoberfest.

The Space Invaders DIPA returns to Final Gravity Brewing Co. this Friday. This brew is firing with 100% Mosaic hops, blasting your taste buds with flavors of mango, lemon, citrus, earthy pine, tropical fruit, herbal and stone fruit notes.

Strangeways Brewing has two new releases for you to check out this weekend. This Saturday, the brewery’s got Rappahannock ESB, an Extra Special Bitter that has a light fruit character with caramel/biscuity malt notes in the body. Strangeways will also be pouring Come On, You Want to Lei Me Volcanic Gose, a sour beer with your not so average ingredient, Black Hawaiian sea salt. This beer is black in color from both the salt and a plethora of chocolate wheat used to give it a subtle roastiness. Notes of chocolate oranges, tart lemons, and candied fruit. Definitely, a beer to try out.

Center of the Universe is throwing down with its Bombage Fest this Saturday. Live music will be provided by 4 local bands, Crazy Train Xpress food truck will be there with their delicious menu, and cold beer will be flowing from the taps all day long. Silent Auction and 50/50 Raffle to benefit Mechanicsville native and friend of the brewery, Steve Lohmann, 57. Steve was diagnosed in 2017 with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). All money raised will go to Steve and his family to assist with medical needs.”

Courthouse Creek Cider has new release “Prelude” at both locations. This is a small batch release harvested in 2017, the cidery only produced 44 cases, so get some before its gone! Prelude is a blend of apples sourced from Diane Flynt’s orchard at Foggy Ridge. Aged for 7 months in port wine barrels, it is their interpretation of an American heritage cider. Available in Scott’s Addition and out at their Maidens location.

This weekend at Fine Creek Brewing the Macho Mug Super Session IPA will be back on draught. This light hoppy beer is super crushable and refreshing, with rich grapefruit and orange aromatics. The Blueberry Grisette is still on, but not for long. Fine Creek is doing another Benefit Night for FeedMore this Thursday and One Fell Swoop will be playing on Saturday. Fine Creek will also be pouring their beers in Charlottesville at the Virginia Craft Brewers Festival on Saturday and at Potters Craft Cider, for a tap takeover with Reason Beer on Friday and Saturday.

Submissions or ideas for Tapped can be emailed to Amy at [email protected] Cheers!

Tapped Photo By: Triple Crossing Beer

Tapped: Kindred Spirit’s Lucid Release, Fine Creek’s Saison Vielle & Intermission’s Brown Sugar Porter

Amy David | August 8, 2018

Topics: craft beer, rva brreweries, RVA craft beer, RVA On Tap

First up, a little mix up from last week that we want to clear up! We got you all excited for the release of Trapezium’s brew, Banana Cream Pie, part of their small batch pie series. Its actually getting released tonight and this is the last beer of the last series for the summer at least so don’t worry you didn’t miss out! Head down to the Petersburg brewery tonight to check out this tasty cream ale, which is brewed with bananas, lactose, vanilla cookies, and vanilla bean.

The return of Lucid, a hazy New England IPA, comes back to Kindred Spirit Brewing tonight. Snag you some in cans while it’s still available in the taproom!

Triple Crossing’s downtown location has a double release for you this Friday. They are bringing back their flagship Falcon Smash IPA, $13 per 4 pack (1 case limit).

Also, make sure you try out their Salinity Gose with Lime. The brewery’s base gose featuring pink Himalayan sea salt gets the full-on lime treatment. Citrusy and tart, this brew is just what you need after nearly melting away in this heat.

Castleburg will release it’s Above the Salt Gose with raspberries. This is the second sour that the brewery’s churned out and I’m excited to try this one out!

This Saturday, Midnight Brewery will release the MASH brew of Brian Dueweke. The beer, Copa Cascara, is a dark, chocolatey porter brewed with cascara to deliver rich, dark fruit flavors including cherries and figs.

Bob’s Brew and Andrea’s Ale return to Hardywood this Friday. The beers were made in support of Ales for ALS! Jus Cukn, LLC* will be there serving up good eats. Bob’s Brew 2018 is a hoppy hefeweizen brewed in honor of Bob Murtaugh who lost his battle with ALS. Andrea’s Ale 2018 is a hoppy hefeweizen with strawberries brewed to honor ALS warrior Andrea Lytle Peet. One dollar from every pint of Ales for ALS beer sold is donated directly to the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI), the world’s first and largest nonprofit biotech focused 100 percent on ALS research. Free live music by Truth Club / Floral Print / Naked Naps / Enenra kicks off at 6 PM. Free music and great beer for a good cause? You can’t beat that!

