USAF Cold War vet. Five years in Berlin, where I learned to love beer. Founder of Hawksbill Brewing in Luray, VA. Now writing about beer, brewing, travel and the life around them.https://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mzej6i66es2lVote early and often! Election eve rally at Port City Brewing. @portcitybrew.bsky.social02 Nov 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzej6i66es2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3my6n5rzmak26Measure carefully the friends you make.18 Oct 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6n5rzmak26https://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3my6myekiis26You know what you’ve got to do, Virginia. Go vote. Be the change.18 Oct 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6myekiis26https://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mxag474afs2xHere’s the story of our flagship Porter, which evolved several times over seven years at Hawksbill Brewing. https://lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com/p/brewers-notebook-too-dark-for-stars?r=8numni&utm_medium=ios06 Oct 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxag474afs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mwz2dhnlvs2gThere are so many ways to do things better. But we have to stop kowtowing to billionaire bros first. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz2dhnlvs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mwmfe2joos2aWe managed a few beer stops in the evenings during our trip to Harrogate. https://lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com/p/harrogate-one-pint-at-a-time?r=8numni&utm_medium=ios28 Sep 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmfe2joos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mwgqkkoyws2iBuster was born in a barn but Trader Joe’s suits him these days. #caturday26 Sep 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgqkkoyws2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mw44ieifik2gEverytown needs a good railway-station pub like the one I found in Harrogate. https://lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com/p/every-town-needs-a-harrogate-tap?r=8numni&utm_medium=ios22 Sep 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw44ieifik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mvlrogveqc2cReupping this recent @coldwarpod.bsky.social podcast about the Berlin Airlift. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cold-war-conversations/id1363778974?i=100073841135315 Sep 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlrogveqc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mvjci6c4ss2cOktoberfest in Luray became a Hawksbill tradition. Here’s the story behind it. https://lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com/p/prost-luray?r=8numni&utm_medium=iosk14 Sep 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjci6c4ss2chttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3muwdq66chk2jMy latest Last Call from Hawksbill post is about trips to Munich, especially Oktoberfest, going back to 1985! https://lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com/p/glockenspiel-glockenspiel?r=8numni&utm_medium=ios07 Sep 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwdq66chk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3muvl6d3o5s2s07 Sep 2026 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvl6d3o5s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3muh7yonxlc2nMy latest post discusses how we translated a traditional Bavarian beer to the Shenandoah Valley - our Oktoberfest Marzen. https://lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com/p/brewers-notebook-hawksbill-oktoberfest?r=8numni&utm_medium=ios01 Sep 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh7yonxlc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mua7eyzk5c2w“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.” - Abraham Lincoln29 Aug 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua7eyzk5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mu7swcurg223Trip Hazard installed. #caturday29 Aug 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7swcurg223https://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mtzg7oh6xk2mHeres my latest Last Call from Hawksbill post…one of our regulars, salt of the earth. https://lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com/p/lee-mcwhorter-kept-his-promise?r=8numni&utm_medium=ios26 Aug 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzg7oh6xk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mtram2nltk2vI’m old enough to remember when they said this about Iran. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtram2nltk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mta3gvetxs2xI spent nine years building and running a small-town brewery in Luray, Virginia. Now I'm writing about the beer, the people, the places, and the stories behind it. 🍺 Read them here: lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com16 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mta3gvetxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3msysf4gjj22jHere’s my latest Substack post over on ‘Last Call from Hawksbill’ - free to subscribe and new posts on Monday. https://lastcallfromhawksbill.substack.com/p/orbitology-the-last-launch-part-2?r=8numni&utm_medium=ios13 Aug 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msysf4gjj22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3msypymu72k2mThink they had any cheeseburgers in there? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msypymu72k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3mstkn54udc2xIt’s hard to tell the difference between the catering carts and the trash carts on those things, just saying [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstkn54udc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hawksbill.bsky.social/post/3msrbiolrfk2sHere’s part two of the Orbitology story at Hawksbill Brewing. https://substack.com/@lastcallfromhawksbill/note/p-206772632?r=8numni&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action10 Aug 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:cbq5maqyi6rtzeo7ywjn2cxy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrbiolrfk2s