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Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Fair Winds Brewing Co ()
Date: January 03, 2014 07:56AM

Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20140103/NEWS/140109801/1117/falls-church-man-to-open-merrifield-brewery&template=fairfaxTimes

For U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduate Casey Jones, 45, brewing beer is a passion he has fostered for about a third of his life. “I have been into beer ever since I was legal to drink it,” he said. “And I have been making my own since at least 1999.”

This summer, Jones will open Fairfax County’s first packaging brewery, which he says will provide local restaurants and bars with an original hand-crafted variety of both annual and seasonal elixirs.

“We plan on providing at least four annual beers that we will make all year long,” said the Falls Church resident. “We will have an Indian pale ale, a pale ale, a red and a kolsch, which is like lighter beer almost like a light ale. In addition we plan to put out a variety of seasonal beers such as an apple strudel tripel beer, which is like a dessert pale ale. That’s something that my master brewer has produced before in Michigan. ”

Jones and his master brewer, Todd Parker, have successfully raised $1.4 million for their endeavor and are currently scouting out a location in the Mosaic area of Merrifield. Jones estimates that it will cost about $2 million total to start his dream business.

“Fairfax County is where we want to be and has been very receptive. We were able to raise $1.4 million in just 90 days,” said Jones. “I put in a bid on a brewpub in Camden, Maine, and didn’t get it, so I decided instead to build my own, right here in my own back yard.”

The packaging brewery will be called Fair Winds Brewing Co. and, according to Jones, the difference between it and other county-based brewpubs — such as Sweetwater Tavern — is that it will sell its packaged beers to other facilities where it will be served on tap. He says he is excited to be able to produce a true Fairfax County beer that will be consumed throughout the area.

“A packaging brewery, as opposed to a brewpub, brews beer to be consumed on others’ premises,” he said. “However, we will also have our own tasting room thanks to [Senate Bill] 604, a new Virginia law that now allows breweries to sell beer by the glass without an accompanying full service restaurant.”

In addition to the “tasting room” Jones said Fair Winds will utilize a 30 beer barrel system, each one capable of producing 31 U.S. gallons. “That will enable us to make 930 gallons of beer per production run,” he said. “I live here in Fairfax County, one of the most affluent counties in the country, but where there really is no local Fairfax beer on tap. We plan to start hyperlocal in this locavore environment where so many people try to eat and drink locally. I think we can help them to move away from mass-produced beers from other places and enjoy our high-quality local offerings.”

According to Jones, the name Fair Winds was not the brewery’s first name choice.

“We originally were going to call ourselves ‘Topsail’ because that is the most important sail on a square-rigger ship, but we were challenged by an Oregon brewery who apparently laid claim to any beer with the word ‘sail’ in it. So instead of feeding $50,000 to attorneys trying to defend that name, we went with ‘Fair Winds,’ which comes from a phrase sailors share when they part ways; ‘May you have fair winds and following seas.’”

Jones says what’s really important is that the brewery maintain a nautical theme.

“I have a background in the Coast Guard and Todd has a master’s degree in marine biology, so that is important to both of us. And I also view brewing as a crew effort, much like sailing,” he said. “Sailing and brewing are also two things that we both love.” For more information about Fair Winds Brewing Co. go to www.fairwindsbrewing.com.

Casey Jones of Fair Winds Brewing Co. at his home in Falls Church.
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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: yourmom ()
Date: January 03, 2014 08:27AM

I like it.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Spuds McKenzie ()
Date: January 03, 2014 08:29AM

I drink beer to get drunk. I dont need someone who acts like they are splitting the atom just to pour me a cold one.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Heaven Forbid! ()
Date: January 03, 2014 08:33AM

Spuds McKenzie Wrote:
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> I drink beer to get drunk. I dont need someone who
> acts like they are splitting the atom just to pour
> me a cold one.


You are a fuckin moron. Go eat your cheap beef and nati you douche. Some of us are no longer 18 year old college kids happy to drink the swill of the Busch family.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: American Tourister ()
Date: January 03, 2014 08:46AM

There's no local Fairfax beer on tap? Really?

Don't tell the guys at Forge Brew Works; they've been open for a couple of months, and the beer is great:

http://www.forgebrewworks.com/

If you go to Alexandria, you can drink Port City. Bad Wolf's in Manassas. Something new just opened in Manassas, too, don't remember the name.

Good luck to the guy, but let's not act like there's no local beer. I'm not even including the SEVERAL breweries in DC.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Very cool! ()
Date: January 03, 2014 08:47AM

This is great. I'm glad that republicans continue to make laws that help small businesses like this one develop. I hope they make it and that the fascism and tyranny of the Obama administration doesn't bring them down. Just keep employees limited to 49 and you avoid the penalties that come with liberal policies such as Obamacare.
Good luck!

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Beer's Good; Politics not so. ()
Date: January 03, 2014 08:51AM

Very cool! Wrote:
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> This is great. I'm glad that republicans continue
> to make laws that help small businesses like this
> one develop. I hope they make it and that the
> fascism and tyranny of the Obama administration
> doesn't bring them down. Just keep employees
> limited to 49 and you avoid the penalties that
> come with liberal policies such as Obamacare.
> Good luck!


Derpity-derp-derp. Some of you douches are like Rex the Wonder Horse -- he stamps his hoof four times to every question.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Good Luck ()
Date: January 03, 2014 08:53AM

Hope he succeeds. But if he does, you can count on libs demonizing him and demanding he pay his employees a mininum wage of $50/hr. And Obama will show up to take credit, telling him "You didn't build that!"

