Virginia Craft Beer, August/September 2018

Jeff Maisey jeffmaisey@yahoo.com

Jennifer McDonald

Brian Koski

Brenda Mihalko

Diane Catanzaro

Chris Jones

Jefferson Evans

Chuck Triplett

Greg Kitsock

Julia Travers

Michael Curry

Hello Readers and Fellow Lovers of Beer, For many of us, every flip of the calendar represents Virginia Craft Beer Month, yet we are still pleased August has been officially designated with this honor across the Commonwealth.

As a highlight to this annual celebration of hops, water, yeast and grains, our friends at the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild present a fantastic event featuring the award-winning beers announced in late spring at the Virginia Craft Brewers Cup. The Virginia Craft Brewers Fest is scheduled for August 18 in Charlottesville’s IX Art Park next to Three Notch’d Brewing Company, and I hope you’ll all make a point of attending and sampling the Best of 2018.

While you’re in C-Ville, make a short trip down Route 151 and visit Mark Thompson’s new Brewing Tree Beer Company in Afton. Thompson is one of the originators of today’s wave of craft beer success. He created Starr Hill Brewery and worked hard with a shortlist of other brewer pioneers to get SB604 passed, and thus ignited today’s craft beer revolution.

I find comfort and satisfaction in Thompson’s return to brewing — after a nearly three-year hiatus. Thompson has nothing to prove — he’s done it all — and his mission is to keep it simple with no plans to package or distribute, no plan to grow or seek regional dominance. It’s refreshing to see him return for the art, the craft of making good, solid beer for people to relax and enjoy on the scenic grounds of his establishment.

There’s a lot of change happening within the craft beer industry in Virginia. We highlight a few of these points of interest in this issue of the magazine.

As you read this issue cover to cover, you’ll notice advertisements throughout. I hope you’ll make a point of supporting these breweries, festivals, restaurants, and other businesses because without their support we could not do the good work of promoting the craft breweries of Virginia. Let them know you appreciate their support for the overall good of Virginia beer culture. Be safe on the road and raise your glass high each day!

Cheers,

Jeff Maisey Publisher/Editor

Virginia Craft Beer Magazine

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 IPUs). Then there’s last season’s Rookie of the Year — Safety Dance Pilsner.

Rule G IPA, a one-time fan favorite, seems to have hit a slump of late. Not striking out, mind you, but smacking more deep pop outs than singles.

“Rule G is beloved by many people and is a staple for several draft accounts but we weren’t seeing it growing much beyond where it is,” said Smartmouth spokeswoman, Chris “SheChris” Neikirk.

Neikirk believes West Coast style IPAs, like Rule G, are loosing steam compared to more fruity, New England-style versions. This resulted in a change to Smartmouth’s core lineup. Rule G has been benched and replaced by Game On, a citrusy, slightly hazy IPA with an ultra smooth finish.

Smartmouth fans can easily identify the newcomer — its neon green can is an attention grabber.

So why the name Game On?

“Game On was chosen as the name for a few reasons,” Neikirk said. “First was our love for gaming and sports of all types - video games, board games, golf, tennis, quidditch, etc. Second, we felt the name was a mantra we felt after our decision to replace an existing brand with a new one. The tastes of IPA-lovers, including us at Smartmouth, had shifted to the fruitier, juicier IPAs and Game On was a motivator for us after we made the decision to start fresh with a new brand.

The lime green is a nod to the original green can of Rule G but with a more energetic, more modern feel to it. We wanted a color that was consistent with our flagship brands but still made a pop.”

Pop it does — right over the left field fence.

Score one for Smartmouth.

Virginia Breweries Make Paste’s Best IPAs List

Best Virginia Brewery of 2018?

Each year, the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild holds its Virginia Craft Beer Cup competition. The top award — a cut-andwelded 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 Beer Magazine have sought to determine which brewery actually had the best overall performance. We award 3 points to gold medal winners, 2 for silver, and one point for bronze in each of the categories, including Best in Show.

The Best in Show winner for 2018 went to Brothers Craft Brewers’ Lil’ Hellion. But, did Brothers have the best overall outing?

A field of 324 IPAs under 8% ABV were sent to Paste Magazine for a blind taste test competition. Each brewery was allowed two entries. Here are the top ranking IPAs from Virginia: Final Gravity Brewing Co The Doppler Effect (#12 overall), Triple Crossing Mosaic Triangles (#16), Benchtop Brewing Co. Proven Theory (#24), Benchtop Brewing Co Soft Crash (#35), Final Gravity Brewing Co. Sunspots (#43), Triple Crossing Brewing Co. Citra Triangles (#59).

Here’s the Top Best Performing Virginia Craft Breweries for 2018:

1-Tie) Brothers Craft Brewers (9 points)

1-Tie) Port City Brewing Company (9 points)

3) Blue Mountain Barrel House & Brewery (7 points)

4-Tie) Wasserhund Brewing Company (5 points)

4-Tie) Final Gravity Brewing (5 points)

4-Tie) Lickinghole Creek (5 points)

Short Lived Twisted Ales

After receiving a job offer he couldn’t refuse in the IT field, Twisted Ales’ Jason and Debbi Price have closed the brewery, which opened just last year in the Manchester section of Richmond in the former Blue Bee Cider location. Beer will still flow in this unique location thanks to Basic City, a Waynesborobased brewery seeking a second location.

Soon to Open

Some time in August. That remains the best guess from New Realm Brewing Company’s grand opening plans for the former Green Flash site in Virginia Beach as well as Big Ugly Brewing Company’s new tasting room and brewery in Chesapeake. Any day now is also the word from Young Veterans Brewing Company in opening its satellite location — The Bunker — at the Virginia Beach oceanfront next to Peabody’s.

Stone’s Greg Koch Goes Nuts

Stone Brewing co-founder Greg Koch recently co-founded another product — Nutista, an authentic stoneground nutbutter. Koch, being the innovator that he is, recently mixed both passions. What if Stone’s w00tstout, an 11% ABV imperial stout made with pecans, wheat and flaked rye, and then aged in bourbon barrels, could be magically turned into a nutbutter? Yes, was the answer. Now comes Nutista/Stone w00tstout nutbutter, made with raw pecans, dry roasted peanuts, Belizian chocolate, bourbon-soaked malt, dry malt extract, Brazil Oberon coffee, malted rye, roasted barley, brewer’s yeast, coconut, and Himalayan sea salt. It’ll be for sale at Stone’s Richmond brewery tasting room.

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 conversation was held at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond.

So what did Senator Warner hear from Virginia brewers?

“First of all, I heard a lot of confusion about how this tariff would actually affect them,” said Sen. Warner by phone. “They had some expectations they would see 10 to 20 percent increases in the cost to their cans. Many of them had 6-month forward contracts so the immediate impact wasn’t going to be as great.”

President Trump imposed the tariffs by relying on a rarely-used provision under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, claiming the imports are a threat to national security.

Several of the U.S.’s closest allies have already announced retaliatory tariffs in response to President Trump’s decision.

A 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports went into effect on March 23.

According to the Brewers Association, aluminum cans now represent 28.5 percent of packaged production for brewers. And for newly opened breweries, cans are the top packaging method used.

The Brewers Association issued this statement regarding the tariffs:

“The Brewers Association is concerned about both the aluminum and steel tariffs and the potential implications they will have on small and independent brewers… we do not believe that can sheet aluminum or the steel used to make brewing equipment poses a threat to national security. The American craft brewing industry is a great example of strong American manufacturing. In the last year, the more than 6,000 breweries located across the United States have directly employed more than 130,000 people and contributed more than $73 million to charities. These small businesses are located in almost every congressional district in the country and the Brewers Association opposes any policy that could negatively impact this growing American industry.”

Sen. Warner said he has been working on legislation with Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee that basically states, if the President is going to declare a NATO ally

a national security threat, then he ought to come to Congress for approval. The notion that importing steel and aluminum from Canada is a national security threat is a bogus claim, insisted Warner.

“This kind of strategy where we’re going to take an outrageous position and then move into something that still helps America, I think it’s dangerous,” Warner said, “but if he was getting results I’d give him grudging respect. So far, at least, I’ve not seen those results.”

The strategy employed — or deployed — by President Trump, whether with regard to North Korea and nuclear weapons or high-end German cars, has been to threaten the use of forceful actions and then negotiate a better deal from a position of strength. In the case of steel and other imports, the strategy is to impose sanctions upfront and wait for the other side to plead for a new trade deal. Whether it’s a successful tactic, as Senator Warner noted, is too early to tell. What we do know is such chaos creates great anxiety in the business community, especially with small, independent entrepreneurs.

So, what to do in the meantime?

“I probably wouldn’t make a long term business decision in the short run because you don’t know if this is the new normal or if this a short term tactic,” said Sen. Warner. “Almost every business guy I know says ‘we may not like what Richmond or Washington does,’ but what they want the most is some level of certainty and that’s not what we have at this point.”

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5 Questions for Sten Sellier

By Jeff Maisey

At its June meeting, the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild introduced Sten Sellier as its Chairman for the 2018-19 fiscal year. Sellier, president of Beltway Brewing Company in Sterling, Virginia, succeeds outgoing chair Eric McKay of Hardywood Park Craft Brewers. Sellier previous served as vice chair.

We recently asked Sellier five questions about his new role with the Guild. Here’s what he had to share.

As Chairman of the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild, what additional duties/responsibilities will you have?

Encouraging Guild participation and involvement of all Virginia breweries in telling our stories and supporting small and local businesses; Leading the relationship development with the VBWA; Developing relationships with retail organizations and individual retailers that want to grow craft beer in Virginia; Working with the Brewers Association to support their national agenda and programs; Working with the VCBG Committee Chairs and Staff to deliver great member services.

Do you have a Top 5 items or agenda you'd like the Guild to accomplish in the 2018-19 season?

Improve safety and quality training of brewery staff; Preserve and grow craft brewery tasting rooms; Increase the opportunities for members to introduce their products to non-craft beer drinkers; Increase the local supply-chain of products used in Virginia craft beer; Start a “Be a Brewer for a Day” program for policy-makers to help them understand the challenges and opportunities that the craft beer industry creates for the Commonwealth’s economy.

What are the most important challenges currently facing Virginia craft breweries?

Competition for retail space; Differentiation in the marketplacekeeping up with consumer preferences – introducing non-craft drinkers to our products; Working capital; Talent (brewers, lab techs, etc.); Misleading marketing leading to consumer confusion about the businesses/breweries/people who make their beer.

Is the Guild successfully marketing its brand? How could it do better?

The Guild is capitalizing upon its brand by being careful with how its brand is used. It’s also only lending its brand to events and programs that represent the highest standards in the association industry. For example, the Guild now has four major festivals (Virginia Craft Beer Caucus, 3-Wide Virginia Craft Beer Fest, Virginia Craft Brewers Fest and the Blue Ribbon Craft Beer Fest) and events (Virginia Craft Beer Cup) as well as a month-long series of events in August during Virginia Craft Beer Month. Just this year, we have begun allowing the VCBG’s Virginia Craft

Beer Cup logo to be used by winning members on their labels and promotional materials. This is our standard for quality and its now going to be used everywhere in labels with the public. It’s not important that we market the VCBG to the public, it’s more important that the VCBG create opportunities where the public will trust that anything with the VCBG “seal of approval” is a quality event or product from independent Virginia craft brewers. One additional thing we are going to do better is to expand Virginia’s utilization of the BA’s Independent Seal on our products to differentiate our products in the retail market. Another thing we are going to do better is to expand our direct relationships with Virginia retailers.

Any additional thoughts as Chairman of the Guild?

There is still room for Virginia craft beer growth. There will likely be adjustment to the start-up size of new brewers with the hyper-local trends nationally. We also need to continue to build Virginia breweries’ reputation as preferred tourist destinations. So, as long as we maintain good access to markets and customers, we will see continued growth.

The Shortest Distance Between Breweries: A Hop, Skip and Jump

By Greg Kitsock

There’s scarcely any doubt that the craft brewing community is getting crowded, with the nation boasting over 6,200 independent beermakers and Loudoun County alone about to inaugurate number 30.

What’s noteworthy, however, is when two totally separate operations set up shop under the same roof.

The Craft of Brewing opened last March in Suite 170 of the new business park at 21140 Ashburn Crossing Drive in Ashburn, Va. “I was the first person in the entire complex to sign a lease back in August 2016, before it was even built,” claims CEO Douglas “Travis” Travers.

In August, Dynasty Brewing Co. plans to brew its first beers in Suite 135, a mere 120 feet away by Travers’ reckoning. According to Dynasty’s partner and head brewer Favio Garcia, the name commemorates the fact that four of our first five presidents—all except John Adams—hailed from the Old Dominion.

Travers says he “wasn’t a big fan” of his landlord renting space to a second brewery. If he had found Dynasty Brewing already ensconced in the complex when he was searching for a site, Travers asserts, he would have looked elsewhere. But with a fiveyear lease, his game plan now is to “make a good product and keep people coming through the doors.”

Garcia was more sanguine about the situation. “My view is that with one stop our patrons can visit two breweries, and we will probably bring in different types of customer because of our different business plans. I hope we can work together.”

The two breweries are hardly carbon copies of one another. The Craft of Brewing is a hybrid microbrewery and brewon-premise. Travers says his focus is on the latter: “having the individual fall down the rabbit hole of brewing great beer, without having to sacrifice his entire basement.” Customers brew on a German-made Speidel Braumeister single-kettle, all-grain system; they can produce a 20-liter or 50-liter batch.

IPA called Thrash Panda (originally named Trash Panda, it was inspired by a raccoon rummaging through his garbage). But “we’re more of an English- or German-style brewery,” he adds. A list of his beers at publication time also included such Belgianinspired brews as Amber Biere de Garde and Gotha Go 242 (a witbier).

“We’ve got 104 recipes approved by the Virginia ABC that we cycle through,” says Travers. “I don’t think any brewer in the state has close to that.”

The majority of those recipes are available to his homebrewing clientele. And if a homebrewer comes up with an original recipe that’s especially good, Travers is willing to ramp it up and sell it commercially. “We’ll give it their name, complete with total bragging rights.”

Dynasty will be strictly a microbrewery/taproom. Garcia anticipates that three of his first five beers will be IPAs: a New England style, a West Coast IPA, and a third closer in style to a pale ale. He also plans to open with a stout (“we’re batting around ideas for that one”) and a lager, probably a helles.

Garcia will brew on a 10-barrel JV Northwest system, with six 20-barrel serving tanks, that he obtained from a shuttered Rock Bottom Brewery in Seattle. Initially, beer will be available on-premise only; kegging and canning for off-premise distribution will have to wait. “We’re trying to keep it small, not to have too many employees and not to get too far ahead on equipment loans. We want to keep overhead low, be a neighborhood place.”

The well-traveled Garcia is a 23-year veteran of the Virginia brewing scene; he broke in with Bardo Rodeo in Arlington in 1995. He then

Travers uses the same equipment for some of his own beers, but he’s also got a 5-hectoliter brewhouse for producing his better-selling brands. He’s got 20 taps, and supplies a handful of off-premise accounts. His best seller, he says, is a double

detoured to Richmond, spending four years with a now-defunct brewpub called Richbrau, while his wife attended nursing school there. Stints at Old Dominion Brewing Co. and Sweetwater Tavern followed before he helped found his own operation, Lost Rhino Brewing Co., in 2011. He left in 2016 because he felt “it was time for a change.” Since then, he’s worked for Beltway, New District and B Chord Brewing Companies.

“It feels like I’ve been everywhere and nowhere,” comments Garcia. “I haven’t had a home base in a while.”

Phase 2, Audacious Opens, Portner Closes

By Jefferson Evans and Chuck Triplett

Brew Loco, in Leesburg, is like that cool, adventurous, unpredictable aunt you have who is always up to something new and fun. You don’t know what you’ll find when you walk through her door, but you damn sure know you’ll be greeted warmly and something tasty will be afoot. This time what you’ll find is a new nano-brewery that might be small enough to be considered a mini-nano, utilizing the all grain brewing system and fermenters from Grainfather, equipment which Brew Loco sells inhouse. The brewery, Phase 2 Brewing at Brew Loco, received state approval to brew at the end of March; brewed the first official batch of beer on April 4, and moved forward with the goal of having three beers on tap by July 1, a goal they have happily met.

Co-owners (and sisters) Cathy Frye and Mary Battaglia have a natural division to the task of running Brew Loco. The coffee side, which has been doing quite well, is run primarily by Mary and includes surprises like coffee and espresso drinks made using beans that have been conditioned in a small whisky barrel for several weeks. The beer side is Cathy’s baby and that baby is being lovingly raised with the help of assistant brewer Christopher Broadhurst, who loves the lab work associated with a brewery and has a strong background in the food sciences. Additional brewing support comes from Cathy’s always helpful husband, Rob Frye. Note: Cathy also gives a shout out to the Tilt brand wireless hydrometer and thermometer which allow her to track

fermenting beer’s temperature and specific gravity using an onsite monitor or her phone.

Asked about the brewery name, Cathy told me, “There had been a plan to evolve into a brewery. As time went by, we would refer to this as Phase 2 and it became the code word for our hope to open a brewery.”

On the last day of June 2018, the three beers on tap included the Thank You Babe Cream Ale (which can be served muddled with basil and is named after Cathy’s tendency to respond to Rob’s help with a loving “thank you babe!”), the Prime Time Saison with lime and peppercorn, and the FryePA hoppy amber ale developed by the helpful Mr. Rob himself. The cream ale was one of two beers debuted at the LoCo Brewfest on June 2

and the twist of muddling the beer with basil was a hit with both attendees and other brewers. On site sales of the beers brewed in-house have been good and Brew Loco’s three taps are now dedicated to Phase 2 beers, with outside beers used to fill a gap as needed. What did have to give was that Brew Loco no longer host sessions for teaching home brewing. “There is only one of me,” Cathy said, also noting that state regulations would have required separate equipment for the brewery and the brew lessons and space is already at a premium. Otherwise, Brew Loco is a fun, creative, welcoming place that will treat you right so check the place out.

