For three first-time entrepreneurs, a conversation over drinks at Quirk Hotel led to a new local startup built around precisely what they were sipping on.
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‘It’s a great escape’: A state delegate’s side gig as a winery owner
Depending on the season, Chris Peace spends most of his days writing legislation or planning estates. Now, the lawman is taking on a third profession: vintner.
Intermission Beer Co. ready for its debut
The stage is set for Henrico’s latest brewery, in a strip center next to Virginia Center Commons.
Production upgrade lifting spirits at Goochland brewery
One of the region’s youngest breweries is giving itself a first-birthday gift by ramping up production capacity to 7,000 barrels.
Local beer scene’s newest pairing: Lickinghole and Shockoe Bottom
Changing course from a previously announced expansion into Lynchburg, the local brewery is making a detour into Shockoe.
Vasen Brewing signs first distribution deal
The city’s newest brewery has struck a pact to get its beers flowing from taps beyond its recently opened facility in Scott’s Addition.
Legend, Vasen tap new breweries
Richmond’s oldest and newest beer makers have begun pouring in their new digs.
Strangeways taps Fredericksburg outpost; Manchester gets Twisted
Two new breweries have opened recently: one in the city’s Southside, the other north of it.
VCU launches brewing certificate program
The Richmond craft beer boom is once again pouring into higher education, as the university prepares a non-credit certification course that covers the business side and brewing of craft beers.
With Scott’s Addition warehouse expansion, coffee roaster ramps up production
The brewer now occupies all 3,400 square feet of its Summit Avenue building, where it already had a coffee shop and roasting facility.