The Brew

Richmond’s Year of the Beer

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The beer beat has been a busy one this year for BizSense reporters, and we touched base this month with some of the breweries we covered in 2012.

Hardywood commits to second building

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Just months after leasing a second building, one of Richmond’s fastest growing breweries has gone from renter to owner.

The Brew: The Beer Guy comes to BizSense

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BizSense Nation, raise a glass to The Brew, BizSense’s newest feature. Lee Graves, aka the Beer Guy, will serve up news and analysis of the Richmond area’s exploding beer scene on the second and fourth Fridays of each month.

Monday Q&A: Timing is everything

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In the year since Tony Ammendolia opened Original Gravity, a home brewing supply shop on Lakeside Avenue, the local craft beer scene has taken off.

Toast of the town

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Virginia’s ever-expanding craft beer economy was on display last week at the Great American Beer Festival, and one of the commonwealth’s breweries received some serious accolades.

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Richmond’s newest brewery is close to officially pouring its first beer.

Happy hour becomes a billable hour

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Two beer-loving local lawyers are trying to capitalize on the rise of craft breweries across the state.

Here comes the beer

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Hardywood Park Craft Brewery has expanded to free up more space for live events — including wedding receptions.