No Fear, Just Beer

Brian Reinoehl and Mike Frizzell are two men who have embraced the American Dream of being business owners, several times over, during their 18-year run as business partners. Together they have run a successful IT company, which they sold in December 2017, and separately Mike runs several laundromats while Brian runs LunaFynn Moon Bounce Company. And now, in the spirit of that can-do attitude, the two men have opened Audacious Aleworks in Falls Church, VA.

The origins of the new brewery can be traced to a very specific event

5 years ago, the day Brian walked through the doors of the original Bad Wolf Brewing location in Manassas. Brian loved the atmosphere, the beers, and quickly brought Mike onboard with the idea of opening a brewery. A year later, the two were stovetop home brewing and a few months after that bought a one-barrel brewing system, the same system that Bad Wolf started with. Visits to 100+ breweries later, as they tried to learn as best they could what works and what doesn’t work in the brewery world, they hosted a May opening and a June official grand opening with a 5-barrel brewing system.

The space is still rough around the edges, with painting and décor work ongoing, but when it comes to beer, Mike, who is

handling the brewing responsibilities, has the brewery near or at capacity with in the neighborhood of 10 beers always on tap.

The offerings including multiple IPAs augmented by a variety of styles ranging from Belgian Tripel to English ESB to a nut brown ale, from a sour to an oatmeal stout and a German hefeweizen. Upcoming seasonal beers will include an Oktoberfest and a pumpkin beer for fall. A sound dampening system is high on Brian’s priority list to improve the acoustics and food trucks will likely be replaced with arrangements with local restaurants so that patrons can easily order for delivery.

Audacious Aleworks was originally supposed to be in the popular and ever-growing Mosaic District, with those plans having progressed as far as a signed lease. But it is a sign that Fairfax County STILL has not figured out how to be probrewery that Brian and Mike eventually gave up trying to jump through the never-ending hoops and found the space where they are now in Falls Church City. Calls to Fairfax County officials went unreturned whereas “when we would call Falls Church officials they wouldn’t let us off the phone.”

And Audacious Ales is certainly not alone in that experience. Compare the population of Fairfax County to Loudoun County. Now compare the number of breweries in Fairfax County to how many are in Loudoun County. Yep.

So here is to being Audacious and pro-brewery. Audacious Aleworks and the City of Falls Church invite you to enjoy some solid beers produced by two men who know a thing or two about making it happen. And, how many places can you go where you can get your beer needs and your moon bounce needs taken care of by the same person?

Sometimes Really Good People Face Hard Times

On June 2, word spread quickly through the NoVa beer community that was a true shock and surprise to pretty much everyone - the Portner Brewhouse in Alexandria, VA had permanently closed its doors after being fully open for business less than 15 months. The communal body blow seemed to be exacerbated by the awareness that Catherine and Margaret Portner had worked for so long to realize the dream of bringing beer brewed by the Portner family back to Alexandria and that the sisters had managed to do so almost exactly 100 years after the original Portner Brewing Company had closed for business. A statement released by Catherine and Margaret read: “We are honored to have been a part of your community and your history. When we opened in March of last year, we sought to give a piece of Alexandria’s history a home in the West End and provide a community gathering place to relax and enjoy the company of friends and family. While this chapter in Portner brewing history may seem shortlived, it will remain with us for the entirety of our lives.

“In realizing the changes to the surrounding landscape, we pushed for appropriate changes to our lease agreement which were temporarily provided, however permanent change could not be achieved. We did everything in our power to sustain the company for as long as possible, which is why we are sharing the conclusion to this chapter with you today.

“Whatever the future holds, keep us in your thoughts, drink really great beer and hold family dear. Prost! - Catherine, Margaret, and the entire Portner Brewhouse Team.” How do you turn a passion for brewing into a

January 28 - February 1, 2019

An Ornery Phoenix Rises

By Jefferson Evans and Chuck Triplett

What follows is a conversation with Randy Barnette, the owner of Ornery Brewing Company in Woodbridge, VA, which closed in March of this year, about what happened and plans for the future. This includes a new, smaller and smarter brewpub in Fairfax City, VA and a separate production facility.

What basically happened with the Woodbridge Ornery location?

I way over committed in Woodbridge. As many people know, prior to opening Ornery, I was a franchisee of Hard Times Cafe and an investor with Mad Fox Brewing Co in Falls Church. As I was working the plan for Ornery, I based my 2013-2014 sales and cash flow estimates on being somewhere between Hard Times numbers and Mad Fox numbers. In the interim, starting into 2014, the entire restaurant industry started to see soft and declining sales. Also, I simply did not account for five breweries in Woodbridge. Having opened as the first one in Woodbridge after the initial boom of breweries through 2015, I did not think I’d see that level of a brewery (breweries opening in Woodbridge) boom. Coupled with the 12,000-square-foot size of our space, the intensity of brewery openings, and the fact that all industry was seeing these lower sales through 2016-2017 and we simply never realized the sales I projected. The landlord had worked with us from the beginning to help us get to full rent. They knew our sales were good but couldn’t substantiate the 12,000 feet. We couldn’t find a path towards space reduction without giving back areas of the business that would result in significant sales losses, so we were all stuck. At the end, the landlord made decisions that were in the best long term interests of their company. I try to make it clear to everyone: we lost our space due to over committing. Our landlord worked with us for years. I would be their [Rappaport Companies] tenant anytime they’d ever have me back in their centers.

Knowing you intend to bring Ornery back, what considerations were key in moving forward with the goal of making that happen?

Knowing what we just went through, my goal in trying to save the company is threefold: (1) having rent that would have been profitable at our previous Woodbridge location; (2) Separate the risk of losing the brewery if the restaurant is jeopardized. And, though I am not counting on it like last time, and (3) analyze the brewpub locations vs brewery locations to best get into an underserved market.

What makes the new location for the brewpub attractive?

With the Fairfax City location [a former Green Turtle Sports Bar and Grille in the Old Town Plaza of the City of Fairfax], we have a much leaner location at 7,400 square feet. The landlord has pursued a brewpub for the location and subsequently agreed to a rent well below what the previous tenant was paying. So we got ourselves in a situation where our rent will be almost $10,000/month less than our commitment in Woodbridge and that includes a fully built out restaurant. We will be installing a 3-barrel pilot brewery in the location. This allows Ferdinand McAdoo, our Head Brewer, to create lots of fun small batch beers while also perfecting new recipes before they move into our larger system.

In addition to the Fairfax landlord pursuing a brewpub for the location, the City of Fairfax was instrumental in getting us to focus on the opportunities in the City. Chris Bruno, the Director of Economic Development, contacted me before we had even closed in Woodbridge. Many from the city’s offices were our customers and he wanted to help us relocate to Fairfax City. Last week I reached out to Boyd Harrison, one of the owners of The Chubby Squirrel Brewing Company, and Jinson Chan, an owner at High Side. We met, got to know each other, and talked about the opportunities to work together and drive some craft beer traffic our way in our little beer trail. Park in the free garage attached to our space and you can walk one block north to Chubby Squirrel and one block south to High Side. It will be great working together on it.

Can you tell us about the vision for a separate production facility?

We have secured a very low cost 5,000-ft space in Bristow, VA near Jiffy Lube Pavilion. We will build a tap room at this space, but it will not open until after operations smooth out at Fairfax. The Bristow space is not retail ready. We will need to build a retail glass entrance, cut in a few windows, and give it a welcoming atmosphere. To start, we will reinstall our 15-bbl system and 30-bbl fermenters here and supply a majority of beer for Fairfax as well as our wholesale as we build on our distribution throughout Northern Virginia and DC. The space allows for extensive expansion if we are lucky enough to grow in the future.

The hope in our long-term vision is to have multiple smaller brewpubs, very likely smaller than Fairfax, with pilot systems and the main production coming from Bristow. Given the production nature of Bristow, we will move as quickly as possible into canning with one of the mobile canning partners too.

What are your best estimates as to the timing of all this?

We hope to have both operations up and running by end of year, targeting between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Given our minimal construction and that we have our production brewery in storage, we will face less challenges than typical startups. TTB and Brewery Permitting by the local Fairfax agencies are the key items to staying on course.

Any general thoughts about ending up in Fairfax City?

We look forward to becoming a part of the community in the City of Fairfax. I grew up in Fairfax County and attended George Mason. Bringing Ornery Beer Company to Fairfax City feels like a homecoming. While the brewery scene is bulging at the seams a bit, I believe the City of Fairfax gives us an amazing opportunity to relaunch and grow our brand. In today’s business and brewery climate, it was important to me to separate the main production from the brewpub. We hope to have future brewpubs being supplied from our production brewery in a hub and spoke system, assuring consistency and reducing long term risk to our company. With the production brewery in Western Prince William County assuring consistent, great Ornery Beer delivered to our Fairfax brewpub along with our wholesale accounts, I believe this will be the beginning of an amazing story. You’re going to see a spectacular rebirth of a great brand that our fans and my team worked tirelessly to build for 3 years in Woodbridge. I owe everything to them.

Any “shout outs” to people who have helped you get through all this?

We’ve had a lot of support from the brewery community. Being an investor with Mad Fox, I’ve known many of the people in our community for a long time. Matt Rose at Forge Brew Works stepped up right away and helped us contract brew, keeping our brand alive in distribution while we figured this out. Bill Madden & Rick Garvin at Mad Fox have always been there with help and advice. Jeff and Amy Frederick over at Brew Republic reached out right away to have a tap takeover, allowing us to have an event at their place where so many of our regulars and friends came out. Casey and Charlie over at Fair Winds have been an anchor of support. Casey and I talk a few times a week and Charlie, well Charlie is Charlie. He named this place, telling me years ago, “You’re an Ornery SOB, the name is Ornery…period….”

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Best of

Harrisonburg-based Brothers Craft Brewing took home the coveted Virginia Craft Beer Cup for Best in Show honors when the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild announced the 2018 Cup competition winners in June at a ceremony hosted by WestRock in Richmond. Brothers’ Lil’ Hellion — a Helles-style lager — scored best overall.

This year, 375 beers in 27 categories competed for awards. The judging took place in late spring at Fair Winds Brewing Company in Lorton, Virginia. Some 38 certified judges — including Virginia Craft Beer Magazine contributing writer Diane Catanzaro — and 15 stewards were managed by Master Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) Judge Tom Cannon in determining the winners.

According to the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild, the Virginia Craft Beer Cup continues to be the largest state competition of its kind in the United States. The VCBG is committed to giving its members the opportunity to compete, obtain critical feedback from certified judges, and get statewide recognition that will help build their brands. “Contributing to the development of outstanding independent craft beer is central to our mission,” said Brett Vassey, President & CEO, Virginia Craft Brewers Guild. “The Cup is an important part of helping to expand public recognition and peer appreciation for great craft beer.”

Each independent craft brewery was allow to enter four beers in the competition. Some breweries submit a quartet of their most experimental, off-the-charts beers, while others go with their core, tried-and-true brews to represent. Brothers Craft Brewing co-owner Jason Shifflett said his company went with a balanced attack.

“We had some other flagship, hop-forward IPAs, so we wanted to round-out our portfolio and get a lager in the mix,” said Shifflett of Lil’ Hellion’s development. “We came up with the recipe. We wanted something smooth, clean, malty. We’re super stoked about the award.”

Lil’ Hellion made its debut just last year as consumer trends pointed to an increase in popularity of lagers and pilsners. Last year’s Virginia Craft Beer Cup Best in Show winner went to a

pilsner — Smartmouth’s Safety Dance.

Shifflett noted since Lil’ Hellion made its arrival the style has sold so well the beer is now one of its flagships.

“We wanted to show all the domestic drinkers (of Budweiser, Coors etc) that there are these amazing beers that they can relate to, but with a little more flavor,” said Shifflett. “We love bringing people over to the craft side.”

Ironically, while many consider lagers and pilsner to be the most basic of beer styles, they are actually the most challenging to get right. The lagering process takes an extra week or so in the fermentation phase. The slightest flaws in any part of the process can have a negative impact on the final product. The brewer — as a brewer — is virtually naked with no abundance of citrusy hop bomb to mask imperfections.

“We owe all to the brew staff and production guys,” noted Shifflett of the style, “because it’s all out there for you to see. Any nuances or inconsistencies are going to be very apparent.”

Chris Ward is the head brewer at Brothers. He brews on a 15-barrel system. He credits Lil’ Hellion’s quality to being uncompromising.

“It’s an obsession,” said Ward. “You have to be obsessed with what you’re doing and watch every step along the way. I’m real proud to win with this one — Lil’ Hellion — because of that technical execution that you need. That’s what we pride ourselves on. We spend a lot of time working on our processes and making enhancements. Looks like we did that.”

In the past, Virginia Craft Beer Cup and awards were presented at the Virginia Craft Brewers Fest in August. Last year, the awards were announced early — in late spring — so breweries could promote their medal-winning beers and also so most of these award-winning beers could be featured for consumers to taste during the Virginia Craft Brewers Fest. This year’s Fest is scheduled on August 18 in Charlottesville’s IX Art Park next to Three Notch’d Brewing Company. It’s a great way to explore more than 100 of Virginia’s unique independent craft breweries all in one spot. Advance tickets are available at www. vacraftbrewersfest.com

The 2018 Virginia Craft Beer Cup winners are as follows:

Best in Show

1st Lil’ Hellion

Brothers Craft Brewing

2nd Adambeor

Blue Mountain Barrel House & Organic Brewery

3rd Optimal Wit Port City Brewing Company

Amber and Brown American Beer

1st Brown Ale

Legend Brewing Company

2nd Tavern Brown Ale

Alewerks Brewing Company

3rd Craney Island

Brown Ale MoMac Brewing Company

Amber Malty and Bitter European Lager

1st Article One

Amber Lager

Mustang Sally Brewing Company

2nd Vienna (VA) Caboose Brewing Company

3rd Jomo

Starr Hill Brewery

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American Porter and Stout

1st American Stout

Wild Wolf Brewing Company

2nd Black Ox

Old Ox Brewery

3rd Totalitarian Imperial

Russian Stout

Stone Brewing

American Wild Ale

1st Dr. Rendezvous

The Oozlefinch Craft Brewery

2nd The Reaver

Reaver Beach Brewing Company

3rd Guava Gose

Väsen Brewing Company

Belgian Ale

1st Optimal Wit

Port City Brewing Company

2nd Belgian Wit

Garden Grove Brewing and Urban Winery

3rd Queens Guard

Castleburg Brewery and Taproom

British and Scottish Ale

1st Fast Mail

Ballad Brewing

2nd Monumental IPA

Port City Brewing Company

3rd Across the Pond

British Brown Ale

Twin Creeks Brewing Company

Czech Lager

1st Downright Pilsner

Port City Brewing Company

2nd Bohemian Pilsner

Ardent Craft Ales

3rd Shower Beer

Champion Brewing Company

Dark and Strong British Beer

1st Elbow Patches

Oatmeal Stout The Virginia Beer Company

2nd Black Sail Scotch Ale Adventure Brewing Company

3rd Nightmare

Brew Republic Bierwerks

European Dark and Strong Lager

1st Doppeldog Lager

Wasserhund Brewing Company

2nd Winter Solstice

Barrel Oak Farm Taphouse

3rd Zoeie

Beer Hound Brewery

European Sour Ale

1st Here Be Dragons

Red Dragon Brewery

2nd Bearliner

Beale’s Beer

3rd Uberlin

Strangeways Brewing

Fruit Beer

1st Swag Surfin’

Oceanside Gose

Olde Salem Brewing Company

2nd Smile Like You Mean It

Big Lick Brewing Company

3rd Monkey’s Fist

The Bold Mariner Brewing Company

German Wheat Beer

1st Weissbier

Black Hoof Brewing Company

2nd Das Weizen

Alesation Brewing Company

3rd Best Days

Crooked Run Brewing

Historical and Smoked Beer

1st Adambeor

Blue

2nd Oh, Here is Gose-gain

3rd Portner Porter

Portner Brewhouse

International Lager

1st Tailgate

Coelacanth Brewing Company

2nd A Huevo!

Mexican Lager

Big Lick Brewing Company

3rd VA Lager

South Street Brewery

Pale American Ale

1st Mae West

6 Bears and a Goat

2nd Mason Pale Ale

2 Silos Brewing Company

3rd Ghost of the 43rd Three Notch’d Brewing Company

Pale Bitter European Beer

1st King Street Kolsch

Bull Island Brewing Company

2nd Quayside Kolsch

Fair Winds Brewing Company

3rd Kiss-Me-Kolsch

Backroom Brewery

Pale Malty European Lager

1st Lil’ Hellion

Brothers Craft Brewing

2nd Not Yours Maibock Random Row Brewing Company

3rd Gold

eale’s Beer

Specialty Beer

1st Brandt

Center of the Universe Brewing Company

2nd Dreamsicle

Apocalypse Ale Works

3rd Reve Du Jour

Precarious Beer Project

Spiced Beer

1st Heir Apparent

Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery

2nd Tiramisu

Steam Bell Beer Works

3rd Kristin’s Passion Old Ox Brewery

Standard American Beer

1st Mexican Lager

Trapezium Brewing Company

2nd Richmond Lager

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

3rd Manor House Ale

Bald Top Brewing Company

Strong American Ale

1st Everything Is Lava But the Swings Are  Base

Precarious Beer Project

2nd Citra Happens

Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery

3rd Home

Ballad Brewing

Strong Belgian Ale

1st 50 Shades of Gold

Belly Love Brewing Company

2nd Singel

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

3rd Oceanus Arum

Reaver Beach Brewing Company

Trappist Ale

1st BOFT Dubbel

Barrel Oak Farm Taphouse

2nd Marsedon

Blue Mountain Brewery

3rd Wes’ Maul

The Farm Brewery at Broad Run

Wood Beer

1st Resolute

Brothers Craft Brewing

2nd Bourbon Barrel

Haywire Husky

Wasserhund Brewing Company

3rd Barrel “The Goodness”

Imperial Stout

Kindred Spirt Brewing

Brewing Tree Takes Root in Nelson County

By Jeff Maisey

After announcing his return in an exclusive interview with Virginia Craft Beer Magazine on New Year’s Day, pioneering Virginia craft brewer Mark Thompson now has his Brewing Tree Beer Company up and running.

The charismatic Thompson is brewing again after a three-year contractual hiatus. Before his “retirement,” Thompson spent 23 years in the craft beer industry.

Thompson earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from James Madison University, and then moved to Portland, Oregon where he worked in the craft beer industry during the mid-1990s.

