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Hardywood teams up with Va. farmers to produce seasonal beers

  June 6, 2017
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Hardywood Park Craft Brewery is committed to using local products in its beer.


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Beer, Crops, Hops, News
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Craft beers increasingly made with Virginia ingredients

  March 23, 2017
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Virginia’s drink industry is overflowing with more than 175 craft breweries, 14 cideries, 47 distilleries and 282 wineries, and that’s leading to more opportunities for farmers to grow ingredients.


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Agriculture Business, Food and Drink, Hops, News
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Farm breweries infusing beers with homegrown ingredients

  February 23, 2017
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French Toast brown ale made with six-row Thoroughbred barley and Throatlatch Imperial Farm IPA with Cascade and Nugget hops fresh from the farm are among the products farm breweries are crafting with homegrown ingredients.


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Food and Drink, Hops, News
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Hardywood, Virginia farmers team up to produce seasonal beers

  February 23, 2017
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From its beginning, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond has placed an emphasis on using local products in 
its beer.


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Food and Drink, Hops, News
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‘From the dirt to the glass,’ farm brewery focuses on a homegrown, farm-malted product

  February 23, 2017
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At Wood Ridge Farm in Nelson County, growing barley is the first important step in a hands-on process by which Barry Wood oversees production of craft-brewed beers served at his Wood Ridge Farm Brewery.


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Food and Drink, Hops, News
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Hops conference planned for growers, brewers

  January 5, 2017
The South Atlantic Hops Conference for hops growers, brewers and others with an interest in the hops industry will be held March 24 and 25 at the Crown Plaza Resort in Ashville, N.C.


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Conferences, Crops, Hops, Meetings and Events, News
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