by Jeff Maisey | Aug 4, 2018 | Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey It’s summertime. Most of Team Smartmouth’s starting lineup is batting like champs. There’s Alter Ego Saison, the team’s home run leader. Murphy’s Law Amber is good for an on-base hit every time at bat. Notch 9 Double IPA always scores with RBIs (and...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 4, 2018 | Brew News, Events, News
By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones Beer and music festivals go together like yin and yang. However, it’s a bona fide buzzkill when your festival beer choices are limited to domestic lagers, and a search for the “craft beer tent” leads you to Blue Moon or Shocktop but...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 4, 2018 | Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey As summer was about to begin, U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) hosted Virginia craft brewers and canners for a roundtable discussion on the economic impact tariffs imposed by President Trump would have on imported aluminum and steel. The sit-down...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2018 | Brew News, News
By Jeremy Bender Each summer, millions of people flock to the coast like seagulls hovering over a fish fry. In Coastal Virginia there are some two hundred miles of varied communities ranging from the small fishing town of Chincoteague near the Maryland border...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2018 | Brew News, News
By Jeff Maisey If you’ve ever heard Dick Cantwell speak on the topic of beer you know he’s both incredibly knowledgeable on the subject and an engaging storyteller — both qualities that make for an excellent book. That said it’s perhaps no wonder the Brewers...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2018 | Brew News, News
By David Hunter In April, The Brewers Association released its inaugural list of the 50 fastest growing small and independent craft brewing companies of 2017 and three breweries on that list are from right here in Virginia: Vanish Farmwoods Brewery from...