Thompson returned to his native Charlottesville, in 1999, and co-founded Starr Hill Brewery with Kristin Dolan. The brewery was named for the C-Ville neighborhood in which it was originally located. Starr Hill moved to its current location in Crozet in 2005.

Thompson was indeed a pioneer in Virginia’s new Renaissance of craft beer and was instrumental in creating the Brew Ridge Trail (Virginia’s original beer trail) as well as the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild. It was the combined work of Thompson and a small group of Virginia breweries that garnered the introduction and passage of SB604, in 2012, that allowed for the successful explosion of the craft brewery industry today.

Thompson lamented late in his Starr Hill career that the success and growth of the award-winning brewery caused him

to miss the days when he was just a smalltime brewer, tossing kegs in the back of his pickup truck. He wanted one day to return to his modest roots. Now, that time has come.

On January 2, Thompson acquired the Blue Toad Hard Cider Pub & Tasting Room property in Afton, Virginia, located on the famed Route 151 in Nelson County – yep, Brew Ridge Trail.

Thompson’s new micro-brewery is called The Brewing Tree. His focus will be on creativity and innovation, producing four core beers to be consumed only onsite, with no plans to package or mass distribute. Thompson also plans to invite brewers from all over to collaborate on special, unique one-off beers.

Mark Thompson’s Chapter 2 in Virginia brewing is enhanced with the help of his wife Gina. Mark and Gina, both age 52, met in Virginia Beach when restauranteur Laura Habr of Croc’s 19th Street Bistro encouraged the two dynamic personalities to star in a unique 5-course dinner event. Gina was a regional sales rep for a wine and beer distributor at the time. The “He Said, She Said” dinner was like Paul McCartney’s “Venus & Mars” rock show, full of fun and excitement. During the dinner, as each course was served, Gina would passionately explain why the wine pairing was a better fit than one of Thompson’s craft beers. Thompson, of course, gave an over-the-top rebuttal. Whoever said beer and wine don’t mix

certainly didn’t know Mark and Gina.

In mid-July, I drove out to see my blissful friends, Mark and Gina Thompson, to share a beer or two, many laughs, and to tour their beautiful facility and surrounding 5-acre property.

As you will read in the following interview, the key ingredients of The Brewing Tree are to remain small, contract brew down the street rather than possess a large brewhouse, develop true-to-style beers, benefit local non-profits, and put the spotlight on the experience of the natural beauty, rural, outdoor setting.

VCB: You have returned from a nearly 3-year hiatus. What did you do during that time? Why have you returned to brewing?

Mark Thompson: I started Starr Hill Brewing Company in September of 1999, after a local kid from Charlottesville went out west to Portland, Oregon, where he learned to make beer in the early ‘90s, then Denver, Colorado in the mid-90s. I came back to start Starr Hill when there were seven breweries in the state.

I grew Starr Hill to be the largest craft brewery in the state, and in many ways, felt we had accomplished all that I could and all I needed to accomplish. I decided to retire and sell my equity back to my business partner, and take a couple years off. I had a non-compete, so I couldn’t work in the beer industry for two years.

So, I took two years off; got married to my lovely wife, Gina. I was living in Virginia Beach for a year or so and then we moved up here.

This property became available on Nelson’s 151. It made such logical sense to parlay the little bit of retirement money I had gotten from Starr Hill and buy this piece of property.

VCB: Did you miss the craft beer business during your time away, or did it feel good to take a step back after so many years of brewing?

MT: Well, yes and no.

At first, your ego overrides things. I missed it early on. But having three years to reflect upon by retirement from Starr Hill, I was not enjoying myself nearly as much as when I first started. I realized that I like small. I like creative. I like talking to consumers who come in.

As a company grows, some people thrive on that and that’s what they want to do. Others, like myself, decide that’s not where I want to be. The larger the company got the more miserable I became.

In some ways, it’s ironic. When I talk to some of the other successful brewers along the corridor here, you can really see some of that same evolution. The reason we all got into the craft beer world was for passion. It wasn’t about getting rich. It was the creativity and the passion.

VCB: Why did you call the new business The Brewing Tree Beer Company?

MT: The Brewing Tree name came from the coaching analogy of coaching tree, where the head coach has a lot of assistant

prime example of what The Brewing Tree stands for — that collaboration, working together so a tide rises all boats. We did a Helles lager, which translates in German to “friendship.”

coaches that go on to become head coaches on their own.

Now it’s like the Talking Heads song: “This is not my beautiful house, this is not my beautiful wife.” It changes and becomes something else. For certain personality types, I would argue, it’s not quite as fun when the creativity decreases and the scope and the scale get larger and larger as the ferris wheel just keeps spinning around faster and faster. For me, it was time to get off the ferris wheel.

I took a few years off, gardened, fished, and now I’m back.

As you know, I’ve done craft beer since 1992. I feel I have worked with, mentored, trained and helped so many.

One of our missions is that our brewery will always have a collaboration beer on tap and we’ll always have a guest tap. I have accomplished enough in the craft beer world that my ego isn’t so big. If I find a couple kegs from a brewery that I think are phenomenal, I’m going to buy a couple of those kegs for our guest tap.

Our first collaboration here at The Brewing Tree was with Levi Duncan, who is now the head brewer at Champion Brewing Company in Charlottesville. He worked under my tutelage at Starr Hill for six years. He’s now a judge at the Great American Beer Festival. Levi Duncan is a

VCB: And not always the easiest beer style to get right.

MT: No, but Champion does lagers extremely well. Their Shower Beer is one of the flagships. They have a standard of high quality.

I’m working on my second collaboration project now, which will probably be with PRN (Pro Re Nata Farm Brewery). I have a couple more in the works, so again the collaborative aspect for me and where I am in my brewing career is what we’re doing.

The business model for what we’re going is we’re doing some contract brewing with Seven Arrows. Craft beer demand is softening and flattening a little bit. There is now so much brewing capacity in the market — in Virginia — it didn’t make any sense to add more.

Here at The Brewing Tree, we wanted to spend our money on the environment and the setting, but I didn’t feel as a business owner any need to add an additional 10,000 barrels of brewing capacity to a market that is already flooded with capacity. So were doing contract brewing with our core beers.

We are starting the process of introducing our small house beers. We have a Dogfish Head model of a Sabco Brew-Magic half-barrel, 15-gallon pilot system with two fermenters. That allows Gina and I the ability to play and create, but not have to be a slave to the machine.

the packaging, manufacturing, stainless steel.

So there’s a real dual-edge sword to the growth curve, and I think part of what you’re seeing — without mentioning any names — is this contraction.

Green Flash at the Beach is a great example. They sunk a pretty penny and then all of a sudden…

Craft beer, with the wholesalers, retailers, it’s a low margin, high volume game. Just because you get bigger because there’s demand for your product doesn’t mean you’re going to become rich. You can grow all you want, but if the

VCB: And you don’t need the dry and cold storage space on-site, right?

debt keeps rising, you’re dead.

chain grocery in the south.

The growth in craft is happening in the small tasting room model.

When I was doing the business model for The Brewing Tree, the irony is that I can make more profit selling 500 barrels of beer in my tasting room than I could sell in 25,000 barrels of beer at a large production facility through wholesalers. You keep your expenses low; your staff low; equipment costs low.

VCB: Let’s talk about your core beers. Vienna lager is a popular style here on Route151. Why did you include Philinda Vienna Lager as one of your first four cores?

MT: I used to make a beer called Jomo Lager, which in many ways was very similar to the Vienna Lager. Vienna Lagers are very popular. Devils Backbone does make the best, most award-winning Vienna Lager ever made.

Consumers like the lighter style beers. It’s very drinkable and approachable. It has just enough mouth-feel, body, Carmel toastiness. It’s not an easy beer to make, but it’s a beer consumers recognize by style and are very likely to purchase one of those.

VCB: You were also known for making an excellent hefeweizen in your Starr Hill days. Can you talk about your new version, Twice as Weiss?

MT: With the new generation of brewers coming into the market, there’s so much demand. You’re the new brewery. People love your beer.

That initial million dollars you scraped together to get your brewery open, then you’ve got to come up with two million dollars because people love your beers. You’re like, “Yeah, man. They love me — woo.”

Then that two million becomes four million, and that becomes eight, then 16. The next thing you know you’re in a scenario where the debt far outweighs the benefit. It’s very expensive to grow in a capital intensive industry like beer with

I read recently that big grocery chains like Publix in Florida said, “You know what? What matters to us as a big grocery chain is we hate out-of-stock. We like ontime delivery. We want merchandisers to come into our stores seven days a week. We’re not going to chase the flavor of the month. It doesn’t help our business because beer is 10 percent of the total alcohol sold.”

Then you have large conglomerate wholesalers coming in with this whole portfolio, saying, “Let me take care of your needs.”

That is the trend that is blossoming now that is particularly dangerous to independent craft beer and breweries trying to grow their business through

MT: My original brewmaster in Portland, Oregon, in 1992, taught me his mission. He called it Beer Minimalism — three malts, two hops and one yeast. If you stick to that principle you can make the most awardwinning, world class beer in any style. My mentor taught me that philosophy.

With our choice of making four core beers, we are a brewery that will focus on style and making beers that are true to style. I will leave the 12 percent, bearded lady and midget coco pebble beers to other people.

So, we chose a Vienna Lager, a Weiss beer, a Golden Ale and an IPA as being our four core beers. What we want to impress is with our environment; a welcoming, kind, outdoor, music on the weekends, access to the Rockfish River.

The beer quality has to be spot-on, I’m not denying that. At this point in my brewing career, I don’t have to impress anybody with things that are out there on

the margins.

When I counsel other small breweries, if your flagship beer becomes a 12 percent double-this or something-that, and your margins are so slim on that beer, it’s not the way you want to set up your game.

I had a long conversation with Brian Shanks from Bold Rock Cider. He’s like, “We like the Virginia Apple Draft Cider we make because it’s like a baseline beer.”

VCB: Chapter 2 IPA is a symbolic name. The Brewing Tree represents your second coming as a brewery owner in Virginia. You and Gina have both been married in the past. Now, Chapter 2 begins. I understand the recipe is throwback to your early days. What can you share about this?

Mark and I is that we give back to the community. We have a program called Pints with Purpose. Every three months we rotate four local non-profits. Ten percent of each beer purchased goes to one of the four non-profits. We give the consumer the power to choose. As they purchase a beer they get a wooden nickel and place it in a jar for the charity of their choice.

We’ll always have some sort of animal non-profit benefit from sales. This month, it’s the Humane Society/SPCA of Nelson County.

to do what the wineries already do which is to operate under the non-profit distributors license the wineries operate under. I think the wholesalers are ready for that. Wholesalers will put some limitations on that.

Large wholesalers are continuing to consolidate and the number are getting smaller and smaller. They do not want a Brewing Tree-type brewery to approach them and say, “I want you to sell my beer across the state.”

The wholesalers will support allowing a small brewery producing up to 500 barrels of beer doing direct distribution.

MT: I was very determined to make what I call a throwback old school style of IPA. When I first started brewing in Portland, Oregon the new, sexy hops of the day were a variety called Cascade and Willamette. They were bred by Oregon State University. Those hops were the hop dejour in 1992 through the mid-90s.

Obviously, the world has passed those hops by. Now you have Falconers Flight, Citra, Centennial, and on down the list.

Our IPA is a blend of hops — Cascade and Willamette. It’s what I was weened on in the early ‘90s, and I still to this day think the blend is the best blend for any IPA of all time. They are the roots of The Brewing Tree.

VCB: You mentioned the environment at The Brewing Tree. You’ve got an outdoor deck overlooking a large gravel-surface patio with a fire-pit, tables and chairs. There’s a scenic view of a mountain peak and rolling green pastures bordered by trees and an old barn. It’s so rural Virginia at its finest. What experience do you want people to have when they visit The Brewing Tree?

Gina Thompson: We want it to be extremely welcoming, comfortable and family-friendly. We want a place where people can come, sit and enjoy themselves while listening to some great music on the weekends. We are dog-friendly, too. One thing that was very important to

VCB: Mark, you played such an important role with the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild in the past. Will The Brewing Tree become a member?

MT: In fact, I already have rejoined as a brewery-in-planning.

Part of what still interests me having been the Chairman of the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild is the political side of the Guild.

As I said, The Brewing Tree will not can, keg or distribute, but we are going to do the Virginia Craft Brewers Fest because they are able to do a breweryto-brewery transfer.

I truly believe the timing is right for the breweries of Virginia to be allowed

I’m very interested and very passionate about trying to get another bill passed like I did with SB604 long ago — allowing small breweries to sell their product to the local pub down the street one or two kegs at a time and bypass the 3-tier system in a way the Virginia wineries are already doing. So it’s a proven model that works, and it does not disrupt the 3-tier system. It’s not aggravating the wholesale tier.

Wholesalers have more suppliers, more breweries than they have warehouse space and sales people to be able to sell all of that product.

It’s a very interesting time in craft beer.

Every Beer Has a Story at Willow Spring

By Julia Travers

Willow Spring Brewery, the first brewery in the town and county of Orange, Virginia, hand-crafts four distinct beers that draw both locals and visitors to a long and cozy wooden bar. The brewery resides in one of Orange’s established restaurants, The Light Well on Main Street. The married duo of Emily Van Santvoord and Dave Ganoe are The Light Well’s managers and two of its co-owners, and Dave is also the chef and brew master of the in-house Willow Spring Brewery. Emily and Dave like to say, “Willow Spring beer is Orange!” They are proud of their connections to Orange and grateful for local patronage.

“We depend on word-of-mouth and repetitive business. It’s a big deal to have the support of the community -- without it, you’re not gonna’ do good business,” Dave says.

The Beginnings of Orange’s First Brewery

“We have both been very interested and involved in the restaurant business in some way, shape or form for most of our lives,” Emily says. She grew up in the local food scene -- her mother co-owned the Firehouse Cafe in Orange’s old Firehouse Building for 10 years. Emily said it was a very popular spot for the locals.

“I spent a lot of my childhood there, whether it was baking muffins early in the morning before school or hanging in the back booth doing homework after school,” she said. “As soon as I was legally old enough to work, I worked in the kitchen as well as the front of the house and loved it. The Firehouse closed in 2000, the year I left for college.“

On her visits home from school, Emily realized Orange needed “a good gathering place to meet with friends and family” and came up with her own solution.

“We stumbled upon the open building that owners David Perdue and Dan Gregg were fixing up with the intention of making it a restaurant. One thing led to another, and [in six] months, we opened The Light Well,” she said. There were six original founders, and of those, three -- she and her parents -now remain at the helm.

The Light Well restaurant opened in 2010, and about a year later, Dave transitioned from Whole Foods to The Light Well, “to help amp things up,” Emily said.

Dave and Emily met on a blind date through a mutual friend about six years back. It was a one-of-a-kind date that “actually spanned 10 hours and lunch, dinner, ice cream and drinks,” she said. Emily and Dave are now proud parents.

Dave envisioned starting a brewery about four years after The Light Well opened.

“We started making beer to offer something to our customers that other restaurants aren’t,” he said. His culinary expertise and personal love of beer made brewing a natural choice. As Dave puts it, the similarity between cooking and brewing is “as simple as combining ingredients to get the flavors that you want.” He added that while cooking allows him to experiment with a wider gamut of ingredients than brewing does, that difference is part of what makes brewing both challenging and fun.

The first keg of Willow Spring’s signature beer, The Fat Nancy, was brewed for research and development in May 2015, and the brewery has now been in consistent operation for two years. Dave is largely a self-taught and self-made brewer who has carried out his brewing education and research on the job.

“Dave has done some brewing with friends in the past for fun, but this venture is his first experience brewing on a larger scale,” Emily explained.

“I’m basically a home brewer on steroids who has a commercial space,” Dave said, adding that he “reads a lot, counsels with people, experiments a little bit,” and challenges himself every day to keep learning.

Willow Spring Beers

“Every beer has a story,” Dave said.

Willow Spring’s flagship brew is the American Style Pale Ale called The Fat Nancy. Each beer is steeped in Orange culture; the Fat Nancy commemorates an 1888 train wreck and a missing trestle-watcher named Nancy. The Willow Spring brewery itself is named after a group of sparkling springs on Emily and Dave’s family property, and the pair has a long-term goal of utilizing the springs for their sole source of brewing water in the future.

Dave says the Fat Nancy has a “nice, bold character,” but is not “overreaching or overpowering.”

He handcrafts a Double IPA as well, which he describes as having “hoppy upfront flavors and a smooth finish.” It’s called

the Mad Jimmy, named after President James Madison, whose historic home of Montpelier is just down the road. This ale is the brewery’s high-alcohol offering, with Dave aiming for nine to ten percent alcohol content, and new batches coming out every week or so.

The Rapidan Rye is also on tap -- a red ale that pays homage to the Rapidan River, which provides drinking water for the surrounding counties and is also one of the premier headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay. The innovative use of rye as the base grain makes this ale stand out, and it is Dave’s personal favorite.

“I like my rye beer, it’s hard to find a really good rye beer,” he said. One of his favorite moments as a brewer centers on a shared appreciation for the Rye with a former Willow Springs regular. This customer, who has now moved out of the area, ran a successful and award-winning brewpub in the Northeast. He had extensive experience in crafting beer, and Dave was eager to get his feedback on the Rye.

“Oh, brother! Let me tell you, that’s a hell of a beer you got there! ... Bottle that, put that in a competition, ‘cause that’ll win you a metal,” the trusted fellow brewer responded.

“That meant something,” Dave said.

The most recent addition to Willow Spring’s popular flight of beers is the Chicken Mountain Stout, a dark beer that harks back to European brewing traditions.

“I made that for Emily,” Dave said. It’s named for an Orange summit and brewed with locally harvested chicory. Chicory was often used as a coffee substitute by soldiers during the Civil War. According to Dave, it has an interesting flavor profile and is “still big in the South,” sometimes blended with coffee.

Dave has plans to add a lager in addition to their four current beer varieties. The duo also has a vision of moving the brewery into a separate facility, but for now, it will stay in its Light Well home.

“There is always something new to learn or understand,” Dave said of brewing. While running a restaurant and brewery simultaneously can prove challenging in terms of time and space, he enjoys the work and connecting with the community. He says communicating with customers helps him to understand what beers they like and what they are looking for from the brewery. In his opinion, it allows them to “go on the journey with [him].”

