Posted on February 7, 2025
Let the countdown to the COTU Irish Festival on March 15 from 12-6pm begin!🍀
Live Music:
-Albafeire @ 2pm
Beer on tap:
-Irish Lager
-Bald Irishman
-Dry Irish Stout on Nitro
Irish Fare:
Indulge in traditional Irish delights from EAT Catering and Kitchen!
Mark your calendar, dust off your dancing shoes, and come join the craic at the COTU Irish Festival!
Open to all ages and admission is free.
Posted on January 24, 2025
Join us for a cluckin’ good time at our Fowl & Foam festival featuring delicious beer, chicken, and live music!
Live Music:
Chad’s Fault: 2:30-5:30pm
Food Trucks:
Flavor Chariot: 2-6pm
Cluck N Roll: 2-6pm
1115 Mobile Kitchen: 2-6pm
Beer:
Brewksi Lime Release
Limited Release of Brewski Variants
All ages are welcome and free to attend!
Posted on January 10, 2025
Join us for a Pi-Day Pizza Party!
Enjoy delicious pizza, live music, and a new beer release!
Food Trucks: 4-8pm
-Happy Place Mobile Pizza
-Furnace Pizza
Live Music: 5-8pm
-Paulo Franco
Posted on January 10, 2025
**Food truck update: due to circumstances out of our control, we will no longer have Cousin’s Maine Lobster joining us tomorrow. We will have another amazing food truck for you all though, Flavor Chariot, who will be serving up tasty dishes like fish and chips, coconut shrimp, and wings!**
Celebrate Valentine’s Day here with us at COTU!
Treat your special someone to yummy food, live music, and a delicious selection of beer, wine, cider, and N/A beverages!
Food Truck: Flavor Chariot – 4-8pm
Live Music: Aaron Holloway – 6-8pm
Posted on December 20, 2024
Calling all Chocolate Lovers!
Join us at the brewery for our 5th annual Chocolate Fest! Enjoy a limited selection of 8 different chocolate beers while shopping for your Valentine in our vendor area!
Vendors:
Handmade Greeting Card Factory
Boozy Bundt Cakes
Food Truck – Moniques Crepes
Chocolate beer flight:
-Chocolate
-Bavarian Cream
-Peanut Butter
-Strawberry
-Cake Batter
-S’mores
-Coconut Cream
-Mexican Hot Chocolate
Admission to this event is free and open to all ages! Come bring your Valentine or just your fellow chocolate lovers!
Posted on October 18, 2024
Join us this weekend to celebrate our 12th anniversary!
We will have special beer releases, live music, food trucks, and giveaways during this fun weekend event!
Friday, Nov 15:
-Beer Release: Decadent Duderino
-Food Truck: Cousins Maine Lobster, 4-8pm
-Live Music: The Boss of Me, 5:30-8pm
Saturday, Nov 16:
-Beer Release: Jeffrey
-Food Truck: El Guapo Taco and Beer Pairing, 2-6pm
-Live Music: Aaron Holloway, 2-4:30pm
Sunday, Nov 17:
-Food Truck: Flavor Chariot Wing and Beer Pairing, 2-6pm
-Bingo
Posted on October 18, 2024
Join CSTUF for our 2nd Annual Thumbstock Music Fest! Come enjoy great music and bands, fun, drinks and help us fundraise for CJSTUF!
Food Truck:
-Flavor Chariot: 1-7pm
Music Line-up:
1:00 – Clay Mottley
2:00 – Coleman, Fuller & Tucker
3:00 – Roger Reynolds & Friends
4:00 – The Wrong Worshipers
5:00 – Whiskey Banjo Foxtrot
6:00 – Open Bluegrass Jam
Posted on September 27, 2024
October 19th
2pm – 5pm
Join us for an Asian Food Festival here at COTU!
We will have delicious food trucks, live music, and a special beer release!
Food Trucks: 2-5pm
-Hibachi Mobile
-Real Ginger
-KASE Sushi
-Flavor Chariot
Live Music: 2-5pm
-The Boss of Me
Special Beer Release:
-Lychee Wheat Beer
This event is free to attend, open to all ages, and leashed dogs are welcome on our patio!
Posted on September 9, 2024
Join us for the Twilight Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm on Friday, September 13th!
We will have some amazing vendors for you to check out!
Vendors:
-Twin Hickory Honey
-Meredith Farms CSA
-Always Flavored Sauces
Enjoy beer, wine, or an N/A beverage while you shop!
Posted on September 6, 2024
Come hang with us and our friends at El Guapo Food Truck for a taco and beer pairing! Enjoy 4 4-ounce brews paired perfectly with 4 incredible mini tacos – from 4pm until we run out!
Flights of beer can be purchased at the bar, then head out to El Guapo to grab your flight of mini tacos!
Pricing:
Flight of beer at the bar(4 x 4oz samples): $8 – 🍺
Flight of tacos at the food truck (4 mini tacos): $13.75 – 🌮
🍺 Redrum: IIPA
🌮 Steak and Chorizo Taco
🍺 Brewski Lime : Brewski Lager infused with real lime!
🌮 Cochinita Pibil Taco
🍺 Dry Hopped Brewski: Brewski with a dose of fresh hops
🌮 Grilled Chicken Taco
🍺 Oktoberfest: German-Style Märzen
🌮 Carne AsadaTaco
Posted on August 30, 2024
Get Rover ready to show off his best tricks and his cutest costume, Growl-O-Ween is back!
Join us at Center of the Universe Brewing Co. as we hold our favorite dog-themed event.
