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Manly Beers? Chick Beers?

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • May 9th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Mad Fox Orange Whip IPA, recently reviewed here, is getting many compliments and favorable reviews from fans, especially on the Mad Fox Facebook page, and a local beer enthusiasts group, also on Facebook. One recent comment jumped out at me:
I had it f…



No Tattoo, Just A Whip

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • May 5th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Mad Fox Orange Whip IPA that is.

Yesterday we headed up to Northern Virginia to pick up a friend, with plans to attend the Twilight Tattoo at Ft. McNair in D.C.  No sooner did we get up to NoVa did we learn that the event had been cancelled due t…



Blue Mountain Expansion

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 30th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Blue Mountain Brewery in Nelson County has announced major expansion plans. The brewery plans to open two, yes two, new production breweries. The folks at Nelson County Life bring us the news:
Blue Mountain Brewery has selected the Colleen Business Par…



Blue & Gray Does IPA

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 29th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

One beer style that I’ve long thought was missing from the lineup at Blue & Gray Brewery was India Pale Ale. Recently I heard from brewer Madison that he was working on an IPA and I’ve been waiting to see, and taste, what he would come up…



Hop Stringin’ at Blue Mountain

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 26th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

Last July, Blue Mountain Brewery invited fans in for a day of hop picking. Now, the Nelson County brewery is tempting folks in for another work day.

From Nelson County Life Magazine:
Bring a pair of good yard scissors and help Blue Mountain Brewery st…



Easter Sunday & Shooting Practice

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 25th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After Mass on Easter morning I decided to take a quick trip to the range for some pistol shooting practice. (There are just so many snarky remarks I could make here about “clingers.”) I’ve been wanting to get in some focused practice, basically for tr…



“He is not here”

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 24th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

With those words, we learn that the promises of Our Lord have been fulfilled. The empty tomb reminds us that death and sin have been conquered. Whenever I think about the Resurrection, I often wonder what those who persecuted or doubted Him must have t…



Fasting With the Belgians

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 23rd, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence. For Catholics, this is a simple way of denying ourselves in order to focus on something bigger than the immediate earthly desire. It helps us to slow down and acknowledge our weaknesses. But that doesn’t …



“It is accomplished”

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 22nd, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Were greater words ever spoken? With these words, God, humbled as man, breathed his last. All this was done for our sake, and ours alone. What love He showed in His sacrifice. A sacrifice that no man could make. It is for this reason we call …



Weekly (Free) Beer Tastings

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 20th, 2011 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A quick public service note: The folks at Virginia Wine Experience let us know that they were starting up free beer tastings every Thursday. I’ve noted this downtown Fredericksburg store in the past. Edwin tries to bring in some beers that aren’t readi…