Once again I arranged the Blue Gray Brewery Tour. This year we headed north to visit 3 NOVA breweries. Our first stop is Port City Brewing in Alexandria, a 3 week old brewery. We are first group to tour the facility. My first impression was good - the IPA license plate sitting in the parking lot. The system is a brand new JVNW system just installed in the Fall. Everything was spanking clean. The marketing plan here is draft beers initially with bottles to follow. A bottling line was ready to go, recently purchased from Southern Tier. A downgrade from them no doubt.
Second stop is Bill Madden's Mad Fox Brewpub. You can see Bill above emerging from the fermentation tank. Bill's wife's maiden name is Fox, hence the name. Upscale food is the noontime draw for this downtown Falls Church brewery. Obviously, space is precious here and the brewery is wedged in a tiny space, much unlike Port City, where there is much room to expand.
Final stop is Vintage 50 in the historic town of Leesburg. This is an upscale brewpub with a large outdoor patio seating area. It was $2 a pint happy hour when we arrived.
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