The girls were so happy to see us they could not leave us
alone. From the moment we got home to
the moment we left, Drom wanted affection.
Addie had me up at 5 crying, then again at 7:30, then yet again at
8:30. I decided to give in and just get
up. Of course, as soon as I did get up,
she was content and stopped crying. She
doesn’t really want anything more than us not sleeping…it’s quite
frustrating. We were able to get a good
6 mile ride in before it started to rain too much, and we hit the road a little
after eleven.
I was a little surprised with the route in which the
navigation took us to get to Devil’s Backbone Brewery, but we got there without
a problem. Of course, it started to
downpour right before we pulled into the parking lot. We decided to wait a few minutes and got
lucky that it calmed down a little shortly thereafter. We had a flight of 10 of their brews and did
not like about half of them. There were
some, especially the stout and the 8 point IPA, which were delicious. Their Vienna Lager and 8 Point IPA are beers
that I already know I like quite a bit.
On our way to Devil’s Backbone, we saw the Wild Wolfe Brewing
Company sign. We remembered Wilde Wolf
from the NOVA Brewfest, but they did not appear on beermapping.com, which is
how we organized the trip. We decided to
stop in, since it was right there. I am
so glad that we did. The bar tender was
awesome and lots of fun. She really knew
the beers and was very entertaining. We
were able to get 11 samples for $11…not bad.
Their beers had a lot of flavor, which was much appreciated. The best was a collaboration Imperial IPA,
which was brewed with other establishments such as Devil’s Backbone, Starr Hill,
South Street, and Blue Mountain.
Our next stop was Blue Mountain Brewery and Hop Farm. Their Stout was amazing, but the bar tender
wasn’t very interactive nor interesting, and their other beers were okay. I am glad we didn’t stay long, but also glad
we popped in.
Starr Hill was next. It
was a little difficult to find the entrance, but we found it on the second
try. We walked through a warehouse in
order to find the front office, and then the workers pointed us to the tasting
area. The rest of the brewery was pretty
wide open, but we did not see any tour opportunities. I really like their Northern Lights IPA and
was interested to see what else they had to offer. Their stout was appalling due to the very
smoky flavor it possessed. The look on
my face when I tasted it must have been priceless, because the workers there
cracked up. We picked up a 6 pack of
their Imperial IPA, which we were unable to taste, but we hope that it is
good.
Then, it was time to check into the Super 8. It was pretty easy to find and the room was
good sized and clean. It was about 7:30,
so we thought it would be good to find some dinner. We looked on Yelp for some guidance, but it
took a while to find something which appealed to us. We settled on heading to downtown and then
either finding the South Street Brewing Company or another place which was very
close. It was difficult to find parking,
but we finally found a spot for free.
We went to the South Street place because I really wanted
sauerkraut. Ty got a brat, which came
with a really good cheese sauce and spicy mustard. The brat didn’t have a lot of flavor, but the
condiments made up for it. Ty sampled “Honey,
I can explain” and their stout. I
ordered a Hurricane, but the best I could get was a very strong rum drink with
a splash of pineapple juice. It was so
strong, I could not nor did I want to drink it.
I was very appreciative to the bar tender that he ended up not charging
me since I barely drank any of the beverage.
From South Street, we did not want to head back just yet, so
we headed toward downtown, even though it was slightly raining. We sought out refuge at Citizen Burger, which
had some interesting mixed drinks on the menu.
I had a spicy Tito’s vodka drink with fresh jalapenos and Ty had a rye
whisky and ginger beer concoction. The
rain was getting even worse, so we headed to the car. I wore slippery flip flops and instantly
regretted it. We also left the umbrella
in the car, of course. We made it to the
car safely and unscathed, but soaking wet.
We got back to the Super 8 and I promptly took a nice warm shower.
We discovered a game show hosted by Jane Lynch called Hollywood
Game Night, which was quite entertaining.
Date
|
Place
|
Breweries
|
Stay
|
Tuesday 9th
|
CT
to Waldorf (5.5 hours)
|
Home
|
|
Wednesday 10th
|
Waldorf
|
Home
|
|
Thursday 11th
|
Waldorf to Charlottesville
(2.5 hours)
|
Devils Backbone 1-7 (Lexington)
Blue Mountain 11-10 (Afton)
Starr Hill 12-6 (Crozet)
Champion 4-11 (Charlottesville)
|
Super 8
390 Greenbrier Drive, Charlottesville, Va.
|
Friday 12th
|
Charlottesville to Richmond
(1 hour)
|
Midnight 4-9 (Rockville)
Strangeways 4-9 (Richmond)
Hardywood 4-9 (Richmond)
|
Extended Stay America
6807 Paragon Place, Richmond, Va.
|
Saturday 13th
|
Richmond to Norfolk
(1.5 hours)
|
Brass Cannon 12-7 (Toano)
Williamsburg 12-5:30 (Williamsburg)
St. George 10-4 (Hampton)
Smartmouth 12-7 (Norfolk)
O’Connor 12-7 (Norfolk)
|
|
Sunday 14th
|
Norfolk to Jarvisburg, NC
(1 hour)
|
Weeping Radish
|
Beach House
|
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