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Harry’s Alehouse is the Best Beer Bar in VA

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 7th, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Harry’s Alehouse was recently voted the 2018 Best Craft Beer Bar in Virginia by CraftBeer.com readers. This is quite an honor considering the establishment only recently celebrated its one-year anniversary.We’ve been enjoying Harry’s Alehouse…



"Gun Free Zone" Hypocrisy

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 6th, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The irony runs deep.The anti-gun “elite” hypocritically require men with guns to defend them, while the children are left to rely on men guns who refuse to help them.H/T to The Miller for posting the meme.
[ This content originated at Mu…



Consolation Range Trip

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 5th, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Despite missing out on this weekend’s IDPA match, I was able to get in some quality trigger time this weekend. On Sunday, Colleen and I headed down to the Winding Brook Range. My range bag was already packed, I sort of felt obligated to take it ou…



Must Watch: Delegate Nick Freitas

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 4th, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Politics

Listen to this blast of truth from Virginia Delegate Nick Freitas regarding the lies and deceptions of the left.Freitas’s words triggered the snowflakes across the aisle and they ran from the room with hurt feelings. They demanded a rece…



Winds of Change (in plans)

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 4th, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I’d been looking forward to shooting the Sanner’s Lake IDA match this past Saturday. This is always a fun match, and for a first time in a while it wasn’t supposed to be raining during the match! However, Mother Nature did have an extreme wind event in…



Gun Grabber Logic

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 3rd, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I got pulled into a discussion recently on the “gun problem” and the usual “something must be done.” Someone posited the problem was keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people. The liberal in the crowd responded, “Who’s going to determine that a…



Jefferson On Freedom

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 2nd, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

“Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.”Roughly translated as “I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery,” the phrase was used by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to James Madison, on January 30, 1787. I find it quite applicable today…



February Cavalier IDPA

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 1st, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

As I dressed for Sunday morning’s IDPA match at Cavalier, I checked the weather app on my phone. The forecast was for cloudy skies, with temps in the upper 60’s. Great, finally decent weather at a match. After a rainy match last month, followed by a we…



A Saturday Feast

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Feb 28th, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events
Last Saturday we hosted a feast for nine folks in our home for an afternoon of beer and food. This was the fruit of a donation to the annual fund raising event for our son’s former elementary and middle school. Even though he’s well into his college years, Colleen and I were asked to once again donate the popular event.
The lucky bidders were treated to eight courses, featuring interesting beers paired with delectable foods prepared by Colleen. The menu was as follows…

Optimal Wit
Port City Brewing, Alexandria, Virginia
Paired with Pancake Bake with Cinnamon Streusel

Kölsch 151
Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, Virginia
Paired with Artichoke Dip and Tortilla Chips

Grateful Pale Ale
Star Hill Brewery, Crozet, Virginia
Paired with Buffalo Chicken Sliders

Sneak Attack
21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, California
Paired with Olivada and Mozzarella on French Bread Crostini

Get Bent Mountain IPA
Parkway Brewing, Salem, Virginia
India Pale Ale (7.2% ABV)
Paired with Salty-Sweet Bacon Panini

Woodbooger
Strangeways Brewing Company, Richmond & Fredericksburg, Virginia
Belgian-Style Brown Ale (6% ABV)
Paired with Parmesan Potatoes and Flank Steak

Curieux
Allagash Brewery, Portland, Maine
Oak Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian Triple (11% ABV)
Paired with Blue Cheese, Sugared Walnuts and Pears
on Mixed Greens with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Blue Mountain Dark Hollow
Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, Virginia
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (10% ABV)
Paired with Brownies and Ice Cream
To go along with the copious food and drink, the afternoon featured interesting, and often raucous conversation. The beers where new to the majority of the participants. I also think we’ve created a few new craft beer fans. All of the pairings worked well and served to illustrate the versatility of beer.

While preparing for the event, Colleen and I often thought “Why are we doing this?” But in the end, it was a lot of fun. And “it’s for the children.

The ending reward for a hardworking chef.

[ This content originated at Musings Over a Barrel ]



St. Gabriel Possenti: Patron Saint of Handgunners

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Feb 27th, 2018 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Today, February 27, is the Feast Day of St. Gabriel Possenti.Legend holds that Gabriel Possenti was a Catholic seminarian in Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy. In 1860 he is said to have used his skills with the pistol to drive off a band of marauding soldie…