by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2018 | Beer News, Drink
O’Connor Brewing Co. claimed a gold medal, three silver medals and four bronze medals in the 2018 Dublin Craft Beer Cup; a global competition, which allows craft brewers to showcase their brews to have them rated, tasted and analyzed by an expert, international panel...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 27, 2017 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
By Jim Roberts “Hogmanay” is the celebration of the new year in Scotland, so it makes pearfect sense that whisky, the national drink, plays a prominent role in the festivities. “Wherever you go,” Angus MacRaild wrote on ScotchWhisky.com last New Year’s Eve,...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 23, 2017 | Beer News, Drink
Words by Chris Jones & Diane Catanzaro Photos by Diane Catanzaro The Amber Ox Public House in Williamsburg is a new brewpub that is in many ways a game-changer in Hampton Roads. Creative, seasonally-inspired cuisine, top-notch beers brewed on premises, guest...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 14, 2017 | Beer News, Drink
By Jeff Maisey What better way for Smartmouth Brewing Company to complete 2017 – a year that marked its 5th anniversary and a year in which it won Best of Show at the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild annual Virginia Beer Cup competition – than with the highly anticipated...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 13, 2017 | Beer News, Drink, News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Williamsburg-based Alewerks won Veer Magazine’s 2017 Golden Tap Award, unseating 3-time champ O’Connor Brewing Company. The competition this year was extremely close among the top four points-earning local breweries. While Alewerks took top honor with a...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 22, 2017 | Beer News, Drink
By Jeff Maisey We at Veer Magazine have enjoyed covering O’Connor Brewing Company’s many stages of growth since its humble beginnings in 2010 producing Green Can, Norfolk Canyon and Red Nun from a small warehouse to its position today as one of the most successful...
