After searching long and hard, we found the Center of the Universe. 11293 Air Park Rd. Ashland, VA 23005
Join us every Thursday night as we tap a different cask made from one of our mainstays here at COTU. What better way to spend a Thursday night then with a pint of unique, fresh casked beer and a bite to eat from one of the food trucks we have parked outside.
We brew on a 15BBL brewhouse and currently have six 30BBL fermenters.
Chris and Phil Ray
May 23rd: Release party at The Diamond May 24th: BBQ at Whole Foods May 25th: Party at COTU!
Every Tuesday at 7:00pm. Questions will cover all topics, so wear your smart shoes and show off your big brains for a weekly prize and enjoy some amazing beers while you’re at it.
We’ve got a great line-up of patriotic events leading up to Memorial Day to celebrate the release of Homefront IPA! Homefront IPA is a West Coast style IPA, brewed with orange peel and aged on Louisville Slugger bats donated by none other than Louisville Slugger. After the beer is brewed, the bats will be dried [...]
by Tom Porter We have heard your demands, and we agree. Sundays aren’t just for brunch, sweatpants, and marathons of home renovation shows. No! Sundays are for fun. So, here at Center of the Universe Brewing, we give you Sunday Funday, starting June 2nd from 1pm-6pm. Stop by the brewery, enjoy our great beer lineup, [...]
by Tom Porter Q: What are you doing with your Tuesday nights? A: Playing Trivia at Center of the Universe Brewing Company! First of all, congratulations on answering the first question correctly. Starting Tuesday, May 14th at 7:00 pm COTU will be having the first of our weekly trivia nights. Questions will cover all topics, [...]
We were recently featured on Channel 8 News WRIC. Below is their segment on our partnership with The Diamond.
National Beer Day is Sunday, April 7th by Mike Killelea Eighty years ago on this Sunday, April 7th, our long national nightmare was over (at least for beer drinkers). On March 23, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Act into law. Why should you care about the Cullen-Harrison Act? Because it was the [...]
by Mike Killelea Elizabeth Van Lew, also known as “Crazy Bet”, is a unique figure in American history. A prominent Richmond resident during the Civil War, she was also a Unionist and ardent abolitionist. Ms. Van Lew built and ran an intricate spy network in Richmond and used secret rooms in her Church Hill mansion [...]
Planning is in full swing for this year’s batch of Homefront IPA! If you haven’t heard about Homefront IPA – here’s the spiel: Homefront IPA was developed back in 2011 – before we were a brewery. At the time, Chris was playing for the Seattle Mariners and wanted to partner with a local Seattle brewery [...]
The playoffs are here! The teams in red made the playoffs – congratulations to those who made it! Playoffs begin next Thursday. - Round 1 will be at 6:00pm - Round 2 will be at 7:00pm - Championship round will be at 8:00pm Leaderboard (updated 4.19.13) 6:30 Teams Points 7:30 Teams Points Riochet 25 KCCO [...]
by Mike Killelea I was in the middle of back to back Main Street brews tonight when I went to my office to check in on Hazel, my bull terrier. I heard someone ask our bartender – “Hey, is that the Brewmaster?” She said yes. For a brief second, I started to look behind me. [...]
by Mike Killelea For about the past three years I have been serving as the Chairman of the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild. The past year saw a lot of exciting things for the Guild. One of them was the creation of the first Virginia Craft Beer Month in August (thank you Delegate Betsy Carr!). The [...]