KavaClub strikes deal with VDH to begin serving controversial kava drink
After more than a year of legal and regulatory wrangling, KavaClub looks to finally be on its way to selling its namesake drink.
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After more than a year of legal and regulatory wrangling, KavaClub looks to finally be on its way to selling its namesake drink.
It's the second local brewery this month to announce its pending closure, following Isley Brewing's exit from Scott's Addition.
“If the Commonwealth feels so strongly, they should be slamming shut every vape shop and every gas station (that’s selling kava and kratom),” Bryant said. “If it’s really a public health issue, that’s the response that should be happening.”
The ruling at Tuesday's hearing leaves KavaClub and founder Fred Bryant in continued regulatory limbo, which began shortly after it announced its plans to open at the beginning of the year and serve the psychoactive drink kava.
KavaClub, which will produce and serve a non-alcoholic and psychoactive drink, filed a motion in Richmond Circuit Court seeking a temporary injunction that would allow it to open for business at 1529 W. Main St.