This weekend Fine Creek Brewing Co. will have their Blueberry Grisette, Tart Grisette, and Strawberry Rhubarb Brett Saison back on draught. They will also be releasing their Saison Vielle, an older style saison with a very light dry finish and lots of herbal fruity noble hop character. This Saturday they will be doing another STEAL THE GLASS deal with their Blueberry & Blackberry White IPA on Cask. Dylan Jane will be playing Friday evening and Eli Cook will be playing on Saturday evening. Go get some fresh brews and hear some new tunes Richmond!

To celebrate Virginia Craft Beer Month, every Wednesday you can buy a 20-ounce beer at Strangeways and steal your choice of a Strangeways beer glass (taster, goblet or wizen). And …if you buy a flight of 10 or more beers you can steal their famous Strangeways tin tray.

Three Notch’d RVA Collab House returns this Thursday with its weekly collaboration. This time, its “Lush-ious,” a Maple Pecan Brown Ale made in partnership with Lush Cupcakes. Grab some free Bourbon Pecan Pie cupcakes from Lush as well, which incorporate the new brew and Reservoir Distillery bourbon buttercream. Pint Specials on the New Release from 4-7pm.

Asteroids Double IPA returns to the taps at Final Gravity Brewing Co. this Friday. Columbus, Mosaic, and Citra will blast you with flavors of summer fruits and florals with a punch of citrus. Get ready to level up Richmond!

Intermission Beer Company out in Glen Allen has a new brew for you to try out this Friday. Their Brown Sugar Porter is dark with a medium body and hints of molasses. And at only 5.4% you won’t need to be carried out of there.

Canon & Draw Brewing Company has a new juicy brew release for you when its Gentle Winds IPA. this 7% IPA moves in with smooth tropical aromas. Huge additions of Equinox and Azacca burst with flavors of mango and pineapple, and orange juice. Available now go buy the West Main Street brewery and let it take you away to paradise!

Center of the Universe is getting to the Oktoberfest spirit a little early this year with their release this Saturday. 1/2 and Full Liter boots will be available for sale as we all await their 2 Day Oktoberfest Celebration which will kick off Oct. 5-6.

Legend has also just released their Oktoberfest brew so you don’t have to wait for their celebration either! Go grab a pint or a 6 pack!

Vasen Brewing is still celebrating their Gose Month and they have plenty of options to choose from! Try their Cranbiscus Otter, a Ruby-red gose brewed with hibiscus petals and conditioned on cranberry. Tasty and light for summer!

Submissions or ideas for Tapped can be emailed to Amy at [email protected] Cheers!

Tapped Photo By: Intermission Beer Company

Tapped: Garden Grove’s Death, Triple Crossing’s Poor Icarus, & Vasen’s One-Year Anniversary

Amy David | July 25, 2018

Topics: craft beer, RVA breweries, RVA craft beer, RVA On Tap

So, the big throwdown this weekend is Vasen Brewing’s One Year Anniversary party. Can’t believe this Scott’s Addition brewery has already been here for a year. This Saturday, the brewery will take over the lot across the street and celebrate their success with an all-day fest of bands, tons of food, games, outdoor activities, and of course, brews. Bio Ritmo, Black Alley, Bush League, Chance Fischer, Illiterate Light, and Toxic Moxie will be performing at this shindig and the libations lineup is stacked as well with taps from Ardent Craft Ales, Aslin Beer Company, Black Heath Meadery, Blue Bee Cider, Buskey Cider, Courthouse Creek Cider, Final Gravity Brewing Co., Isley Brewing Company, Ninja Kombucha, O’Connor Brewing Co., Right Proper Brewing Company, Reservoir Distillery, Rocket Frog and more! Food trucks Goatocado, Indo-Tibetan Food Truck, King of Pops, and more will be there serving up delicious food and if that’s not enough, the brewery is offering free archery lessons, mini golf, and fly casting and slacklining lessons. Get more details at the link above and snag your tickets for $12 to the all-day fest before they’re gone!!

