Last November, Colleen and I offered a Craft Beer Tasting in the fund raising auction for our son’s school. Due to varying schedule conflicts, the event had been postponed several times. However, we were finally able to do the presentation Saturday eve…
Today marks the 75th Anniversary Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane of 1933. The storm was one of the worse in history for eastern Virginia. The storm’s devastation also had an affect on the first post-prohibition beer halls in Virginia. From the Free Lance-…
The Capital Ale House “Beer Geek Week” kicks off on Monday, August 26 and runs through Sunday, August 31. I’ve posted the beer tapping schedule here.Friday, August 22 – 5:00 – 8:00pmTotal WineFriday 5 @ 5 Beer Tasting:St. Landelin La Divine, Buffalo Bi…
As expected, the neo-prohibitionists have responded to the Amethyst Initiative with their usual FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt). In a press release in response to the Initiative, Mother’s Against Drug Driving President Laura Dean-Mooney states “Paren…
All three Richmond area Capital Ale House locations will be participating in the annual Beer Geek Week 2008, August 25th-31st. Jacob Brunow from Capital Ale House emailed this tapping schedule. There are quite a number of interesting beers in the lineu…
Choose Responsibility has announced their newest project, the Amethyst Initiative. Working with over a hundred college and university presidents, the goal is to initiate “informed and unimpeded debate” regarding the 21 year old legal drinking age. The …
Somehow we’ve missed this establishment in previous visits to the Outer Banks, an oversight we won’t repeat. The local tourism guides made note that the Red Drum Taphouse features 18 draft beers, in addition to bottled beer selections. That was enough …
On Friday and Saturday, Blue & Gray Brewing Company will be previewing its Oktoberfest beer by giving away free tasting samples. You can taste it now, although the beer will not be available for sale until Labor Day weekend. Stop by the brewery Fri…
At a three and a half hour hearing on Wednesday, neighbors and a Baptist “minister” expressed their objections to the plan by Ray Jones and Brett Nichols to open Shooting Creek Brewery at an existing organic farm in Floyd County. The Roanoke Times rep…
During our visit to the Outer Banks of North Carolina we enjoyed a steak dinner at the Outer Banks Brewing Station. The craft beer scene on the Outer Banks is pretty limited, so this local brewery was a must-stop. The white building that houses the bre…
