by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 12, 2014 | Brewery Profiles, Central Virginia
By Robey Martin It all started at a SB 604 and HB 359 signing party. Not the idea of a brewery, Neil Burton had that already. But the partnership. Mike Hiller and Burton, his now partner/co-owner, have only known each other a short time, a little over two years. “I...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 12, 2014 | Brewery Profiles, Central Virginia
By Jeff Maisey When Danny Wolf completed his course work at the Seibel Institute of Technology in 2008, the job market was tight in an economy described as the worst since the Great Depression. His mother, Mary Wolf, a retired vice president of product marketing at...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 11, 2014 | Brew News
By Jeff Maisey A headless horseman – actually riding on the back of a ferocious bear – gallops through the forested mountains of Nelson County with bow and arrow on hand in search of prey. The rider isn’t seeking to terrorize the local population or even to catch a...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 11, 2014 | Homebrew
By Dan Yarnall Ninety-nine percent of all professional brewers started out as homebrewers. For me, it was a weird desire to tinker over a boiling pot of wort in my one bedroom apartment back in 1995. Many of my friends and family at the time would scratch their...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 11, 2014 | Brew News
By Mark Thompson August is Virginia Craft Beer Month, a time that celebrates the world class beers coming out of the Commonwealth. During the entire month of August many of the 80-plus craft breweries in the state rejoice in the occasion to showcase their craft. The...
