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It’s Always 5:00 at BadWolf Brewing

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 30th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This past weekend, Colleen and I finally made it back to MadWolf Brewing in Manassas. We had visited prior to their opening back in June, but busy life kept getting in the way of a return visit. After fighting the weekend traffic, we arrived at th…



Celebrating Christmas With Rifles and Whisky

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 29th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The second day of the Christmas season was a day spent celebrating with a close friend of our family. After a tasty brunch of Scottish Eggs, Baked Beans, and homemade Crumpets it was time for some shooting fun. Another friend had graciously allowed us …



Beers of Winter – St. Bernardus Christmas Ale

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 27th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

As we did some pre-Christmas beer shopping, Colleen spied a bottle of St. Bernardus Christmas Ale on the shelf. Since this one was absent from her St. Bernardus flight the other evening, Colleen suggested we pick it up for our Christmas celebratio…



Beers of Winter – Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 26th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout is one of those beers we buy every year, put in the basement, and forget about. When it’s time to enjoy a dark, rich Russian Imperial Stout, we’ll dig out an old bottle and enjoy the effects of aging. Such was t…



A Soldier’s Silent Night

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 25th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Merry Christmas to all who have served our Nation, protecting the freedoms we often take for granted. Thank you and may God bless you always.
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Merry Christmas

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 25th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. May the joys and blessings of the season be with you today and all year. Despite the commercialization and secularizing of the holiday, the true reason we celebrate this joyful time is eternal.Birthplace of Jesus,…



A Christmas Eve Range Trip & Errant Bullets

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 24th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I was one of the few folks in the office on Christmas Eve, so I decided to take a lunchtime excursion to the indoor range. Arriving at the range, just a few of the lanes were occupied, but I ended up near a lane being shared by three “youths.”It’s not …



A Dark Beer Evening

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 24th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We went down to Capital Ale House for dinner and a beer or two last Friday. Due to the crowds, we were seated in the dining area instead of taking our preferred bar seats. The table servers are generally clueless about what’s on tap, especially with re…



Family Range Time

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 23rd, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

So the first weekend of Winter turns out to be more like Spring; warm and raining. Most of the weekend was filled with Christmas preparations. Sunday was especially filled; Mass, last minute gift buying, shopping for beer, hauling in the tree, stringin…



Jingle Bells at the Range

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Dec 22nd, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This looks like fun.With enough “tuned” steel, and enough ammo, one could have a whole concert!
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