As we have done a couple of times previously, (here and here) Colleen and I offered to donate a beer and food tasting event for the annual fundraising auction to benefit our son’s school. In previous years, we loaded up the car with food and beer and t…

Okay, another Flying Dog beer review. I don’t think I can be faulted for enjoying good beer, now can I? We recently picked up Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA to use in the Mac & Cheese recipe from the Dog Chow Cookbook. Snake Dog is not a new be…

Here’s Part 2 of The Happy Hour Guys’ visit to Devils Backbone Brewery. This time they taste the beer. And we find out one of Jason’s secret ingredients. Or do we?

Part 1 is posted here.
As always, you can visit The Happy Hour Guys to see m…

I don’t think I can make it to Mad Fox Brewing this weekend, but I suspect this will rank as one of the top beer events in Virginia this year. I’d be remiss if I didn’t give it a mention here. With Rick Garvin’s permission, I’ve reprinted his…

But that’s a problem I’m okay with having. Richmond beer blogger, E.S. Delia who blogs at Relentless Thirst, brings us word of another Virginia Brewery soon to open. Hardywood Park Craft Brewery has plans to open this year in Richmond. From the press r…

My son sent me a link to this video. He asked if I thought we could train “Colonel” to do this. I told him he’s welcome to try.

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A beer conversion success story…

A couple of years ago I began introducing a family friend to craft beer. He was a cider fan but was adamant on his opinion of beer, “I don’t like beer” he declared. I knew he was a victim of factory beer, so my respo…

Mac McLean writes in the Bristol Herald Courier regarding the expanded distribution from Wolf Hills Brewing in Abingdon, VA.
Machiavelli’s owner Justin Powers noticed something unique about the people who’d stop by his Fifth Street restaurant …

For anyone familiar with the Fredericksburg area that’s all the story that needs to be told. But here’s a little more for the rest of you.

Carl’s Ice Cream has been a Fredericksburg tradition since 1947. The shop on Princees Anne Street closes during …

There’s a popular quote from Frank Zappa that says “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline – it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” What if you…