Garden Grove Brewery & Urban Winery will finally bring back its award-winning Belgian Quadrupel, Death this Friday. Fermented with 2016 Virginia Petit Verdot grapes grown in Garden Grove’s own vineyard and then transferred into French Oak Syrah Wine Barrels from Napa Valley just and aged for 17 months, this 10% brew will surely have you dancing with the reaper after just a few.

Triple Crossing has a stacked lineup of releases for its Fulton location this weekend. First up is their 6% IPA Mosaic Triangles punching you right in the mouth with its bright citrusy notes of clementines and tangerines. Next is their Nectar and Knife, an 8% DIPA. This beer is the core of their hop-forward offerings and their debut DIPA. Pineapple, passion fruit and mango come through here. $16.50 per 4 pack (1 case limit). Rounding out the releases is the 8% DIPA, Poor Icarus. This pineapple bomb is packed with notes of pineapple creamsicle juice and hopped this with Vic Secret, El Dorado, and Azacca. $17.50 per 4 pack (1 case limit). Mouth is watering already!

This Friday, Hardywood will release Bubby’s Blackberry Cobbler, a variation of their Virginia Blackberry White Ale with vanilla, toasted coconut, milk sugar and even more blackberries. The brew will be available in their Richmond, West Creek and Charlottesville taprooms on draft and in 4/16oz cans to go.

Time is Money IPA returns to Steam Bell Beer Works this Friday. You can grab a 4pk of 16 ounce cans to cruise you through the weekend!

Steam Bell’s sister brewery over in the Fan, Canon & Draw Brewing Company, will have its Welcher’s IPA can release for you this Friday. This single hop IPA is hopped with Nelson Sauvin hops. The signature aroma of grape juice is accompanied by the same nuanced sweetness in the taste. Will be available on draft as well.

This Friday, Goochland’s Midnight Brewery will release its Blood Moon Bliss, a blood orange IPA in cans. Blood oranges take center stage, while all the juicy hops you’ve come to enjoy, dance in the background.

Three Notch’d RVA Collab House returns this Thursday with their weekly collaboration. This week, its Fluffy Pillow, a New England IPA courtesy of RVA Head Brewer Willey Broaddus. Thanks to the Vic Secret and Citra hops, you have one juicy, citrusy pillow-like brew that is perfect for this summer or to take away these rainy day blues. Pint Specials from 4-7pm.

On Saturday, Petersburg’s Trapezium Brewery will release its Shatterproof DIPA. Brewed with Falconer’s Flight and Mosaic hops, this bad boy clocks in at 8%. Get some!

Strangeways Brewing has several new summer releases for you to try this Saturday. First up, There Is A Light That Never Gose Out, a 5.5% traditional Leipziger style Gose using locally grown Murphy and Rude malts, coriander & sea salt.

Next up is Playday Pilsner, an east-drinking 5% caramel pilsner. Finally, the brewery will have Everything Changes Double Dry-hopped Pale Ale, Strangeways’ next iteration in their Directional Pale Ale series Flavors of ripe mango, orange marmalade, and pineapple juice are coming through on this juicy brew!

Ardent Craft Ales will release its MXICAN Lager this Friday, a crisp, clean beer brewed with rice and corn for a dry, refreshing finish. Clocking in at 4.4% ABV, this is the first of two collabs the brewery did with Dssolvr.

Goochland cidery Courthouse Creek Cider, which recently opened a tasting room in Scott’s Addition, will release its Heretic cider next Sat., Aug 4 at their Goochland location. A blend of 90% Harrison apple and 10% Esopus Spitzenburg apples, this cider is perfect for creamy cheeses or a savory dessert! This was a small batch so make sure you go grab some before its gone!

Final Gravity Brewing Co. returns this Friday with Weizen Up, a hefeweizen with velvety notes of banana and clove. Light and easy drinking!

Watchtower Witbier comes to Castleburg Brewery & Taproom this Friday. this Belgian wheat beer is brewed with orange peel and Coriander.

Starting this Friday, July 27, Legend Brewing Co. is hosting Brewery Night! Every Friday 5-9pm Legend will be opening the brewery doors to craft brew fanatics! 21 and up, Free to attend! Serving special brewers choice beer not available anywhere else. But don’t fret; we’ll have the classics too. Grab a pint downstairs, chat with the brewers, and taste what Legend has been cooking up!

