Many many years ago, we met a young brewer and I fell in love with his beers. OK, one beer in particular – his Wee Heavy. The brewer, Bill Madden, moved around a few times to other breweries and Beer Geek and I followed him wherever he went. I don’t know if he knew he…
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Beer and Running: a match made in heaven
You all know I love craft beer about as much as I love running. OK, maybe even more than I love running. When I get the chance to combine the two, I’m a happy camper. And lately the opportunities to run and drink beer in t he DC area are growing and growing. The number…
Busy with a side of crazy busy
It’s Monday already? How did that happen? I feel like just a few minutes ago, I was happy that it was Friday. Not that Friday was an awesome day. Friday was “organize the tax stuff” day. We use an accountant, but I still had to find all the pieces of paper and figure out all…
5 Photos Friday – Highs and Lows
The last seven days have been filled with some major highs and lows. It was hot, it was cold. I ran fast for 13.1, I barely made it through 10 miles. I worked, I ran, I shopped, I ran some more, I shoveled snow, I ran again. The one thing I didn’t do was sleep. …
Running and beer
That pretty much sums up my weekend… Saturday was the 4th annual Barleywine Festival at Mad Fox Brewing. Beer Geek and I shuffled the kids off to friends for the day/night and arrived as they were opening at 11:00am. Yes, I started drinking at 11am. The event offers 4oz pours for $3 each and there…
Go big or go home (+ a winner)
Beer Geek has a few days of leave he has to use by the end of the year. Because this year he’s covering the office during Christmas week, he’s decided to take a few random days off between now and then. Monday was the first of those days. Being the good wife that I am,…
Brewing with Mad Fox
When Beer Geek and I first started dating, he was a home brewer. He made some really good brews back in the day. As life got busier, home brewing fell by the wayside and eventually we sold all of his equipment to make room for all the kid related stuff that came into our lives. …