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: I Be A Mavrick ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:00AM

Good Luck Wrote:
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> Hope he succeeds. But if he does, you can count
> on libs demonizing him and demanding he pay his
> employees a mininum wage of $50/hr. And Obama
> will show up to take credit, telling him "You
> didn't build that!"

Yup, it's never been harder to make money in America. Ask Wall Street. Oh, wait . . .

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Da troop ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:02AM

We've reached Peak Microbrew.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Fairfaxian ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:03AM

"Indian" pale ale?

That does not exactly inspire me with confidence, as the style is called "India Pale Ale," and is a British style - now with a distinct American variant - that was originally prepared for export to India.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: American Tourister ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:07AM

Da troop Wrote:
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> We've reached Peak Microbrew.

Yeah, if we haven't reached it, it's not far away. The smart guys are NOT the guys like this guy -- who wants to do the whole brewpub thing. Hello, a brewpub is a restaurant (hard to do well) that serves (allegedly) good beer (hard to do well). The smart guys are guys who are doing SMALL beer-only places that fill growlers and have a tiny bar (because you can do that in Virginia now). Grow slowly.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: D. Snyder ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:10AM

Fairfaxian Wrote:
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> "Indian" pale ale?
>
> That does not exactly inspire me with confidence,
> as the style is called "India Pale Ale," and is a
> British style - now with a distinct American
> variant - that was originally prepared for export
> to India.

He meant to say Redskin Pale Ale, but that would be too racist.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Hussein Obama ale ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:16AM

This guy also has an Hussein Obama brew. It is so high octane just one of them makes you murder 6 Americans, including a child by drones.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: nah... ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:19AM

As a small business owner, the real scoop is:

- Republicans create laws that enable higher profitability for large companies at the expense of your small business and excuse it by saying you COULD compete if you would just try harder - To reference ABC since we're talking about a brewery, Republicans try to privatize liquor, but via a bidding process that favors Wal-Mart or Total Beverage as a mom & pop would never have the cash to bid against them. That means Wal-Mart/Total Beverage get the liquor business AND fuck a mom & pop's beer & wine sales up in the process and probably put them out of business because people are going to go to one place (Wal-Mart/Total Wine) and buy everything rather than going to 2 different stores.

- Democrats create laws that tax the living shit out of you, but also help create environments where you could possibly eek out a living in spite of it - They'll raise your property taxes to $2.00 per $100 if you let them, but they'll put in some nice lampposts & spend $250k doing a parking & traffic study to determine exactly how much they can charge for parking meters before running people off.


Spare the partisan bullshit. Neither party is 100% pro-business unless you are talking about BIG business with BIG lobbyists, in which case they are both pro-business. The only difference is the way the funnel the money up.

As a mom & pop, at least one way might improve the area around you and help you increase clientele. The other just outright fucks you over in favor of whoever donated more to their campaign last year.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: JesusChrist ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:21AM

Jesus Christ, does every single thread here have to be taken over with anti-Obama crap? He's going to be president for three more years--get used to it.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Spuds McKenzie ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:23AM

Heaven Forbid! Wrote:
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> Spuds McKenzie Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I drink beer to get drunk. I dont need someone
> who
> > acts like they are splitting the atom just to
> pour
> > me a cold one.
>
>
> You are a fuckin moron. Go eat your cheap beef and
> nati you douche. Some of us are no longer 18 year
> old college kids happy to drink the swill of the
> Busch family.

when did you realize you were gay.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: RNC Trolls ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:45AM

JesusChrist Wrote:
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> Jesus Christ, does every single thread here have
> to be taken over with anti-Obama crap? He's going
> to be president for three more years--get used to
> it.


Its one annoying loser who consistently drops retarded one liners about "Obozo" and other shit that he must really think is funny but everyone else thinks is retarded like him.

His life is likely extremely pathetic to have one single minded focus like that, reminds me of people right before they fuckin snap.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: DNC CEO ()
Date: January 03, 2014 02:07PM

If it were up to libs, no new business would ever get started. It would take you 20 years just to fill out the paperwork and meet all the regulatory requirements. You would have to hire people from every preferred "victim" group in the country, put up a bond to fund lifetime pensions for every future employee, and promise to turn any and all profits over to the leeches of society. This is pretty much how things are in Greece, Spain, France, and every other socialist country where you find very high unemployment rates, as it is in every American city run by libs.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: ....... ()
Date: January 03, 2014 02:11PM

Another stupid DC/NOVA craft beer for the morons to guzzle down.

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Holy Moly ()
Date: January 03, 2014 08:15PM

JesusChrist Wrote:
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> Jesus Christ, does every single thread here have
> to be taken over with anti-Obama crap? He's going
> to be president for three more years--get used to
> it.


Are you talking to yourself?

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Re: Falls Church man to open Merrifield brewery
Posted by: Where? ()
Date: January 03, 2014 09:04PM

Fairfaxian Wrote:
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> "Indian" pale ale?
>
> That does not exactly inspire me with confidence,
> as the style is called "India Pale Ale," and is a
> British style - now with a distinct American
> variant - that was originally prepared for export
> to India.

I'm not so sure it was the guy who actually said that. Rather, it was probably mis-interpreted by the reporter who wrote the article and didn't know a damn thing about beer.

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