Denoon

STYLE

IPA

ALC/VOL

6.0%

DESCRIPTION

Mosaic India Pale Ale

BACKSTORY

In 1817, 14 year old Daniel Denoon was apprenticed to respected Richmond gunsmith James McNaught. By age 20, Denoon's gun work had surpassed McNaught’s, leading Denoon to strike out on his own. Shortly after informing McNaught of his plan, McNaught called Denoon upstairs in the middle of dinner. McNaught had a pistol in each hand, one he used on Denoon and the other on himself. Denoon made it down the stairs and was able to describe the incident before dying on the staircase. The building still stands at the corner of 18th and Franklin. Multiple attempts to repair the staircase have been inexplicably unsuccessful, and subsequent owners have reported hearing two men shouting upstairs and the sounds of someone staggering down the staircase when the building is otherwise empty. Daniel Denoon is buried at St. John's Church.