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Pickle Lovers Unite! The Artisan Pickle Club is hosting Pickled & Fermented - a celebration of all things pickled and fermented! We're talking more than pickled cucumbers here - they don't discriminate when it comes to pickled things. Pickled fruit, pickled veggies, hot sauce, kimchi, beer, Kombucha – if it's pickled or fermented, we're celebrating it!

Join them at Center of the Universe Brewing Company for a day of pickle tastings, live music from Ashland's Buckeville Hootenany, a pickle themed beer and loads of pickle shenanigans! They will also be hosting the very first Best Pickle Competition and are taking entries from Richmond Restaurants and home picklers.

Categories include:

Sweet Pickles- fruits, vegetables, bread & butter

Savory Pickle-fruits, vegetables & dill pickled savory edibles

Relishes - Chow-Chow, Pickle Relish, Chutney, Picalilli

Cabbage-kimchi & sauerkraut

Drinkable Ferments- kombucha, shrubs & kefir (sorry no alcohol allowed)

Sourdough bread

The pickle panel of judges for includes: Ashley Ray and Larkin Garbee of Artisan Pickle Club, Abbie Toner of Eat Smart, Karen Grisevich of GrowRVA, Stephanie Ganz of RVA News, and Brandon Fox of Style Weekly.

Anyone interested in attending and/or entering the pickle competitions can find out more at www.artisanpickles.com.