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The Tavern

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Aug 2nd, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I’ve written previously about a local pub called The Pub. I’ve told you about a local indoor shooting range named The Range. Now I’m here to tell you about a local tavern, yep you guessed it, The Tavern. We like to keep things simpl…



A Day To Remember The Constitution

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Aug 1st, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We participated in two activities today that remind us of the widespread attacks on the Constitution currently underway in our country.

In 1777, a committee, which included Thomas Jefferson, met in Fredericksburg to revise and rewrite Virginia’s law…



August Is Virginia Craft Beer Month

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Aug 1st, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

The Virginia General Assembly has declared August to be Virginia Craft Beer Month.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 522

Offered March 5, 2012
Commending the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild.
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Patrons– Carr, Bell, Richard P., Bell, Robert B., Clin…



New Eyes

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 31st, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After a meeting with my optometrist, and some trial and error with sample lenses, I am happy to report a solution to my vision issue previously lamented here. The fix is a lens that corrects for close up focusing on my dominant eye, while retaining my …



Run. Hide. Fight.

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 30th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

More pablum courtesy of your tax dollars. “Run. Fight. Hide.” is a DHS funded public (dis)service video on how to survive an active shooter situation. Watch. Discussion below.

The narrator begins by telling us “the authorities are working hard…



Chick-fil-A Song

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 29th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Just because.

[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]



A Better Beer Head?

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 28th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We know that the carbonation in beer is a vector to release the flavor. That’s why I typically employ a hard pour to create tall head when I’m enjoying a good beer. Some specialized glasses, like the ones from Sam Adams or Chimay even have “nuclea…



It’s Beer:30

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 27th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Happy Friday!

H/T Beer Connoisseur Magazine on FaceBook.
[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]



Blue Mountain’s Big Beers

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 27th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Greg Kitsock posted a very interesting conversation with Taylor Smack, the owner / brewer at Blue Mountain Brewery in the Washington Post Food section last week.

In the article, Smack talks about the brewery’s unique, among U.S. breweries, parti-gyle …



Indoor Pistol Match

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Jul 26th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

At the last Fredericksburg USPSA match, one of the guys on my squad told me there were now “IDPA” matches being held at the local indoor range. The matches are held evenings on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at The Range, and this week I was able to p…