A two-and-half-year-old craft brewery in Roanoke has finally made its way to the capital.
The Brew
Fat Tire rolls into town
Local beer lovers will have a another craft brew to choose from starting in August.
‘Way more than fizzy yellow stuff’
Richmond’s newest craft brewery was born out of an epiphany, and its founders want to enlighten you.
A deal on draft
Beer enthusiasts will have even more selection at restaurants and convenience stores across Richmond after a local distributor picked up a handful of new beer labels, one of which it hopes can swipe market share from local favorite PBR.
The bottom gets its brew back
With Richbrau gone, the Shockoe area has been missing its own brew pub.
Not so micro now
By now most beer drinkers are used to Magic Hat, a Vermont beer that’s now ubiquitous in Richmond. Another Vermont brew has come to town.
Whiskey startup goes down smooth
Two friends from Collegiate hatched a business plan while at a Virginia Tech football game, and now they’ve got their very own Richmond whiskey to pour at this season’s tailgate parties.
Richbrau files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Richbrau Brewery owner Michael T. Byrne said his Shockoe Slip restaurant collapsed under the weight of the recession.
Shockoe Slip brewpub shuts its doors
Richbrau Brewing Company has closed its doors.
What’s on tap? Beer-tracking technology
Forget Big Brother. From its headquarters in Powhatan County local startup InteliTap, tracks kegs of beer from the brewery to the moment its contents are poured into a customer’s frosty glass. The company can notify a bar owner anywhere in the world when a barkeep is a little too generous with a pint of the good stuff. And business is set to grow 80 percent this year.
