Manolith.com has posted a graphical timeline of the History of Beer. While there may be some historical errors or omissions, the chart is a novel, and humorous, look at some of the milestones in the history of beer. Some interesting points in time include the "Dark Age of Beer" (it's not what you may think), the first canned beer, beer pong, along with mention of some, umm, memorable beer advertising.Thanks for getting in touch and for the support. You are correct, we are once again distributing to VA. We have two distributors there, Hop & Wine Beverage in Sterling and Specialty Beverage in Richmond. Let me know if you need anything else.
Regards,
Patrick Langlois
Great Divide Brewing Co.
Capital Ale House will make an increased commitment to the State of Virginia by setting a goal, July 2009 through June 2010, to purchase a minimum of $1,500,000 of services by Virginians and products grown, raised, caught, distilled, brewed and fermented in the State of Virginia.
Virginia Beer: We will stock and sell every available micro-brewed beer produced in the State of Virginia. We will strive to add more Virginia beer related events and greatly expand the upcoming 2nd Annual Virginia Beer Festival later this summer.
Virginia Wine: We will commit a minimum 30% of our wine list to Virginia wines and offer these wines by the glass as house pours.
Virginia Spirits: We have recently changed from the Russian made Stolichnaya Vodka as our house pour to the Gold Medal winning Cirrus Vodka. Not only is this vodka better, it’s made here in Richmond. We hope more premium spirits made in Virginia will be presented to us in the future.
Virginia Foods: Each of our restaurants will feature a daily 100 Mile Special. The main ingredient in these specials will have been produced, raised or caught by Virginians. We will, whenever possible, choose Virginia products first.
Glancing down at his watch, Lyle Brown poured the members of the Fredericksburg Area Brewing & Tasting Society glasses of his own brew, Trafalgar Premium Bitter.
Around a table laden with cheese, olives and a unique assortment of pilsners, lagers and stouts, the founder of the group dedicated to making and tasting interesting beer readied his peers to take part in history.
Instructing the dozen or so assembled in the back room of Kybecca Wine & Gourmet in Spotsylvania County to raise their glasses, Brown counted off the seconds until his Naval Observatory-synched watch hit 2 p.m Saturday.
At that second, they joined folks at more than 6,000 locations around the world in an effort to break the record for the World's Largest Toast.
The long-awaited expansion of Blue & Gray Brewing, complete with brewpub, is taking shape. Jeff Fitzpatrick sent this update today:We look forward to serving you at the new brewery/brewpub location. In the next 2 months we hope to be in full brewery production next door in the building where the St. Patrick's Day and Oktoberfest celebrations are held. Pub opening will be somewhat later.
If all goes according to plan (Ha!) we will be out of beer production for 10 days or less. This will mean we may be out-of-stock of one or two flavors of beer for a week or two until we can catch up.
This is our "Before" photo of our new home. Please stay up-to-date on our move by our "brewery move" link
www.blueandgraybrewingco.com or on FACEBOOK
Happy Easter,
Jeffery Fitzpatrick
Blue & Gray Brewing Co.
I received a notice from Edwin at The Virginia Wine Experience that he's hosting a multi-brewery tasting event this Saturday. The tasting will feature 29 brews, from 7 breweries, on five tables: Flying Dog, Brooklyn, Blue & Gray, Ayinger, Pinkus, Magic Hat, and Sierra Nevada. That's an impressive list for a free tasting. That's right, it's free!