The Brew

The mayor, the governor and Stone Brewing executives raised a glass on Friday as the new beer facility’s roofing was lifted up to make way for massive fermentation tanks.

Stone Brewing unloaded several massive fermentation tanks from a river barge on Wednesday as construction hums along at its new facility near Rocketts Landing.

Two Richmond-area breweries traveled to Denver over the weekend to participate in the annual Great American Beer Festival, and one is coming home with a new addition to the trophy cabinet.

A Boulevard beer shop has started on its second round in Short Pump, where it opened its 56 beer taps for business last week.

The owner of a home brew retail store in Lakeside has his new brewery and taproom venture running full-speed next door.

Several local breweries brought home new additions to their trophy cabinets over the weekend after an annual craft beer competition at Devils Backbone.

The skeleton of Stone Brewing’s $74 million East Coast facility has been set up south of downtown, with work on track to open the taps in mid-2016.

Tapping into the growing growler trend, two restaurant co-workers are launching a 56-tap beer shop in a Hanover County shopping center.

The local brewery plans to start work on a 60,000-square-foot facility in a Goochland office park next December, which will push the beer brand’s capacity to more than 40,000 barrels.

While one homebrewer is taking a shot at a taproom in the suburbs, two other startups plan to boost the beer flow in the fast-growing Scott’s Addition area.