From what I read, Shooting Creek Farm Brewery sits tucked away down a narrow out of the way road in a remote part of Floyd County, VA. Then again, that describes just about everything in Floyd. Try finding the County’s two wineries, Chateau Morrisette and Villa Appalachia, without some good directions and you’ll quickly learn. …
While growing up in the New River Valley of southwest Virginia, Floyd was a nearby, quintessential cross-roads, rural town. Sitting a few miles north of the Blue Ridge Parkway, it served largely as the service center for the agricultural areas that still surround it. It had a bank, two classic general stores, the Blue Ridge…
As a craft beer drinker I am most definitely not stuck in a rut. Sure, I have my favorite year-rounders and seasonals that frequently inhabit the fridge, but I’m always on the hunt for something new. Getting to hunt in new territory is one of the great parts of vacations. My most recent vacation took…
One of the great things about out of state vacations is the promise of a whole new array of beers to try. Take a trip to a beer town like Portland, OR and you’ll drive yourself silly trying to map out a way to take in the City’s 30+ breweries. With more than 1,500 breweries…