“Beale’s started as … ‘a kind of “anti-craft” craft beer company.’ Eschewing IPAs, they set out to make simple, lower alcohol beers. Clearly, [its founder] was more interested in beers that a lot of people would drink rather than beers that potentially fewer people would love. Fortunately for us, Beale’s hit on both with this, their flagship beer …”
Read More“Give this wine a try to see what Montepulciano outside of Abruzzo is like.”
Read More“This beer works beautifully being what it says it is — a smooth, juicy brew with just a touch a citrus on the finish …”
Read More“Jose Antonio Arévalo and Benicio Garcia (Garcia + Arévalo) founded the winery in 1991 in Matapozuelos. Even though all of Rueda is known for its native white grape, Verdejo, the area around Matapozuelos is particularly known …”
Read More“One Family Brewing Company, based in Lovettesville, VA — a brewery that is dedicated to putting out tasty beer (with a delightful “Dad” sense of humor — your “twinkle in the eye” funny dad, not your groaning, corny “Dad joke” dad) and is dedicated to helping families, especially military families …”
Read More“The Makin’ Waves is Barrier’s small batch experimental beer series. What we have here is Number 23, a Pilsner, but not a regular Pilsner …”
Read More“This is a wine meant to be enjoyed immediately with appetizers, delicate fish, and sunsets on the porch or the beach.”
Read More“The Got ‘Em Tie-Dyes is a Double IPA made with barley and wheat. The wheat could be there to help promote the haze (and this brew is pretty hazy) or it could be there to lighten the malt bill to really let the hops pop or both — and there are a lot of hops to pop …”
Read More“Unlike its European namesake, [Argentina’s La Rioja wine region is] an area that’s known chiefly for its whites, specifically Torrontés Riojano. They also grow red grapes — Bonarda, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Malbec, like with this beauty here …”
Read More“Coming in at 6% ABV, you’d never know this wasn’t an IPA. It really begs the question of what makes the Cut an APA rather than an IPA. Of course, at this point, that’s just something to casually ponder while we’re busy enjoying drinking it.”
Read More“For this wine, Bricco dei Tati takes their organic Barbera grapes and removes the juice from the skins immediately after pressing. This rapid separation allows them to develop a bright, fresh rosé. Strawberry/cherry notes roll through the wine with just a touch of tannin on the finish …”
Read More“This week we celebrate how Honor Brewing Company in Chantilly and Sterling gifts us with this sour ale that does a proud parade march to the beat of tart fruit and textured sourness …”
Read More“Really, the Side Ponytail is the hop aficionado’s IPA …”
Read More“ … the Thorn starts as a basic lager but then takes a couple of turns to make it unique …”
Read More"Now, an organic vineyard, in and of itself, was a bit of a Martinborough outlier, but Redgwell wasn’t satisfied. He started biodynamically farming grapes there with the goal of making natural New Zealand wines …”
Read More“The only way that the Reverse Faults fails as an English Pale Ale is that it’s too tasty. Rather than throw back a couple of pints of it, we’d rather take our time and sip it.”
Read More“The most famous beer from Northumbria in Great Britain is the Newcastle Brown Ale. Virginia Beach’s Commonwealth Brewing Company clearly means to do their take on that classic with this brew. Challenge acknowledged …”
Read More“From Richmond, Ardent’s Cosmic Pale Ale is a medium-bodied unfiltered Pale Ale with a light malt backbone. Ardent then throws in the fun time hops (Citra, Mosaic, and Cashmere) for both bittering and dry-hopping — triple dry-hopping actually. The result is a lemon/grapefruity citrus bomb …”
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