New Belgium Ships Beer, Directly to You, DC Resident

Very quietly, New Belgium Brewing Co. is testing out a new business model, shipping beers direct to the consumer, provided the consumer lives in Washington, DC; Vermont; or Nevada. As far as we know, it’s the first direct-to-consumer beer available in the DC market; why let wineries have all the fun? Moreover, these are beers that are not seeing regular distribution. To wit:

For Foeder Frambozen, we acidified a single foeder of base beer, then refermented it on 800 lbs of raspberries for 3 more months, finishing it with single-source cocoa husks from Nuance Chocolate in Fort Collins and a bundle of fresh mint. Bottled in December 2018, it has been maturing in our temperature-controlled cellar since then.

We made [Dominga: Goddess of Brunch] in honor of our great friends at Foeder Crafters of America. After spending a Sunday with them drinking mimosas in St. Louis, we found ourselves heading home with a brand new foeder. The first release from that foeder is this mimosa-inspired

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