Over the past few years, Richmond has become a hot spot for
craft breweries. There seems to be one on just about every corner. There’s one
area in particular near my house called Scott’s Addition where these little places
have popped up like crazy.
Some friends were in town last weekend so we thought it
would be the perfect opportunity to do a little brewery crawl through Scott’s
Addition. All of the places we went were within walking distance of each other
and it ended up being a gorgeous, sunny day!
Since my girlfriend had just run the Richmond Marathon the
previous day, she wanted a burger. I don’t blame her. If I ran 26.2 miles (and
was still alive) I would want to eat ALL OF THE BURGERS. So, we hit up this fun
little place called Boulevard Burgers and Brews which kicked off our day of
drinking perfectly.
One of the things that I am super into right now is hard
cider. It’s the perfect beer alternative for someone who doesn’t like beer.
There is a new cidery that opened recently called Buskey that I’ve been dying
to try out. So, that was our first stop. And let me tell you – they did not
disappoint! They had an awesome selection of ciders ranging from traditional to
crazy flavor infusions like coffee and jalapeno lime. My favorite was the newly
released Pink Lady which was smooth and tart.
Our next stop was another recently opened cidery called Blue Bee. I was familiar with their ciders but this location in Richmond was brand
new. The atmosphere there was very cool with a huge outdoor patio area to hang
out. Unfortunately, their ciders completely disappointed us. None of them were
really very good. My chemist husband said it seemed like they had been
contaminated with Bret (which makes them sour). So, it could have just been a
bad batch. We’ll probably give them one more shot maybe in the spring.
Our last stop of the day was at Isley Brewing Company. This
was a cool place because they really had a wide variety of beers to choose from
like Belgian White, Pale Ale, Brown Ale, Porter and IPA’s. The whole group went
for their Plain Jane Blueberry Belgian White which was a huge hit.
This would be a great place to go with a group of people who have varied tastes in beer. They also do a ton of Trivia Nights – you can’t go wrong!
