Virginia Amtrak passengers are getting a Richmond-made beer option

The big picture: A year ago, the congressionally-created Amtrak Food & Beverage Working Group shared its finding from a yearlong study of onboard snack options and the cafe experience.

• Adding fresher, healthier food and local options were among the more than two-dozen recommendations from the group.

Zoom in: Virginia is the second state, and the first on the East Coast, to add local options to its cafe menu, Karina Romero with Virginia Passenger Rail Authority tells Axios.

• Washington state already offered locally sourced items onboard. They've helped Virginia navigate the process, as Virginia is doing now for other states, Romero said.

Details: Brewski will be available for $8 beginning Saturday in the café cars on all the Virginia-supported trains along the Northeast Regional line, which runs between Roanoke, Newport News, Norfolk and Richmond then up the East Coast to D.C., Philadelphia, New York and Boston.

• It'll join Michelob Ultra, White Claw Black Cherry and Twisted Tea in the $8 alcoholic beverage category on the Cafe Cars.
• Of note: Brewski won't actually appear on the menu, passengers will have to ask for it, Romero said. That's because the Virginia trains go up the East Coast past D.C.