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HORAL’s Oude Geuze Mega Blend, a brew released every odd numbered year as part of Toer de Geuze, held in Belgium’s lambic country, is now available from Belgium in a Box. Oude Geuze Mega Blend 2019 is a cooperative effort between most of the lambic producers who participated in the 2019 Toer de Geuze, an…The post HORAL&rsquo ...

It sure looks like a Blue Grasshopper. (Photo courtesy of Darlaina Chapman) Over the weekend, the Crew was made aware that Blue Grasshopper had opened its third location down in the Wells Park neighborhood. This will eventually be home to their brewing operation, replacing the small space at the original taproom in Rio Rancho. Located at Summer ...

Image courtesy of Canteen Brewhouse Editor’s note: AmyO actually wrote this story, but she was unable to set up a post with her byline on it, so we did it this way. Just want to give credit where it’s due! — Stoutmeister Each year when the ABQ Beer Week event list comes out, I immediately start scanning to look for events ...

Take the cheese at Trator Westside, or pick from one of the other events today. It’s a relatively quiet day by Beer Week standards, but that’s just fine, since for far too many of us it was back to the grind of work after the three-day weekend. There’s a special beer release, a sampling of a new brewery’s packaged offeri ...

Last fall we sat down with Matt Humbard, one of the co-owners and co-founders of Patent Beer, which hopes to open in Prince Georges County later in 2019. In that interview we discussed Patent’s unusual business model: they will be buying wort from other breweries and then fermenting and hopping and blending on-site. That location is still ...

SAVOR 2019 may be the last one. Our staff reached out to some of the attendees to get their opinions on what worked, what didn’t, and what a potential SAVOR replacement might look like. The SAVOR 2019 food was not… anything. Hats off to the Brewers Association for pulling off this event year after year. There are a lot of mo ...

Berliner Weisse beers have been brewed in DC since before the Civil War, but a beer with grapefruit, modern German hops, and lactobacillus? This beautiful little beer could only be a product of the 21st Century. Playing off the German classic style, Right Proper’s Berliner Weisse is a modern marvel but keeps the historic greatness ...

Get on out there this Memorial Day and enjoy yourselves without overdoing it. After running ourselves ragged over the last four days, we all need a day to kick back a little. This is that day. Whether you’re feasting, dancing, singing, or whatever else you feel like doing from the list below, have a great time out there. Featured Event Ev ...

Get your bowling shoes on if you’re not heading to Blues & Brews. Since today is the day of the big festival, it is also the quietest day for Beer Week events. In fact, there are only two others besides Blues & Brews, and we flipped a coin to figure out which of those two to feature. In the end, if you are not going to the festiva ...

There’s just a few food items to pair with your beer on this day of 15 events. Every day of Beer Week seems to have a different underlying theme that covers most of that day’s events. If there is one to be found today (Saturday), it is food. Yes, today is the day of beer and food pairings galore. There’s a brunch with beer, tw ...