Walking through, clean? Check. Staff in place? Check. Wine delivered and put away? Check. Beer list up to date? No, Evolution brewing Prier du Gold has been replaced by Green Flash Saison Diego. Ah, the list turns again. Sometimes I think I need someone who does nothing but change the beer list out. We have an awesome, ever rotating list. Nearly 1,500 beers were enjoyed this weekend alone.
2:45pm
Driving to our Fire Works in Clarendon, the idea strikes me as I log miles, how many miles are logged to produce some of the beers we carry. From grain to glass.
Barley grown in Germany becomes malt and is bagged and shipped and flown halfway across the world to become the base Vienna malt in Nelson county Virginia to become Devil's Backbone Vienna Lager, a gold medal winner nearly every year it's been submitted in Great American Beer Festival's competition.
Kent Goldings hops grown in England wind up in Foster's Lager in Australia. As we sit reflecting and sipping on a frosty cold refreshment over the coming summer, or sweating in the usual mid atlantic heat waves, we should remember that no matter how tired our feet, how worn out our clutch is from shifting gears 2 million times on I66, our beer has so often traveled even further to nourish our souls.
I think I have an idea for a book here................
The Fire Works beer list is never complete...and that's one reason why we love Fire Works!
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