Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places

Category: Brewery

  • Charlottesville Beer Trail

    EDITOR’S UPDATE: THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN IN 2009. THE LOCAL BEER SCENE HAS GROWN AND CHANGED CONSIDERABLY SINCE THAT TIME. Email traffic began to pick up late last summer on the DC-Beer Listserv. Another brewpub was about to open in the rolling hills west of Charlottesville. Of course, Breweries and brewpubs had been sprouting up…

  • The Most Remote Town in Mainland Britain

    If you’re like me, maybe you’ve had a little too much of the Holidays, a little too much quality time with the in-laws. Perhaps now you’re ready for some solitude. It would need to be a quiet, out of the way place where nobody would think to look, but not so remote as to be…

  • Savor: An American Craft Beer and Food Experience

    Those reading Twelve Mile Circle for the weird geography stuff may want to take a pass today. Here I focus much more broadly within the scope of our stated purpose, “an appreciation of unusual places.” On Friday night, May 16, 2008, I had the pleasure of attending the opening session of Savor: An American Craft…

  • My Favorite Travel Tip

    I’ve been traveling recently and expect to go out on a few more trips this summer. Like many business travelers, I’ve developed a few tips for the road over the years. They’re little secrets that make life away from home more bearable. Geography topics on Twelve Mile Circle sometimes bleed into other topics that interest…