This morning, Buzz Bakery announced that tomorrow would be its Navy Yard location's last day of operation. Bluejacket and the Arsenal, the adjoining brewery and restaurant, respectively, will expand into that space and convert it into a bottle shop and tasting room. "As our neighborhood has grown and developed, we have always tried to meet the ...
Read More »Area Brewers Gather to Brew 2015 Solidarity Beer, “Red, White, and Gluten”
Last week, brewers from all over the D.C. metro area gathered at Hellbender Brewing Company to continue an annual tradition: the brewing of a Solidarity Beer to be released during DC Beer Week. This year’s brew, “Red, White, and Gluten” is a wheat-heavy Belgian-style saison with lemon juice added to emphasize a tart, refreshin ...
Read More »Chatting with Denizens Brewing Company, Which Turns One This Week
Silver Spring brewpub Denizens Brewing Company will blow the candles out on its first birthday cake this week with a whole series of celebratory events. The ambitious brewingng operation has produced a wide variety of brews in its first year while teaming up with the BBQ Bus in an innovative food-truck-and-brewpub model. This week, yo ...
Read More »DCBW 2015 Kick-Off: 2nd Annual Brewers on the Block at Suburbia
DC Beer Week is excited to announce its kick-off event at Suburbia on Sunday, August 9, 2015. The 1967 Airstream bar outside of Union Market in northeast DC will host 20 of the region’s top breweries, cideries, and meaderies to mark the beginning of the 7th Annual DC Beer Week. The daytime event will fe ...
Read More »DC Brau’s Genuine 4th Annual Official DCBW Crab Fest
For the fourth year, DC Brau and the Quarterdeck are teaming up for their epic flagship crab-crackin' get down. This is going to be the event of DC Beer Week. Please help DC Brau celebrate indigenous beer and these indigenous Mid-Atlantic delicacies at the Quarterdeck Restaurant in Arlington, VA. ALL YOU CAN E ...
Read More »3 Stars 3rd Annual Artists and Artisans Summer Jam
From a press release: On July 26, 2015, 3 Stars Brewing Company will host their 3rd annual Artists & Artisans Summer Jam from 2-6 p.m. The perfect way to celebrate summer, this yearly event is a showcase of local entrepreneurs and craftsmen. 3 Stars turns the brewery into a “locavore market” packed with local food trucks, chefs, ...
Read More »The SAVOR 2015 Wrap Up Post
Both SAVOR and SAVOR Week came and went, and our jaded thoughts on the main event and the lead-up to it are below. As always, share your thoughts (likes, dislikes, hopes, and dreams) in the comments. SAVOR WEEK Bruce Webster: My highlights of the Savor week events were Brookland Pint's Allagash and Moonlight Mead event (I had never been there a ...
Read More »Everything(?) You Want to Know About Blood Oranges and Beer
Image via Flickr user SummerTomato under a Creative Commons license. What is beer? Beer is an intoxicating beverage primarily concocted of malted grains, hops, water, and yeast. It has been brewed for thousands of years and is consumed widely across the globe. Depending on adjustments to each of the four primary ingredients, as well as the opti ...
Read More »2015 DC BRGR Bash at Arlington Gateway Park
From an email: Following another sold out year in 2014, the D.C. BRGR Bash will take place at Arlington Gateway Park - just steps away from the Key Bridge and the Rosslyn Metro stop. The event, which brings together sixteen of the DMV’s best chefs and restaurants for a friendly burger competition and four local craft breweries amids ...
Read More »An Evening with Ballast Point at ChurchKey
From an email: Join us next Wednesday as spend some time with our good friends from San Diego: Ballast Point. They are bringing a few classics we know and love, as well as a fine selection of rarities and new-to-DC brews for this event! No Ballast Point event would be complete without Sculpin IPA, and--in addition to that beautiful IPA o ...
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