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Visit Local Breweries, Brewpubs and Brewhouses

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I mentioned on FaceBook that I was interested in organizing some brewery crawls/tours. No response from anyone but that is okay. I started Tour 1 on my own. Here is a list of the places I want to visit, either with a group, or with my friend Mac who said he was interested in a few, or just going out on my own. I divided into 6 tours, but it looks like  Tour 1 will be done soon. Brewery Tour Location Miles from BJ Quarters Brewery and Arcade 1 Melbourne 2.8 Hell 'n Blazes Brewing Company 1 Melbourne 2.9 Lost Shirt Brewing Company 1 West Melb 3.0 Cocoa Beach Brewing Company 2 Cocoa Beach 14.3 Bugnutty Brewing Company 2 Merritt Island 18.1 Florida Beer Company 2 Cape Canaveral 19.7 Dirty Oar Beer Company 3 Cocoa 17.8 Playalinda Brewing - Brix Project 3 Titusville 31.6 Playalinda Brewing - Hardwa...

BJ's life with Baseball

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My whole life I have played and watched baseball. My playing days including many years on a Little League team, Junior High School team, JV team and four years playing at the varsity level in High School, Babe Ruth Leagues, American Legion baseball and one year on the UVM baseball team in college. In Florida, I played four years (and also managed a team) in the Stan Musial League. Also, I had over ten years of slow pitch softball and over twenty years I was a season ticket holder for spring training for the Marlins , Expos and finally the Nationals . That is lots of baseball. When I first retired from my job after 34 years, I generated a spreadsheet containing information on my life. I called it BJ Facts . For example, there were 48 states  when I was born and at two years old, we went to 50. There have been seven Popes in my life so far but only one British Monarch. I did have a column for World Series winners each year; it was the Milwaukee Braves the year I was born in 1957. ...