by Jeff Maisey | Oct 5, 2019 | Brew News, News
Breweries from the Commonwealth of Virginia won 13 medals in the 2019 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Crozet-based Starr Hill Brewery was the state’s top performer with a gold medal for its Jomo Lager and a bronze for Festie, a German-style...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 28, 2019 | Brew News, News
(Brewers and Beach Ambassadors group photo by Sean Chagnon/Eye of the Storm Photography) By Jeremy Bender Heard of a food fight? How about a beer fight instead? Well, sorta. On Saturday, October 12 — yes, mark your calendar and plan to attend — the Beach...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 20, 2019 | Brew News, News
By Marty Jones With all due respects to the Reinheitsgebot, craft beer requires one more important thing beyond water, malt, hops and yeast: money. To launch his Purcelville, Virginia brewery, Stephen Mackey skipped the banks and best friends routes and turned...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 12, 2019 | Brew News, News
(The City of Hampton and Fort Monroe will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in America August 23-25.) By Lee Graves In late August 1619, the British privateer White Lion arrived at Point Comfort, near present-day Hampton. Its cargo included...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 4, 2019 | Brew News, News
From the ownersWe at Ammo Brewing would like to take a moment to announce that Ammo Brewing will be closing toward the end of August. Ammo Brewing has from the first been a family operation and now family responsibilities have become too compelling to manage at the...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 4, 2019 | Brew News, News
Starr Hill Brewery has put together a new 12-pack featuring four new IPA varieties. Branded as “Hopped As Hell,” the Crozet-based brewery veers from its usual musical themed beers and opts for an end-of-summer vibe titling each of the four IPA varieties as “favorite...