BEER
NEWS
2024 Virginia Craft Beer Cup Winners Announced
(Parkway Brewing Company takes the 2024 VirginiaCraft Beer Cup. Photo by Diane Catanzaro) By Virginia Craft Brewers Guild Staff Richmond, VA – The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild (VCBG) announced the 2024 Virginia Craft Beer Cup winners on July 22 at Farm Bureau Center...
Homerun Collab
(Lost Barrel’s No. Eleven Kolsch is popular at the Washington Nationals home games. Photo courtesy of the brewery.) By Jeff Maisey Former Washington Nationals first/third baseman Ryan Zimmerman recently collaborated with Lost Barrel Brewing Company to brew No. Eleven...
Bee Beer
(Revelers at Stable Craft Brewing’s Renaissance Festival enjoy a special mead-inspired beer, partially fermented with honey.) By Jeff Maisey The Hampton Roads Honey Festival will debut August 4 at The St. George Brewing Company with a little help from the Colonial...
World Class Wit
(Bill Butcher -- pictured far left -- and Team Port City at a recent World Beer Cup ceremony.) By Jeff Maisey Winning awards is nothing new for Alexandria-based Port City Brewing Company. The brewery’s name is synonymous with excellence and consistency in brewing. ...
2024 World Beer Cup Scores for VA Breweries
By Staff Independent craft breweries from Virginia took home big-time awards at the 2024 World Beer Cup in Las Vegas. Here’s how our home-state beer makers placed. GOLD Caiseal Beer & Spirits Co. (Hampton), Namur The Merrier, Belgian-Style Quadrupel Category Port...
Will You Marry Me?
(Will & Courtney at The Garage Brewery) By Leisa Rebold Will Sawyer, who was voted Hampton Roads’ Coolest Brewer at Veer Magazine’s Golden Tap Beer awards in December 2023, proposed to his girlfriend, Courtney, who also works in the beer industry, in a unique and...
32 Reasons to Love NATO Fest Beer
(Bold Mariner Head Brewer Evan Lantry, Mike Stacks, General Chris Badia, and Assistant Brewer Zach Barringer on brew day. Photo courtesy of NATO ACT.) By Jeff Maisey Norfolk NATO Festival will once again collaborate with The Bold Mariner Brewing Company and NATO’s...
Virginia Breweries Score 8 Awards at 2023 Great American Beer Festival
The 2023 Great American Beer Festival awards results are in and independent craft breweries from Virginia took home 8 medals. Here are the medalists from VA. GOLD Bear Chase Brewing Co., Kodiak Kolsch, German-Style Koelsch Barley Naked Brewing Co., Rock Hill Irish...
Benchtop Wins Coveted Best in Show
(Benchtop Brewing Company wins 2023 Virginia Craft Beer Cup) By Jeff Maisey Independent craft breweries from the Hampton Roads region had an impressive showing at the 2023 Virginia Craft Beer Cup Awards ceremony by sweeping the Best in Show category reflecting the top...
Maui Strong in Northern Virginia
(Brew day at Ono Brewing. Photograph by Chuck Triplett) By Jefferson Evans In early August people across the United States and around the world watched in dismay as brush fires driven by hurricane force winds became uncontrolled wildfires that did damage across...
BREWERY SPOTLIGHTS
Aslin VB: Not Just Beer, It’s a Destination!
(Aslin’s tasting room in Virginia Beach. Photo by Diane Catanzaro) By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones How fortunate we are in Hampton Roads that the popular Aslin Beer Company has opened a taproom and brewery in Virginia Beach? Excellent beer, a diverse food menu,...
New Location is Ideal for Selvedge Brewing
By Jennifer Waldera Selvedge Brewing initially opened its doors in July of 2020 in The Wool Factory in Charlottesville. But with an eye on a space not shared with an event venue, the brewery recently transitioned in February to a new location. Now at the Bellair...
Savoring Saison at Blindhouse
(There a Saison for everyone at Blindhouse Beer Company. Photo courtesy of the brewery.) By Jennifer Waldera With an eye on moving closer to the mountains and family, and living a more relaxed lifestyle, Tyler Wert and his wife, and now business partner, Nicole moved...
Afterglow Brewing Shines in Norfolk’s Railyard District
(Josh Evans and Jeff Hartline. Photo by Brian Koski) By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones Here’s some exciting news for beer lovers! Norfolk’s newest brewery held their Grand Opening the weekend of July 8. Afterglow Brewing is now open for business at The Railyard at...
Unplug and Connect at Superfly
By Jennifer Waldera After years of working in breweries and over five years of working toward the dream of opening his own space, Ed Liversidge is on the verge of opening Superfly, one of Charlottesville’s newest breweries. Liversidge’s vision is to create a space...
Studly Brewing Opens with Home Run
(Blake Edmunds has Studly Brewing Company on an early season winning streak) By Jeff Maisey Drinker up. If you’re a baseball fan, chances are as good as the Astros winning another World Series you’re gonna love Chesapeake’s newest craft beer maker, Studly Brewing...
Escape to Everleigh for Beer and Cider Too
(A nice pour of Everleigh Vineyards & Brewing Company’s Precambrian Helles Lager. Photo courtesy of the brewery.) By Jennifer Waldera In 2015, Barbara and Joe Evers planted vines on their vast land in beautiful Mineral, Virginia with eyes set on realizing their...
1781 Puts Spotsylvania on the Beer Map
(Appalach Lager is 1781 Brewing’s flagship beer and was brewed in honor of the Germans who settled in the Appalachian mountains.) By Jennifer Waldera Spring is the time of year for blossoming — the season’s name itself sparks mental images of renewed life and...
Crossing the Thin Brew Line
(Beer-tender Cara and Thin Brew Line’s new brewer, Raf Corredor. Photo by Chris Jones.) By Diane Catanzaro & Chris Jones There you are in Virginia Beach, looking for a place to get a libation, a sip of suds, a beer. You’d like something fresh, delicious, and...
PROFILE: Hop On Over to Patch
(Gordonsville locals love Patch Brewing Company) By Jennifer Waldera After founding and running the successful Hop On Tours, a bus excursion company that has hosted thousands of guests on trips to Charlottesville and Nelson area breweries, wineries, and distilleries...
BREWERY
GUIDE
Appalachia
Busted Still Brewing Company 185 Homeplace Drive Gate City 24251 276.210.6038 Lonesome Pine Brewing Company 15 East Main Street Lebanon 276.274.3697 Painted Peak Brewing Company 386 Main Street Tazewell 276.980.7325 paintedpeakbrewing.com Sugar...
Blue Ridge Highlands
Central Virginia
Coastal Virginia
Northern Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Southern Virginia
Virginia Mountains
Big Lick Brewing Company 135 Salem Ave. Roanoke, VA 24011 540-562-8383 biglickbrewingco.com Callaway Brewing Company 21 Woodwinds Road Callaway 540.267.6733 callawaybrewingco.com Chaos Mountain Brewing Company 3135 Dillons Mill Rd. Callaway 540.334.1600...
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