by Jennifer McDonald | Jun 23, 2017 | Brew News, News
By Jeremy Bender Jeff Harrell made the 5-hour drive from Norfolk to Roanoke last year for the first Deschutes Brewery Street Pub in the former railroad hub also known as Star City. “It really exceeded my expectations,” said Harrell, a self-described beer-cationer. “I...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 7, 2017 | Brew News, News
The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild held the 2017 Virginia Craft Beer Cup Awards Ceremony Monday, June 5, 2017, at WestRock in Richmond, Virginia. There were more than 240 brewers in attendance to celebrate excellence in craft beer this year. The Virginia Craft Beer Cup...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 6, 2017 | Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey When Green Flash Brewing Company brewmaster Erik Jensen was in Virginia Beach for the November grand opening of the San Diego craft brewery’s East Coast production facility, he made a statement that drew gasps and utterances of surprise. Jensen was...
by Jennifer McDonald | Oct 10, 2016 | Brew News, News
(Dave Gott (center) and the crew from award-winning Legend Brewing Company) By Jeff Maisey Legend Brewing Company will open a brewpub in Olde Towne Portsmouth along the waterfront in the historic, curved building that recently housed an art gallery and was the former...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 8, 2016 | Brew News, Central Virginia, News
By Wade Reynolds You’ve heard this one before—sort of: Boy meets girl. Girl gives boy a home brewer’s kit. Boy makes beer and rises rapidly through the ranks of local home brewers. Boy and girl open a craft brewery and live happily ever after. Although there’s a...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 7, 2016 | Brew News, News, Northern Virginia
By Jefferson Evans and Chuck Triplett When you are a brewer in northern Virginia and the Greater D.C. Metro Area and you need help obtaining or taming those microscopic beasties that are the little engines that turn sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide while also...
