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Let’s all have a Humdinger!
Humdinger Craft Soda is a local hand crafted soda company that makes their drinks using filtered water, cane sugar and all natural ingredients. The Church Hill-based company is just now getting their soda to market, look for the ginger ale at the Black Hand Coffee Company in the Museum District and closer to home at The Roosevelt on 25th Street and Shockoe’s Urban Farmhouse.
The ginger ale is ultra natural. No added coloring, flavours, and no preservatives. I literally chop the ginger and steep it to extract the flavour add a little cane sugar with a hint of lime and makes for a perfect bourbon mixer or straight from the bottle. I have done over a hundred different recipes to get it to where it is now so pretty happy with where it is at. Often times ginger ales will claim to be all natural but use natural flavoring such as capsicum to give it the bite, but mine comes straight from the ginger.
The label/logo was designed by a local artist, Jamie Douglas. We wanted to give ginger ale which has generally been a drink for old people a little youth and playfullness. Even the glass bottles are made in Toano, VA.
I’ve been mentored through the process by Arthur Carver who is a third generation ginger ale maker in the northern neck and whose family started Northern Neck Ginger Ale which they sold to coke a couple of years ago. To my knowledge I am the only person in Virginia selling all natural glass bottled ginger ale.
Humdinger Craft Soda
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love this! can’t wait to try it!
Cool label!! Congratulations! Blessings and much success, Casey!
Is this for sale at any retail stores? I would love to try some!
Great Logo with some Richmond skyline in the background. Looks like the Libbie Hill view towards downtown.
Me too – I’m dying for a Humdinger!
There is a house near Alamo that every weekend the garage is opened up and there are lots of people around and looks like brewing equipment set up. Always been curious what that was about, is that Humdinger’s HQ?
Looks cool I’m looking forward to trying it.
That’s the Ardent guys: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ardent-Craft-Ales/213579818687235
#3 SEW – I think the nearest you can get to a “store” is Black Hand Coffee Company on Sheppard Street. It’s between Park and Patterson, I think – the block with Cafe Diem on the corner. Otherwise, according to the article above, the Roosevelt carries it, too.
#3 SEW- Will be in Urban Farmhouse in Shockoe starting this week as well so hopefully you can pick one up there as well.
Hey guys, if you like the label, you should check more of my artwork at my site, jamiedouglasillustration.com!
I bought a bottle at Black Hand today =).
Hey everyone we are in a local competition for a little start-up cash and would REALLY appreciate the support of our fellow Church Hillians. Voting started today and we clearly have some catching up to do if we are going to make it into the finals. You can vote here. http://www.ie-rva.org/?page_id=1103
Hoping for a humdinger
http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2012/06/18/hoping-for-a-humdinger/