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Brewer<\/strong>:<\/strong> Erik Jones<\/span><\/p>\n How long have you worked at the brewery?<\/strong> The brewery opened just after Thanksgiving. It\u2019s been a multi-year, joint effort with my super talented wife, Jenny, who\u2019s a professor of theater and dance at Washington & Lee. None of this would have happened without her.<\/span><\/p>\n How did you get involved in brewing?<\/strong> I\u2019m from Portland, Oregon. It\u2019s kind of an unspoken rule there that everyone has to brew at some point in his\/her life. It\u2019s probably something in the water \u2013 or possibly in the beer. I started home brewing in 1994, worked at a couple of breweries along the way, then went through the American Brewers Guild\u2019s Brewing Science and Engineering Program and apprenticed at Deschutes Brewery.<\/span><\/p>\n Tell us something people don\u2019t know about your brewery:<\/strong> Virtually 100% of the grain we brew with is Virginia-grown, and locally malted by Murphy & Rude Malting in Charlottesville.<\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s your favorite food and beer combo?<\/strong> Our chefs at the brewery just came up with a new brick oven pizza that\u2019s a deconstructed version of a jalapeno popper. I think it goes particularly well with our Quotidian Pils, slow-poured and topped with a big, fluffy head.<\/span><\/p>\n Tell us about your pets:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been a Labrador retriever guy my whole life. We currently have two: Juniper, who\u2019s 8; and Kumara, who\u2019s 6. They\u2019re shameless attention seekers, so I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll be fixtures on our patio once the weather gets warm again.<\/span><\/p>\n What is your favorite thing to do in the Shenandoah Valley?<\/strong> I think a pretty perfect night out in Lexington would include a romantic dinner at the Red Hen and tickets to hear the Rockbridge Symphony.<\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s the best way to spend time in the outdoors in the Shenandoah Valley?<\/strong> You absolutely can\u2019t beat watching summer sunsets from the Adirondack chairs at Great Valley Farm Brewery in Natural Bridge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brewer: Erik Jones How long have you worked at the brewery? The brewery opened just after Thanksgiving. It\u2019s been a multi-year, joint effort with my super talented wife, Jenny, who\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n