While doing out grocery shopping this weekend, I checked the beer aisle for any Oktoberfest beers still in stock. After enjoying the Oktoberfest beer at Blue & Gray’s celebration last weekend, I was in the mood for some more Märzen style beers. …

It’s been three years now since my mom passed away. As cliché as it sounds to say, it doesn’t seem that long. That’s good, the memory of my mother is still fresh in my mind. I hope it stays that way.

The last day I spent with mom was just 10 days…

After being off the practice range for six weeks, I finally had a chance to get back out after work this afternoon. It’s getting harder to get over there with the shortening days of Fall. (Is it any wonder I don’t like Winter?)

I set up three USPS…

I’ve mentioned previously that I look for Heavy Seas beers when I travel outside of the Fredericksburg area. Heavy Seas, formerly Clipper City, is one of my favorite breweries, but sadly few of their beers are available locally. One of my most sought …

Here’s an educational video about owls.

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Colleen was out of town this weekend catching up with friends from college, and our son was spending Saturday with friends doing airsoft. So what’s a guy to do when left to his own devices? The 11th Annual Fredericksburg Oktoberfest at Blue & Gray …

There’s been a lot of chatter in the past week on the recent Starbucks statement on guns in their stores. I’ve read much discussion, from both the anti-freedom forces as well as the differences of opinion from gun rights advocates. I delayed posting to…

With friends like this, it’s never a dull day.

I suspect it’s part of an advertising campaign, but looks like fun nonetheless.

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This week’s Tap Takeover & Steal the Glass event at Capital Ale House featured the beer of Stone Brewing Company. A total of nine Stone beers were offered; Levitation Amber Ale, Pale Ale, Cali Belgique Belgian IPA, India Pale Ale, Sublimely Self Ri…

To celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary, we took a drive down to Nelson County to visit a couple of brew pubs last Sunday. Our main destination was Devils Backbone Brewing Company. We arrived with the Sunday lunch crowd in full swing, and even though…