We headed out to Shenandoah this past weekend for some hiking and camping (twice I had to pull off ticks that were crawling up my leg and also found a few more in my tent in the morning...fun, fun) and quite naturally had to check out a couple of breweries on the route.
Saturday we stopped at Heritage Brewing in Manassas.
www.heritagebrewing.com My wife was very enthusiastic about them, and I though they were solid. Eight beers on draft, and I'd say five of them were winners. Looks like they may have a barrel aging program in the works.
Sunday we stopped at Old Busthead in Warrenton.
www.oldbusthead.com My wife and I both agreed the four beers they had on draft were all pretty weak. Their IPA was so bad that I enjoyed their pilsner more (something that would generally never happen). One of the women pouring beer squinted and read my DC Brau t-shirt and commented that she "never heard of them". Really? Really? You're less than 50 miles from DC Brau and you're working at a brewery and you've never heard of DC Brau? She had to be someone's mom just helping out on a Sunday..