by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2019 | Beer, Brew News, News
(Brothers Craft Brewing won last’s year’s Virginia Craft Beer Cup at Westrock in Richmond) By Jeff Maisey As major restructuring of the annual Virginia Craft Beer Cup is taking shape, I caught up with Virginia Craft Brewers Guild President & CEO Brett Vassey to...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2019 | Brew News, News
According to the Brewers Association (BA) only 60% of small and independent brewing companies in Virginia have signed up to use the BA’s official seal signifying they are certified independent craft brewing companies. The BA developed the seal in light of large...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2019 | Brew News, News
Ballad Brewing, in Danville, will be celebrating its 2nd annual Pride event on June 22, though a full weekend of festivities has been planned. “We will be brewing a special beer for the event called Love Wins Wheat, which is a wheat IPA we brewed last year for Pride...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2019 | Brew News, News
After a couple of years talking about it, regional independent breweries have formed the Coastal Virginia Brewery Alliance (CVBA) and are kicking things off with an inaugural Beer Fest at the Hermitage Museum & Gardens on June 29 in Norfolk. The festival will...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2019 | Brew News, News
(Coelacanth’s founding president Kevin Erskine has maintained an environmentally friendly brewery in Norfolk) Norfolk’s Coelacanth Brewing Company has been named Virginia Green Brewery of the Year. “We are incredibly proud to recognize Coelacanth...
by Jeff Maisey | May 17, 2019 | Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey I believe we got it right in the last issue of this magazine in reviewing O’Connor Brewing Company’s Proper Lager with the bold proclamation that it is perhaps the best of its style in America. Seems the folks at Paste Magazine nearly agreed when they...
