by Jeff Maisey | Apr 8, 2015 | Brew News, News
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...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 8, 2015 | Brew News, News
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...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 26, 2014 | Brew News, News
Words by Jeff Maisey Photos by Kathy Keeney What kind of year has it been for Devils Backbone Brewing Company? In April, the craft brewery’s Outpost (Lexington) and Base Camp (Roseland) facilities took home a Gold medal for Old Virginia Dark in the...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 26, 2014 | Brew News, News
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...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 15, 2014 | Brew News, News
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...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 15, 2014 | Brew News, News
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...