Key Points

• Top-rated brewery in Virginia.
• 100% of the brewery’s electricity comes from renewable energy sources (wind, biomass and solar) via the Dominion Green Power program.

Locations

• Richmond, Opened October 2011, First able to sell beer in the taproom July 4th, 2012!
• Charlottesville, Opened February 2017
• Westcreek/Goochland, Projected opening early 2018

Beer Awards

• Singel Silver, 2014 VA Craft Brewers Cup, Belgian & French Ale Category
• Ruse Bronze, 2016 World Beer Cup, Wood & Barrel Aged Strong Stout Category
• Grosse Teufel Silver, 2016 Great American Beer Festival, Historical Beer Category
• Gingerbread Stout 100 Score, 2012 Beer Advocate Magazine
  • Silver,2012 VA Beer Cup, Dark Beer Category
  • Bronze,2012 World Beer Cup, Herb &Spice Beer Category
  • Gold, 2013 VA Beer Cup, Fruited, Herb, & Spice Beer Category
  • Silver, 2013 VA Beer Cup, Best in Show
• Raspberry Stout-Awards:
  • Gold, 2014 Great American Beer Festival, American-Style Fruit Beer Category,
  • Gold, 2017 Australian International Beer Awards, Fruit Category
  • Major Trophy Winner, 2017 Australian International Beer Awards, Best Specialty Beer
• PILS- Second Place, Virginia Craft Beer Cup 2016, Pale Bitter European

Flagship Beers

• Singel, Pils, VIPA

Facts

• 20 barrel, 3 vessel brewhouse
• Largest fermenter is 120 barrels (a barrel is 31 gallons)

The Story

The story of how Hardywood Park Craft Brewery came to be is quite literally as old as its co-founders, Eric McKay and Patrick Murtaugh. Their parents met first, setting the stage for a childhood friendship that would develop over decades into a shared passion for craft beer. While honing their craft as home brewers, Eric and Pat built the foundation for Hardywood Park by experiencing craft beer culture and learning every facet of the industry.

Eric McKay, while working as the marketing director for one of America’s leading craft beer wholesalers, built an innovative mobile beer marketing platform, served as a speaker on beer marketing strategy innovation at several beer industry conferences around the country, earned his MBA with honors from Fordham University and was selected to serve as a Great American Beer Festival judge. He also became Richmond’s first Certified Cicerone™.

Patrick Murtaugh follows three generations of brewmasters in his family: Louis Kuhn, Springfield Brewery, Springfield, MA; Henry Kuhn, The Wayne Brewing Company, Erie, PA; and Albert Kuhn, The Koehler Brewery, Erie, PA. In 2010, Patrick began his studies as a full time brewing student at the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago. After extensive technical coursework at Siebel, Patrick relocated to Munich, Germany for practical brewing training at the renowned Domens Academy, where he earned his Master Brewer Certification.

Apprenticeships with Brauerei Heller Trum in Bamberg, Germany, as well as Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. and Defiant Brewing Co. in New York, rounded out Patrick’s brewing training.

Ten years of hard work and planning brought Eric and Patrick’s dream into reality with the launch of Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in October 2011.