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More Bottles From VA Brewers

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 15th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Many craft breweries start out by distributing their beers in kegs to local restaurants and pubs. As word spreads, folks beyond the local area start clamoring for the beers as well. And that’s when bottles, or cans, come in to play. In recent months mo…



Adding IDPA To The Mix

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 15th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I decided to hit a local IDPA match on Wednesday. Black Creek IDPA shoots Wednesday afternoons during Daylight Savings Time. The match director promised “something easy” for the first match of the season. Since it’s been two years since I shot an …



Gabriel Possenti Shooters

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 14th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Here’s a new project we’re working on with some fellow Catholic shooters. Gabriel Possenti Shooters is a group of local (so far) Catholics who have an interest in shooting, both for self-defense and for sport. The initial plans for the group inclu…



Bacon. Beer.

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 13th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

What more do you want?

Credit: Planet Beer
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Blue & Gray Does Green

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 12th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

Saint Patrick’s Day is this coming Saturday, March 17. That means it’s time for the 10th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival at Blue & Gray Brewery.

The parade starts at noon, followed by an afternoon of Irish song and dance. The antiqu…



A Place In The Choir

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 11th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Sunday morning fun. The Irish in me canna resist tappin’ me feet.

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How Early Is Too Early?

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 10th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

That’s a rhetorical question of course. “Early” is simply looking at “late” from a different viewpoint.* While most folks don’t regularly start their day off with a beer, it’s certainly not unheard of. As I frequently tell people, beer is a food, …



AK-47 USB Drive

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 9th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Last month we looked at a razor blade shaped bottle opener. Now here’s something that is sure to get the hoplophobes worked up. The folks at Brando.com have a USB flash drive shaped like a AK-47 “assault rifle!”

Of course, to anyone with a m…



Round Up Your Friends

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 9th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

According to Ireland’s National Substance Misuse Strategy, drinking in pubs, rather than at home, encourages responsible drinking.

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Spring Colors on the Range

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 8th, 2012 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

We had just finished setting up the targets for some late afternoon shooting, when Colleen observed “Looks like Easter!”

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