Where I’m from boats had outboards with names like Evinrude and Mercury. I suspect I would’ve called anything with an inboard motor a small “ship.”
Different bodies of water call for different boats. Outboards were for weekenders. The boat before had a Chevy 454 inboard/outboard. Outboards use gas and show ass.
Back in the 70's my uncle had a flat bottom prop with a bored 440. We almost never had conditions that were glassy enough to open that baby up at lake Havasu.
You need that big engine to make your way through Chesapeake chop. There are hull shapes in certain areas for a reason, and sometimes the high-powered motor isn't for speed. The dropped the same engines in pickups as muscle cars, after all.
It seems to me the breweries that have closed recently in Ohio have one thing in common: they were all overleveraged.
I'm surprised this isn't more widespread. It's common with wine. With beer I sometimes find myself checking BA on my phone to see what the rating is before I buy.
I check Untappd and BA. If it sounds good to me and gets at least 3 points on average, I’ll probably try it. If I’m not sure I’ll like it, but it’s 4+, I’ll probably go for it.
Another factor I didn't think of is state alcohol laws: https://www.heraldonline.com/news/business/article315098257.html
I hope that dude has good insurance if he's letting drinking people play with live fire at his venue.
Zillicoah here in Asheville has a fire pit and it's used often by the patrons with no employee supervision. And there's never been an incident to my knowledge
Out this way we have Wilding Brands scooping up a lot of breweries that have plateaued or declined. They're making the brewery locations tasting rooms (or restaurants in a couple cases) and brewing all the beers at Denver Beer Co. It's tough to tell what their planning long-term, but it seems like they're mostly looking for recognizable brand names. I'm still not sure how I feel about the whole thing. It seems odd for Funkwerks, Great Divide, and Upslope to be brewed at DBC. Yet at the same time, this gave their owners a pretty decent way out from under these places. It's also keeping some of these beer brands alive when they probably weren't going to make it otherwise.
Their beer is good, but it's not exceptional. But they have "location" outside of any metro area, in a very popular and growing area to live, and it is welcoming to kids and pets. Food offerings are certainly a draw. Places get crazy packed on weekday evenings as people get off, pick up the kids, and go looking for food, not to mention the food is good, generous, and something to suit everyone. Other breweries that don't hang their hat on what they brew, both quality and variety, are trying other draws, such as live music 4-5 times a week. Hope it works for them, but the one we used to frequent really was for the vibe, with decent beer and prices. Monday was $5 pints, and we often gathered with 15+ around tables we had pulled together. Food is limited to only mediocre pizza, and now the special price for a pint is $7. For the curious, this is French Broad River Brewery. There is better beer, with more variety, cheaper, only about 1/2 a mile away at Hi-Wire, and we can visit without having to yell.
