Loudmouth Brewing Company, Clifton, VA

[B.A.R.]

So my wife was having drinks in Trattoria Villagio over the weekend and met the owner of a new craft brewery to open in Clifton. She was surprised that it would be in Clifton, a town not known to embrace large businesses within its confines.

My wife asked the propreitor if she has had any pushback from the community, and the propreitor had said "not much". Apparently, this was before a local hearing and the Clifton Coalition is starting to fight back. I love craft beer, and I love Clifton, but I'm  not so sure about a craft beer and entertainment complex is a good fit here. I welcomed the opening of Paradise Springs Winery, and do stop in there on occasion, but it has more of the feeling of a party site than a working winery and is a mob scene on weekends. I hope this is not a carbon copy.

I could not find a website for the new brewery, but here is the opposition website.

http://www.clifton-coalition.org/loudmouth-brewing-company.html

Also, I think if you are opening a brewpub and entertainment facility in a reserved, bucolic town, you might have wanted to go with a different name.

[southdenverhoo]

Per http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/beer-fueled-fight-in-fairfax-prompts-officials-to-look-at-state-farming-law/2015/05/09/af3c202e-ef7c-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html?hpid=z3 it looks like the owner your wife spoke to, who also owns Trattoria Villagio, has withdrawn his plans.