We’re teaming up with the Hanover Humane society to raise money to fund their mission of educating the people of Hanover County about the proper treatment of animals and rescuing animals and caring for them until they find their forever home.
We’ve got a ton going on for this event, Anderson Highway will be rocking out live on the beer garden stage, and Flavor Chariot is going to be serving up some delicious eats. We’ll also have a ton of dog themed events going on including a costume competition and trick competitions!
Live Music: Anderson Highway – 2-6pm
Food Truck: Flavor Chariot – 4-8pm
*This event is free to attend and open to all ages. For the safety of all dogs and humans present, please keep your dog on a leash for the duration of the event*
Posted on August 19, 2024
Center of the Universe Brewing Company (COTU), a production brewery located in Ashland, VA (Metro Richmond Area), is seeking a full-time production member to add to our team. We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled brewer/cellar person to continue our 11 years of crafting award winning and exceptionally consistent beer in central Virginia. In addition to being an all around awesome person, the ideal candidate will possess the following skills:
If you are interested in working with us at the Center of the Universe, please send your resume to careers@cotubrewing.com.
Previous commercial brewing experience a plus
Commitment to quality and consistency
Ability and willingness to diligently follow recipes and procedures
Attention to detail and documentation
Ability to lift 55lbs and move 160lbs when necessary
Excellent sensory analysis
Have at least as much passion for producing great beer as we do
Duties:
Operating and maintaining a 15bbl brewhouse
Cellar duties from CIP to fermentation monitoring
Operation and cleaning/sanitizing packaging and kegging equipment
Cleaning and sanitation of the brewhouse and cellar
Work with partner(s) to perfect recipes and processes
Basic maintenance and repairs
Quality Control
Produce amazing beer
Days/Hours:
Monday – Friday
Daytime hours
Benefits:
Competitive Salary BOE, Health Care, Paid Vacation/Sick Time, Trips, Annual Bonus, New Friends
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.00 – $22.00 per hour BOE
Benefits:
401(k)
Employee discounts
Health insurance
Paid time off
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Morning/Day shift
Monday to Friday
No nights
No weekends
Work Location: In person
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.00 – $22.00 per hour BOE
Expected hours: 40 per week
If you are interested in working with us at the Center of the Universe, please send your resume to careers@cotubrewing.com.
Posted on August 1, 2024
Open Mic Night, First Tuesday of every month at 6pm
What to Expect:
🎤 Open Mic Session: Sing your heart out or enjoy the talent, host provides PA with two microphones on boom stands, two DI boxes, two guitar cables, and a Bluetooth receiver.
What do you need to bring? You, an instrument or backing tracks on a Bluetooth compatible device if you need it.
🍻 Drinks: Choose from craft beer, cider, or wine.
🤝 Friends and Fun: Connect with others and have a great time.
SIGN UP HERE:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n2oso_-rFamlTtV8yDk9oRzM5m_8xTWGHxAJfyo7Ufg/edit?fbclid=IwY2xjawEY0LdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfK–GwTuyCoPiLIMWYPm-l6JMmParQxKYtragI9rEllxFj3tLLVaBEqag_aem_uEWfoC_PK4dblkX4sfwqqQ&gid=0#gid=0
Posted on July 16, 2024
Rocktoberfest 2024
September 28th
12pm – 7pm
Come rock with us German-style at ROCKtoberfest! We’re hosting 2 awesome bands here for a day full of rockin’ music, beer, food trucks, stein hoisting, arcade, and more! Free to attend and open to all ages. Dogs on leashes welcome in the Beer Garden.
Band Lineup:
12:00pm – 3:00pm Back Sydney Band
4:00pm – 7:00pm School of Rock House and Adult Bands
Food Truck:
Flavor Chariot
German Beers:
Oktoberfest Märzen
Kölsch
Black Lager
Brewski Dortmunder
Wine, cider and N/A beverages also available.
Posted on July 16, 2024
6th Annual Circle-Up BBQ Festival
August 24th
1pm – 6pm
Round up your friends, family, and neighbors for the 6th Annual Circle-Up BBQ Throwdown benefiting Circles Ashland. Enjoy 3 BBQ vendors, live music, beer/wine/cider, and more! Free to attend and open to all ages!
🍖 BBQ Competitors
Jakes Place
Redemption BBQ
Stag Creek Catering
🎸 Live Music (2pm – 5pm)
Room for Improvement
🕹️ Other Activities
50/50 Raffle
Indoor Arcade
Corn Hole
🍺 Beverages
Beer
Wine
Cider
N/A Drinks
Posted on July 15, 2024
Choose Center of the Universe Brewing Company for your next party, meeting, or event! Situated right next to the main taproom, our private events area is available to reserve for private functions of all kind. Check out below for details.
CLICK HERE for a facility tour
Email: Info@cotubrewing.com for details and bookings.
Parties w/over 25 Adults – No room rental fee or minimum purchase requirements.
Private Events Room Capacity
Beverage tickets can be purchased in advance or guests can use our cash bar.
Full audio/video hookups with ceiling mounted projected and dropdown screen.
Arcade located in the private event space.
Private restroom located inside the space.
Parties greater than 60 guests can reserve the event space for food setup and then access the public areas of the brewery as well to spread out.
Posted on July 8, 2024
Posted on June 19, 2024
Pineapple Whip
Coconut IPA
Toucan Tropical Lager
Brewski Lime
Summer Moon Raspberry Lemon Wheat
Guava Gose
Rally Cap Grapefruit Shandy
Posted on June 11, 2024
Dad’s Day Pigout
June 16th
1pm – 6pm
Posted on May 30, 2024