"After an 11-year run, this Loudoun County brewery will cease operations on Saturday, April 5. The sprawling brewery featured a patio and tap room with a lineup of porters, ales, and hoppy IPAs made on-site, plus weekly pizza pop-ups and comedy shows. The owners, who are pursuing retirement and other plans, say they previously identified a “great buyer” to take over after the lease ended at the end of April, but the landlord had already found another replacement: “Unfortunately, the new tenant is a public entity and we simply could not compete with them,” adds the statement; an Old Ox comeback elsewhere is “possible,” though “it’s too soon to tell.” All brewery equipment is now up for auction through April 17." - Tierney Plumb