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Wolf Hills Featured at East Coast Beer Cast

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 13th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Chris Burcher of Wolf Hills Brewing in Abingdon, VA was the featured guest on the East Coast Beer Cast recently. It’s a great interview with a guy who’s living his passion. The Wolf Hills “Growler Hours” have been well-received in their local area. I’m…



Kybecca to Host Beer & Tapas Dinner

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 12th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

Fredericksburg’s kybecca wine bar will host their first Beer and Tapas Dinner on Wednesday, April 21. The five-course dinner will feature various beers imported from Quebec by Jocelyn Cambier. The beers to be presented are new to the U.S., an…



World Beer Cup Judges Recognize Devils Backbone Brewing and Other Local Breweries

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Apr 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Jason Oliver and Devils Backbone Brewing Company showed beer fans around the world how it’s done! The World Beer Cup was held April 7-10 in Chicago, IL and the awards were announced yesterday. Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Roseland, Virginia was n…



Tickets on Sale WBF – Richmond

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 31st, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

I received the following press release from All About Magazine today:
Tickets on Sale Today for the World Beer Festival
Presented by local charity, FETCH a Cure, the World Beer Festival is one of the premier beer events in the country

March 30, 2010 (…



There Was Pouring at the Blue & Gray Festival

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 14th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

Pouring of beer that is. There was indeed some rain as well on Saturday, but the intermittent and sometimes heavy rain didn’t dampen enthusiasm at the Blue & Gray Brewing St. Patrick Day parade and festival. By the time I arrived for a late lunch, …



Virginia Beer Wednesdays at CAH

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The email from Capital Ale House let me know that Blue Mountain Brewery’s MacHayden’s Wee Heavy was a “featured beer” in Fredericksburg this week. That’s a Virginia beer that I’ve not yet tried. Since every Wednesday is “Virginia Beer Day” at…



Northern Virginia BrewFests: Save the Dates

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

If your schedule is anything like mine, your calendar fills fast. This seems especially true during the summer. So it’s not too early to start making plans for the two annual Northern Virginia BrewFests.

3rd Annual Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest
Sa…



Spring Comes to Blue Mountain Brewery

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Our friends over at Nelson County Life bring us this story as a hint of the upcoming Spring. The folks at Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton were planting hops on Monday.
Temps made it to the middle 60’s Monday afternoon in the Rockfish Valley of Nelson …



Blue & Gray St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Celebration This Weekend

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events

The 8th annual St. Patrick’s day parade at the Blue & Gray Brewery will be held on Saturday, March 13. There is a full day of events planned. The parade starts at noon on Saturday, March 13, through the Bowman Center. Irish entertainment will take …



NoVA Magazine Sponsoring Snowmageddon Sorrows Contest

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I received this in an email today from the folks a Northern Virginia Magazine. It’s probably most suited for our Northern Virginia friends, but I thought I’d pass it along. The magazine is holding a content to help folks get over any blues brought on b…