Submissions or ideas for Tapped can be emailed to Amy at [email protected] Cheers!

Tapped Photo By: Vasen Brewing

Tapped: Steam Bell’s Hibiscus Cucumber Gose, Ardent’s Peach Mango Gose, & Isley’s Strawberry Kettle Sour

Amy David | July 18, 2018

Topics: craft beer, RVA breweries, RVA craft beer, RVA On Tap

Steam Bell Beer Works has a funky new release for you this Friday with its Hibiscus Cucumber Gose, Extra Plenty. Packed with extra plenty amounts of hibiscus and locally sourced cucumber, this goes blends into a deliciously refreshing taste reminiscent of watermelon candy. Pink Himalayan salt brings in a hint of salinity, making this gose a perfect summer go-to. Smoke & Wine Band will be the live music for the evening, with Dank Eats serving up some grub.

This Friday, Hardywood has its dry-hopped hefeweizen, Citraweisse, at all locations on draft and in cans.

It’s Third Thursday at The Veil Brewing Co. and they’re back with a new non-profit who will benefit from the night’s sales. This week, the brewery is giving back to the Richmond Justice Initiative, which raises awareness of the crime of human trafficking. 15 percent of sales from 5p-8p will go toward the organization. Bratwurst and Schnitzels from The German Snack Shack will be served to help soak up all the booze.

Today, head over to Vasen Brewing Co. for their hefeweizen release. Party starts at 3 pm, get there before its gone.

This Thursday, Ardent Craft Ales will release its Peach Mango Gose, which is packed with tropical fruit flavor and aroma alongside the tartness and salinity of a classic gose. Curry in a Hurry will be the food truck serving up good eats in the beer garden

Powhatan’s Fine Creek Brewing Co. will have its newest bottle release this Saturday with its Wine Barrel Aged Oud Bruin, a sour brown ale with caramel and dark chocolate notes. Damian Allen will be playing at the brewery from 4:30-7:30 PM.

This Friday, Isley Brewing is back with its weekly infusion. This go around, it’s a Strawberry Kettle Sour. Happy Hour starts at 4 PM and Return of the Mac food truck will be there to provide all the delicious mac and cheese dishes to go along with your sour brews.

This Thursday, Three Notch’d RVA Collab House returns with its weekly collaboration. This week, its Key Ingredient, a Blonde Ale with lime courtesy of head brewer, Willey Broaddus. Perfect brew to beat the heat! Pint Specials from 4-7pm.

Garden Grove Brewery & Urban Winery will host its 3rd annual Anthem LemonAid benefit this weekend which raises money for the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. $1.00 of every draft will be donated and just for this event, the Carytown brewery will release a
Tri-Lemon Saison, brewed with wheat, Lemon Verbena, Lemongrass, Lemon Peel, and Sorachi Ace hops.

This Friday, Canon & Draw Brewing Company will release its Cherry Lime Gose, a variant on their original salty, tart gose.

Final Gravity Brewing Co. will bring back its lll Technique DIPA this Friday, a hazy, fresh 8% DIPA brewed with Jarrylo and Citra hops. It’s a mash-up of hard-core citrus mixed with the subtle smoothness of spice and pear – straight up Juicy Fruit. Get some!

And this Sunday, Final Gravity is hosting a beer and oyster brunch featuring oysters from Rappahannock Oyster Co. 3 for $5 and 6 for $10.

Legend Brewing Company has just tapped its Toasted Coconut Brown Ale, a variant of their beloved Brown Ale with caramel, molasses and added toasted coconut finish. Grab it before its gone!

This Saturday, Isley will also host a Richmond Mounted Police Benefit Day. Come out and meet your Richmond Mounted Squad, and yes, the actual horses will be there. Live music, food trucks, giant Jenga, cornhole, and the release of “One More IPA”, a juicy New England IPA.

Submissions or ideas for Tapped can be emailed to Amy at [email protected] Cheers!

Tapped Photo By: Ardent Craft Ales

Tapped: Lickinghole Creek’s Something Better IPA, Fine Creek’s Deliberator Dobbelbock, & Legend’s Fairy Crosses

Amy David | June 20, 2018

Topics: craft beer, RVA breweries, RVA craft beer, RVA On Tap

Hardywood will release its Tropic Like Its Hot Sour Ale with Butterfly Pea Flowers, Passionfruit, & Pineapple in cans this Friday. This tropically tart brew is a collab with Ardent Craft Ales and Center of the Universe Brewing.

