The Other Type Of Brewing

[Razors Edge ★]

...is local beer.  Been trying a few new options this past week:

Of the two, the Solace Brewing Partly Cloudy IPA was the tastier.  Definitely a fruity taste, I guess due to the Citra hops? Could be the El Dorado ones, but those don't sound too fruity. Not sure where Solace's bricks & mortar location is, though.

[Prophet Zacharia]

29 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

Solace's bricks & mortar location is, though.

I had Partly Couldy at my sister’s on Friday. It was good.

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

28 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

...is local beer.  Been trying a few new options this past week:

Of the two, the Solace Brewing Partly Cloudy IPA was the tastier.  Definitely a fruity taste, I guess due to the Citra hops? Could be the El Dorado ones, but those don't sound too fruity. Not sure where Solace's bricks & mortar location is, though.

Solace is just west of Dulles Airport. Take 50 west to Rt 606 (Loudoun County Pkwy). Left on Evergreen Mills, they’ll be on the right. Or take 606 thru Herndon cross 28, right on Evergreen Mills, etc. it’s a nice brewery. I met one of the owners, our beer club at work was invited to brew there in early 2020. We’ll see if he remembers. It’s nice to see Beltway putting out their own beers, they used to be mostly contract brewers.

[Razors Edge ★]

2 minutes ago, Old#7 said:

Solace is just west of Dulles Airport. Take 50 west to Rt 606 (Loudoun County Pkwy). Left on Evergreen Mills, they’ll be on the right. Or take 606 thru Herndon cross 28, right on Evergreen Mills, etc. it’s a nice brewery. I met one of the owners, our beer club at work was invited to brew there in early 2020. We’ll see if he remembers. It’s nice to see Beltway putting out their own beers, they used to be mostly contract brewers.

FTR, I got both at the Sterling Costco. Nice to see a monster shop like them supporting some local folks.  Be interesting to hear what the owners felt about dealing with Costco.

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

1 hour ago, Razors Edge said:

FTR, I got both at the Sterling Costco. Nice to see a monster shop like them supporting some local folks.  Be interesting to hear what the owners felt about dealing with Costco.

Nice to hear that Costco is carrying them. The owners don’t deal with Costco though. VA ABC laws require Costco to use a licensed distributor; they can’t buy direct from the brewery. Bruce Oliver, the founder at Old Dominion, found out the hard way when the ABC gave him a taking to after learning he was selling kegs to restaurants out of his van. But back in the early 90’s beer distributors wouldn’t talk to him. He created his own demand. The restaurants pushed the distributors to carry the brand. Times have changed.

[Razors Edge ★]

3 minutes ago, Old#7 said:

Nice to hear that Costco is carrying them. The owners don’t deal with Costco though. VA ABC laws require Costco to use a licensed distributor; they can’t buy direct from the brewery. Bruce Oliver, the founder at Old Dominion, found out the hard way when the ABC gave him a taking to after learning he was selling kegs to restaurants out of his van. But back in the early 90’s beer distributors wouldn’t talk to him. He created his own demand. The restaurants pushed the distributors to carry the brand. Times have changed. 

The stupidity of regional alcohol rules are tough to top.

[12string]

Woot! Woot!  I did score some Heady Topper while on vacation!

[Razors Edge ★]

I rolled with Lost Rhino a little while back:

[Reverend_Maynard]

The craft brew scene up here in the north east is just amazing... dozens and dozens of great breweries... I haven't been anywhere but a brewery to buy beer in at least a year.