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Since I have written about this event multiple times, I decided to opt for the ‘4 things I noticed’ approach. Session Beers It wasn’t too long ago that the only decent beer under 4% in this country was the Emelisse 2.5. For me this was a groundbreaking beer because it showed that limits could be stretched downwards as well ...

There have been a lot of firsts in the DC beer scene since 2010, but here's another one from Port City Brewing Company: a patent on brewing technology.  U.S. Patent No. 9,303,241 now belongs to the Hopzooka. If you're a pacifist and you don't get into war games, that's okay: the Hopzooka is not used for violent purposes. Instead, ...

From an email: Spring out of winter with Capitol City Brewing Co. and many other regional breweries as they tap new springtime brews in Shirlington village! On Saturday, April 30 at The Village at Shirlington, Capitol City Brewing Company will host its third annual Spring Beer Festival. The springtime beer-tasting event will include a line-up o ...

From an email: The Sovereign is thrilled to announce a very special evening with Brasserie De la Senne from Brussels, Belgium. Join us on Tuesday, April 26th, as we share beers and stories with De la Senne co-founder, Yvan de Baets. Yvan is a close friend, a craft beer hero, and one of the most fiercely principled brewers in Belgium. He and his ...

Love Virginia beer but live in the District? Skip the drive and join us for our Spring Tap Takeover Series as we showcase a handful of our favorite Virginia Breweries! Less than a year old, our Taproom in Glover Park, NW DC was voted one of DC's best new bars by DCist for 2015. This location features two bars, 16 taps, and three cask engines. L ...

In this latest episode of the Irish Beer Snob podcast, the dynamic duo recall their trip to the UK, where they visited Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London via Essex. All the while they are supping down a Brooklyn Brewery special, Intensified Coffee Porter to celebrate their 20th Episode, and 7th Wedding Anniversary. The ...

A cautionary tale, with a happy ending.  About two years ago I started getting shooting pains down my left leg. I went to the doctor about it and they said it was sciatica. Although the pain was in my leg, it was actually a result of nerves in my spine being irritated. "It'll go away eventually," said the doctor. "If it gets too bad, ju ...

Ars Technica The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch Ars Technica What do we need to have before any homebrew device looks like a router? For most of us, the important bits will be routing, NAT, DHCP, and DNS. In this build, we'll use the same free and open source implementations of these technologies that power huge ...

Kykernel.com (subscription) The difficult yet rewarding craft of home brewing Kykernel.com (subscription) The art of home brewing is a task few undertake, and a task in which even fewer succeed. It takes a serious devotion to craft, a heightened sensory instinct, as well as a whole lot of patience — and usually a hefty sum of cas ...

New York Craft Malt offers home brewing classes The Daily News Online BATAVIA — New York Craft Malt has partnered with The Sultans of Swig, a Buffalo-based home brew club, to present a series of home brewing classes. The first class is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30 at the malthouse, 8164 Main St. The class ...