Back in May, during their opening weekend, one of the most popular beers at Adventure Brewing seemed to be their small batch Grapefruit Wheat. In fact, the keg kicked during my Friday evening visit, even before the “official” grand opening on Saturday….
October 7 marks the anniversary of The Battle of Lepanto in the year 1571. In this historically significant battle, the Fleet of the Holy League defeated the much larger fleet of the Ottoman Empire. This Christian victory stopped, for a while…
Today marks seven years, and the 1,984th post, since the inception of Musings Over a Pint. In blog years that’s at least middle aged I think. I must admit, I frequently wonder why do I do this. It’s not for money, nor fame and glory. But no sooner do I…
Two hundred and thirty-four U.S. Breweries took part in the Great American Beer Festival held in Denver, CO over the past three days. Virginia breweries had a great showing, as usual. Congratulations go out to Devils Backbone Brewing Company for b…
Friday evening Colleen and I headed over to Culpeper to take in the opening of Beer Hound Brewery. The brewery had its beginnings as a nano-brewery located in Barboursville, VA, and the move to Culpeper has been long-awaited. When we arrived there was …
I admit it, I’m somewhat of an internet-nerd. I use social media and my cell phone to find out about events and keep up with the news. Each afternoon, I check the Facebook pages of my favorite local pubs to see if there’s anything I shouldn’t miss. I d…
After seeing how nature was taking over my range supplies, it was obvious that I was overdue for some range time. So after work yesterday, while the rest of the family was busy with other activities, I made a quick visit to the range. I happened t…
Here’s a pipeline that I could get behind. Or under.The Belgian city of Bruges has approved plans to build a pipeline which will funnel beer underneath its famous cobbled streets.Locals and politicians were fed up with huge lorries clattering through t…
How can I tell I’m not getting to the range enough? It’s not only by reviewing my match scores. It’s made quite apparent by the spider that’s built a web against my range box.That green box holds the pasters, staplers and other supplies I take to the r…
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