Local beer fans gathered at the new Fredericksburg Capital Ale House Friday evening as a keg of Smoke Out was tapped. Smoke Out is the GABF Pro-Am Silver medal beer brewed by local homebrewer Lyle Brown and Starr Hill Brewing of Crozet, Virginia. Membe…
The 21st installment of The Session is hosted by A World of Brews. The topic chosen chosen by Matt is “What is your favorite Beer and Why?” I had to think long and hard about this question. I’ve never been able to answer that when asked. Despite our ho…
On Friday, November 7 there is a special event at the new Fredericksburg Capital Ale House. The GABF Pro-Am Silver medal Smoke Out rauch-hellerbock that Lyle Brown brewed with Starr Hill will be tapped. Come by Capital Ale House at 5:00PM for that. On …
I received word from Jason Oliver that the Devils Backbone Brewing Company will open for business on Friday, November 21. Readers will recall that Jason left Gordon Biersch Brewery in D.C. back in May to open a brewery in Nelson County. Jason sent alon…
Last week I reported on an appeal filed by opponents of Shooting Creek Brewery in Floyd County. Today, The Roanoke Times is reports that the hearing has been postponed:Owners of the nascent Shooting Creek Farm Brewery requested this week that the heari…
In today’s Washington Post, Greg Kitsock writes about the upcoming changes at Old Dominion Brewery. I thought the title of the article “Virginians in Name Only” was thought-provoking. Although I understand the business reasons for the move, and have ev…
This month’s giveaway is sponsored by our friends at Flying Dog Brewery. They’ve sent a cool Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter t-shirt (size XL) that I’ll give away at the end of November.To enter, simply contribute a comment to any post on this blog t…
It’s been just 11 months since the news broke that Capital Ale House was coming to Fredericksburg, and now the wait is over. The restaurant at 917 East Caroline Street officially opened for business this morning and Colleen and I decided to go in for l…
From local homebrewer Lyle Brown comes word that his Smoke Out rauch-hellerbock will be available at all four Capital Ale House locations by this weekend. Smoke Out, which Lyle brewed with Mark Thompson of Starr Hill Brewery, won a silver medal at this…
Thomas Cizauskas, who blogs at Yours For Good Fermentables, coined the name Chesapeake Region Alliance of Beer Bloggers, or C.R.A.B.B., to denote “a loose alliance of mid-Atlantic area beer bloggers.” Maybe we’re not really an alliance yet, but it stri…
