Abbey Ale is the latest release in the Dominion Brewing “Pinup Series.” The slightly irreverent artwork actually has some basis in history. It was a Benedictine nun, Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179), the Abbess of Diessenberg, who first wrote ab…

This is the fourth Mother’s Day since my mom passed away. I can’t call her to wish her a Happy Mother’s Day, or tell her how much I love her. I was sitting here thinking, what else I might say if I could talk to her once more. One additional thought do…

I headed off to Culpeper, VA this morning to get a small bit of shooting fun. The Cedar Mountain Youths group was hosting its monthly practical pistol practice match. The forecast called for the possibility of rain, so all stages were set up to be shot…

We stopped by a local beverage store this weekend, specifically to pick up more Easy IPA. Just in time too, since I grabbed the last six-pack in the store. Good thing there’s more on the way! While we were in the store, a representative for Evolution B…

After getting the work day obligations out of the way, there was time for this:It was just me and some noisy geese on the pond.And now it’s time for this:That’s Flying Dog Easy IPA, which was reviewed here.Don’t hate me.   🙂
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I’ve been displaying the American flag, along with the Pledge of Allegiance on this blog, since at least July 2012. I do so proudly, and have no intent on ceasing. Imagine my surprise when the left in this country this week deemed the display of the fl…

The Fredericksburg Practical Shooters had some Star Wars fun with their “May the Fourth Be With You” match theme. The monthly match was also a special “classifier match,” so four standards stages were set up in addition to three field courses. It was a…

The other evening we were enjoying some Heavy Seas Red Sky at Night before dinner. Even though we stocked up on this beer last Summer, Colleen and I were discussing how it really fits as a good Spring beer. After dinner we enjoyed a family movie night,…

I was going through the various newsfeed I follow yesterday evening and came across several headlines like this one, “Dominion Brewing Candi Belgian Tripel Takes The Gold.” I then remembered that I had a couple bottles the brewery had sent last Fall an…

I finally got in an actual, and complete USPSA match, my first this year.  I headed out in the early morning light for the pleasant, but long drive to Summit Point, West Virginia for the Walnut Ridge Practical Shooters April match. Rain was predic…