Willow Spring’s four original brews are made in limited quantities and are popular with residents of Orange and its many visitors, who venture to its downtown from Charlottesville, Louisa, Culpeper and farther north. During wedding seasons, Orange is a popular scenic destination that brims with guests from all over the country. The Light Well serves up burgers, handmade pasta, crab cakes, prime rib, salads, brunch fare and more, usually made from ingredients sourced nearby. It also hosts displays of local art. The restaurant-brewery offers a unique and memorable mixture of home-grown flavors and small-town Virginia culture.

Dave thinks a neighborhood brewery can have a positive effect on a community. He says, “It means a lot more when you can go around the corner to your local pub and have a beer that we make here, with the water that we have here, and some of the ingredients we get here; it’s the blood and the sweat and the tears of the local guy that you know … there’s a sense of pride in it, hopefully within the communities, and you build on that.”

Sly Clyde’s: Coastal Virginia’s First Cidery

By Michael Curry

Joining the ever growing number of craft breweries in the region, Sly Clyde’s Ciderworks in Phoebus is totally unique, becoming the first brewery making only cider — not the juice to be found on the shelves of the grocery store but the delicious alcoholic beverage that has been a staple in such countries as the United Kingdom and France for centuries.

Sly Clyde comes about after a series of serendipitous events. It is located in a splendid late Victoria building on Mellen Street in the heart of the national historic district of Phoebus. For more than 100 years, this venerable old structure has been an integral part of the community and a cornerstone of the Smith family’s impressive business ventures which included a funeral home, flower shop and huge greenhouses on this tract that could well be called a compound. H. Clyde Smith was the original owner; he loved to tell a story or two and more often than not accompanied his tales with his signature sly smile. Hence the name Sly Clyde. He had a huge influence on the growth of Phoebus, helping establish (among other things) the Phoebus Bank and the Little League baseball field (which adjoins the cidery).He also instilled in his son, R. Hayden Smith and his grandsons Tim and Doug, the notion and belief in giving back to the community. The family still runs and directs the funeral home which relocated to Downtown Hampton in the 1950’s. With the

renovation of this original property, the Smith family is indeed giving back and furthermore setting a fine and lasting example of conservation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Four or five years ago, the two Smith brothers (grandsons of H.Clyde), Tim and Doug were trying to decide what to do with the aged building after the florist shop next door closed down. Mulling the idea of a brewery, a mutual friend suggested that instead of brewing beer, they should go out on a limb, take a chance and start a ciderworks. The idea was born and it is now taking off.

Determined to do it all right, as they say, the owners did tons of research and training and finally made the momentous decision to use only Virginia grown apples in their new business. They are now enjoying a mutually beneficial relationship with a commercial orchard in Nelson County, Virginia which presses the apples and then ships them down to Phoebus in 4,000 gallon tanks.

Instead of opening the retail business to the public immediately, Tim and Doug, with the help of newly appointed Head Cidermaker, Brent Miles, decided to get the fledgling business up and running by actually producing cider, distributing it throughout the region. Now, after all the planning and dreaming, the retail side is opening.

THE HEAD CIDERMAKER

Once the idea was decided upon, Tim and Doug put out a “global” ad in order to recruit the best Cidermaker in the business. After a somewhat lukewarm response at the initial stages, they hit the jackpot when a young man by the name of Brent Miles answered the ad saying he was willing to relocate to Phoebus to fine tune the set up and eventual operation of the venture. Brent has overseen the design and construction of the cidery with all of the intricate details of planning meeting his exacting specifications. A 2,000-square-foot building was added and this is the guts of the operation — the cidery itself. Complete with six vast stainless steel tanks (four for fermentation and two for carbonation) and a garage door, this is the headquarters of the wholesale side of the business.

A winner of multiple gold medals and awards, Brent helped to establish the now legendary Seattle Cider Company. While working on his PhD in Mediaeval History, he was searching for jobs when he joined the brewery in Seattle, soon becoming its first Head Cidermaker. With an unusual passion for what he does, he actually taught himself the art of cider making. He led the development of the industry changing semi-sweet and dry ciders and he was soon recognized nationally and internationally, being named one of the top cider makers to watch by Serious Eats in 2014. He also found himself much in demand as a lecturer and workshop leader, specializing in Craft Cider start ups and cider company growth at national conferences and symposia. His signature ciders have won

many of the industry’s top awards including gold medals at the nation’s largest and most prestigious competitions.

Commenting on the appointment of Head Cidermaker here at Sly Clyde, Doug Smith says with unabashed enthusiasm: “We are more than happy to have Brent join us. He has the drive and experience we were looking for to create amazing local craft ciders here in Hampton Roads and to build the foundation for a major East Coast craft beverage brand”.

Equally enthusiastic, Brent himself reflects: “I am so excited. I love every aspect of the start up process - recipe development, production planning, branding, etc and I am eagerly waiting for the Tasting Room to open so that everyone can now taste what we have been working on”. By all accounts, sales of the new products from Sly Clyde have been brisk and the cider is now being distributed across the region by the two leaders in the area - M. Price Distributing on the Peninsula and Hoffman Beverage Company on the Southside. Continuing, Brent adds: “What drew me to Tim and Doug was their total commitment to putting great cider into cans and their focus on creating a community-focused tasting room and gathering place”.

Brent also had the opportunity of touring and exploring numerous long established cideries in the United Kingdom as his wife Kali Wagner earned her Master’s Degree at the University of Belfast in Northern Ireland. After living there for two years, they are now proud owners of an historic home in Phoebus, just a short walk from work!

Under Brent’s expert direction, Sly Clyde ciders begin with fermented fruit juice. The production process actually shares

more with wine making than with beer making. While creating fun and unique beverages, Brent and the owners are aiming to change consumers’ preconceptions about what cider actually is and what is actually can be.

Planning on introducing new hard ciders each season, Sly Clyde is already making a name for itself with its three signature brands - sold in cans and kegs. If you are looking for a clean apple taste, then their Submersive Cider is the one for you. Brent has also introduced a deliciously refreshing Cut and Run. Bold and off-dry, this has a combined taste of ginger and lemon. Then there is the Inkjet Cider which is fermented on fresh mint and finished with a hint of blackberrythis one deftly combines sweet, savory and tart. All three of these flavors or types of cider have a 6.7% alcoholic content. All are gluten free and never made from concentrate.

THE ORIGINS OF HARD CIDER

No one knows for sure when cider was first introduced or created but certainly by the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, cider drinking was a well established custom throughout Europe. It was around that time that orchards started being developed and planted specifically with cider apples and even the monasteries got into the burgeoning industry by making and selling cider to the public, thereby helping to support their institutions of learning. By the time the 17th and 18th centuries rolled around, cider making had reached its peak in Great Britain. And even here in the United States, Thomas Jefferson is said to have enjoyed his “table drink” of a champagne-like cider that he made from Hewe’s Crabapples on his vast estate at Monticello. In Colonial America, cider was one of the (if not the) most popular beverages. Early English settlers brought cider apple seeds with them and began successfully planting and cultivating huge orchards. During the prohibition years in the early 20th century, cider production saw a huge decrease but, thankfully, recently, cider making is enjoying a grand resurgence in popularity. The United Kingdom still boasts the highest consumption of cider (with approx. 15% of all alcoholic sales), closely followed by France and, of course, many of the Commonwealth countries including Canada and New Zealand. Currently, in the United States only about 1% of alcoholic sales are accounted for by cider...but that is changing rapidly thanks to craft breweries such as Sly Clyde.

THE CIDERY IN PHOEBUS

Pick up a Sly Clyde and enjoy... you will be very pleasantly surprised! France

Assisting Tim, Doug and Brent in the complicated process of restoring and bringing back to life this wonderful Victorian building is Anne Doop, Tim’s partner. As a team they have made certain that most if not all of the original details and pieces of history have been saved. Not just saved but re-purposed. For example, the original tin ceiling panels now adorn the front of the long bar in the Tasting Room. The bar rail is from an ancient mahogany beam. The table tops are re-crafted from the original hard pine floors and the early metal radiators have now become stands/ legs for the tables. And the impressive list goes on. An inviting large patio and deck have been added on the back of the building. Future plans call for the renovation and reuse of the large greenhouse and Anne is currently working on partnerships with local restaurants to provide food services for the cidery. The idea being that, offering a limited menu, local dining establishments will deliver your order once it is called in by Sly Clyde! In the meantime, food trucks will be on site.

And in keeping with the whole new life that the property is taking on as a ciderworks, Anne has planted a row of Virginia apple trees - so in a couple of years, it is very likely that Cidermaster Brent will come up with a special Phoebus grown concoction.

The Tasting Room bar features 10 different ciders on tap and of course there will be changes and seasonal additions. Sly Clyde as a venue will also be available for receptions and gatherings

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In conclusion and in great anticipation of the opening, Tim Smith says: We are local guys who are now creating amazing ciders that we hope will inspire our friends, neighbors and customers to come share a pint and share a funny story with one another”. Just like Sly Clyde did.

By Jeff Maisey and Jennifer McDonald

Peaches

Be Hazy

Wild Wolf Brewing Company

Wild Wolf Brewing Company’s new New England Style IPA is a real peach! For real…it’s brewed with 65 pounds of peaches in a 15 barrel batch. The tropical and fruity nose from the NEIPA yeast is enhanced by the peaches. This one is only available on tap at the Wild Wolf tasting room. So, start making plans now for a trip to Nelson County and celebrate Virginia Craft Beer Month with peaches and beer! – Jennifer

Summer Fetch Citrus Honey Wheat

Wasserhund Brewing Company

Virginia Beach

If you’re expecting a sweet hefeweizen, that’s not this beer. Summer Fetch has some bite — an unexpected but delightfully floral bitterness daringly woven into a honey wheat with orange peel right at the tip of your tongue. It’s a great catch on your way to the beach. 8.4% ABV. Good boy, now sit. – Jeff

Feel So Better

Oozlefinch Craft Brewery

Fort Monroe

The guys at Oozlefinch have been experimenting with Norwegian yeast. Their concoction -- A Norwegian Ale with Passionfruit – Feel So Better. This beer is made with Cascade hops and refermented (at 90*F!) with passionfruit bringing out tons of tropical flavors. The beer provides a slight bitterness from the hops and mild tartness from the fruit with a dry finish. It’s a perfect companion for the summer heat! – Jennifer

Call it the Beast of The East. Stone Brewing, the famed West Coast brewery known for creating big beers accentuated by hops and more hops, has unleashed its first New England-style IPA, brewed exclusively at its Richmond location. We were fortunate to sample a pilot batch and it is sensationally smooth, fantastically fruity, and nothing short of delicious. Hops featured: Loral and Mosaic. 8.5% ABV. Like a high suspense horror film, you won’t see this beast coming, and then — pounce — out of the unfiltered murkiness, you sit stunned. Brilliant. – Jeff

Mosaic Sunset

Studio Brew Bristol

Close your eyes, take a sip, and let Studio’s Brew’s Mosaic Sunset take you to the Caribbean. Mosaic Sunset is described as a Caribbean Imperial IPA featuring big, malty flavor with roasted blue agave nectar. The Mosaic hops bring out grapefruit and tangerine citrus flavors. According to Studio Brew owners, Erich and Pamela Allen, this beer is best paired with grilled seafood and veggies, spicy foods, and especially Pamela’s key-lime poppers. Gather your friends and grab a six pack…it’s time for a party. – Jennifer

abv: 7.5%

Big Slice Juicy IPA

Three Notch’d Brewing Co. Charlottesville

Sometimes the name says it all, and Big Slice Juicy certainly lives up to its billing. We were first struck by the wonderfully lacy foam head that never dissipated. New England IPAs are all the rage these days and its easy to see and taste why. Gone is the excessively bitterness expected in Left Coast varieties, and instead a more gentle on the palate cousin offers more flavor but with the same bang — 7.8 % in this case. It’s as if a grapefruit, pineapple and orange had a drunken baby. Well, you know what we’re sayin’. Head brewer Dave Warwick and his team have done C-Ville proud with this one. – Jeff

abv: 6.5%

Virginia is for Lockn’ Lovers

By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones

Beer and music festivals go together like Ying 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 no beers brewed nearby when there are dozens of fine breweries within a 75-mile radius. How about something local that you don’t see at every grocery store back home?

Problem solved. With a little dead reckoning, you can set your sights on the sixth annual incarnation of the Lockn’ Music Festival at Infinity Downs and Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, Virginia, halfway between Charlottesville and Lynchburg. From August 23 to 26, 2018, Lockn’ celebrates music, Virginia craft beer, local food, and most of all the good vibes that happen when the above elements synergize with thousands of kind and friendly people who are there to have a good time with kindred spirits.

The festival will feature a bevy of Virginia breweries offering a wide array of choices to wet your whistle as you soak up the sun dancing to Sheryl Crow, Dead & Company (including a set with Branford Marsalis), Widespread Panic, Tedeschi Trucks Band, George Clinton and P-Funk, Blues Traveler, Lettuce, Umphrey’s McGee, Matisyahu, Toots and the Maytels, Foundations of Funk (celebrating

New Orleans’ venerable Meters), Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, and twenty-three other bands including Virginia’s homegrown winners of the Rockn’ to Lockn’ local band contest, the FUZZ BAND, Disco Risque, Firecracker Jam, and the Judy Chops. The schedule features Dead & Company playing two sets on both Saturday and Sunday nights, to close out their summer tour! As you can tell, this entire festival will be one hell of a dance party.

Lockn’ Festival founder Dave Frey believes that what makes a music festival special is the connection to the local culture. He spoke with Virginia Craft Beer Magazine by phone from Spain to explain his vision. “When you go to a festival anywhere in the world, like the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, or Glastonbury Festival in England, what makes them great festivals is that they feature locality. I’ve been on a mission to bring locality to Lockn’. Last year we had twenty-four different taps from Virginia, including many of our Nelson

County neighbors on Route 151. There are people who come to the festival and become fans of local beer, who weren’t before. About 30% of the food venders are local.” This year, each brewery will choose one beer to serve, to allow a wide diversity of breweries to participate. You will also see craft cider, and Richmond’s Black Heath Meadery will have a couple of meads (honey wine, perhaps earth’s first fermented beverage). Sweet & Dandy is a mango-guava mead inspired by the reggae rhythms of Toots & the Maytels, and Mead & My Uncle is a passionfruit mead that celebrates summertime and the Grateful Dead. (Note to Uncles: watch your back!) And, a shout out to the kombucha folks. Gotta love that sour alcohol-free fermented tea, which combined with beer yields a refreshingly tangy drink we call the ‘kombucha radler.’

Lockn’s “Participation Row” engages festival attendees with community groups raising awareness of local and national causes. Lockn’ also partners with a local Episcopal church for a WaterLockn’ shuttle to take you to a nearby river for a swim.

This embrace of “locality” is part of what makes Lockn’ special. You get a taste of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains and its metaphoric microclimate, a cultural “terroir.” As about 70% of last year’s Lockn’ attendees were from out of state, having that sense of locality permeate Lockn’ creates a more memorable and meaningful experience, and Virginia’s craft beers are a significant part of that link.

Dave Frey and his team have made a number of changes over the years to improve the site layout and customer experience at this former racetrack and farm. For the first four years, the main stage featured two side-by-side stages, so one band could set up and be ready to go within a few minutes of the previous band. But, it meant that you might not have as good a view of the band playing on the other side of the stage. In 2017, the main stage was changed to a gigantic “lazy susan” with half exposed to the audience and half backstage where the next band can set up while the current band is playing. When the current band ends their set the stage slowly spins, and the next band is playing as the backstage revolves to face the audience. It’s a brilliant bit of technology and seemed to work beautifully. The new set-up also has an improved layout. The campground is closer to the two concert stages and you can view the main stage from the field or from grassy hills where you can set up a chair or blanket in dappled shade, lounge in a hammock, and be a short walk from the beer and food without having to stumble over people or use a navigation system to find your tribe in the dark. Food venders have been encouraged to develop efficiencies to allow meals to be delivered more quickly, so you don’t miss your favorite band while standing in line for that tasty crab cake, barbecue, grilled cheese, burrito, or pizza.

VIP tickets get you a close birds-eye view on the side of the stage for your favorite performers, a ‘backstage’ bathroom with A/C and flush toilets, freebies (last year, there was ice cream and tasty iced coffee drinks), and other amenities. Super VIP has even more treats available. Check the website at for information about single-day and four-day full-festival tickets, regular, VIP, and sober camping options, glamping, lodging packages, shuttles to Charlottesville, and RV-ing.

This festival fits in well with a beercation in bucolic Nelson County. Consider adding a couple of days to your trip to enjoy the region’s natural beauty, hiking, and historic landmarks like Jefferson’s Monticello and the Walton’s Mountain Museum. Oh, and of course you’ll want to explore the many craft beverage destinations within a 30-minute drive of the festival grounds. The closest is Blue Mountain Barrel House, just three miles down the road from Lockn’. Travel up Rt 29 for about 11 miles and turn right at the sign to visit Wood Ridge Farm, where they malt their own grain and have a lovely view from the upstairs porch. About 20 miles from Lockn’ up Rt 151 you will find, in close proximity, Devils Backbone Basecamp Brewpub, Bold Rock Cidery, Wild Wolf Brewpub, Blue Toad Cidery at High View Farm, and Hilltop Berry Farm and Winery, which makes wonderful fruit meads. A little farther up the road is Blue Mountain Brewpub in Afton, about 24 miles away and a 30 minute drive, as well as Mark Thompson’s newly opened The Brewing Tree.

Farther up Rt 29, a 45-minute drive from Lockn’ gets you to Crozet, with breweries Starr Hill and Pro Re Nata, and Charlottesville, with many breweries downtown, including Three-Notched, South Street, Champion, Hardywood, Random Row, and Reason. Check out the Lockn’ full-festival ticket packages that include lodging in Charlottesville and a shuttle, so you don’t have to drive anywhere and are walking (or Lyft) distance from the Charlottesville beer scene.

The website has a wealth of information about all things Lockn’, and we hope to see you there! Look for the Virginia Craft Beer tent sponsored by Virginia Craft Beer Magazine!

