by Jeff Maisey | Apr 21, 2016 | Beer News, News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey April 23 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot, famously known as the German Purity Law regulating the ingredients used in the production of beer. Those ingredients, of course, are water, barley and hops. The original purpose was to prevent...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 16, 2016 | Hamar, News, News & Views
By Michael Hamar As a former Republican Party city committee member, I continue to be dumbfounded by the apparent swamp fever that has over taken the Republican Party at both the state and national levels. At the national level we see GOP presidential...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 16, 2016 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Last month The Post and Courier, a newspaper in Charleston, SC, ran a story about a professor at the College of Charleston who was suspended because his syllabus was “gravely deficient.” The story caught my attention because the dispute, to my mind,...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Anheuser-Busch/Inbev announced it will acquire Lexington, Virginia based Devils Back Bone Brewing Company. “Through Anheuser-Busch’s network of distributors, Devils Backbone will soon be available nationwide,” said Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe in...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 31, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Last week, US Senator Mark Warner publicly endorsed Virginia state senator Kenny Alexander to become the next mayor of Norfolk. But Warner isn’t the only noteworthy politician lining up to support Alexander. According to our source, in the coming...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 17, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Kylie Sibert Retail Alliance, the non-profit association representing retailers throughout Hampton Roads, recently announced that Decorum Furniture is the recipient of this year’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement award at their Retailer of the Year event on May...
