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Lorton, VA’s Fair Winds Brewing took home silver in the Bohemian-Style Pilsner category for Pohlick Bay Pilsner, besting 185 other breweries. It’s Fair Winds third medal at the annual Great American Beer Festival; the others were for their saison, Siren’s Lure. “Although clear IPA is what we are traditionally known for, ...

Imagine launching your beer at the largest, bestest beer festival on the east coast. That’s what Jared Pulliam, Head Brewer and Owner of Lost Generation is doing. Imagine there were even more beers at Snallygaster–off menu–and you didn’t know about it. We’ll take these in turn. Even before the brewery at 32 ...

There are just over 400 beer and beer-adjacent beverages being served at Snallygaster this year. Let’s have some fun with them. The average Untappd score of these beers is 4.07/5. Yowza. Last year it was only 4.04. Yeah, take that with a grain of salt, since Allagash White scores a 3.8, (and Great American Beer Festival gold ...

Urban Garden Brewing turns one and they are celebrating their anniversary with a special beer, Solar Return. Brewed at City-State Brewing Company, this sorrel saison is 5.8% alcohol by volume. When I spoke with Eamoni Collier, CEO and Co-founder of UGB and James Warner, Founder and CEO of City-State, they had just finished canning 100 cases ...

I hopped out of my car on Madison Drive, NW on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. I’d planned to arrive at the Victory Garden at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History between 9 and 9:30 AM but I got stuck behind a motorcade–nine cops and three black SUVs–on Constitution Avenue, which pushed my arriv ...

3 Stars closed in July, and they have partnered with New Mill Capital to oversee the sale of the brewery. There are a few options here. The brewery at 6400 Chillum Place NW, is for sale as a turnkey operation. That is, buy the brewery, get your permits in order, remain in that location, and presto, you’re in business. It’s just ...

As independent, craft, and insert-adjective-of-your-choice beer has become more prevalent, the beer bar has become less so, and with it, the beer event has become more rare. Pizzeria Paradiso And Granville Moore’s are chugging along, and Brasserie Beck has reopened, but Meridian Pint is no more, and Smoke and Barrel just closed, too. Broo ...

SAVOR is back after a 37 month hiatus. This year twenty local breweries are pouring forty-two beers at the event. Participants include 2 Silos, Adroit Theory, Atlas Brew Works, Bluejacket, Board Room Brewing Company, Caboose Brewing Company, DC Brau, Denizens, Dogfish Head, Dynasty, Fair Winds, Heavy Seas, Lake Anne, Manor Hill, Old Bust Head, ...

SAVOR is back after a 37 month hiatus. This year twenty local breweries are pouring forty-two beers at the event. Participants include 2 Silos, Adroit Theory, Atlas Brew Works, Bluejacket, Board Room Brewing Company, Caboose Brewing Company, DC Brau, Denizens, Dogfish Head, Dynasty, Fair Winds, Heavy Seas, Lake Anne, Manor Hill, Old Bust Head, ...

SAVOR is back after a 37 month hiatus. This year twenty local breweries are pouring forty-two beers at the event. Participants include 2 Silos, Adroit Theory, Atlas Brew Works, Bluejacket, Board Room Brewing Company, Caboose Brewing Company, DC Brau, Denizens, Dogfish Head, Dynasty, Fair Winds, Heavy Seas, Lake Anne, Manor Hill, Old Bust Head, ...