by Jeff Maisey | Aug 8, 2016 | Brew News, Central Virginia, News
By Wade Reynolds You’ve heard this one before—sort of: Boy meets girl. Girl gives boy a home brewer’s kit. Boy makes beer and rises rapidly through the ranks of local home brewers. Boy and girl open a craft brewery and live happily ever after. Although there’s a...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 7, 2016 | Brew News, News, Northern Virginia
By Jefferson Evans and Chuck Triplett When you are a brewer in northern Virginia and the Greater D.C. Metro Area and you need help obtaining or taming those microscopic beasties that are the little engines that turn sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide while also...
by Jeff Maisey | May 19, 2016 | Brew News, News
BY JEFF MAISEY News this spring spread like wildfire when it was announced Anheuser-Busch/Inbev would acquire Lexington, Virginia based Devils Back Bone Brewing Company. Many craft beer enthusiasts responded swiftly and harshly on social media. But many in the craft...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 14, 2016 | Brew News, News
BY JEFF MAISEY When SB 604 passed in 2012, perhaps no one could have predicted the explosive growth of craft breweries springing up around the Commonwealth of Virginia. Nor could anyone have likely anticipated breweries spawning satellite locations. “It seems to be...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 12, 2016 | Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey Anheuser-Busch/Inbev announced it will acquire Lexington, Virginia based Devils Back Bone Brewing Company. “Through Anheuser-Busch’s network of distributors, Devils Backbone will soon be available nationwide,” said Virginia Gov. Terry...
