Posts tagged afton

An afternoon in Western Albemarle – Strawberries, Eggs and Beer

It’s easy to forget about or take for granted some of the simple and simply awesome things that are available in the Charlottesville area. This is about three hours on Sunday, 8 May: Picking strawberries at Chiles Orchard in Crozet : Strawberry Picking at Chiles' Orchard in Crozet Driving to Blue Mountain Brewery to fill up a growler with Rockfish Wheat : Driving to Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton Picking up some local, farm fresh eggs at AM Fog : AM Fog is Open! * Pictures taken with my Droid Pro, and weren’t edited or altered at all. It’s just that pretty here. 🙂

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Blue Mountain’s Brewery’s “Lights Out”

Today is also the first Thursday of the month which means it is Steal the Glass day, all day long. Buy a beer for $5 and you keep the logo glass it comes in, no limit on glass purchases.

…I’m not a fan of the crass, blatant, wasteful and repulsive commercialism that comes with the holiday season. … Blue Mountain Brewery’s Lights Out is becoming my favorite way of welcoming in the holiday season.

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