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As we stated above, as recently as 2010 there was onlybrewery in Richmond , so you really have to give a lot of credit to Hardywood Park for kickstarting the modern RVA brewery revival when they opened in 2011. No other brewery in the city has been so tied to its boom period since that date, and Hardywood remains perhaps the most recognizable Richmond brand on a national level, even if the likes of The Veil perhaps receive more beer geek hype.
The beers are an array of styles, ranging from basic and approachable , to the necessary IPAs, to flavor experiments like “salted caramel stout” that actually turned out pretty well. It’s a place that feels like it was built for casual weeknight hangouts and occasional band performances, but the jury’s still out on if they’ll find a way to stand out in an increasingly crowded market.Tabol Brewing
The word that comes to mind here is “balanced,” as Ardent almost always has a decent array of styles represented in its tap list, and they’re almost all above average in execution. The flagship IPA X is sneakily among the best local examples of juicy modern IPA, while the spicy year-round saison is a godsend, given that it can be found all around the city.
As for the beer, Isley has some solid representations of classic styles, like The Bribe Oatmeal Porter, but also throws in heavily behind flavored kettle sours, with many riffs on flavored Berliner weisse in particular. These flavored beers are all over the place: Banana cream Berliner weisse, peanut butter porter, strawberry shortcake Berliner weisse and blueberry witbier are only a few examples.
The beer, meanwhile, has a tendency to be all over the map both in terms of both variety and quality. This location in particular manages to maintain a huge array of different beers—35 on tap, one time we visited, although some are flavored spin-offs of others. There’s a definite focus on sugary kettle sours and flavored beers of all kinds, and noticeably less commitment to IPA than many other breweries in the area, which can be a refreshing change of pace.
The truth of this particular brewery is more complicated than it might appear to either devotees or detractors—what The Veil does best is catering to several different crowds at the same time. On one side of the spectrum, you have its ostentatiously flavored beers—ridiculously fruited smoothies, insanely complicated BA imperial stouts with half a dozen dessert adjuncts, and triple IPAs so loaded with plant matter that they strain the boundaries of credibility.
In terms of the beer, Basic City produces an array of solid hazy IPAs, none more consistently excellent than the flagship DIPA/tropical fruit bomb Bask, which is perennially one of the better and more underrated hazy, hoppy beers in Richmond. It’s the kind of IPA that would receive considerably more attention if it had Triple Crossing or The Veil’s label on it, to be frank.
This place has the epitome of “classic brewpub” vibe, with a full menu of burgers, sandwiches and fried finger foods, and an interior where seemingly every object is wooden and worn, including a dedicated game room. A mug club proudly chronicles the history of the brewery’s supporters, with the mugs of prominent deceased patrons on display. It’s just that kind of place where you can immediately feel that countless pints have been drained.
And finally, we have one last array of breweries that collectively fall outside of what you would probably describe as Richmond city limits, but are still clearly within the gravitational field of Richmond, also known as simply “RVA.” These breweries can be found to the North, to the South, and to the West—curiously, there’s very little in the way of breweries east of Richmond until you get close to Williamsburg, VA.
The brewing aesthetic here nods primarily toward classic beer styles of yore, with a year-round American pale ale that feels particularly like a statement of grounded principles. The dank, weedy, bitter West IPA Fadeaway is an excellent West Coast IPA that genuinely captures the vibe of the style as it tended to exist a decade ago—notably different fromby some brewers to imply IPA’s next evolution.
Fine Creek possesses a beautiful venue with roaring fireplaces indoors, and copious amounts of seating outdoors on vaulted porches and sprawling patios and gardens. They need the space, too—despite the fact that many Richmond drinkers don’t seem very familiar with their beer, the place is regularly packed on nice days despite its remote location in Powhatan County, VA, suggesting that their quality is well known in beer circles.
This country location in Richmond’s orbit, unfortunately, doesn’t feel like it has the strongest beer focus—when I focused, only four of the beers on tap were actually produced by Holy Mackerel, and the tap list was badly out of date, with most of the spots occupied by guest drafts.
As for specific beers, the citrus-heavy 9 Mile IPA is one of Richmond’s better flagship IPAs, while I appreciate the consistent presence of the adjunct-free One Lion “tropical style stout” as well. There’s usually some barrel-aged variants on tap here, which include such styles as imperial stouts series, doppelbock, barleywine and Belgian quad. In fact, the lineup tends to swing in the direction of “big” beers in general.
In terms of the beer lineup, Steam Bell feels like a somewhat more sophisticated and eclectic older sibling to the now-closed Canon & Draw, with a beer selection that focuses less intently on hazy IPA and heavily fruited beers, and instead includes some more rustic styles such as traditional saison and grisette. Wild ales can frequently be found here as well—I once tasted a lovelysaison, aged two years in wine barrels and conditioned on raspberries and blackberries.
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