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We stopped by Fair Winds yesterday after work.  It's a nice, bright, inviting space.  The staff were super friendly and very happy to take time and talk about their beers with you.  We tried a flight of the five currently on tap.  MY favorites, and polar opposites on the beer spectrum were the Quayside Kolsch and the Flemish Stout.  The Kolsch was bight, malty and a perfect summer beer.  The Flemish Stout was a nice balance of roast, chocolate with a mild amount of hop.

I'm not an IPA fan but thought the Following C's was unique.  The hops hovered around then swung back to knock you over. The other IPA, Howling Gale was a more balanced IPA.

The Running Light Red had a little bit of fruit, chocolate and spice.  It reminded me of a Christmas beer.

On a side note, if you're a train buff, the brewery is next to the train tracks.  We watched an Amtrak and a VRE train rumble by while we were there.

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We stopped by Fair Winds yesterday after work.  It's a nice, bright, inviting space.  The staff were super friendly and very happy to take time and talk about their beers with you.  We tried a flight of the five currently on tap.  MY favorites, and polar opposites on the beer spectrum were the Quayside Kolsch and the Flemish Stout.  The Kolsch was bight, malty and a perfect summer beer.  The Flemish Stout was a nice balance of roast, chocolate with a mild amount of hop.

I'm not an IPA fan but thought the Following C's was unique.  The hops hovered around then swung back to knock you over. The other IPA, Howling Gale was a more balanced IPA.

The Running Light Red had a little bit of fruit, chocolate and spice.  It reminded me of a Christmas beer.

On a side note, if you're a train buff, the brewery is next to the train tracks.  We watched an Amtrak and a VRE train rumble by while we were there.

Any good food trucks out front? They've been a weekend attraction the first couple of weekends, Very cool you made it down!

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Tried an array of their beers recently and nothing to get excited about, with their brown ale being the tastiest of the bunch. Hopefully in time things will get better over time. Very nice space, but if I want my local beer fix I will head over to Forge.

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