I won’t identify the source. I just thought it was funny.
All my interns are ditching work to go the inauguration. Their innocent, credulous hope is so cute. I’m going to fire them when they return to bring them back to earth.

Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) wants the state to get out of the business of selling alcohol. Don’t worry, this is not another anti-alcohol campaign, but a move that would benefit both the consumer and the state. Senator Obenshain intends to i…

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Democrats and Republicans and in the U.S. Senate have agreed to a 3 seat Dem majority on most of the committees. This means we finally have some committee assignments for freshman Senators. Several slots are still open, in part because we’re still waiting on new Senators to be seated from IL, MN, DE, CO, and NY.
Democrats will get […]

Local restaurant reviewers Nancy Rossbacher And Stephen Sylvia recently visited the Fredericksburg Capital Ale House and their review appeared in today’s Free Lance-Star. They mention a few of the many menu items, and I do agree with their assessment o…

Hoo boy! The Arctic express blasted its way into the Mid-Atlantic today with strong winds and dry air. Anytime the dew point drops into the single digits (or even below zero) you can bet that a continental Arctic (cA) airmass has dropped in to visit….

Let’s start by pointing out the bleeding obvious: Miller High Life is not the Champagne of Beers. There is, however, a type of beer that does qualify for that title, and that is Gueuze beer from Belgium. Gueuze is a type of Lambic beer. You may already be familiar with Lambic beers because they are often blended with fruit juice and in this form sell very well. Lambic beers are not necessarily always mixed with fruit juice though. They are a type of ale brewed with a mixture of barley and wheat and undergo spontaneous fermentation, which is what sets them apart from other beer. Most beers are brewed using cultures. Spontaneous fermentation is when you expose the beer to the elements and wild yeast ferments the beer for you. This technique is used sometimes in winemaking with what are known as natural wines. If you saw a Lambic brewery you would probably find it pretty dirty. This is intentional, because if you keep your brewery spic and span you kill off all those wild yeasts. You in effect have to create your own ecosystem in your brewery. This makes it a delicate process. Several American brewers have tried and failed to replicate the style.

Which brings us back to Gueuze. Geuze is a special type of Lambic. It is a blend of older Lambic beers which are rounder with high acid, tart young lambic. Like Champagne, it is refermented in the bottle to create the carbonation. In fact, it often comes in Champange-like bottles. These beers are amazingly complex. They are higher in acidity than most beers making them excellent with food. The flavors are somewhat wine-like with a tart fruitiness, a long finish and even some minerality. In other words, my kind of beer. If you are a beer lover and you have not tried these you are really missing out. Gueuze, in my opinion, is probably the most interesting and sophisticated of all beers. And at a fraction of the price of Champagne, you can have a Champagne-like experience (almost) without spending so much money. While it doesn’t quite reach the heights of truly great Champagne, I will say without qualification that a bottle of Geuze (usually around $12-$20 for 750ml) is better than nearly any wine you could get for the same price.

Yes, they are available at kybecca. You can buy the beauty in that picture for $11.99.

My rantings directed at the FL-S have been too far and too few in between.  
Since F2B started clogging up The Internets in November, 2007, there seem to have been some improvements in story coverage, fact-checking, and photo captioning at Your Hometown Newspaper.   And the editorials, while sometimes obnoxious, have not been altogether inflammatory.
A ko-inky-dink, we’re […]

I didn’t realize the tunnels in gaza were so sophisticated. $10,000 a day from owning one of the tunnels that they use to bring goods in from Egypt and bypass the Israeli blockade? That’s some serious money.

It’s one thing to be dumb, it’s quite another to broadcast across the Internet. The article isn’t completely clear, but it looks like she ordered a Dell computer with Ubuntu on it. Then she dropped out of college when she could get online for classes because the proprietary Windows software provided by Verizon would not […]