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How huntin’ and guttin’ works

by Hawes Spencer 5:51 am December 19th

In a photo-laden piece entitled “Five days on Carter’s Mountain,” a Maine-based reporter extols the joys of shooting, butchering, and eating deer in Albemarle County.

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Starr Hill goes national with Anheuser-Busch

by Lindsay Barnes 2:55 pm December 18th

Drink up now, Charlottesville, so you can say you drank it when. Crozet-based Starr Hill Brewery announced today that the company has reached a distribution deal with megabrewer Anheuser-Busch to distribute Starr Hill’s microbrewed suds across the mid-Atlantic region starting in 2011, with plans to go national as early as 2013.

“We want to follow the model of breweries like Sierra Nevada, Widmer, and Red Hook to become the next great national beer,” says Starr Hill founder and president Mark Thompson. “Anheuser-Busch is the best distribution network anywhere, so the sky’s the limit.”

The deal means a definite increase in volume for the eight-year old brewery which got its start at the defunct Starr Hill Music Hall and counts music mogul Coran Capshaw among its backers. Yet, Thompson says the brewery has no plans to (more)

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Photomontage ‘o the day: New Arch’s on Emmet

by Dave McNair 12:37 pm December 06th

As mentioned in this week’s Dish, Arch’s Frozen Yogurt plans to open a new location on Emmet street next summer. In 2005, Arch’s owners bought the old Donut Connection at 1232 Emmet Street. Since then, they’ve been working with the folks at BRW Architects– known for their renovations of Congregation Beth Israel, the Downtown Rec Center, and the Mall side of the Water Street parking garage– to develop a modern two-story building with two outdoor eating balconies, ivy-covered walls, and a host of energy-efficient features including SIPS wall and roof panels. These cool photomontages, courtesy BRW, show how the new building will look in its natural surroundings.