by Jeff Maisey | May 1, 2020 | News, News & Views
By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones The balance between public health and the economy has important implications for how and when Virginia re-opens restaurants and brewery, distillery, and winery tasting rooms to the public. Since mid-March most of these...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 14, 2019 | Beer News, Drink
(Beach Ambassadors and the medalists in the People’s Choice category. Photograph by Sean Chagnon/Eye of the Storm Photography) STAFF REPORT Beach Ambassadors presented its 7th Annual 757 Battle of the Beers competition in a festival setting on the grounds of...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 21, 2016 | Beer News, Drink
By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones There is an expression that some things get better with age. Examples of things that get better with age are many full-bodied red wines, those Levi jeans you wore in college, and us, the collective we, gain wisdom as we get...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 7, 2015 | Drink, Festivals
By Jeff Maisey The scenic Tides Inn, known for its romantic location on the Chesapeake Bay for weddings and its world class marina, spa, golf course and restaurants, has decided to give ol’ man winter the boot and celebrate the full bloom of warmer weather with...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2015 | Beer News, Drink
By Elizabeth Erschens Okay, class, raise your hands. Who knows what a real ale is? Until relatively recently, most people in this country wouldn’t have known the answer. The process of brewing real ale goes back to the origins of beer – some 6,000 years...