Live Music at Creek Bottom Brewing

Every Friday, 7pm

307 Meadow Street, Galax 276.236.2337 cbbrews.com

Live Music at Wolf Hills Brewing Every Friday

350 Park Street. Abingdon 276.451.5470 wolfhillsbrewing.com

Live Music at Damascus Brewery Every Saturday, 7-10pm 32173 Government Rd., Damascus 6th Annual Rhythm, Brews, and Vine Fest

Sat., Aug. 4, 12-6pm

Perfect blend of live music and craft beer. Bands include One Side Missing and Radio Revolver. Grayson Street, Downtown Galax galaxdowntown.com

10th Anniversary Blacksburg Brew Do

Sat., Sept. 22, noon-5pm

Enjoy beer from over 40 local, Mid-Atlantic, and national craft breweries, local food, live music, home brew demonstrations, and Home Brew Competition.

VT Corporate Research Center 1600 Innovation Drive, Blacksburg blacksburgbrewdo.com

CENTRAL VIRGINIA

Game Night at Garden Grove Brewing

Every Monday

3445 West Cary St., Richmond

804.918.6158 gardengrovebrewing.com

Oyster Night at Wild Wolf Brewing Co.

Every Wednesday, 5-10pm

Enjoy chef’s weekly creation. 2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford wildwolfbeer.com

Trivia Night at Garden Grove Brewing

Every Wednesday

3445 West Cary St., Richmond 804.918.6158 gardengrovebrewing.com

Geeks Who Drink Trivia at Pro Re Nata Brewery

Every Thursday, 7-9pm

Pub Quizzes & Trivia 6135 Rockfish Gap Turnpike, Crozet

Happy Hour at Blue Bee Cider

Every Thursday

Jenga Tournament at Thirsty Joe’s Draft House

Every Monday in June & July, 6:30-9:30pm Prizes and gift cards to the ultimate winners!

3300 West Cary Street, Richmond 804.513.0474

Rib Night at Wild Wolf Brewing Co.

Featuring new ciders on draft as part of the small batch cider draft program.

212 W. 6th St., Richmond 804.231.0280 bluebeecider.com

Steal the Pint at Wild Wolf Brewing Co.

Every Thursday, 5-10pm

Receive a pint glass with purchase of house crafted beverage. 2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford 434.361.0088 wildwolfbeer.com

Trivia Night at Coyote Hole Ciderworks

Every Thursday 4-9pm

Featuring trivia by Mixed Entertainment and Catch the Chef food truck.

225 Oak Grove Drive, Mineral 540.894.1053

BLUE RIDGE HIGHLANDS

Tacos & Troubadours Night at Wolf Hills Brewing

Every Tuesday, 6-9pm

Featuring delicious tacos by Toni’s Hawaiian Tacos & open mic night hosted by KT Vandyke. 350 Park Street, Abingdon

276.451.5470

wolfhillsbrewing.com

Trivia Night at Wolf Hills Brewing

Every Wednesday, 6-8pm 350 Park Street. Abingdon 276.451.5470 wolfhillsbrewing.com

Trivia Night at Creek Bottom Brewing

Every Thursday, 7pm

307 Meadow Street; Galax

276.236.2337 cbbrews.com

Beer Geek Night at Wolf Hills Brewing

Every Thursday, 5-9pm New firkin or small batch beer released every Thursday. 350 Park Street. Abingdon 276.451.5470 wolfhillsbrewing.com

Every Monday, 5-10pm ½ rack of ribs served with beer battered fries. 2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford wildwolfbeer.com

$2 Tuesdays at South Street Brewery

Every Tuesday until 9pm

$2 draft beers (under 8% ABV) 106 South St., Charlottesville 434.293.6550 southstreetbrewery.com

Trivia Night at World of Beer

Every Tuesday, 7pm

District Trivia hosts trivia. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. 852 W. Main St., Charlottesville 434.760.0771 worldofbeer.com/locations/ charlottesville

Trivia Thursday at Castleburg Brewery & Taproom

Every Thursday, 7-9pm

Teams of 1 to 6 compete for league points on a quarterly basis. Prizes are given out each week for 1st & 2nd place and Best Team Name. 1626 Ownby Ln., Richmond castleburgbrewery.com

Wing Night at Wild Wolf Brewing Co.

Every Thursday & Sunday, 5-10pm

Enjoy a pound of wings with your choice of sauce.

2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford wildwolfbeer.com

Flights & Bites at Courthouse Creek Cider

Every Friday through August 25, 5-8pm

A purchase of a flight comes with 5 rustic ciders and a perfectly paired bite. $15.

1581Maidens Road, Maidens courthousecreek.com

The 7th Annual Virginia Craft Brewers Fest

takes place Saturday, August 18 from 1-8pm at the IX Art Park in Charlottesville. Sample beer from more than 100 Virginia breweries including award-winning beer from the Virginia Beer Cup winning breweries.

Enjoy live music by Three Sheets to the Wind, Elby Brass & Saw Black, food trucks, games, and more!

Friday Cheers at Blue Mountain Barrel House

Every Friday, 5-9pm

Enjoy live music from 6-8pm and food trucks 5-9pm 495 Cooperative Way. Arrington 434.263.4002 bluemountainbrewery.com

Friday Night Music at Legend Brewing Co.

Every Friday, 8:30pm 321 West 7th St., Richmond 804.232.3446 Legendbrewing.com

Full Nelson Fridays at Blue Mountain Brewery

Every Friday, 6-8pm

Enjoy live music! 9519 Critzer Shop Rd., Afton 540.456.8020 bluemountainbrewery.com

Live Music at Castleburg Brewery & Taproom

Every Friday & Saturday 1626 Ownby Ln., Richmond castleburgbrewery.com

VA Beer & Wine Tasting at Michie Tavern

Every Saturday & Sunday, 1-4pm

Enjoy tastings from VA craft breweries and wineries.

683 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy., Charlottesville 434.977.1234

Beer, Bingo, & Bloodies at Center of the Universe

Every Sunday, 2-6pm

Enjoy a beer bloody and try your luck at hourly bingo for a chance to win COTU swag. 11293 Air Park Rd., Ashland cotubrewing.com

Brunch at Blue Mountain Brewery

Every Sunday, 11am-2pm

Enjoy live music 2:30-5pm 9519 Critzer Shop Rd., Afton 540.456.8020 bluemountainbrewery.com

Local Bucket Sunday at World of Beer

Every Sunday

Get specials on local beers on the local beer bucket offering. 852 W. Main St., Charlottesville

Trivia Night at Random Row Brewing Co.

Every Sunday, 5-7pm

Hosted by Geeks Who Drink with prizes awarded to the best teams. 608 Preston Ave., Charlottesville randomrow.com

Cheers for Charity Thurs., Aug. 2, 4pm

Join Crozet Roanoke Outside as we kick-off our Cheers for Charity for the month of August. Raise a pint to support an organization making outdoor activity and environmental stewardship a core component of our community’s lifestyle. During the month of August, $1 from every pint of The Love Wheat Beer sold supports Roanoke Outside.

Starr Hill Pilot Brewery & Side Stage 6 Old Whitmore Ave., Roanoke starrhill.com

Retro Game Night at Bold Rock Thurs., Aug. 2 & Sept. 6, 6:30-9pm

Featuring all your favorite retro games.

Bold Rock Cidery 1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford boldrock.com

Be Bold Trail 5K at Bold Rock Sat., Aug. 4, 9am-12pm

Run the scenic 5K race on flat grass trails along the Rockfish River and enjoy a post-race party with live music, cider samplings, food for purchase. Participants also receive a performance shirt.

1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford boldrock.com

Brewhaha Virginia Craft Beer Fest Sat., Aug. 4, 6-9pm

Featuring beer from Virginia breweries, live music and food options. Plus, a new VIP event, “Battle of the Brews” that showcases Richmond-area breweries’ renditions of a historic beer recipe from the museum’s collection. Virginia Museum of History & Culture 428 N. Boulevard, Richmond virginiahistory.org

Microfestivus

is celebrating it's 21st anniversary

this year! This year’s event will take place on Saturday, August 11 in West Downtown Roanoke and showcase the best regional craft beers from over 70 breweries. The event is presented by The Square Society and 100% of all proceeds go to charity.

Brew (in Chester) Anniversary Event

Sat., Aug. 4

Featuring beer from Virginia breweries including four from Blue Mountain Brewery.

6525 Centralia Road, Chesterfield

Brewery of the Month Tasting at Total Wine & More

Fri., Aug. 10, 2-5pm

Sample beer from Blue Mountain Brewery.

Total Wine & More

3406 Pump Road, Richmond

Meteor Shower Party at Wood Ridge Farm Brewery

Sun., Aug. 12, 6pm-2am

Participating members of the Charlottesville Astronomical Society will be present with telescopes to see planets, galaxies, and whatever might be in the sky. Live music before the sun sets, food truck, and great craft beer.

165 Old Ridge Road, Lovingston

Trivia Night at Bold Rock Cider Tues., Aug. 14, 6-9pm

Join us for trivia! Prizes will be awarded for first and second place teams!

1020 Rockfish Valley Highway, Nellysford

Wine & Design at Bold Rock Wed., Aug. 15, 6:30-9:30pm

Channel the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains into your own original piece of artwork!

Bold Rock Cidery

1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford boldrock.com

Brewery of the Month Tasting at Burger Bach Thurs., Aug. 16, 5-7pm

Sample beer from Blue Mountain Brewery

Burger Bach Midlothian 101 Heaths Way Road, Midlothian 804.594.5525

Bombage Music Festival at COTU

Sat., Aug. 18, 3-9pm

Live music by 4 local bands –Unknown Favorites, Neighbor’s Goat, The Panties, and The Bombage Band. Crazy Train Xpress food truck. Silent auction to benefit Mechanicsville native and friend of the brewery, Steve Lohmann, who was diagnosed with ALS. Center of the Universe 11293 Air Park Rd., Ashland cotubrewing.com

Virginia Craft Brewers Fest Sat., Aug. 18, 1-8pm

Featuring more than 100 Virginia breweries, live music by Three Sheets to the Wind, Elby Brass & Saw Black, food trucks, games, and more! IX Art Park, Charlottesville vacraftbrewersfest.com

VMFA Happy Hour

Fri., Aug. 24, 4-7pm

Enjoy beer from Blue Mountain Brewery

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 200 N. Boulevard, Richmond 804.340.1400

2nd Annual Circle the Wagons

BBQ Cook-Off & Concert

Sat., Aug. 25, 12-7pm

BBQ cook-off featuring 5 BBQ vendors, 2 bands, a special beer, 50/50 raffle, silent auction, and kids activities. Proceeds benefit Circles Ashland. Center of the Universe 11293 Air Park Rd., Ashland cotubrewing.com

LOCKN’ Music Festival

Thurs.-Sun., August 23-26

4-day music & camping festival with an emphasis on world class music, locally sourced food, & sustainability.

Oak Ridge Farm

Can Bash on the Patio at Wegmans Fri., Aug. 17, 5-8pm

Sample beer from Blue Mountain Brewery and enjoy live music.

Wegmans

12501 Stone Village Way, Midlothian

Festival Fridays at Bold Rock Fri., Aug. 17, 5:30-8:30pm

Music and food festival at Bold Rock Barrel Barn featuring live music, food trucks, and door prizes. $1 from each pint sold will contribute to the Nelson County Chamber of Commerce.

Bold Rock Cidery 1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford boldrock.com

2300 Oak Ridge Road, Arrington locknfestival.com

Movies & Groovies at Bold Rock

Sat., Aug. 25 & Sept. 22, 6-10pm

Local live music, a movie screening in the meadow on a jumbo 30 foot screen, food trucks, movie themed activities, and more!

Bold Rock Cidery 1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford boldrock.com

Brewery of the Month Tasting at Burger Bach

Thurs., Aug. 30, 5-7pm

Sample beer from Blue Mountain Brewery. Plus, enjoy raffles, Plinko, and the tapping of Raspberries on Acid.

Burger Bach Midlothian 101 Heaths Way Road, Midlothian 804.594.5525

Blue Mountain at Hanover Tavern Fri., Aug. 31

Sample beer from Blue Mountain Brewery. Enjoy live music and beers on the patio.

Hanover Tavern 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road, Hanover 804.537.5050

2018 Tuckahoe Creek Americana Festival at Hardywood West Creek Sat., Sept. 1, 1-10pm

Featuring national, regional, and local music acts, local craft makers, bonfires, yard games, food trucks, and indoor & outdoor stages. Tickets: GA - $20; VIP - $50 Hardywood West Creek 820 Sanctuary Trail Drive, Richmond

2018 Un-Barrel-ble 5K & 10Kl at Blue Mountain Barrel House Sat., Sept. 1, 7:30-10:30am

The 5Kk & 10K will run from Blue Mountain Barrel House and around surrounding streets, Runners, walkers, strollers, leashed pets welcome. Come for the race, but stay for the beer!

495 Cooperative Way. Arrington 434.263.4002 bluemountainbrewery.com

Zinc Market at Misty Mountain Fri, Sept. 7 – Sun., Sept. 9, 4-8pm

A variety of vendors offering vintage, antique, salvage, furniture, décor, art, jewelry, and more. Enjoy live music, food, wine, beer, cider. Kids’ zone.

56 Misty Mountain Road, Greenwood mistymountaincampresort.com

B’dam BrewJam Craft Beer Festival

Sat., Sept. 8, 12-6pm

Presented by the Beaverdam Ruritans and featuring craft brews and ciders, eclectic vendors, food trucks, gmaes, and a beer garden. 18002 Teman Road, Beaverdam brewjam.org

2018 Wahoo Cup Craft Brewers Invitational

Sat., Sept. 8, 2-8pm

Featuring six Charlottesville breweries and six Richmond breweries as they compete to see whose craft beer is the best – Charlottesville or Richmond. Sponsored by the UVA Club of Richmond. Proceeds benefit Richmond Cycling Corps.

Kindred Spirit Brewing 12830 West Creek Pkwy., Ste. J, Goochland wahoocup.com

Misty Mountain Music Festival

Presented by Blue Mountain Brewery Fri., Sept. 14 – Sun., Sept. 16

Enjoy the best of folk, bluegrass, country, blues, funk, soul, rock, and Americana. Family-friendly camping event with local craft beer, food, and artisans. Proceeds benefit Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. 56 Misty Mountain Road, Greenwood mistymountaincampresort.com

Lynchburg Beer & Wine Festival

Sat., Sept. 15, 12-7pm

Featuring 9 Virginia wineries, breweries from the state and beyond, artisans and crafters, and food vendors.

Lynchburg City Stadium 3146 Fort Avenue, Lynchburg lynchburgbeerandwinefestival.com

On Wednesday, August 15, eight breweries will compete in the for the prize of having their beer on tap at Ruby’s Arcade in Harrisonburg.

FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA

Beer Tasting Admission

Pickled & Fermented Festival at COTU

Sat., Sept. 15, 2-6pm Center of the Universe

11293 Air Park Rd., Ashland cotubrewing.com

Oktoberfest at Blue Mountain Brewery

Fri., Sept. 28 – Sun., Oct. 7, 11am-9pm German food specials every day, live music, special activities, games, and prizes.

9519 Critzer Shop Rd., Afton 540.456.8020

bluemountainbrewery.com

Off the Rails Beer Festival Sat., Sept. 29, 1-7pm

Craft beer, food trucks, and music. Proceeds benefit the Hanover Arts & Activities Center. Tickets: $15 500 South Center Street, Ashland hanoverarts.org

The Festy Experience Fri.-Sun., Oct. 5-7

Showcasing great music, craft beer, and the outdoor experience. Infinity Downs Farm 1510 Diggs Mountain Road, Arrington thefesty.com

COASTAL VIRGINIA

Trivia Night at Wasserhund Brewing Co.

Every Monday, 7-9pm

1805 Laskin Rd., Virginia Beach

757.351.1326

wasserhundbrewing.com

Trivia Night at Home Republic

Every Tuesday, 7pm

Featuring Smartmouth Live Trivia. 328 Laskin Rd., Virginia Beach

757.226.9593

homerepublicvabeach.com

Who’s on First, I Don’t Knows at ExceptionALE

First and third Tuesday of each month

This tasting series will feature a different brewery or style of beer each week.

2200 Colonial Ave., Norfolk

757.233.3900 exgrowlers.com

Trivia Night

Every Wednesday, 6:30-8:30pm

Tap It Local - Chesapeake 648 Grassfield Parkway, Chesapeake

Trivia Night at Alewerks Taproom

Every Wednesday, 7pm

189-B Ewell Rd., Williamsburg alewerks.com

Team Trivia at Pleasure

House Brewing

Every Wednesday, 7pm

3025 Shore Dr., Virginia Beach pleasurehousebrewing.com

Team Trivia at Tradition Brewing Co.

Every Wednesday, 7pm

700 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Newport News

757.303.3415 traditionbrewing.com

Weekly Tasting at bottleBOX

Every Wednesday 5:30-8pm

Join your favorite brewery’s representative as they walk you through a free sampling of new and exciting beers.

325b W. 21st St., Norfolk

757.918.9932 bottlebox.beer

Expedition Beer Release at Bold Mariner Brewing Co.

Every Thursday

Featuring a new expedition beer each week. Plus, join us for Trivia Night!

2409 Bowdens Ferry Rd., Norfolk boldmariner.com

Trivia Night at Brass Cannon

Every Thursday, 6:30pm

5476 Mooretown Road, Williamsburg brasscannonbrewing.com

Virginia Craft Beer Thursday

Every Thursday

Enjoy local VA brewed beers for $3 a pint.

Tapped Gastropub

1550 Laskin Rd., Virginia Beach

757.965.5585 tappedgastropub.com

Trivia Night at Benchtop Brewing

Second Thursday Every Month, 6:30-8:30pm

1129 Boissevain Ave., Norfolk benchtopbrewing.com

Trivia Night at MoMac Brewing Co.

Third Thursday Every Month, 6:30-8:30pm 3228 Academy Avenue, Portsmouth

Trivia Night at Deadline Brewing Project

Fourth Thursday Every Month, 6:30-8:30pm

2272 W. Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach

Firkin Friday at Cogans North

Every Friday

A new firkin is tapped each week. 4311 Colley Ave., Norfolk 757.627.6428 coganspizza.com

Live Music at Alewerks Taproom

Every Sunday, 2pm 189-B Ewell Rd., Williamsburg alewerks.com

Poses and Pints at O’Connor Brewing Co.

