Flying Ace Farm, Lovettsville
Flying Ace Farm in Lovettsville, Virginia, beckons with Thursday burger and beer specials and a great outdoor BBQ atmosphere. Read More …
Northern Neck Brewing Co., Montross, Virginia
Fortunately, our trip down last weekend coincided with the grand opening of a new brewery in Montross, Virginia, the Northern Neck Brewing Co. With a resident chef and a full range of beer styles, the new project certainly looked promising. Read More …
Random Row, Charlottesville, Virginia
The walk that became a quest took us from the center of Charlottesville past a strip mall and a renovated Art Deco-era building to the low-slung dark façade housing Random Row Brewing Co. Read More …
James River Brewing, Scottsville, Virginia
The James River Brewery was a local joint my cousin had spotted before, but hadn’t yet tried, so we spent a lovely Sunday afternoon in early March sampling a few of its award-winning beers. Read More …
Brewery Fire, Taneytown
It was still in the dregs of the pandemic, with just one year of survival behind us. We’d met up at a rest stop during January 2021 with friends for a quick open-air meet up on the border with PA, and snuck over to Brewery Fire strategically for lunch, since they promised a BBQ food truck and lots of nifty, well-named (and well-made) beers. Read More …
Top Beers of 2021
I have got to keep this simple, or it won’t get done…so here goes. There were 14 total beers that I rated 4.5 or higher in Untappd in 2021. And though that’s far from a perfect way to sort out Read More …
Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery, Virginia
Highway 15 winds along the first gasp of the Appalachians as it travels southbound from Maryland into Virginia. In years of living northwest of DC, I can’t tell you how many times I driven around its curves and dips between Read More …
Top 12 (OK, 13) Beers of the Year, 2020
The tale of 2020 can be told through the beers we drank along the way–and they give us a specific sense of where we were a year ago, and how much they helped us retain both a kind of normalcy Read More …
Cushwa Brewing Company, Williamsport
While preparing for the latest marathon–another story to be sure, during covid times–I passed by Cushwa Brewing Company in Williamsport, Maryland, on my way back and forth to the Potomac River and the C&O Canal Tow Path that snakes alongside Read More …
Lion’s Tail Brewing Co, Neenah
A tale of two years…and two visits one year apart to a fantastic brewery in the clutch of historic Neenah, Wisconsin. With 20 tours at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual pilot-fest, AirVenture, under my belt, the cancellation of the aviation Read More …