“Tim and I worked really hard to get Crazy Rooster where it is right now…He certainly wouldn’t want me to give up on it,” co-owner Jason Miller said of the passing of his business partner Tim Torrez.
The brewer’s East End facility is getting $40 million in upgrades as it prepares to become the hub for its new international parent company’s U.S. manufacturing base.
After raising more than $10 million from investors since its inception in 2013, Belle Isle Moonshine is attempting to raise the bar with a fundraising tactic it’s never tried before.
The Denver-based brewpub had occupied 8,500 square feet on the mall’s second floor since 2014. Its last day of service in Short Pump was June 4.
“It’s been nerve-wracking to say the least, but you know, if it was easy anybody could do it,” co-owner Butch Taylor said of the six-year process to open the brewery. “We’re building something that we want to be proud of and the community to be proud of … I get choked up just thinking about it.”
“When I started, my job was hand-labeling bottles….Owning this business was not on my radar eight years ago,” said new Blue Bee co-owner Taylor Benson.
The building had once been planned for a food hall but is now home to The Veil and Nokoribi, a Japanese restaurant from the ownership group behind Longoven.
Karen and Matt Verdisco, owners of Brew Craft Bar & Kitchen, are opening a pizza and beer-focused spot just up the road, where they’re installing an in-house brewing operation.
If ultimately passed, the bill would allow brewers to sell a limited amount of product without a distributor through the creation of the Virginia Beer Distribution Co.
Reverberations from a nine-figure deal between two beer giants on opposite sides of the Pacific are being felt here in Richmond.
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