by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 10, 2014 | Brew News, News
By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones Virginia is no slouch when it comes to festivals, however the plethora of beer festivals that have sprouted in the Birthplace of Presidents like ‘shrooms after a summer rain make us as happy as clams at high tide. As our focus is...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 10, 2014 | Brew News
By Jennifer McDonald With August being Virginia Craft Beer month, it seems appropriate to explore the early days of Virginia’s beer culture. I recently had the opportunity to meet with Frank Clark, Master of Historic Foodways at Colonial Williamsburg, and get a...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 6, 2014 | Restaurants and Bars
By Jennifer McDonald In colonial times, taverns served a multi-purpose function. You could eat, drink, sleep, and stable your horse at one of the many (18 at one point) taverns in the Capital city. Today, Colonial...
by Jennifer McDonald | Aug 6, 2014 | Brewery Profiles, Northern Virginia
By Jefferson Evans and Chuck Triplett When you walk through the doors of Beltway Brewing Company in Sterling, Virginia you are immediately struck by a couple of things – that this is one big, clean, modern, shiny brewery, and that they have lots of space, with more...