There Stands Jackson Like a Cold Pint

As I always say there are few things better than either a good craft beer and an interesting read about history. One of the few things that can possibly be better is having both combined into a single product. If you've read up on the Civil War Beer Series in Frederick that I've been keeping tabs on then the odds are that you are reading this post for the very same reason.

A poster on a Civil War message board that I sometimes frequent alerted me of other beers that are named for events and people in the conflict in a thread in which I brought up the subject of the beer series in Maryland.

According to this poster, the brewery is called Blue & Gray Brewing Co. and is based in a town famous for one of the many epic clashes of the war,  Fredericksburg, Va. In case you can't blow up the screen cap that I took, I'll let you know a few of the historical brews this place makes.

The first being Stonewall Stout which is obviously named for General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Temporary Insanity is named for General Dan Sickles who was the first person to use the plead of temporary insanity in a murder case. He was accused of shooting a man that he caught having an affair with his wife. That man was the son of Francis Scott Key who was coincidentally born in Frederick. The beer that follows that one is called Minor Dementia, also named for Sickles. Both are Russian Imperial Stouts.

Not all of the brews deal with the Civil War period. There's another called Washington's Cherry Wheat since George Washington's boyhood home was in Fredericksburg. The difference between these beers and the ones included as part of the series in Frederick is that all of these are available at some point each year if not year-round. The Frederick brews seem to be a one-time-only kind of thing.

I haven't visited Fredericksburg in years. Most likely before this place started brewing. Hopefully I get the chance to get my hands on some of these beers.