by Jeff Maisey | Apr 19, 2023 | Brewery Profiles
(Blake Edmunds has Studly Brewing Company on an early season winning streak) By Jeff Maisey Drinker up. If you’re a baseball fan, chances are as good as the Astros winning another World Series you’re gonna love Chesapeake’s newest craft beer maker, Studly Brewing...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 19, 2023 | Brewery Profiles
(A nice pour of Everleigh Vineyards & Brewing Company’s Precambrian Helles Lager. Photo courtesy of the brewery.) By Jennifer Waldera In 2015, Barbara and Joe Evers planted vines on their vast land in beautiful Mineral, Virginia with eyes set on realizing their...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 19, 2023 | Brewery Profiles
(Appalach Lager is 1781 Brewing’s flagship beer and was brewed in honor of the Germans who settled in the Appalachian mountains.) By Jennifer Waldera Spring is the time of year for blossoming — the season’s name itself sparks mental images of renewed life and...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 19, 2023 | Beer, Brew News, News
(Fine Creek head brewer Brian Mandeville with fresh chamomile) By Chris Cook If April showers bring May flowers, they also help Virginia brewers produce some unique brews across the Commonwealth. While the almighty hop is a flower itself and the undisputed king of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 19, 2023 | Beer, Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey “Good beer starts with good ingredients,” said Jeff Bloem, founder and maltster at Charlottesville-based Murphy & Rude Malting Co. Bloem’s point certainly rang true last summer when his next door business neighbors at Decipher Brewing took home...