Virginia Craft Brewers Guild’s 2015 Agenda

Virginia Craft Brewers Guild’s 2015 Agenda

By Jeff Maisey   The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild held its winter meeting in Richmond at Capital Ale House, where it was announced the Commonwealth’s craft brewery industry had surpassed 100 businesses. The Guild is a subsidiary of the Virginia Manufacturers...
Holy Grail of Virginia Brewery Tours

Holy Grail of Virginia Brewery Tours

Chuck Triplett & Friends complete quest to visit all of Virginia’s breweries in a single year By Chuck Triplett with Jefferson Evans   What seemed like a fun challenge amongst a group of fellow craft beer drinkers and travelers at the end of 2013 ended up...
BOOK REVIEW: Richmond Beer

BOOK REVIEW: Richmond Beer

By Jeff Maisey   With all the hoopla surrounding Stone Brewing Company’s highly publicized search for an east coast location and the ultimate selection of Richmond as its destination facility, perhaps timing couldn’t have been better for the release of Lee...
Making an Impact

Making an Impact

By Mark Thompson   The craft brewing industry in Virginia is beginning to come of age.  What began in earnest in the early 1990s as a small group of entrepreneurs attempting to bring more flavorful beer to consumers has matured into a multimillion dollar industry...
Malt Shortage on the Horizon

Malt Shortage on the Horizon

By Allen Young   Beer prices in North America may rise next year as brewers and maltsters face higher costs after snow, cold, and wet weather damaged Canadian barley crops and left those farmers with the lowest yield in 46 years, and the worst harvest in the...