{"id":11057,"date":"2018-08-11T11:35:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T15:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=11057"},"modified":"2020-03-29T15:56:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T19:56:05","slug":"lunch-tour-at-crooked-run-brewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/lunch-tour-at-crooked-run-brewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch &#038; Tour at Crooked Run Brewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After we landed in Virginia, Thursday, for the Beer Bloggers Conference, Sean and I had the opportunity to go on a pre-conference lunch to <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.crookedrunbrewing.com');\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedrunbrewing.com\">Crooked Run Brewing<\/a> in Sterling. &nbsp;We were 2 of only 5 bloggers attending the luncheon and were lucky enough to have 2 hours with Leland Rogan the co-owner of Crooked Run.<a href=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/lunch-tour-at-crooked-run-brewing\/7ec0a0cd-54a7-4101-a5ce-9b8ace83ad90\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11068\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11068\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/7EC0A0CD-54A7-4101-A5CE-9B8ACE83AD90-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/7EC0A0CD-54A7-4101-A5CE-9B8ACE83AD90-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/7EC0A0CD-54A7-4101-A5CE-9B8ACE83AD90-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/7EC0A0CD-54A7-4101-A5CE-9B8ACE83AD90-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/7EC0A0CD-54A7-4101-A5CE-9B8ACE83AD90-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/7EC0A0CD-54A7-4101-A5CE-9B8ACE83AD90-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intimate experience, allowed us to learn a LOT about the brewery and the area. Crooked Run opened in a 600 sq ft space in Leesburg, VA in 2013 and then expanded to the space in Sterling in 2017. Both locations are located on the <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.LoCoAleTrail.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.LoCoAleTrail.com\">LoCo Virginia Ale Trail<\/a>. &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/lunch-tour-at-crooked-run-brewing\/ca45b059-f150-40c6-a98a-7d2a29093ca6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11062\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11062\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CA45B059-F150-40C6-A98A-7D2A29093CA6-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CA45B059-F150-40C6-A98A-7D2A29093CA6-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CA45B059-F150-40C6-A98A-7D2A29093CA6-150x100.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CA45B059-F150-40C6-A98A-7D2A29093CA6-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CA45B059-F150-40C6-A98A-7D2A29093CA6-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CA45B059-F150-40C6-A98A-7D2A29093CA6-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The tap list offered a great blend of really good beers including Orbz&nbsp;DIPA brewed with green tea and milk sugar, Noriega a IIIPA (triple IPA) with pineapple, Glory their 5th anniversary Imperial Stout and Seek Truth Belgian Triple which were all great beers but my favorite was Raspberry Empress Sour IPA.<a href=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/lunch-tour-at-crooked-run-brewing\/05329105-e2c7-4f7d-bce5-0e24d6f200fb\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11067\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11067\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/05329105-E2C7-4F7D-BCE5-0E24D6F200FB-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/05329105-E2C7-4F7D-BCE5-0E24D6F200FB-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/05329105-E2C7-4F7D-BCE5-0E24D6F200FB-113x150.jpeg 113w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/05329105-E2C7-4F7D-BCE5-0E24D6F200FB-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/05329105-E2C7-4F7D-BCE5-0E24D6F200FB-600x800.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/05329105-E2C7-4F7D-BCE5-0E24D6F200FB-300x400.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/05329105-E2C7-4F7D-BCE5-0E24D6F200FB.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our lunch was tacos from <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.senorramon.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.senorramon.com\">Senor Ramon\u2019s Taqueria<\/a> located inside the taproom. There was a great selection of tacos that tasted amazing. After lunch we went out back and got a peek at the brewery and discovered all the fermenters are named after the Fresh Prince Of Bel Air characters. &nbsp; My favorite part of the tour was discovering a picture of Yoda being attacked by a seagull.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/lunch-tour-at-crooked-run-brewing\/5d6b50b7-a077-4efd-ace4-3ca98029b652\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11069\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11069\" src=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5D6B50B7-A077-4EFD-ACE4-3CA98029B652-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5D6B50B7-A077-4EFD-ACE4-3CA98029B652-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5D6B50B7-A077-4EFD-ACE4-3CA98029B652-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5D6B50B7-A077-4EFD-ACE4-3CA98029B652-768x768.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5D6B50B7-A077-4EFD-ACE4-3CA98029B652-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5D6B50B7-A077-4EFD-ACE4-3CA98029B652-600x600.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5D6B50B7-A077-4EFD-ACE4-3CA98029B652-144x144.jpeg 144w, http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5D6B50B7-A077-4EFD-ACE4-3CA98029B652.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After we landed in Virginia, Thursday, for the Beer Bloggers Conference, Sean and I had the opportunity to go on a pre-conference lunch to Crooked Run Brewing in Sterling. &nbsp;We were 2 of only 5 bloggers attending the luncheon and were lucky enough to have 2 hours with Leland Rogan the co-owner of Crooked Run. 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