#CBC17: Our Picks for Getting the Most Out of the Week

This is somewhere around the 15th big beer week I’ve had the pleasure to helm or co-helm for DCBeer, and I can honestly say I’ve never seen the calendar more full. We have approximately 150 events spread out over less than a calendar week. Impressive.

Some DC venues have really pulled out all the stops for #CBC17. Neighborhood Restaurant Group (helmed by Greg Engert and assisted by Tim Liu) has, per usual, tried to raise the bar and/or kill all of their staff by putting on 24 events across 9 or so venues and featuring over 325 line changes across the week. Jace Gonnerman, the beer director at Meridian and Brookland Pints and Smoke and Barrel, has his own knockout lineup that also features out of town breweries and the largest collection of IPAs on draft ever assembled in DC. This isn’t to say there aren’t also great events at other venues (there are!) but credit where credit is due and I have but one liver to give for the CBC cause.

So how do you navigate a week like this? It can be to