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It's that time of year again. Time for the 2017 release of Talking Backwards, our Triple IPA collaboration with Ocelot Brewing! 2016's version was a smashing success and we're even more excited for this year's batch! Clocking in at just under 11%, this beer disguises it's huge nature perhaps too well. A malt base of Maris Otter and Pilsner ...

Join us on Tuesday, January 31st as we host our friends from Oskar Blues Brewery for an exceptional evening of revelry. On this night, we’ll feature 13 different beers from the Colorado brewery, including 4 different versions of Ten FIDY!   Clocking in at 10.5% ABV, Ten FIDY is an immensely viscous Imperial Stout bursting wit ...

Each week, Tony Budny pens SCREAMING INTO THE VOID and looks at the best in writing and social media conversation around the biggest issues in beer. If you feel something should be included, have a tip, or just want to sound off, feel free to look him up on Twitter @DrinksTheThings or email DCBeer. It’s time for another edition of The Voi ...

Editor's Note and Disclosure: Matthew "Heff" Heffernan is both a friend of and former contributor to the site. This Wednesday at 5pm, Adams Morgan beer, barbecue, and bourbon joint Smoke and Barrel will team up with a new charitable endeavor, H.O.P.S. (Helping Oppressed Peoples Survive) to raise money for refugees through the Internat ...

From the calendar: Come enjoy a Mad Fox tradition as we celebrate the birthday of Scotland's national poet Robbie Burns with a five-course beer dinner and tribute. Our culinary team has created a Scottish-inspired menu paired with our award-winning Mad Fox beers including our signature 80 Schilling Scottish Ale. Enjoy a live bagpiper and poem r ...

From the calendar:  Come enjoy a Mad Fox tradition as we celebrate the birthday of Scotland's national poet Robbie Burns with a five-course beer dinner and tribute. Our culinary team has created a Scottish-inspired menu paired with our award-winning Mad Fox beers including our signature 80 Schilling Scottish Ale. Enjoy a live bagpiper and ...

Each January brings a growing cadre of delicious, highly-sought and beautifully-wrought hopped-up brews. Among our most anticipated favorites is Nugget Nectar, from Tröegs Brewing Company up in Hershey, PA.   On Wednesday, January 25th, we will pour Nugget 7 different ways, including the very first 2016 kegs of Nugget Nectar for W ...

Join The Black Squirrel on Saturday, January 21th, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., for an Equal Pay Post-March Happy Hour at The Black Squirrel featuring woman-owned Denizens Brewing Co. An Equal Pay Happy Hour means paying 21% less for Denizens beer and select appetizers on the main floor of The Black Squirrel post-Million Women March, Saturday, ...

Towards the end of every year, the staff of this site get together and discuss what they liked, and maybe what they didn't, about beer--especially local beer. What follows is an edited transcript of that conversation. Here's to more of the good stuff in 2017. Overall Tony Budny: It has been interesting to me to track the changes of 3 Stars and ...

Each week, Tony Budny pens SCREAMING INTO THE VOID and looks at the best in writing and social media conversation around the biggest issues in beer. If you feel something should be included, have a tip, or just want to sound off, feel free to look him up on Twitter @DrinksTheThings or email DCBeer. I have finally dragged myself out of bed post- ...