Although various news sources have been reporting for several weeks (also mentioned here and here) that Nelson County’s Devils Backbone was planning an expansion, apparently it’s now officially official. Nelson County Life reports that a loca…

It was a fine coincidence. The evening I finished my review of Flying Dog Raging Bitch, I found another package on the front porch. This time our friends at Flying Dog had sent a bottle of their Coffee Stout. Part of the brewery’s Wild Dog series, the …

I’ve recently been diagnosed with Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. AAADD

This is how it manifests itself:

I decide to water the garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I head tow…

In what will be a boon for Virginia apple growers and cider producers, the State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that will allow the production of hard cider at higher alcohol levels than now permitted. Cider naturally ferments to an alcohol content betwe…

I’ve talked about Tröegs Nugget Nectar before, but it’s worth repeating. I absolutely love the smell of this beer. Whenever I drink it I can’t get enough of that wonderful grapefruit citrus smell. And the flavor matches! It’s invigorating and refreshi…

And now for something a little different. We’ve talked about traditional beer steins previously, but here are some more, shall we say, contemporary designs. A collection of NASCAR-themed beer steins is on display at the town of Appomattox Visitor Cente…

You weren’t really expecting teddy bears were you?
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Well, it wasn’t on Valentine’s Day, but sometimes busy married people have to make adjustments. Our son was spending Friday evening with friends, so Colleen and I had a rare date night. She’s been ribbing me that despite my frequent visits to Lee’…

The Happy Hour Guys recently visited Devils Backbone Brewing Company to talk with owner Steve Crandall and Head Brewer Jason Oliver.

My favorite quote, from Jason: “We have more breweries than stoplights in Nelson County.”

Visit The Happy Hour Guy…

That was the headline that caught my eye. Curious, I read more:
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Monks and nuns in the largely Catholic Baltic state of Lithuania forced a brewery on Wednesday to withdraw an “insulting” poster campaign featuring a Franciscan brother…