Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Launches Membership Program

By Lee Heidel January 16, 2017

Richmond, VA brewery to release seasonal, members-only beers and gift packages

One hundred lucky beer fans will have the chance to participate in Hardywood Park Craft Brewery’s inaugural “Family Tree” beer club.

Applications open at noon EST on January 18th. The Hardywood Family Tree beer club consists of four seasonal package releases. These quarterly boxes will include three large format bottles of classic Hardywood beers and one exclusive gift. Being a part of the club also includes access to members-only events, discounts, a titanium membership card that also serves as a bottle opener and more perks to be announced.

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The Family Tree beer club packages must be physically picked up at the Richmond, Virginia brewery. Shipments are not an option. For the convenience of out of town members, participants can designate a proxy to receive their boxes.

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The beer club package release schedule will be February, May, August and November. The beers announced for the first month are two bottles of Kentucky Christmas Morning and one bottle of Ruse. Ruse earned a 2016 World Beer Cup bronze medal in the Wood and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout category. Future boxes will include such sought-after Hardywood Park Craft Brewery beers as Foolery, Trickery, Cassowary and Gingerbread Stout.

Bookmark the sign up page and set a reminder so you can be one of the first in line when memberships go on sale.

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery’s beers are distributed throughout Virginia, Washington, DC and eastern Pennsylvania.

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