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BOOK REVIEW: Beer Lover’s Virginia
By Chuck Triplett and Jefferson Evans This new paperback tome by freelance author Tanya Birch is a welcome addition to any Virginia craft beer lover’s library and certainly helps the intrepid beer traveler along their beery trail with much useful information...
Port City Crowned 2015 Small Brewery of the Year
By Jeff Maisey Competitions are a funny thing. They are like sporting events where on any given day a team can win. Take Alexandria, Virginia’s Port City Brewing Company. The brewery, which will mark its 5th anniversary in January, has entered its flagship...
Art of Packaging: Standing Out on the Crowded Shelf
By Jeff Maisey Adam Applegate, a relative newcomer to the world of craft beer, ventures off to a grocery store to purchase some brews to bring to a gathering of friends. Applegate is immediately overwhelmed by the selection of beer on the shelves of the...
Port City Wins Big at Great American Beer Festival
By Jeff Maisey Alexandria, Virginia's Port City Brewing Company was named Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year today at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Port City was one of four craft breweries to score three medals....
Explore a Pour along the Blue Ridge Beer Way
By Jeff Maisey Taking a cue from their neighbors just to the north in Nelson County (Brew Ridge Beer Trail), the eight breweries in the Roanoke Valley region have developed an official trail of their own. Dubbed Virginia’s Blue Ridge Beer Way with the catchy...
Straining for good taste: New research creates new lager hybrids that pack new flavor
By Joshua Rapp Learn Lagers aren’t the most popular brews among craft beer enthusiasts, and sometimes for good reason. Many of us spent our college years shot-gunning pale big-brand lagers because there was no reason to sip the stuff in appreciation — the...
Winchester Brew Works Announces Kickstarter Campaign
Winchester, VA - Winchester Brew Works will be launching their Kickstarter fundraising campaign on August 31, 2015 with a goal of $8500 for completion of the brewery taproom. Campaign will end on October 2 at 9:00PM. Winchester Brew Works has already leased a...
Pen Druid Brewing: Members of Psych-Rock Band Pontiak launch brewery in Sperryville
By Steve Deason The three Carney brothers have toured for over ten years as the psych-rock band Pontiak. Van says he and his brothers, Lain and Jennings, thought “wouldn’t it be cool once we have kids and aren’t hitting the road as much, to start a...
Black Hops Farm is unlike any other in Virginia
By Steve Deason First there was a distillery If Jonathan Staples wanted to build a house he would first plant trees. This quip from a friend of Staples is recognition of his keen interest in the initial source of ingredients and the desire for them to be local. ...
The Answer Wins Best of Show at 2015 Virginia Craft Brewers Cup
By Jeff Maisey IPA was the answer on August 22 when the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild hosted the 2015 Virginia Craft Brewers Fest and the fourth annual Virginia Craft Brewers Cup competition at Devils Backbone Basecamp Brewpub & Meadows. With 306 Virginia...
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