And on Sunday, Hardywood will host its 3rd Annual Love on Tap event, a benefit for Virginia Pride. The event will feature live music, fabulous drag performances, local LGBTQ owned and operated businesses and organizations, delicious food trucks, and more! A portion of the sales from this event will benefit Virginia Pride. The above beer, Tropic Like ts Hot, will be tapped there, and will be served at this year’s PrideFest on Brown’s Island in September.

Encore Weekend this Saturday for Lickinghole Creek’s NEIPA, ‘Something Better’. The brew is the newest addition to the 16 oz can Summer Series at the Goochland brewery.

Castleburg Brewery will celebrate Pride Day this Sunday with a huge throwdown featuring live music, food, drag performances, and of course, beer. Be sure to wear your rainbow attire and bring CASH to make a donation to Friends of Side by Side. The brewery will be matching your donations dollar-for-dollar up to $400.00.

We’ve got a triple release from Powhatan’s Fine Creek Brewing Co. this weekend. First up, Tractors Gone Wild, a combo of leftover Tractor Juice with extra Citra hops and their house Brett Saison culture. The refermentation with Brett has created awesome notes of Pineapple to compliment the fruity base beer. Lawn Tractor Belgian Farmhouse Session IPA, a session version of our Tractor Juice BDIPA will on be pouring in the taproom. Deliberator Doppelbock, a rich malty German-style beer will also be available, so its definitely a pick your poison this weekend at the brewery!

Legend’s Fairy Crosses Saison is refreshingly simple, light in body and dry in finish. Spicy and earthy yeast tones are accompanied by a subtle raspberry tartness for this brew to cool you down on these hot summer day. Go sit out on their Manchester patio and sip a few!

Glen Allen’s Intermission Beer Company will release its Abbey Ale – a Belgian Singel this Friday. The 5.5% classic Belgian has light fruity notes and would be another perfect brew for outside drinking.

Gravitational Wave DIPA returns to Final Gravity Brewing Co. this Friday. This 100% Mosaic DIPA has been gone since September but as the high temps move in, so does Gravitational Wave. Get some out at the Lakeside brewery before it’s gone!

Wild Honey Cyser, an apple honey wine will make its debut at Blue Bee Cider on Friday. The cyser is a collaboration with Garden Grove Brewing & Urban Winery. This unique mead/cider hybrid features wildflower and clover honey blended with Winesap and Arkansas Black apple juice for fermentation

Canon & Draw Brewing Company will have its first can release on Friday. It’s a mystery, so be sure to stop into the Fan brewery on West Main Street to find out!

Three Notch’d RVA Collab House returns this week with a new brew. This time around, its Boom Gose the Dynamite, a Watermelon Gose that’s tart, but sure to quench your thirst. Stick around for trivia!

Isley Brewing’s got three new infusions for you this week! Pomegranate Belgian White Ale, Fastidious Father Banana Peanut Butter Porter, and Coffee Porter will be pouring in the taproom. If none of those sound appealing, I don’t know how to help you. I think I’m going for all three!

It’s Third Thursday at The Veil Brewing Co., which means a portion of beer sales go to a new local charity! This time, it’s Family Lifeline, partner with individuals and families at critical points in their lives to strengthen overall well-being by delivering intensive home-based services, along with working with adults with disabilities. 15% of sales will go towards the organization from 5p-8pm. Kudzu RVA serving Ramen from 4p until gone.

Champion Brewing RVA will have a very limited amount of Face Melter, a gose featuring mango and apricot that is coming down from their Cville location. Get it before it’s gone!

Submissions or ideas for Tapped can be emailed to Amy at [email protected] Cheers!

