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Gotta Suncrush on You
By Jeff Maisey Hardywood Park co-founders Eric McKay and Patrick Murtaugh have launched an off-shoot brand they’re calling Suncrush, featuring real crushed fruit in flavors that include Tangerine, Ginger-Lime, Southern Peach, Lemon-Raspberry, Black Cherry and...
VIDEO: Starr Hill: A Brief History
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Core Brand Awareness in February
(O’Connor Brewing Company’s El Guapo is one of the best-selling craft beers in Virginia) By Jeff Maisey Forbes recently posted an article by contributing writer Tara Nurin headlined “A New #FlagshipFebruary Campaign Aims to Save Core Beer Brands Before They...
Why Just One Lone Brewery in Arlington?
By Greg Kitsock Arlingtonians tend to be highly educated, well-to-do (median family income over $110,000) and, judging from the burgeoning bar scene, perennially thirsty. So why is Arlington County such a desert for breweries? Nearby Loudoun County has over 30...
Lee Graves: Virginia’s Beer Historian
By Jeff Maisey The history of brewing beer in the Commonwealth — the land of Washington, Jefferson and other notable Founding Fathers — comes to life in a well-researched book from writer Lee Graves titled Virginia Beer: A Guide from Colonial Days to Craft’s Golden...
9 VA Breweries Win Medals at 2018 Great American Beer Festival
(Fans of craft beer enjoy the 2018 Great American Beer Festival in Denver. Photo courtesy of Brewers Association) By Jeff Maisey Nine breweries from Virginia won medals at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Here are Virginia’s 2018 award...
Best Virginia Brewery of 2018?
STAFF REPORT Each year the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild holds its Virginia Craft Beer Cup competition. The top award — a cut-and-welded keg resembling the NHL Stanley Cup — is given to the Best in Show winning beer. Each of the past three years we at Virginia Craft...
Game Changer for Smartmouth
By Jeff Maisey It’s summertime. Most of Team Smartmouth’s starting lineup is batting like champs. There’s Alter Ego Saison, the team’s home run leader. Murphy’s Law Amber is good for an on-base hit every time at bat. Notch 9 Double IPA always scores with RBIs (and...
Virginia is for LockN’ Lovers
By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones Beer and music festivals go together like yin and yang. However, it’s a bona fide buzzkill when your festival beer choices are limited to domestic lagers, and a search for the “craft beer tent” leads you to Blue Moon or Shocktop but...
Senator Mark Warner Talks Tariffs
By Jeff Maisey As summer was about to begin, U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) hosted Virginia craft brewers and canners for a roundtable discussion on the economic impact tariffs imposed by President Trump would have on imported aluminum and steel. The sit-down...
BREWERY SPOTLIGHTS
Going Big in Petersburg with Trapezium Brewing Company
Words by Steve Deason & Jeff Maisey. Photo by Kathy Keeney When asked why the first beer he brewed at Trapezium was a Czech Pilsner when he had never brewed a lager before, Brewmaster James Frazer answered, “You gotta go big. This whole project has gone big. It...
The Call of the Commonwealth, The Bond of the Brew at The Virginia Beer Co.
By Annie Tobey Williamsburg’s historic college, William & Mary, introduced Robby Willey and Chris Smith. They became fast friends, their bond cemented in part by a shared appreciation for craft beer. Their craft explorations began at Green Leafe Café...
Steam Bell Beer Works: Another first for Chesterfield County
Story and Photos by Steve Deason Brewer Brad Cooper is proud of his name but not for the reason you are probably guessing. A cooper is a person who makes wooden vessels bound together by hoops such as casks or barrels. Cooper named his new brewery Steam Bell...
Explore a Pour along the Blue Ridge Beer Way
By Jeff Maisey Taking a cue from their neighbors just to the north in Nelson County (Brew Ridge Beer Trail), the eight breweries in the Roanoke Valley region have developed an official trail of their own. Dubbed Virginia’s Blue Ridge Beer Way with the catchy...
Pen Druid Brewing: Members of Psych-Rock Band Pontiak launch brewery in Sperryville
By Steve Deason The three Carney brothers have toured for over ten years as the psych-rock band Pontiak. Van says he and his brothers, Lain and Jennings, thought “wouldn’t it be cool once we have kids and aren’t hitting the road as much, to start a...
Wasserhund is a Brewpub for Dog, Beer and Pizza Lovers
By Diane Catanzaro & Chris Jones Wasserhund (German pronunciation "Vasser-hoond") is German for "waterdog". Wasserhund Brewing Company is a new Virginia Beach brewery, and much more than just a brewery. It is a bone-a-fide BREWPUB! Can I get an amen?...
Married with a Blue Mountain View: An interview with Taylor and Mandi Smack
By Jeff Maisey For most couples, being married with two children tends to dominate life when multi-tasking to get the kids off to school or soccer practice while managing to put-in a 9-5 day at the job and get supper on the table before homework and bedtime. So...
Tin Cannon on Target with Nano Brewery
By Jefferson Evans and Chuck Triplett It is a story that John Hilkert and Aaron Ludwig, brewers at and principal owners of Tin Cannon Brewing Co. in Gainesville, Virginia, have told before, but it is a good story and bears repeating. The story of how a book...
Back in the “Big Ugly” Brewing Boots at Big Ugly Brewery
By Allen Young Big Ugly Brewery is a great example of the dynamic job I have at BSG (Brewers Supply Group). Last year, I was contacted by the two founding partners, Shawn Childers and Jim Lantry, to discuss, in confidence, the business plan they had developed to bring...
Drink and Think Strange
By Robey Martin It all started at a SB 604 and HB 359 signing party. Not the idea of a brewery, Neil Burton had that already. But the partnership. Mike Hiller and Burton, his now partner/co-owner, have only known each other a short time, a little over two years. “I...
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