Big Ugly Wins 2023 Golden Tap Award

Big Ugly Wins 2023 Golden Tap Award

Big Ugly Brewing won the 2023 Golden Tap Award in a region-wide competition where the tally was picked by readers and our committee of judges — including Diane Catanzaro, Chris Jones, Brian Koski, and Jen McDonald — provided expert analysis.  The 757 region craft...
Studly Brewing Opens with Home Run

Studly Brewing Opens with Home Run

Blake Edmunds has Studly Brewing Company on an early season winning streak   By Jeff Maisey Drinker up.  If you’re a baseball fan, chances are as good as the Astros winning another World Series you’re gonna love Chesapeake’s newest craft beer maker, Studly...
Big Ugly Brewing Wins Golden Tap Award

Big Ugly Brewing Wins Golden Tap Award

(Big Ugly Brewing stacked up well against the competition in 2020) By Jeff Maisey Chesapeake’s Big Ugly Brewing edged-out two-time defending champion Benchtop Brewing Company to take home Veer Magazine’s 2020 Golden Tap Award. Breweries from across the 757 region were...
The O’Connor Decade

The O’Connor Decade

(Penny & Kevin O’Connor in February 2020. Photo by Jeff Maisey)  By Jeff Maisey A little luck of the Irish and a determined can-do attitude on St Patrick’s Day 2010 got O’Connor Brewing Company up and running with its first batch of beer.  In our mid-March 2010...