As we begin the unofficial start of Summer, please take a moment to pray for those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms. Celebrate the holiday with food, fun and friends, but do it remembering the reason behind it. Without our fallen…
Somehow I missed this announcement the other day. Perhaps so many breweries are starting call Virginia home that the news doesn’t stand out any more. Ballast Point Brewing, the makers of the popular Sculpin IPA series, like the Habanero Sculpin reviewed earlier, is planning to build a new east coast brewery in Virginia. Brewbound has the information…
The Commonwealth of Virginia is quickly becoming the San Diego of the East.
Ballast Point today confirmed plans to purchase a massive 259,000 sq. ft. building in Botetourt County, Virginia, where it will build its first East Coast production facility.
According to a press release from the office of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the company plans to spend $48 million to build the new outpost. Ballast Point spokeswoman Hilary Cocalis told Brewbound the new location will include a large-scale production brewery, distribution warehouse and retail taproom. The company — which was acquired by Constellation Brands for $1 billion last November — is also considering a restaurant component, she added.
The exact timeline and production details are not finalized, but construction is expected to begin later this year. I’m looking forward to visiting, and I hope the restaurant component comes through as well.
See “Ballast Point to Build $48 Million Brewery in Virginia” for more information.
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Colleen sent me this photo she took at the range from a few years ago. The plant is a native orchid called “Showy Orchis” or Galearis spectabilis. I actually remember quite clearly the day we saw the blooms when were shooting and she stopped to take so…
The way the calendar worked out this month, the Rivanna and Cavalier IDPA matches fell on the same weekend, so I shot the former on Saturday and the latter on Sunday. It’s been a while since I could make it to Cavalier for their monthly IDPA match, so …
So, it’s been raining nearly every day for something like four weeks now. Saturday was no different when I left in the early morning to drive to Charlottesville for the monthly IDPA match at the Rivanna Rifle and Pistol Club. Fortunately the club …
In these musings, I generally try to focus on fun stuff, rather than spend my time reliving the not-so-wonderful experiences. However, on rare occasions, there’s a fail so great it can’t be ignored. Such was the case of our recent disastrous visit to M…
On Thursday afternoon, I joined Colleen, our son, and “Checkered Flag” at the range for some AR-15 time. Those three had gone over earlier, while I remained at home for work-related calls. Fortunately I arrived in time to join in the fun exercise for the day — setting a bunch of shotgun clays on the berm, and shooting them as a group, in a bit of a friendly duel. Our son was delighting in hitting the clays more quickly than the rest of us. Colleen caught him looking to see where I was preparing to shoot at the start.
I hit my fair share, but more than once I found myself sighting in and then seeing the clay disappear before I pulled the trigger. Youngsters and their good eyes!
Our son was shooting the AR he built last weekend. (Proud dad alert.) Parts have been arriving at the house over the past few months, and he put it together as soon as he got home from college. I expect we’ll be having a lot more fun with the rifles over his summer break.
Of course, if he keeps showing up his old man, I’ll let him buy the next case of ammo, and the clays.
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At the end of yet another cool, wet day, I figured it was time to warm things up a bit. I cracked open a bottle of Flying Dog Ancho Lime Paradise Lager. This beer is the second release in the brewery’s Heat Series. The first offering, Oaked Chipotle Al…
Due in part to 15 days straight with rain, it’s been over three weeks since I made it to the range. When I saw the sun peak out Friday afternoon, I grabbed my range bag and quickly headed out to get in some shooting time. The target supplies were alrea…
Six months until…But, let’s not think about that now and enjoy the weekend!
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