by Jeff Maisey | Feb 27, 2021 | Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey Anyone driving on North Colley Avenue at night can’t help but notice Elation Brewing Company with its blue and deep purple glow of theatrical lighting illuminating and reflecting off the large, stainless steel fermenting tanks behind the curved...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 27, 2021 | Brewery Profiles
(A former church sanctuary serves as the tasting room at Long Way Brewing. Photo courtesy of the brewery.) By Jeff Maisey Anyone hoping for a second craft brewery to open in the tiny college town of Radford literally had their prayers answered late last year when...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 27, 2021 | Brew News, News
By Bridgette Turner Pretty much everyone thinks that being a professional brewer is the coolest job ever. It’s a dream job. Everyone I meet is excited when I tell them that I make beer for a living. It’s soOoOoo awesome. Strangers automatically think I’m super...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 19, 2020 | Brewery Profiles, Coastal Virginia
By Jeff Maisey Knights, castles, dragons — oh my. I’ve always been drawn to the imagery, symbolism and concept of St. George Brewing Company in Hampton. From the prominent red cross on white background crest of St George and the weaponry of Medieval British...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 19, 2020 | Brew News, Central Virginia, News
(Trapezium brewmaster James Frazer is hardly singing the workingman’s blues.) By Jeff Maisey Legendary soul singer James Brown was famously referred to as the “hardest working man in show business.” I’d like to crown another James — James Frazer — as potentially the...