Thursday May 1st [1862]New Orleans has fallen. Commadore Farragut wrote a letter to the Mayor demanding the surrender of the city and that the Confederate and State flags should be hauled down. The Mayor replied that our forces had left the city. There…
Press of Atlantic City:
A Virginia man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder charges in connection with a 13-year-old cold case involving a woman who grew up in Atlantic City.Virginia State Police arrested Lawrence Gaudenzi, 44, of Timberville, Va., on Friday and charged him with the murder of his ex-wife, Lisa Gaudenzi, who went missing in […]
According to Doug Hill’s blog post today thus far May has been the second wettest May at BWI airport, the third wettest May at Dulles Airport, and the fourth wettest May at Reagan National Airport. The good news is that the forecast for the next five …
Tonight was the hotly anticipated (by me, anyway) soft opening of the Kybecca wine bar. Customers on their email list were offered first dibs on reservations, which went fast. We had already sampled their panini to go, and were looking forward to a ret…
Last night we enjoyed a rare evening when we were not on the run for some school/sports/church/community event. Colleen and I actually had the opportunity to sit down after an early dinner and relax. Our son was out riding his bike so it was a good tim…
The folks from Craft Beer Radio were busy last week. They recorded the six Salon sessions at SAVOR, along with doing quite a few interviews. The Salon recordings are available for download now. The interviews will be posted soon. I’ve already listened …
I am often asked why we do not carry any Irish beers. It would make sense, given our store’s theme. The answer is, unfortunately, that they are all in Ireland. That is to say, an Irish beer I’d be interested in selling is in Ireland. Beers from big Irish breweries, like Guinness, Smithwicks, or Harp, are easily available. Since we don’t sell corporate beers those options are out, which leaves me with nothing.
Another part of the answer is that the Irish microbrewery business is nowhere near as large as here. In fact, it’s just getting off the ground. You may wonder why that is given Irish beer culture. Part of it is to do with Ireland’s stricter licensing laws and part of it is the fact that a lot of Irish money is new money, so I expect at some point we’ll see more Irish craft brews as more people can afford to operate one.
Even today the microbrews that do exist are brewpubs who do not sell their beers in stores. The most famous is The Porterhouse in Dublin, a few of whose beers I would love to carry. Oh well.
But, for those of you who have been to Ireland, don’t fret too much. The Irish have a talent for making sure beers you had there will not taste the same in your homeland, a common complaint about Guinness. Kilkenny, a red ale brewed by the Smithwicks brewery, is delicious in an Irish pub, with the special taps for stouts that give the beer a creamy head. I tried the very same beer in Belgium and it was nowhere near as good. There’s a good reason to visit Ireland, I guess.
There are several potential avenues to investing in Fredericksburg real estate. Most people have some understanding of the common avenues. But, a lot of people overlook a simple primary investment avenue, that is probably the most financially sound option for a lot of people.
I fielded a couple of questions this week that prompted me to […]
By now we’ve learned of Senator Ted Kennedy’s malignant brain tumor. From all indications, it is likely terminal meaning the senator is now staring directly at death. As our political leaders fight back the tears to sing Kennedy’s praises, I can’t help thinking about a young person who died tragically approximately forty years ago. Unlike Kennedy, she […]
