Greater Richmond, Virginia - Greater Richmond Partnership

Greater Richmond, Virginia
4 Virginia
breweries
won medals
at the 2014
World Beer
Cup
August has been
designated Virginia
Craft Beer Month
Virginia listed
as a “Top 7 Beer
Destinations”
- Travel Channel
100 breweries
operating or
planned in Va.
overview
Virginia’s craft brewery industry and love of craft beers has been in the national spotlight recently: large breweries with a long history in Virginia
such as Anheuser-Busch and Coors Brewing have been joined by a growing number of craft breweries. There are nearly 100 breweries operating
or in the planning stages in Virginia.
New Brewing Legislation
New Law: In 2012, the governor of Virginia signed two
pieces of legislation to support Virginia craft brewers:
House Bill 359 allows manufacturers to lease space in
their brewhouses to smaller-scale brewers and Senate
Bill 604 allows retail sales of beer and sampling on the
premises of Virginia breweries.
directly to customers such as grocery stores, convenience
stores, restaurants, or the general public. For more, visit
the Va. Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control website at
www.abc.virginia.gov/licensing/manfwhole.htm
Licensing Requirements: A brewery could open a distribution center in Virginia without having a manufacturing
capacity. However, they could only distribute beer from the
facility to registered wholesalers; they could not sell beer
New City Ordinance: Following the arrival of Stone
Brewing in 2014, an ordinance was signed by the Richmond City Council which lowers the utility surcharge on
wastewater for breweries and cider makers located in the
City of Richmond.
distributors in richmond, virginia
Company Name
Regions Covered
# of Brands
Phone #
Brown Distributing Co., Inc. (beer and ale)
Central Virginia, Florida
85
(804) 553-1520
Free Run Wine Merchants (craft beer and wine)
Virginia, D.C. & Maryland
120
(804) 359-3733
15 Va. counties + 2 military bases
100+
(804) 732-1085
Loveland Distributing Co., Inc. (beer and ale)
31 Va. counties
32
(804) 355-4943
Republic National Distributing Co. (beer and ale)
18 states + D.C.
550+
(804) 226-4362
14 states
N/A
(804) 749-8016
Kozak Beverages, Inc. (beer and malt)
Specialty Beverage of VA (only craft beers and wine)
award winning products
Four Virginia breweries won medals at the 2014 World Beer Cup, competing with 4,754 beers from around the world:
n Category 17: American-Belgo-Style Ale, 56 Entries Gold: Whiter Shade of Pale Ale, Starr Hill Brewery, Crozet, Va.
n Category 35: Vienna-Style Lager, 39 Entries
Silver: Vienna Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Outpost, Lexington, Va.
n Category 45: American-Style Dark Lager, 18 Entries Gold: Old Virginia Dark, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Basecamp,
Roseland, Va.
n Category 77: Scotch Ale, 47 Entries Silver: Heavy Red Horseman Scottish Style Ale, Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest, Va.
Brewing Websites of Interest
n Virginia Craft Brewers Guild
n VA Beer Trail
n Va. Beer Wholesalers Association
www.virginiacraftbrewers.org
www.vabeertrail.net
www.vbwa.org
The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild organizes craft
brewers for economic development, business
development, supply chain management, tourism
and government affairs.
This website tracks Virginia’s craft and micro
breweries. It provides information on recent
beer-related news, a list of breweries, stores and
outlets and is member based.
The VBWA is a non-profit, tax exempt corporation
representing Virginia’s independent, familyowned and operated beer distributors.
Transportation & access to market
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Hanover
95
R R
Hanover
Airport
301
64
295
73
R R
295
288
R R
Richmond
76
Port of
Richmond
Richmond
International
Airport
Ai
64
895
150
Henrico
H
n Richmond is strategically located at the mid-point of the East
Coast, less than 100 miles from Washington, D.C.
n Interstates 64, 95, 85 and 295 converge in the metro area
n More than 55% of the nation’s consumers are within 750 miles
n Two of the nation’s largest rail operators, CSX and Norfolk Southern, provide freight service and AMTRAK provides passenger service
n Richmond International Airport (RIC) provides about 200 daily
flights with connecting flights to destinations worldwide. Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), one of the nation’s largest
international airports, is only 120 miles from Richmond, with nearly
50 non-stop flights to international destinations
n The Port of Richmond is a multi-modal freight and distribution
center on the James River. The Richmond Region’s shippers are also
within 100 miles of the Port of Virginia at Hampton Roads, the 3rd
largest container port on the U.S. East Coast
Chesterfield
Airport
Chesterfield
288
95
James River
1
301
R R
295
85
Virginia agriculture, the state’s
largest industry, supplies food and
beverage manufacturers with crops
such as hops, soybeans and more.
Norfolk Southern
& CSX provide
rail freight
service
The first beer sold in a can in
the United States debuted
in Richmond in 1935 by the
Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co.
Average
commute time
is only 25
minutes
UPS & FedEx
district hubs are
located in the
region
Locally owned Mekong
was voted Best Beer Bar
in the country three times
by CraftBeer.com
Richmond’s Regional Breweries
n 7 Hills Brewing (coming 2015)
www.facebook.com/7hillsrva1
n The Answer Brewpub
www.theanswerbrewpub.com
n Ardent Craft Ales
http://ardentcraftales.com/
n B.J.’s Restaurant & Brewhouse
www.bjsrestaurants.com
n Center of the Universe Brewing Co.
www.cotubrewing.com
n Garden Grove Brewing Company
www.gardengrovebrewing.com
n Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
www.hardywood.com
n Isley Brewing Co.
www.isleybrewingcompany.com
n Legend Brewing Co.
www.legendbrewing.com
n Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery
www.lickingholecreek.com
n Midnight Brewery
www.midnight-brewery.com
n Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
www.rockbottom.com
n Stone Brewing Co. (coming 2016)
www.stonebrewing.com
n Strangeways Brewing
www.strangewaysbrewing.com
Hardywood’s Gingerbread Stout, a decadent holiday spiced dark beer, ranks as one of the Southeast’s most coveted bottles.
Why Greater Richmond
for your business?
Richmond is the capital of Virginia, the center of commerce,
government and academic endeavors:
n Home to 10 Fortune 1000 headquarters
n Population of nearly 1.3 million
n Diverse local economy
n Located at the mid-point of the East Coast, less than 100
miles from Washington, D.C., with more than 50 percent of the
nation’s consumers within a 750-mile radius
n Excellent transportation network with rail, air, and port service
n Nearly 30 colleges and universities with almost 80,000 students and more than 14,000 degrees conferred annually
n Virginia is a right-to-work state with moderate wages, low
levels of unionization, and Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation costs among the lowest in the U.S.
Boston
Richmond
One of
America’s
“Top States
for Business”
Miami
- CNBC.com,
2013
Top Cities
for Business
Growth
- Wall Street Journal’s
MarketWatch.com,
2013
3rd Best
Large City in
the U.S. for Job
Creation
- Gallup, 2012
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The Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc., is the regional economic development group representing the City of Richmond and the Counties of Chesterfield,
Hanover and Henrico. We offer site location assistance and other services to domestic and foreign companies planning new or expanded facilities.
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