Tag: Köln

  • Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery, Virginia

    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 Frederick and Warrenton. Rarely have I stopped along the way, unless it’s to fly out…

  • Kölsch: The Beer That’s A Language Too

    Kölsch: The Beer That’s A Language Too

    I took a late run in the day, when the train from Frankfurt dropped me off earlier than I expected in Köln (Cologne to the Francophiles and Englishmen). The rain had darkened the plaza and the Dom itself, not just the black soot of centuries tarnishing the cathedral’s façade and flying buttresses. Because the rain…