by Jeff Maisey | Aug 12, 2021 | Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild’s formation. All of its original mission objectives have largely been accomplished, and certainly there is much to celebrate as we look back and peer into the future. I...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 18, 2019 | Brew News, News
(Port City’s Rauch Märzen. Photo courtesy of Port City.) By Greg Kitsock Rauchbier – it’s an acquired taste. But it’s one well worth acquiring. German for “smoked beer,” Rauchbier is a throwback to an age when malt was dried over an open flame, getting slightly...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 4, 2018 | Brew News, News
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...