This month’s edition of The Session is hosted right here at Musings Over a Pint. You can read the original announcement here. This month we return to the Session roots and discuss a specific beer. I chose the theme “A Tripel for Two”. What Tripel woul…

Readers will recall my surprise at finding New Belgium Fat Tire being poured at the World Beer Festival in Durham last Fall. I noted that when I inquired about this incongruity, the reply was “Wait 90 days.” Well, according to a press release posted at…

Capital Ale House in Fredericksburg held a Dogfish Head Beer & Cheese Tasting Wednesday evening. Devin Arloski of Dogfish Head Brewery, and Jacab Brunow, Director of Beverage Operations for Capital Ale House, were the hosts for the evening. Five Do…

The Tuppers’ website was updated on February 1 with some exciting news. A new Tuppers’ beer, and significant progress towards a return of Tuppers’ beers. From the website:New Beer from Tuppers!No, this isn’t the big story you’ve been waiting for, but i…

Chocolate Raspberry Stout is Blue & Gray Brewing’s contribution to the Valentine’s Day celebration. Doesn’t every holiday deserve a beer? The label shows Cupid bearing a raspberry and chocolate-laden arrow. I wouldn’t want to offend Cupid by drinki…

Thirty-five folks posted a total of 55 comments and were entered in the January Giveaway sponsored by the Thomas Hooker Brewing Company. The randomly selected winner is Edmond Medina of Richmond, VA. Congratulations to Edmond! Edmond also happens to ha…

A couple of weeks ago I alerted you to Senator Mark Obenshain’s proposal to privatize Virginia’s ABC Stores. Unfortunately, the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services killed the proposal today. Senator Obenshain’s sent the following upd…

Attention Beer Bloggers, Session #24 is less than a week away. Hosted here at Musings Over A Pint, the theme for February is “A Tripel for Two.” See the announcement and details here.Not a beer blogger? No problem, you can participate as well. Alan at …

Sponsored by Brewing News Magazine, the 2nd Annual National IPA Challenge is underway. From the emailed announcement:Join us in celebrating March Madness with a single elimination bracket of 64 IPAs from across the nation going “head to head” to see wh…

Here’s an article I wrote for the Capital Ale House weekly email newsletter, published January 26, 2009.Most craft beer fans were at one time stuck in the rut of drinking only macro-lagers from the factory brewers. It’s highly likely that you even had …