Top Photo By: Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery

Tapped: Hardywood’s Oyster Stout, Castleburg’s Above the Salt Gose, & Ardent Turns Four

Amy David | June 13, 2018

Topics: craft beer, RVA breweries, RVA craft beer, RVA On Tap

The big news this week comes from Ardent Craft Ales. The Scott’s Addition brewery is turning four and celebrating in a major way this Saturday. The brewery will host a block party, shutting down Leigh Street, and pouring brews from 25+ guest breweries, all your favorite Ardent beers, along with live music, and food trucks. Plus, Ardent will release a special anniversary beer to mark the occasion! Bands set to play are The Big Payback: A Tribute to James Brown, Piranha Rama, Spooky Cool, THE FOLLY, and more. Go Go Vegan Go, Intergalactic Tacos, Arroz RVA and more will be serving up delicious eats. You can check out the full beer, music, and food lineup at the above link. Free event, beverage tickets will cost $6 per pour,

This Thursday, Three Notch’d RVA Collab House returns with its weekly collaboration brew. This time, its the official release of Bee Student, a bourbon-barrel imperial milk stout made in partnership with the University of Richmond. We got a little sneak preview a couple of weeks ago, but if you missed out on that release, now is your chance to go taste this rich chocolatey, coffee stout.

This Friday, Hardywood will release its Oyster Stout in cans. Released annual for Father’s Day, the brew is made using Rappahannock River Oysters from Rappahannock Oyster Company. Hardywood boiled up a bushel of oysters in their kettle to create a mild briny brew that is followed by tasty chocolate and roasted malts. Take your dad and buy him one or three of these at the Goochland or Richmond location.

Castleburg Brewery will release Above the Salt Gose this Friday. The brewery’s first sour beer, this light, tart 4.7 percent ale is exactly is crisp and refreshing, without being overly tart, and perfect for summer.

Vasen Brewing will release its new Mexican Lager on Saturday. Head out there and try a glass, enjoy food by our friends at Indo-Tibetan Food Truck and a live music set by Jonathan Meadows.

Tonight, Vasen Brewing, in partnership with Hatch RVA, is also hosting a pretty cool event called Smorgasbord, an RVA food and beverage vendors pop up market. The Lineup:Ninja Kombucha, Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches, AR’s Ames’ Hot Southern Honey, MOTHER shrub, Taylor Made Chocolate, Papa Icky’s Health Drinks, Pulp Fiction RVA, Sammich, Empanadas Market, Back Pocket Provisions, Bright Spot Coffee, Wild Earth Fermentation, Ellwood Thompson’s, and Truckle Cheesemongers.

One Drop DIPA returns to Final Gravity Brewing Co. this Friday. Revisit the refreshing citrus flavors of Lemondrop, Mosaic, and Citra hops and take a few Crowlers to go.

This Saturday, Fine Creek Brewing Company will release its Finca la Guamera Saison, a collaboration with Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting, using their natural process Finca la Guamera from Columbia added to a mixed culture saison. They are also celebrating big for Father’s Day. Local band Dalton Dash will be playing, the brewery will have a cask of Raspberry Milk Stout made with fresh raspberries and a special menu of Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Chicago-Style Hotdogs, Sriracha-Honey Wings, and Brownie Sundaes will be served for the dads.

And next Wednesday, Fine Creek will host a beer dinner with Bryan McClure of Jefferson Hotel’s Lemaire. highlight the transition from spring into summer with global influenced dishes, specifically Japanese, Norwegian, as well as Southern American. Partnering with Head Brewer Gabe Slagle, each of the five courses will have a tasting beer menu.

Center of the Universe will release its Brandt Imperial Milk Stout. A 2018 VA Craft Brewers Cup gold medal winning beer, Brandt is an 11.5% Imperial Milk Stout that is serving as the base beer for the 2019 Jeffrey. Thick and creamy, with loads of chocolate, espresso, and vanilla, this beer is a welcomed treat! The beer will be available on draft and for growlers to go.

To celebrate Father’s Day, Isley will release its Fastidious Father brew, a Banana Peanut Butter Porter. The brewery has taken the Peanut Butter variant of their Oatmeal Porter to another level with the addition of TEN POUNDS of bananas. Get in on that RVA.

Trapezium Brewery returns today with its Small Patch Pie Series. This week its Cherry Pie, an Imperial Cream Ale brewed with fortune cookies and fermented on hundreds of pounds of sweet and sour cherries and conditioned on toasted almonds. The brews in this series have been very popular, so make sure you grab one before they’re gone tonight!

Submissions or ideas for Tapped can be emailed to Amy at [email protected] Cheers!

Top Photo By: Ardent Craft Ales