Every second and fourth Sunday; 10:3011:45am

Alicia Morris will be leading a class followed by the opportunity to have a couple of post-yoga beers at a great discount. Class is donationbased with a portion going to charity. Please arrive 15 minutes early as space is limited. 211 W. 24th St., Norfolk oconnorbrewing.com

COTU Event at Decent People Taproom Fri., Aug. 3, 5pm

Sample beer from Center of the Universe.

5140 River Club Drive, Suffolk 757.977.1211 smartmouthbrewing.com

The Missing Digit Festival Fri., Aug. 3, 8:30-10:30pm

Celebrate the late Jerry Garcia’s birthday and kick-off VA Craft Beer Month with music by the Grateful Jed, food from The Boardroom food truck and Steel Spade Gelato & Coffee, and craft beer including the release of Missing Digit IPA. Smartmouth Brewing Co. 1309 Raleigh Avenue, Norfolk smartmouthbrewing.com

Big Ugly Brewing Grand Opening Celebration

Sat., Aug. 4, 12-10pm

Come see the Bigger, Bolder Big Ugly! Live music all day with Red Stapler Duo, Jesse Chong, and Brian Grilli. Vicki Vails and Seoul 757 will be serving food.

Big Ugly Brewing Company 845 Battlefield Blvd. S., Chesapeake biguglybrewing.com

Dazed & Consumed at O’Connor Brewing Co. Sat., Aug. 4, 1-6pm (VIP 12-6pm)

A statewide brewery invitational with unique beers from around the state, great tunes, food, and good times! Presented by O’Connor Brewing Co. and Virginia Craft Beer Magazine. 211 W. 24th St., Norfolk oconnorbrewing.com

Whistle Belly Pub Craft Beer Festival

Sat., Aug. 4, 6-11pm

Featuring 35+ breweries, 8 nonalcoholic vendors, multiple food stations, and live music. Tickets are inclusive of food and beverages. Proceeds benefit Junior Women’s Club of Williamsburg. Merchants Square, Williamsburg 757.293.6478 dogstreetpub.com

Widespread Panic

is one of the many bands who will perform at this year’s

Music Festival

taking place August 23-26 at Infinity Downs and Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington.

Craft Beer Night at Chow

Mon., Aug. 6, 6-8pm

Enjoy ½ off all burgers. Plus, Ardent Craft Ales will be there to offer samples of their beer.

Chow

5103 Colley Avenue, Norfolk

Game On Launch Party & Game Night at Casual Pint Wed., Aug. 8, 5pm

Sample Smartmouth’s new IPA, Game On.

Casual Pint

3380 Princess Anne Road, Ste. 111, Virginia Beach 757.675.5355

Beer Release at O’Connor Brewing Co. Fri., Aug. 10, 3-10pm

Golden Pear – Fall seasonal – a Belgian-style golden ale with pear juice.

211 W. 24th St., Norfolk oconnorbrewing.com

Beer, Bourbon, & BBQ Festival

Sat., Aug. 11, noon-6pm (VIP); 2-6pm (GA) 60 beers on tap, 40 bourbons, great BBQ, education seminars, and live music.

Hunt Club Farm

2388 London Bridge Road, Virginia Beach beerandbourbon.com

Elizabeth River Project Day at MoMac

Sat., Aug. 11, 12-6pm

Enjoy the Paradise Creek Kolsch with proceeds benefitting the local environment non-profit Elizabeth River Project! Plus, live music by Derek Smith, food from Capt’n Crabby, 50/50 raffle, and pop-up art show.

MoMac Brewing Company

3228 Academy Avenue, Portsmouth Jubilee 2018 at Alewerks Taproom Sat., Aug. 11, 12-9pm Celebrate 12 years at Alewerks! Limited edition JUBILEE XII beer release. Plus, guest taps, live music all day, and food from FoodaTude… Fude with Attitude.

189-B Ewell Rd., Williamsburg alewerks.com

NeverMore Imperial IPA Release at Coelacanth Sat., Aug. 11, 12-10pm

NeverMore is a celebration of the Hop Harvest and Virginia Grown Ingredients.

760-A W. 22nd St., Norfolk coelacanth.com

Right Near Da Beach Reggae Festival at Smartmouth Pilot House Sat., Aug. 11, 4:20-9:30pm

Featuring live music from Destined Nation, SoPoz, and Nature’s Child, a special beer release, and Jamaican inspired food from Red River Smokehouse. Smartmouth Pilot House

313 32nd Street, Virginia Beach smartmouthbrewing.com

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

TOWN POINT PARK NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

The latest addition to Virginia’s extraordinary calendar of fine culinary events, The Commonwealth Coastal Classic will host a delicious variety of chefs’ tables,Virginia wines, spirits, crafted beers and ciders for tastings, original artisan works for sale, chef demos, live music by Virginia’s Crooked Road Tour and much more to be enjoyed on Norfolk, Virginia’s downtown waterfront.

Learn more at bit.ly/CCClassic18

And don’t miss the TowneBank Norfolk In-Water Boat Show, September 13-15, at Town Point Park’s Waterside Marina on the Norfolk Waterfront! Produced by Festevents: For details and tickets visit: bit.ly/NFKBoatShow

Tap Tap Craft Beer Festival

Sat., Aug. 11, 2-7pm

Sample of 30 beers while listening to the sounds of Vinyl Headlights and Jesse Chong Band.

Historic Greenbrier Farms 225 Sign Pine Road, Chesapeake taptapfest.org

Game On Launch Party at Hank’s Tues., Aug. 14, 6pm

Sample Smartmouth’s new IPA, Game On.

Hank’s Filling Station Colley Avenue, Norfolk

Game On Launch Party at Tupelo Honey Cafe Wed., Aug. 15, 5pm

Sample Smartmouth’s new IPA, Game On.

Tupelo Honey Cafe 4501 Main Street, Virginia Beach 757.264.4808

Game On Launch Party at Jack Brown’s

Thurs., Aug. 16, 6pm

Sample Smartmouth’s new IPA, Game On.

Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint 131 Granby Street, Suite A, Norfolk 757.961.7486

COTU Tasting at Wine Seller Williamsburg Thurs., Aug. 16, 4-7pm

Sample beer from Center of the Universe.

4680-15 Monticello Avenue, Williamsburg

757.564.4400

Beer Release at O’Connor Brewing Co. Fri., Aug. 17, 3-10pm Punkelweisse, a German-style Dunkelweisse or Dark Wheat Beer brewed with pumpkin and spices. 211 W. 24th St., Norfolk oconnorbrewing.com

Busch Gardens Bier Fest

Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays, Aug. 17-Sept. 3

More than 200 years of Oktoberfest traditions come to life this fall! Sample traditional German food and listen to live music. Plus, enjoy some of Virginia’s finest brews! Busch Gardens, Williamsburg 800.343.7946

buschgardens.com

Ralphie – Red Rye(der) Lager Release at Coelacanth Sat., Aug. 18, 12-10pm 760-A W. 22nd St., Norfolk coelacanth.com

Brothers Craft Brewing at Lynnhaven Pub Fri., Aug. 24, 5pm-2am

Join Brothers Craft Brewing for the tapping of Softly Spoken barleywine (and other surprises)!

2236 West Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach

Neptune’s Coastal Craft Beer Festival

Sat., Aug. 25, 1-6pm

Enjoy over 65 beers, live music, food trucks, and more!

Tickets: $30 in advance; $35 day of 31 Street & Oceanfront, Virginia Beach

Neptunefestival.com

Canine Companion Fundraiser at Alewerks Taproom

Sun., Aug. 26, 2-6pm

Join Canine Companions for Independence to celebrate National Dog Day and Women’s Right to Vote Day. $1 from every pint sold will be donated to CCI, a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships.

189-B Ewell Rd., Williamsburg alewerks.com

COTU Tasting at Berrets

Thurs., Aug. 30, 5-7pm

Sample beer from Center of the Universe.

199 S. Boundary Street, Williamsburg 757.253.1847

Blacksburg celebrates the 10th Anniversary of

Brew Do

on Saturday, September 22 from 12-5pm.

Enjoy over 50 craft beers, local food, cooking with beer demos, live music, and homebrew competition.

5th Annual Battle of the Brewers at O’Connor Brewing Co. Fri., Aug. 31, 3-10pm

Members of the production team will develop and brew his own 5 gallon recipe for a variation of one pre-determined beer style. Sample all of the beers in a flight and vote for your favorite.

211 W. 24th St., Norfolk oconnorbrewing.com

Harvest Fest at Coelacanth Sat., Sept., 12-10pm

Celebrate the harvest season with the release of Caramel Apple Pie Porter, a collaboration with Parkway Brewing Company and Bold Rock Hard Cider. And, celebrate Oktoberfest with the release of Fest Bier Oktoberfest Lager. Plus, enjoy food and music.

760-A W. 22nd St., Norfolk coelacanth.com

6th Annual 757 Battle of the Beers

Sat., Sept. 15, 1-6:30pm

Exclusively featuring 757 Hampton Roads breweries as they battle it out to win “People’s Choice” and “Brewers’ Choice.” Sample 60 unique beers from 28 breweries and one cidery. Enjoy live music by Jesse Chong, games, and food trucks. Plus, a silent auction. Proceeds benefit St. Mary’s Home.

Tickets: $50 (GA) in advance; $60 day of; $75 (VIP)

Camp Pendleton 203 Red Horse Drive, Virginia Beach 757battleofthebeers.com

Commonwealth Coastal Classic Sat., Sept. 15, 12-5pm

Enjoy a delicious variety of chefs’ tables, Virginia wines, spirits, and crafted beers and ciders for tastings, artisan works for sale, chef demos, live music by Virginia’s Crooked Run Tour, and more!

Town Point Park Waterside Drive, Norfolk 757.441.2345 festevents.org

Growl Fest Sat., Sept. 15, 6-9:30pm

Tour the Zoo while enjoying your favorite brew! Local breweries, food trucks, yard games, bounce houses, and more!

Tickets: $25 Virginia Zoo

3500 Granby Street, Norfolk 757.441.2374 virginiazoo.org

4th Annual O’Ctoberfest at O’Connor Brewing Co. Sat., Sept. 22, 12-10pm

Celebrate the famed German beer festival with the release of a new O’Ctoberfest beer – a Marzen-style lager, festival games, German food trucks, live music, and plenty of beer.

211 W. 24th St., Norfolk oconnorbrewing.com

Waserhund/Noblemen

Oktoberfest 2018

Sat., Sept. 22, 12-6pm

The quintessential Oktoberfest event for Coastal Virginia featuring over 30 breweries, traditional German food, a festival atmosphere, family-friendly fun, and more!

Hunt Club Farm

2388 London Bridge Road, Virginia Beach

Save The Cans Release at O’Connor Brewing Co.

Sat., Sept. 29, 12-10pm

Enjoy this hibiscus saison brewed to benefit the American Cancer Society. A portion of the proceeds of this beer’s sales is donated directly to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign.

211 W. 24th St., Norfolk oconnorbrewing.com

Biplanes & Brews

Sat. & Sun., Oct. 6 & 7, 9am-5pm

A unique event commemorating the end of World War One. Aviation, history, and handcraft beer connoisseurs come together to witness vintage aircraft in flight while experiencing the local tastes of Coastal Virginia breweries.

Military Aviation Museum

1341 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach militaryaviationmuseum.org

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Citizen’s Choice Randall

Beer Infusion Night

Every Monday, 3-7pm

Brew Republic Bierwerks

15201 Potomac Town Place, Woodbridge

Guerilla Series Release Night at Brew Republic Bierworks

Every Monday 12-10pm

The Guerrilla Series is Brew Republic’s pilot/experimental program — with a new release every Monday in the tap room. These beers are brewed in extremely small batches, so no growler fills, no keg sales, and no distribution.

15201 Potomac Town Place, Woodbridge

Team Trivia at Ornery Beer Co.

Every Monday, 7:30pm

Happy Hour extended to 9pm.

Weekly prizes!

14389 Potomac Mills Road, Woodbridge

Beer Yoga at Port City Brewing Co.

Every Tuesday, 7-9pm

$20 includes the class and postyoga pint.

3950 Wheeler Ave., Alexandria portcitybrewing.com

Aviation, history, and craft beer connoisseurs come together to witness vintage aircraft in flight while experiencing the taste of Coastal Virginia breweries at the

Biplanes & Brews

event at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach October 6 & 7.

Local Heroes Night at Adventure Brewing

Every Tuesday, 3:30-9pm

20% off all beer, merchandise, snacks, and goods to military, police, fire, emergency, and teachers.

Adventure Brewing Company

33 Perchwood Dr., Unit 101, Stafford 540.242.8876 facebook.com/adventurebrewing/

Trivia Night at Wort Hog Brewing Company

Every Tuesday, 6-8pm 41 Beckham Street, Warrenton

Vinyl Night at Lost Rhino Brewing Co.

Every Tuesday, 6-9pm

Bring your own vinyl!

21730 Red Rum Drive, #142, Ashburn

Bingo Night at Crooked Run Brewing Co.

Every Wednesday, 7-9pm

22455 Davis Drive, Sterling crookedrunbrewing.com

Flight Night at Bad Wolf Brewing Co.

Every Wednesday

Happy Hour pricing on flights. 8420 Kao Circle, Manassas

Trivia Night at Old Bust

Head Brewing Co.

Every Wednesday 7134 Lineweaver Rd., Warrenton 540.347.4777 • oldbusthead.com

Happy Hour & Growler Night at New District Brewing Co.

Every Thursday, 3:30-7:30pm

Happy Hour specials and 64oz growler fills are $2 off.

2709 S. Oakland Street, Arlington 703.888.5820

Indoor Putting League (Disc Golf)

Every Thursday, 6-9pm

Meet interesting people, throw frisbees, and drink beer with them! $5 entry with teams drawn at random.

Vanish Farmwoods Brewery 42245 Black Hops Lane, Leesburg vanishbeer.com

Open Mic at Bad Wolf

Every Thursday

Bad Wolf Brewing Company 8420 Kao Circle, Manassas

Thirsty Thursday at Fair

Winds Brewing Co.

Every Thursday

$4 pints, trivia at 6:30pm, and food from Savory Delicatessen

7000 Newington Road, Lorton 703.372.2001 • fairwindsbrewing. com

Trivia Night at Belly Love Brewing

Every Thursday

725 E. Main Street, Purcellville bellylovebrewing.com

Firkin Friday at Fair Winds Brewing Co.

Every Friday

A new firkin is released every Friday. Food from Savory Delicatessen

7000 Newington Road, Lorton 703.372.2001 • fairwindsbrewing. com

Justin’s Flavor Infusion Night

Every Friday, 3:30-10pm

We combine off the wall ingredients with one of our beers to create a one-of-a-kind beer.

Adventure Brewing Company

33 Perchwood Dr., Unit 101, Stafford 540.242.8876

facebook.com/adventurebrewing

Live Music at Adventure Brewing Co.

Every Friday 8-10pm

33 Perchwood Dr., Unit 101, Stafford 540.242.8876 facebook.com/adventurebrewing

Live Music at Lost Rhino Retreat

Every Friday, 7-10pm 22885 Brambleton Plaza, Ashburn lostrhino.com

Food Truck Saturdays at Solace Brewing Company

Every Saturday, 12-10pm 42615 Trade West Drive, Suite 100, Sterling

Open Mic Night at Brew Republic Bierwerks

Every Saturday, 7:30-10:30pm 15201 Potomac Town Place, Ste. 120, Woodbridge 703.594.7950

Live Music at Lost Rhino Brewing Co.

Every Saturday, 7-10pm 21730 Red Rum Drive, #142, Ashburn

Art Opening at Adventure Brewing North

First Sunday each month; 12-3pm The 1st Sunday of each month, Adventure Brewing North will feature a new local artist.

33 Perchwood Dr., Unit 101, Fredericksburg adventurebrewing.com

Hangover Brunch at Lost Rhino Retreat

Every Sunday, 11am-2pm 22885 Brambleton Plaza, Ashburn lostrhino.com

Solace and Food on Sundays at Solace Brewing Company

Every Sunday, 12-8pm 42615 Trade West Drive, Suite 100, Sterling

Beach Ambassadors present the

6th Annual 757

Battle of the Beers

on Saturday, September 15 at Camp Pendleton in Virignia Beach. The757 breweries compete to win the “People’s Choice” and “Brewers’ Choice” Awards. Attendees will enjoy sampling over 60 unique beers, live music by Jesse Chong, games, food trucks, and a silent auction. Proceeds from the event benefit St. Mary’s Home.

Sunday Funday at Brew Republic

Every Sunday 12-10pm

Join us every Sunday for football, board games, hot and BBQ chicken wings, $5 mimosas, and of course, beer!

15201 Potomac Town Place, Ste. 120, Woodbridge 703.594.7950

Yoga at Wort Hog Brewery

Every other Sunday; 11:30am-1pm 41 Beckham Street, Warrenton 540.300.2739

Beer Release at Lost Rhino Brewing Co.

Wed., Aug. 1, 4pm

My Imaginary Girlfriend (M.I.G.) Pale Ale. Special pricing, giveaways, and an opportunity to show off your gaming skills.

21730 Red Rum Drive, #142, Ashburn

Workhouse Brewfest

Sat., Aug. 4, 1-8pm

Featuring 40 Virginia craft breweries, artisan distilleries, and Virginia wineries, 12 of the region’s most popular bands, unique food trucks, lawn games, and access to 12 art galleries and 65 artist studios.

Workhouse Arts Center 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton workhousebrewfest.org

Brewery of the Week at Lost Dog Cafe

Thurs., Aug. 9, 5pm

Featured brewery – Three Notch’d Brewing Co.

Lost Dog Café Alexandria 808 N. Henry Street, Alexandria

Rocket Frog Tap Takeover

Thurs., Aug. 9, 4-10pm

Rocket Frog will be taking over the taps and Teddy Chipouras will be strumming some tunes.

