Old Dominion Brewery sale on hold

One of my favorite beers is Old Dominion's Oak barrel Stout. Last July, I visited family in Virginia and brought a case and a half home with me. I have four bottles left. I drank them on Christmas Day.

So it's somehow appropriate that I pass along some Old Dominion news. The deal for founder Jerry Bailey to sell the brewery to his management team has fallen through amid rumors that Bailey will sell his brewery to Anheuser-Busch.

Old Dominion, host of the popular annual Old Dominion Beer Festival in the summer, was founded by Bailey in 1989, and was the Washington, D.C., area's first micro-brewery.