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The Old Country Store Antiques

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Disputanta Antiques Depot

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Bargain Corner Gifts & Antiques

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Three Brothers’ Distillery – A Step Back in Time

helium — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:04:41 +0000

A guy who retired from the Navy as a submarine electronics technician, has a love of history and a passion for whiskey. Dave Reavis spent three years visiting distilleries, studying and observing “how it’s done”. Along with two brothers, he went to work clearing land and building his craft distillery, doing much of the work on weekends.

Three Brothers Distillery is a step back in time, and “amazing hidden treasure”. This distillery is on a farm back in the woods of Sussex County, Virginia on the boundary line with Prince George County, Virginia, much like the settings for stills in days gone by. The George Straight Rye Whiskey starts with the base recipe that George Washington used. Dave takes locally grown grains and malts and controls the process in small batches. His first product was the Silk Jacket Naval Strength Compound Gin, now offered in a variety of restaurants in the Richmond and Hampton Roads areas. Next came the Ka Blam Unaged Corn Whiskey.

His methods are traditional, using a direct-fired copper still to produce the spirits. The tasting bar is one large wood slab. Frequently there is a bluegrass or country band playing in the yard on Saturday, maybe even a barbecue or stew.

Products:
Silk Jacket Naval Strength Compound Gin
George Straight Rye Whiskey
KaBlam Unaged Corn Whiskey

Three Brothers’ Distillery is open every Saturday from 10:00am-5:00pm and on Sundays by appointment. Even though it is in the woods, it is easily accessible from U. S. Route 460.

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Martin Brandon Church Celebrates 400 Years

helium — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 05:00:44 +0000

A lot of history resides behind the pink exterior of Martin’s Brandon Episcopal Church.

At least 400 years of history, in fact.

In a relatively young nation where anything extending back a century or two is lavished with attention and adulation, Martin’s Brandon Church — whose founder literally got off the boat with Captain John Smith at Jamestown — really has something to celebrate, which it will begin doing on Saturday with the first of a series of events that will continue through the year.

“I keep telling (the congregation) we should have a bumper sticker that says, ‘Martin’s Brandon: still in the pink after 400 years,’” the Rev. Eve Butler-Gee, priest-in-charge at the church, said with a laugh.

For the record, the church’s outside walls became pink when the underlying red brick bled through stucco. Now when the church is repainted, the congregation doesn’t bother to fight it, and the color of choice is pink, although in reality, as Butler-Gee put it, “It’s kind of a ‘blush.’”

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Craft Distillery Aims to Fuel Economic Growth

helium — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:00:09 +0000

Driving down the mile-long unpaved driveway off County Line Road, across wide fields thick with soybean plants and through vales of shaded woodland, you cross the unmarked county line from Prince George into Sussex and seem almost to enter another era.

It’s easy to imagine that someone might have chosen this secluded place to set up an illegal still long ago, but Three Brothers Distillery is perfectly legal, and what owner David Reavis is making here is nothing like moonshine.

“I wanted to make something different,” said Reavis, a North Carolina native and Navy veteran whose full-time job is teaching performance management and process improvement for the U.S. Army.

An experienced beermaker, Reavis spent more than three years researching the distillation of spirits, travelling around the country and studying the distilling industry and its history, in preparation for opening Three Brothers. “My goal is to bring back those awesome traditional big flavors” from the era before Prohibition, he said.

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Wayne’s Produce Farm

helium — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:15:00 +0000

Sixth generation family owned and operated farm. Over 50 fruit and vegetable crops available.

Wayne Grizzard

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Jeff Bailey

helium — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:11:00 +0000

Seasonal produce such as tomatoes, salad, string beans, cabbage and collards.

Jeff Bailey

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Prince George Family BBQ

helium — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:28:00 +0000

Prince George Family Barbecue is a home-style family restaurant that offers its customers succulent, melt-in-your-mouth pork and beef barbecue soaked in sweet and tangy sauce, served alongside Southern sides like collard greens, mac and cheese, or sweet potato tots.

Apart from their lunch and dinner menus, however, they also offer a full breakfast spread. Prince George Family Barbecue has everything from egg omelets to fried sea trout on its morning menu, ensuring that its customers get a jump on the day with a satisfying breakfast and a full stomach.

Of course, the best part of any barbecue is its sauce, and Prince George Family Barbecue Sauce is rich, zesty, and flavorful. Don’t just take our word for it, either: it was voted “World’s Best Bar-B-Q Sauce” at the Great Smokey Mountain Bar-B-Q Cook-Off four separate times. With a record like this, it has to be good!

In addition to their Prince George and Chesterfield locations, they also offer catering for parties and events.

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