1836 Kitchen and Taproom

34 E. Broad Way, Lovettesville 540.668.5835

Taste of Leesburg

Sat., Aug. 11, 5-10pm

Showcasing restaurants, beverages, food trucks, artists, merchants, and businesses of Leesburg.

Historic Downtown Leesburg E. Market & N. King Streets, Leesburg tasteleesburg.com

Apple Gala & Fresh Cider Festival

Every Saturday & Sunday in September, 9am-6pm

Celebrate everything apple! Learn how apple cider was made, enjoy live music, get lost in the corn maze, and indulge in fresh cider donuts, apple picking, and much more!

Great Country Farms 18780 Foggy Bottom Road, Bluemont

Annual Herndon Labor Day Festival

Mon., Sept. 3, 11am-5pm

A fun outdoor street festival featuring unlimited samples from Virginia wineries, local craft brews, a craft show, sponsorship gallery, food vendors, and music

Herndon Town Green

777 Lynn Street, Herndon herndon-va.gov/recreation

Brewery Comedy Tour at Fairwinds Fri., Sept. 21, 8-10pm

Featuring some of the best NYC and LA based comedians in an environment where they truly can feel at home. Tickets: $20 at the door. 7000 Newington Road, Suites K&L, Lorton

Culpeper Block Party: Hop N Hog Sun., Sept. 30

Downtown Culpeper 540.825.4416

culpeperdowntown.com

www.Hope-House.org

Seven Arrows Brewing Company

will defend the title of Best Brewery at this year’s Virginia Food Truck Battle taking place Sunday, September 2 in Fisherville.

Beer, Bourbon, & BBQ Leesburg

Sat., Sept. 29, 12-6pm (VIP); 2-6pm (GA)

60 beers on tap, 40 bourbons, great BBQ, education seminars, and live music.

Village at Leesburg 1602 Village Market Blvd. SE, Leesburg beerandbourbon.com

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Team Trivia at Winchester Brew Works

Every Monday, 6:30pm

Teams of 6 compete for gift certificates and prizes! 320 N. Cameron St., Winchester winchesterbrewworks.com

Virginia Craft on Draft

Every Monday, 3-6pm

Enjoy all Virginia pints for $4 and all Virginia Belgians for $5.

Brew Ridge Taps 11 E. Nelson St., Lexington 540.461.8012 brewridgetaps.com

Randall Night at Wolfe Street Brewing

Every Tuesday

Enjoy a specialty beer we infuse using our randall! 120 W. Wolfe St., Harrisonburg wolfestreetbrewing.com

Backs to Basic Yoga Night at Basic City Beer Co. Every Tuesday, 6-7pm $10 includes yoga and a pint.

1010 E. Main St., Waynesboro basiccitybeer.com

Bingo Night at Wolfe Street Brewing

Every Wednesday

Winners of each bingo round receive $15 gift cards to the tasting room. 120 W. Wolfe St., Harrisonburg wolfestreetbrewing.com

Open Mic Night at Queen City Brewing

Every Wednesday

834 Spring Hill Rd., Staunton qcbrewing.com

Live Music at Woodstock Brewhouse

Every Thursday, 6pm 123 E. Court St., Woodstock

OM Brew at Seven Arrows Brewing Co.

Every Saturday, 10:30-11:30am

$10 includes yoga and a beer after class.

2508 Jefferson Hwy., Waynesboro sevenarrowsbrewing.com

Brew Stock Sat., Aug. 11, 12-10pm

Featuring bands that pay tribute to Janis, Jimi,CCR, Santana, Sha Na Na, and more! Food trucks, camping, and plenty of BRB craft beer! Backroom Brewery 150 Ridgemont Road, Middleton backroombreweryva.com

Duckpin Bowling Brewery Challenge

Wed., Aug. 15, 7pm 8 breweries will face off to compete for the prize of having their beer on tap at Duckpin Lanes. Rock n’ roll and bowl and enjoy beer specials and swag giveaways.

Ruby’s Arcade 100B, 165 S. Main Street, Harrisonburg

Beer Release at Stable Craft Brewing

Wed., Aug. 22, 4-9pm Fumpkin – a nice amber color pouring with hints of caramel, crust, and spice on the nose and pumpkin and spice in the taste. It’s like drinking a pumpkin pie! 375 Madrid Rd., Waynesboro stablecraftbrewing.com

Run, Sweat & Beers at Brothers Craft Brewing Fri., Aug. 24 & Sept. 28, 5:30-8:30pm 1, 3, & 5 mile running options. Brought to you by VA Momentum. Discounted brews in the tasting room! 800 N. Main Street, Harrisonburg

3rd Annual

Tailgate Throwdown at Basic City Beer Co. Sat., Aug. 25, 1-6pm 3 bands, beer, & food benefitting the WWRC Foundation. Plus, a cooking throw down competition!

1010 E. Main St., Waynesboro basiccitybeer.com

Pints & Ponies Night at Stable Craft Brewing

Wed., Aug. 29 & Sept. 26, 6-8pm Grab a pint and a bite to eat and meet the horses of the farm, up close and personal. 375 Madrid Rd., Waynesboro stablecraftbrewing.com

The Beaverdam Ruritan Club hosts the 6th Annual B’dam Brew JAM Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, September 8 from 12-6pm. Enjoy a great selection of craft brews and ciders as you jam to live tunes by The Atkinsons.

Food Truck Battle

Sun., Sept. 2, 11:30am-7pm Food trucks from across the Commonwealth battle for fan favorites and grand championship. Plus, craft breweries will be entered their own competition.

Tickets: VIP - $40; GA - $25 Augusta Expo Fisherville vafoodtruckbattle.com

Shenandoah Seasonings Hard

Cider Dinner at Skyland Thurs., Sept. 20, 6pm

Four course dinner paired with exceptional hard cider. Dinner only and overnight packages available. 41.7 & 42.5 on Skyline Drive, Luray goshenandoah.com

Brew & Blues Fest

Sat., Sept. 22, noon-7pm 50+ beers from breweries throughout Virginia and beyond, food vendors, live entertainment, and more!

Village Commons

Main & Chester Streets, Front Royal 540.635.3185 brewandblues.com

Virginia Chili Blues and Brews Festival

Sat., Sept. 22, 2:30-9pm Enjoy chili tastings, amazing blues, artisans & exhibitors, and micro & macro brews. Dual headliners: Anthony Rosano and the Conqueroos and Sundried Opossum.

Downtown Waynesboro

1 Lumos Plaza, Waynesboro virginiachili.com

Beans & Brews Festival

Sat., Sept. 29, 1-4pm Chili & Homebrew Competition sponsored by Pale Fire Brewing Co. and The Friendly Fermenter. Proceeds benefit the Harrisonburg/ Rockingham affiliate of Bridge of Hope.

Pale Fire Brewing Company

217 S. Liberty Street, Ste. 105, Harrisonburg Beansandbrewsfest.org starrhill.com Southern Virginia

Open Mic Night at Ballard Brewing

Every Monday, 6-9pm

Musicians, poets, comedians and more are welcome!

600 Craghead St., Danville balladbrewing.com

Yoga, Beer and Pizza at Ballard Brewing

Every Wednesday, 5-6pm

600 Craghead St., Danville balladbrewing.com

Ballad on the Bayou – Crawfish Boil Sat., Aug. 25, 12-5pm $30 ticket includes one pound of crawfish, potatoes, corn, and a beverage.

600 Craghead St., Danville balladbrewing.com

Dam Hangout Music & Brew Fest Fri., Sept. 14, 4-11pm & Sat., Sept. 15, 11am11pm

Limited camping, bands, food, vendors, and tons of Dam Good hammocks!

Mountain Valley Brewing

4220 Mountain Valley Road, Axton mountainvalleybrewing.com

Ballad Brewing Tap Take Overl

Wed., Sept. 19, 6-10pm

$1.50 games of bowling and new craft beer from Ballad Brewing! Riverside Lanes 3215 Riverside Drive, Danville

VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS

Body by Parkway Runner’s Club

Every Thurs., 6pm Parkway Brewing

739 Kessler Mill Road, Salem 540.483.9293 parkwaybrewing.com

Shine Runners Club

Thurs., Aug. 2, Sept. 6, & Oct. 4, 6pm 3 miles, 5 miles, or just walk and then socialize at the brewery.

Chaos Mountain Brewing 3135 Dillons Mill Rd., Callaway 540.334.1600

chaosmountainbrewing.com

STEM Tavern at Soaring Ridge Craft Brewery

Wed., Aug. 8 & Sept. 12, 5:30-7pm

Monthly STEM Tavern featuring a fascinating science presentation plus good beer!

523 Shenandoah Ave., Roanoke smwv.org

Microfestivus

Sat., Aug. 11, 12-6pm

Featuring over 70 breweries and 180 beers, food, and live music. West Side of Downtown Roanoke 540.224.1217

Microfestivus.squaresociety.org

Cheers for Charity

Thurs., Sept. 6, 4pm

Join United Way of Roanoke Valley as we kick-off our Cheers for Charity for the month of September. Raise a pint to support an organization creating lasting change by lifting individuals and families to a position of stability through collaborative solutions that address an entire family’s needs. During the month of September, $1 from every pint of The Love Wheat Beer sold supports United Way of Roanoke Valley.

Starr Hill Pilot Brewery & Side Stage 6 Old Whitmore Ave., Roanoke starrhill.com

4 Year Anniversary Party at Big Lick Sat., Sept. 15, 12-10pm

Featuring live music throughout the day, several food trucks, and a special anniversary beer!

Big Lick Brewing Company 409 Salem Avenue, SW, Roanoke

Cheers for Charity

Thurs., Oct. 4, 2, 4pm

Join Crozet Family Service of Roanoke as we kick-off our Cheers for Charity for the month of October. Raise a pint to support an organization working to transform lives by healing trauma and restoring hope for families and individuals of all ages through mental health counseling, case management, and life skills education. During the month of October, $1 from every pint of The Love Wheat Beer sold supports Family Service of Roanoke.

Starr Hill Pilot Brewery & Side Stage 6 Old Whitmore Ave., Roanoke starrhill.com

www.hawksbillbrewing.com

CENTRAL VIRGINIA

AMMO

Beale’s

510 Grove Street

Bedford

540.583.5113

bealesbeer.com

Black Narrows Brewing Company

4522 Chicken City Road

Chincoteague blacknarrowsbrewing.com

Blue Mountain Brewery 9519 Critzer Shop Rd. Afton

540.456.8020

bluemountainbrewery.com

Blue Mountain Barrel House

495 Cooperative Way Arrington

434.263.4002

bluemountainbarrel.com

Brewing Tree Beer Company

9278 Rockfish Valley Hwy.

Afton

540.381.0990

Canon & Draw Brewing Company

1529 West Main Street

Richmond

canonanddraw.beer

Castleburg Brewery & Taproom 1626 Owenby Lane

Richmond 23220

804.353.1256

castleburgbrewery.com

Center of the Universe

Brewing Company

11293 Air Park Rd.

Ashland

804.368.0299

cotubrewing.com

Champion Brewing Co.

324 6th Street

Charlottesville

434.295.2739

championbrewingcompany.com

Champion Brewing Company

401 Grace Street

Richmond

804.344.5108

championbrewingcompany.com

Colonial Beach Brewing

215C Washington Avenue

Colonial Beach

540.226.2114 colonialbeachbrewing.com

Devils Backbone Brewing Company - Basecamp

200 Mosbys Run

Roseland

434.361.1001

dbbrewingcompany.com

Extra Billy’s

1110 Alverser Dr. Midlothian

804.379.8727

extrabillys.com/ ExtraBillysBarBQ2.htm

Final Gravity Brewing Company 6118 Lakeside Ave. Richmond

804.264.4808

Fine Creek Brewing Company

2425 Robert E. Lee Road

Powhatan

804.372.9786

Finecreekbrewing.com

Garden Grove Brewing 3445 West Cary Street

Richmond 804-918-6158 gardengrovebrewing.com

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 2408 Ownby Ln. Richmond 804.420.2420 hardywood.com

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery West Creek 820 Sanctuary Trail Drive Richmond hardywood.com

Hardywood Pilot Brewery & Taproom 1000 W. Main Street Charlottesville

Intermission Beer Co.

10089 Brook Road Glen Allen 804.585.0405 intermission.com

Isley Brewing Company 1715 Summit Avenue Richmond 804.499.0721 isleybrewingcompany.com

James River Brewery 561 Valley St. Scottsville 434.286.7837 jrbrewery.com

Kindred Spirits Brewing Company 12830 W. Creek Parkway Goochland 804.708.0309 kindredspiritsbrewing.com

Legend Brewing Company 321 W. Seventh St. Richmond 804.232.3446 legendbrewing.com

Lickinghole Creek Farm Brewery 4100 Knolls Point Dr. Goochland 804.314.4380 lickingholecreek.com

Lickinghole Goodwater 1717 East Franklin Street Richmond lickingholecreek.com

Loose Shoe Brewing Company 198 Ambriar Plaza Amherst 434-941-7345 looseshoebrewing.com

Midnight Brewery 2410 Granite Ridge Rd. Rockville 804.356.9379 midnight-brewery.com

Origin Beer Lab

106 S. Railroad Avenue Ashland 804.368.0299 facebook.com/originbeerlab

Pro Re Nata Farm Brewery 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke. Crozet 434.823.4878 prnbrewery.com

Random Row Brewing Company

608 Preston Avenue Charlottesville 434.284.8466 randomrow.com

Reason Beer Co. 1180 Seminole Trail, #290 Charlottesville reasonbeer.com

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery 11800 W. Broad Street Richmond 23233 804-237-1684 rockbottom.com

South Street Brewery 106 South Street Charlottesville 434.293.6550 southstreetbrewery.com

Starr Hill Brewery 5391 Three Notch’d Rd. Crozet 434.823.5671 starrhill.com

Steam Bell Beer Works 1717 E. Oak Lake Blvd. Midlothian 804.728.1876 steambell.beer

Stone Brewing Company 4300 Williamsburg Avenue Richmond 23231 760.294.7899 facebook.com/ stonebrewingrichmond.

Strangeways Brewing 2277 Dabney Rd. Richmond 804.303.4336 strangewaysbrewing.com

The Answer Brewpub 6008 West Broad St. Richmond facebook.com theanswerbrewpub.com

The Veil Brewing Company 1301 Roseneath Road Richmond 804.355.58515 theveilbrewing.com

Third Street Brewing 312 W. Third Street Farmville 434.315.0471 thirdstreetbrewing.com

Three Notch’d Brewing Company 946 Grady Ave Charlottesville 434.293.0610 threenotchdbrewing.com

Three Notch’d Brewing Company

RVA Colab House 2930 W. Broad St. Richmond threenotchdbrewing.com

Three Notch’d @ IX Park 522 2nd Street, SE Charlottesville threenotchdbrewing.com

Trapezium Brewing Company 423 Third Street Petersburg 23803 571.758.2738 trapeziumbrewing.com

Triple Crossing Brewing Company 113 S. Foushee Street Richmond 804.308.0475

Triple Crossing Brewing Company 5203 Hatcher Street Richmond 804.496.1955 triplecrossingbeer.com

Vasen Brewing Company 3331 Moore Street, Richmond 804.588.5678 vasenbrewing.com

White Rock Brewing Company 2117 Bruno Drive Goodview 24905 540.890.3359 whiterockwines.com.

Wild Wolf Brewing Company 2461 Rockfish Valley Highway Nellysford 434.361.0088 wildwolfbeer.com

Willow Sprung Brewery in The Light Well Restaurant 110 E Main Street

Orange 540.661.0004 thelightwell.com

Wood Ridge Farm Brewery 165 Old Ridge Road Lovingston 434.422.6225

COASTAL VIRGINIA

Alewerks 189-B Ewell Rd. Williamsburg 757.220.3670 williamsburgalewerks.com

Alewerks Satellite Brewery Williamsburg Premium Outlets 5715 Richmond Road Williamsburg alewerks.com

Back Bay Brewing Company 614 Norfolk Ave. Virginia Beach 757.531.7750 backbaybrewco.com

Bearded Bird Brewing Co. 727 Granby Street Norfolk beardedbirdbrewing.com

Benchtop Brewing Company 1129 Boissevain Avenue Norfolk 757.321.9482 benchtopbrewing.com

Big Ugly Brewing Company 845 Battlefield Blvd. S., Chesapeake biguglybrewing.com

Billsburg Brewery 2054 Jamestown Road Williamsburg billsburg.com

Black Narrows Brewing Company 4522 Chicken City Road Chincoteague blacknarrowsbrewing.com

Bold Mariner 2409 Bowdens Ferry Road Norfolk boldmariner.com

Brass Cannon Brewing Company

5476 Mooretown Road

Williamsburg 757.566.0001 brasscannonbrewing.com

Brick & Mortar Brewing Co.

212 E. Washington Street

Suffolk 757.533.1173 brickandmortarbrews.com

Bull Island Brewing Company 758 Settlers Landing Road Hampton 757.788.9489

bullislandbrewing.com

Capstan Bar Brewing Company 2036 Exploration Way Hampton 757.788.7276

capstanbarbrewing.com

Coelacanth Brewing 760 W. 22nd Street Norfolk 757.59.UGLY.1 coelacanth.com

Commonwealth Brewing Company 2444 Pleasure House Rd. Virginia Beach 757.305.9652

Deadline Brewing Project 2272 W. Great Neck Road, Suite 2268 Virginia Beach 757.502.4980 deadlinebrewing.com

Gordon Biersch 4561 Virginia Beach Blvd. Virginia Beach 757.490.2739

Green Flash Brewing 1209 Craft Lane Virginia Beach greenflashbrew.com

Home Republic Brew Pub 328 Laskin Road Virginia Beach 757.226.9593

MoMac Brewing Company 3228 Academy Avenue Portsmouth 757.383.9572 momacbrewing.com

Montross Brewery 15381 Kings Highway Montross 804.452.7394 montrossbrewery.com

O’Connor Brewing Company 211 W. 24th Street Norfolk 757.623.2337 oconnorbrewing.com

Oozelfinch Craft Brewery 81 Patch Road Fort Monroe 757.224.7042 oozelfinchbeers.com

Pleasure House Brewing 3025 Shore Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23451 757.647.8597

pleasurehousebrewing.com

Precarious Beer Project 521 Prince George Street, Suite 101 Williamsburg 757.790.2299

Reaver Beach Brewing Company

1505 Taylor Farm Road

Virginia Beach

757.563.2337

beachbrewingcompany.com

Rip Rap Brewing Company 116 E 25th Street

Norfolk riprapbrewing.com

Smartmouth Brewing Company

1309 Raleigh Ave., #300

Norfolk

757.624.3939

smartmouthbrewing.com

St. George Brewing Company 204 Challenger Way Hampton

757.865.7781

stgeorgebrewingco.com

That Damn Mary Brewing Company

5036 George Washington Memorial Highway Hayes

804.436.2204

thatdamnmarybrewing.com

The Vanguard Brewpub & Distillery 504 N. King Street Hampton

757.224.1807

thevanguard757.com

The Virginia Beer Company 401 Second Street Williamsburg

757.378.2903

virginiabeerco.com

Tradition Brewing Company

700 Thimble Shoals Blvd.

Newport News

757.303.3415

traditionbrewing.com

Wasserhund Brewing Company

805 Laskin Rd. #102

Virginia Beach

757.618.6051

Wharf Hill Brewing Co.

