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A Breckenridge Evening

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 13th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Our dishwasher is broken, so being a thoughtful husband, I felt I should lend a helping hand on the dishes, or, we could go out to eat. Tuesday happened to be “Steal the Glass” Night at Capital Ale House, featuring Breckenridge Brewery, so…

Two beer…



Quantico USPSA Match

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 12th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I finally made it up the monthly USPSA match by the Quantico Practical Shooters this past Sunday. The half-day match is held at the Quantico Shooting Club ranges on Marine Base Quantico. I admit I wasn’t so enamored with the idea when the ala…



Happy Birthday Mom

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 11th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I’m thinking about my mother even more than usual today. March 11 would have been her 76th birthday. The picture below greats me on my desk each morning. I think it’s my favorite picture of her; despite her suffering, she still managed to smile. Thanks…



Starr Hill Cryptical on Cask

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 9th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Friday evening we headed out for dinner at Park Lane Tavern. I had decided on a malty Scotch Ale when our server let us know the evening’s cask selection was Starr Hill Cryptical. I initially could not remember what style that represented, nor could th…



Dungarvan Black Rock Irish Stout

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 7th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Sitting around anticipating the approaching winter storm, and waiting for the very slow decision to cancel school, the time seemed right for a glass of a good stout. I retrieved the bottle of Dungarvan Black Rock Irish Stout I had received from a cow…



If you don’t like the weather…

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 6th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

… wait a few days.

It’s Virginia.

[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]



Three From Mad Fox

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 5th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After I finished shooting that exhausting pistol match, we made our way to Falls Church to join a friend for dinner at Mad Fox Brewing Company. I always look forward to a visit to Mad Fox, both for the tasty beers, and the good food. I actually debated…



Fredericksburg USPSA Spring Opener

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 4th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Though you’d never know it from the temperature, or this, Spring is apparently at hand. I know because the Fredericksburg Practical Shooters put on their first USPSA match of 2013 this weekend. And, if that match was any indication, it’s going to be a …



Two From Blue & Gray

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 2nd, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Colleen and I decided to have dinner Friday evening at Blue & Gray Brewing. I had heard about two limited beers being served, Franklin’s Crossing IPA and Fred Red Reserve, and I didn’t want to miss them. We dropped our son off for a youth…



Crabbie’s Ginger Beer

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Feb 28th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A few weeks ago a package arrived with a sample of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer, along with a logo glass. Alcoholic Ginger Beer is a beverage that’s to new me. It’s not a “beer” in the traditional sense, but we’re alway open to trying new brewed b…