by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2019 | Brew News, News
(Gina and Mark Thompson pictured in 2018. The Brewing Tree marks its one-year anniversary during the month of June.) By Mark Thompson The close of the 1990s brought the opening of the craft beer scene in Virginia. Until then, there were very few craft breweries in...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2019 | Brewery Profiles
(Winchester Brew Works’ Bonnie Landy and Holly Redding) By Jeff Maisey It’s hard enough running an upstart craft brewery in a town known for its apple sauce products and country music legend Patsy Cline, but when Bonnie Landy and Holly Redding gave birth to...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2019 | Brewery Profiles
(Dave Ganoe stands proud of his small-town craft brewery) By Jennifer Waldera In the center of the town of Orange, on its quintessential small-town Main Street, is the county’s first brewery, Willow Springs. Named for the property which has a natural spring on it...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2019 | Brewery Profiles
(Bartender Trevor Cheatham) By Chris Jones and Diane Catanzaro Photo by Chris Jones Rick Mariani likes to make things. He built his own sports car, and kept his buddies’ sports cars on the road by repairing them. He had such a knack at making repairs to keep his...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 15, 2019 | Brew News, News
The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild (VCBG) selected Three Notch’d Brewing Company (3NB) from an extremely competitive field to host the Virginia Craft Brewers Fest (“The Fest”). The Fest has attracted nearly 4,000 craft beer enthusiasts over the last...