25 Main Street

Smithfield

757-357-7100

Wharfhillbrewing.com

Young Veterans Brewing Company

2505 Horse Pasture Road,Ste. 104 Virginia Beach

757.689.4021

yvbc.com

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

2 Silos Brewing Co. 9925 Discovery Blvd. Manassas

703.420.2264

2silosbrewing.com

6 Bears & A Goat Brewing Company 11440 International Drive Fredericksburg

540.356.9056

6bgbrewing.com

1781 Brewing Company 11109 Plank Rd. Spotsylvania

804.842.0199

Adroit Theory Brewing Company 404 Browing Ct., Unit C Purcellville 703.722.3144 adroit-theory.com

Adventure Brewing North 33 Perchwood Drive Fredericksburg 540.242.8876 adventurebrewing.com

Adventure Brewing South 3300 Dill Smith Drive Fredericksburg aventurebrewing.com

Aslin Beer Company 257 Sunset Park Drive Herndon, VA 20170 703.787.5766 aslinbeer.com

Audacious Aleworks 110 E. Fairfax Street, Falls Church 571.303.0177 audaciousaleworks.com

B Chord Brewing 34266 Williams Gap Road Round Hill bchordbrewing.com

BadWolf (Big) Brewing Company 8420 Kao Circle Manassas, 20110 badwolfbrewingcompany.com

BadWolf (Little) Brewing Company 9776 Center St. Manassas 571.208.1064 badwolfbrewingcompany.com

Barnhouse Brewery 43271 Spinks Ferry Road Leesburg 703.675.8408 barnhousebrewery.com

Barrel Oak Farm Taphouse 3623 Grove Lane Delaplane 540.364.6402 barreloak.com

Caboose Brewing Company

520 Mill Street NE Vienna 703-865-8580 caboosebrewing.com

Capitol City Brewing Company 4001 Campbell Ave. Arlington 703.578.3888 capcitybrew.com

Corcoran Brewing Company 205 E. Hirst Road, Suite 105 Purcellville 540.441.3102 corcoranbrewing.com

Crooked Run Brewing Company 22455 Davis Drive Sterling cookedrunbrewing.com

Crooked Run Brewing Company

205 Harrison Street SE Leesburg 571.978.4446

Ono Brewing Company 4520 Daly Drive Chantilly 571.409.6662 onobrewco.com

Battlefield Brewing Company 4187 Plank Rd Fredericksburg 540.785.2164 chancellorpub@msn.com

Bear Chase Brewing Company 18294 Blue Ridge Mountain Road Bluemont

Beer Hound Brewery 201 Waters Place Culpeper 22701 540-317-5327

beerhoundbrewery.com

Belly Love Brewing Company

725 E Main Street Purcellville, VA 20132 540.441.3159

bellylovebrewing.com

Beltway Brewing Company 22620 Davis Dr. #110

Sterling 571.989.2739 beltwaybrewco.com

Bike TrALE Brewing Company 101 Loudon St. SW Leesburg 571.293.0050 biketralebrewing.com

Black Hoof Brewing Company 11 S. King Street Leesburg 571.707.8014

blackhoofbrewing.com

Black Walnut Brewing Company 210 S King Street Leesburg facebook.com/ blackwalnutbrewery

Brew Republic Bierwerks 15201 Potomac Town Place Woodbridge 703.594.7950 brewrepublic.beer

Harpers Ferry Brewing 37410 Adventure Center Lane

Purcellville

Heritage Brewing Co. 9436 Center Point Lane Manassas 800.432.1792 heritagebrewing.com

Heroic Aleworks 14910 Persistence Drive Woodbridge 571.398.6113 heroicaleworks.com

Highmark Brewery 390 Kings Hwy. Fredericksburg 540.207.1725 highmarkbrewery.com

Hopkins Ordinary Ale Works 47 Main Street Sperryville 540.987.3383 hopkinsordinary.com

House 6 Brewing Co. 44427 Atwater Drive Ashburn 585.520.5710

Dirt Farm Brewing Co. 18701 Foggy Bottom Rd. Bluemont 540.554.2337 dirtfarmbrewing.com

Dog Money Brewery 50 Catoctin Circle Leesburg 703.687.3852

Dragon Hops Brewing 130 E. Main Street Purcellville 540.441.3660 dragonhopsbrewing.com

Dynasty Brewing Co. 21140 Ashburn Crossing Drive, Suite #130-135 Asburn 571.246.5991

Fair Winds Brewing Company 7000 Newington Road, Suites K&L Lorton 703-372-2001 fairwindsbrewing.com

Far Gohn Brewing Co. 301 S Main Street Culpeper

The Farm Brewery at Broad Run 16015 John Marshall Hwy. Broad Run 703.753.3548 thefarmatbroadrun.com

Forge Brew Works 8532 Terminal Rd., Ste. L Lorton 703.372.2979 forgebrewworks.com

Gordon Biersch Tyson’s Corner Mall McLean 703.388.5454 gordonbiersch.com

Growling Bear Brewing Company 14051 Crown Court Woodbridge, 22193 571.535.1965 growlingbearbrewing.com

Jack’s Run Brewing Company 108 N. 21st Street Purcellville 540.441.3382 jacksrunbrewing.com

Lake Anne Brew House 11424 Washington Plaza West Reston 571.758.2739 lakeannebrewhouse.com

Lost Rhino Brewing Company 21730 Red Rum Dr., Ste. 142 Ashburn 571.291.2083 lostrhino.com

Lost Rhino Retreat 22885 Brambleton Plaza Brambleton 703.327.0311

Loudoun Brewing Company 310 E Market St. Leesburg 703.350.8553 loudounbrewing.com

Mad Fox Brewing Company 444 West Broad St., Ste. I Falls Church 703.942.6840 madfoxbrewing.com

Maltese Brewing Company 11047 B Pierson Drive Fredericksburg maltesebrewing.com

Market Common Brewpub & Roastery 2900 Wilson Blvd., #104 Arlington 571.208.1355 hbcmarketcommon.com

Mustang Sally Brewing Company 14140 Parke Long Court Chantilly 703.378.7450 msbrewing.com

New District Brewing Company 2709 S Oakland Street Arlington 22206 703.888.5820

Ocelot Brewing Company

23600 Overland Drive, Ste. 180

Sterling 703-665-2146

ocelotbrewing.com

Old Bust Head Brewing Company

7134 Lineweaver Rd. Warrenton 540.347.4777

oldbusthead.com

Old 690 Brewing Company 15670 Ashbury Church Road Purcellville old690.com

Old Ox Brewery 44652 Guilford Dr Unit 114

Ashburn

703.729.8375

oldoxbrewery.com

Old Trade Brewery 13270 Alanthus Road Brandy Station 774.218.8645

oldtradebrewery.com

Pen Druid Brewing

7 River Lane

Sperryville, 22740 540.987.8800 pendruid.com

Phase 2 Brewing

19382 Diamond Lake Drive Leesburg 540.987.0219

Port City Brewing Company 3950 Wheeler Ave.

Alexandria 703.797.2739

portcitybrewing.com

Portner’s Brewhouse 5772 Dow Avenue

Alexandria 703.646.0466

portnerbrewhouse.com

Powers Farm & Brewery

9269 Redemption Way Midland 540.272.5060 powersfarmbrewery.com

Quattro Goombas Brewing Company 22860 James Monroe Highway Aldie 703-327-6052

goombabrewery.com

Red Dragon Brewery 1419 Princess Anne Street

Fredericksburg 22401

540.382.4342 reddragonbrewery.com

Rocket Frog Brewing Company 22560 Glenn Drive, Suite #103

Sterling 571.375.7920 rocketfrogbeer.com

Sinistral Brewing Company 9419 Main Street Manassas sinistralbbrewingcompany.com

Solace Brewing Company

42615 Trade West Drive, #100 Dulles solacebrewing.com

Spencer Devon Brewing Company 106 George Street

Fredericksburg 540-999-6253 spencerdevonbrewing.com

Strangeways Brewing 350 Landsdowne Road

Fredericksburg 540.371.1776 strangewaysbrewing.com

Sweetwater Tavern 14250 Sweetwater Ln. Centreville 703.449.1100 greatamericanrestaurants.com

Sweetwater Tavern 3066 Gate House Plaza Falls Church 703.645.8100 greatamericanrestaurants.com

Sweetwater Tavern 45980 Waterview Plaza

Sterling 571.434.6500 greatamericanrestaurants.com

The Craft of Brewing 21140 Ashburn Crossing Drive, Suite 170 Ashburn 703.687.3932 thecraftob.com

Tin Cannon Brewing Co 7679 Limestone Dr. #130 Gainesville 571-248-0489 tincannonbrewing.com

Twinpanzee Brewing Company 101-D Executive Drive

Sterling 703.791.9363

Vanish Brewing 44624 Leelyn Farm Lane Leesburg 20176 vanishbeer.com

Water’s End Brewery 12425 Dillingham Square Lake Ridge 571.285.1997 watersendbrewery.com

Wild Run Brewing Company 3071 Jefferson Davis Hwy Stafford 540.659.3447 wildrunbrewing.com

Wort Hog Brewing Company 41 Beckham Street Warrenton 540.300.2739 worthogbreweryllc.com

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Alesatian Brewing Company 23 N. Loudoun Street Winchester 540.667.2743 alesatianbrewing.com

Backroom Brewery 150 Ridgemont Rd. Middletown 540.869.8482 facebook.com/BackroomBrewery

Basic City Beer Co. 1010 E. Main Street

Waynesboro 540.265.8062 basiccitybeer.com

Bedlam Brewing Company

2303 North Augusta Street Staunton 540.416.4634

Blue Lab Brewing Company

123 S. Randolph St. Lexington 540.458.0146 bluelabbrewing.com

Brothers Craft Brewing

800 N Main Street

Harrisonburg 540.432.8940 threebrosbrew.com

Devils Backbone Brewing Company - Outpost

50 Northwind Lane

Lexington 540.462.6200 dbbrewingcompany.com

Escutcheon Brewing Company

150 W. Commercial Street

Winchester 540.391.8713 escutcheonbrewing.com

Great Valley Farm Brewery

60 Great Valley Lane Natural Bridge 540.521.6163 greatvalleyfarmbrewery.com

Hawksbill Brewing Company 22 Zerkel Street Luray 540.860.5608 hawkbillbrewing.wordpress.com

Pale Fire Brewing Company 217 S. Liberty Street Harrisonburg 540-217-5452 palefirebrewing.com

Queen City Brewing 834 Springhill Road Staunton 540.213.8014 qcbrewing.com

Redbeard Brewing 120 South Lewis St. Staunton 804.641.9340 redbeardbrews.com

Ridge Runner Farm & Brewery 6895 Back Road Maurertown 571.201.2963 virginiafarmbrew.com

Restless Moons Brewing Company address is the same 540.217.2726 restlessmoons.com

Seven Arrows Brewing Company

2508 Jefferson Hwy. Ste 1 Waynesboro 540-221-6968 sevenarrowsbrewing.com

Shenandoah Valley Brewing Company

103 W. Beverly Street Staunton 540.887.2337 shenvalbrew.com

Stable Craft Brewing at Hermitage Hill

375 Madrid Road Waynesboro 540.490.2609 stablecraftbrewing.com

Swover Creek Farm Brewery 4176 Swover Creek Rd. Edinburg 540.984.8973 swovercreekfarms.com

Three Notch’d Brewing Co. Harrisonburg Taproom 241 E. Market Street Harrisonburg 540.217.5939

Winchester Brew Works 320 N Cameron St. Winchester 540.692.9242 winchesterbrewworks.com

Woodstock Brewhouse 123 E Court Street Woodstock 22664 woodstockbrewhouse.com 540-459-2739

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

2 Witches Winery & Brewing Company 209 Trade St. Danville 434-549-BREW (2739

Ballad Brewing Company 600 Craighead Street Danville balladbrewing.com

Buggs Island Brewing Company 110 College Street Clarkesville

Mountain Valley Brewing Company 4220 Mountain Valley Road Axton

276.833.2171 mountainvalleybrewing.com

Staunton River Brewing Co. 1571 Mt. Calvary Road Brookneal stauntonriverbrewing.com

VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS

Bick Lick Brewing Co. 409 Salem Avenue SW Roanoke

Chaos Mountain Brewing Company

3135 Dillons Mill Rd. Callaway 540.334.1600 chaosmountainbrewing.com

Flying Mouse Brewery 221 Precast Way Troutville 540.992.1288 flyingmousebrewery.com

Hammer & Forge Brewing Company

70 Main Street Boones Mill 540.909.3200 hammerandforgebrewing.com

Parkway Brewing 739 Kessler Mill Rd. Salem parkwaybrewing.com

Soaring Ridge Craft Brewers 523 Shenandoah Avenue Roanoke 540.529.2140 soaringridge.com

Starr Hill Pilot Brewery 6 Old Whitmore Road Roanoke 434.823.5671 starrhill.com/roanoke

Sunken City Brewery 40 Brewery Dr., Hardy 540.420.0476 sunkencitybeer.com

The Friendly Fermenter 20 South Mason Street, Suite B10 Harrisonburg friendlyfermenter.com

The Hive

1116 A Main Street SW Roanoke 540.597.8739 blacksnakemead.com

Twin Creeks Brewing Co. 111 Pollard Street, Vinton 540.265.8062 twincreeksbrewing.com

CENTRAL VIRGINIA

Albemarle CiderWorks

2545 Rural Ridge Ln. North Garden

434.297.2326

albemarleciderworks.com

Blue Bee Cider 1320 Summit Avenue Richmond 804.231.0280

bluebeecider.com

Blue Toad Hard Cider Pub

9278 Rockfish Valley Hwy. Afton 434.996.6992

bluetoadhardcider.com

Bold Rock Hard Cider 1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy. Nellysford

434.361.1030

boldrock.com

Buskey Cider

2910 W. Leigh Street Richmond buskeycider.com

Castle Hill Cider

6065 Turkey Sag Rd. Keswick

434.296.0047

castlehillcider.com

Courthouse Creek Cider 1581 Maidens Road

Goochland courthousecreek.com

Courthouse Creek Cider 3300 W. Broad Street Richmond courthousecreek.com

Coyote Hole Ciderworks 225 Oak Grove Drive Mineral 540.894.1053 coyotehole.com

Potter’s Craft Cider Charlottesville potterscraftcider.com

COASTAL VIRGINIA

Sly Clyde Ciderworks 207 E. Mellen Street Hampton slyclyde.com

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Cobbler Mountain Cellars 5909 Long Fall Lane Delaplane 540.364.2802 cobblercellars.com

Corcoran Vineyards Hard Cider 14635 Corky’s Farm Lane Waterford 540.882.9073 corcoranvineyards.com

Hinson Ford Cider & Mead 379 Hinson Ford Road Amissville 540.219.8397

Mount Defiance Cidery & Distillery 207 W. Washington St., Middleburg 540.687.8100 mtdefiance.com

Wild Hare Cider 106A South Street, SE Leesburg 833.675.WILD

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Old Hill Cider 17768 Honeyville Rd. Timberville 540.896.7582 oldhillcider.com

The Winery at Kindred Pointe 3575 Conicville Rd Mt Jackson, Shenandoah County 22842 540.477.3570 kindredpointe.com

Winchester Ciderworks 2502 N. Frederick Pike Winchester 540.550.3800 WinchesterCiderworks.com

BLUE RIDGE HIGHLANDS

BLACKSNAKE MEADERY

605 Buffalo Road Dugspur, VA 24325 540.834.6172 blacksnakemead.com

CENTRAL VIRGINIA

BLACK HEATH MEADERY 1313 Altamont Ave Richmond, VA 23230 703.582.0856 blackheathmeadery.com

Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery 2800 Berry Hill Rd Nellysford, VA 22958 434.361.1266 hilltopberrywine.com

Honey Grail 525 E. Market Street, #135 Leesburg 202.455.5520 honeygrail.com

SAGA MEADERY Madison Heights, VA 339.221.3115 sagameadery.com

The Thistle and Stag Meadery 2053 E. River Road Fork Union 434.842.2200 thethistleandstag.com

Skjald Meadworks 621C Broad Street Altavista, VA 434.515.2482 skjaldmeadworks.com

COASTAL VIRGINIA

Melo Lion Meadery Yorktown, VA

757.713.4885 melolion.com

SILVER HAND MEADERY

224 Monitcello Ave, Suite C Williamsburg, VA 23185 757.378.2225 silverhandmeadery.com

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

STONE HOUSE MEADERY 36580 Shoemaker School Rd Purcellville, VA 20132 571.512.0763 stonehousemeadery.com

Maidstone Meadery 9364 Justice Lane Delaplane, VA 20144

703.303.2090 maidstonemeadery.com

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

MISTY MOUNTAIN MEAD WORKS 1531 Pack Horse Road Winchester, VA 22603 540.888.4420 mistymountainmead.com

Stony Point Design/Build seeks experienced craft beer professionals to join the startup team for A NEW BREWPUB IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN GORDONSVILLE, VA.

Perfect for an established brewery looking to expand or experienced individuals ready to make their craft beer concept a reality, this opportunity comes with unique options for locally farmed ingredients and Stony Point’s commitment to the burgeoning redevelopment of Main Street Gordonsville.