by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 11, 2014 | Brew News
By Mark Thompson August is Virginia Craft Beer Month, a time that celebrates the world class beers coming out of the Commonwealth. During the entire month of August many of the 80-plus craft breweries in the state rejoice in the occasion to showcase their craft. The...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 10, 2014 | Brew News, News
By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones Virginia is no slouch when it comes to festivals, however the plethora of beer festivals that have sprouted in the Birthplace of Presidents like ‘shrooms after a summer rain make us as happy as clams at high tide. As our focus is...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 10, 2014 | Brew News
By Jennifer McDonald With August being Virginia Craft Beer month, it seems appropriate to explore the early days of Virginia’s beer culture. I recently had the opportunity to meet with Frank Clark, Master of Historic Foodways at Colonial Williamsburg, and get a...
by Jennifer McDonald | Jun 5, 2014 | Brew News, Central Virginia
By Diane Catanzaro & Chris Jones The first canned beer sold in the USA was sold in Richmond, Virginia, way back in 1935. The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company, a New Jersey-based brewery, test marketed canned Krueger’s Cream Ale and Krueger’s Finest Beer in...
by Jennifer McDonald | May 28, 2014 | Brew News, News
By Kim Kirk There’s no question that downtown Harrisonburg is living up to its name of “Best Beer Town” (Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine, 2013). Home to Three Brothers Brewing, the Three Notch’d Brewing Co. Taproom, the future Pale Fire Brewing Company and dozens of...
by Jennifer McDonald | May 28, 2014 | Brew News
By Jefferson Evans and Chuck Triplett Hardywood Park isn’t the first brewery to have local folk offer to bring in hop cones from hop plants growing in their gardens and yards. And the brewery, like most, expressed gratitude but respectfully deferred. Issues such as...
