Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
From an email: Devils Backbone, one of our favorite local, and highly-decorated, breweries is coming to Rustico Ballston next Thursday to show off some of their newest collaboration brews. Devils Backbone worked with Coronado to craft Devils Tale, a Black IPA using old, mid, and new school hops, while their collaboration with Ninkasi pro ...
Read More »Devils Backbone Adventure Pack Release at Meridian Pint
Devils Backbone has teamed up with three esteemed national breweries to produce three hop-forward collaborations as part of a new "Adventure Pack." Join us on Thursday, March 5 as we release them to the public for the first time on draft along with a slew of brewpub one-offs! The collaboration beers: The Devils Tale - East ...
Read More »Bacon & Beer Dinner with Port City at Fire Works Court House
Beer. Bacon. What more is there to say? Chef Frank's menu will feature several different ways to serve bacon & Beer Director Mike Berry has carefully selected some of Port City Brewing Company's best beer to pair with swine. MENU: Welcome Beer Port City Downright Pils Bacon Wrapped Shrimp and Grits Hou ...
Read More »Schlafly Tap Takeover at Scion Dupont
From an email: Join us on Wednesday, March 4th as we invite Schlafly to take over our taps. On this night, Scion Restaurant (Dupont Circle) will be pouring 12 different beers from the Saint Louis Brewery. This event will serve as the DC release of this year's American IPA. This special release beer is a showcase of American hops, b ...
Read More »Founders Blushing Monk Release Party at Fire Works Court House
From an email: We're celebrating the triumphant return of Founders Brewing Co. Blushing Monk - originally released as the 1st ever Backstage Series offering back in 2011. Come get your crack at the godfather of the Backstage Series! We'll offer up 10 different drafts for the evening: Blushing Monk Imperial Stout Curmudgeon Old Ale Black ...
Read More »What We’re Drinking – Week of 2/9/15
Welcome to a new segment we're going to try to complete weekly. In an amazing burst of creativity, we're calling it What We're Drinking, until we find something better. Anyway, every week, DCBeer staff members will tell you about the beer highlights they had from the previous week. Have a highlight from the last week? Let us know what it was vi ...
Read More »Thoughts on Intellectual Property and Beer
As you’ve no doubt heard, the Swiss Austrian energy drink company and extreme sports patron Red Bull filed a complaint with the US Patent and Trademark Office against Ashburn’s Old Ox Brewery, alleging that two brands whose images include animals from the same biological subfamily – bovinae, in this instance – could lead ...
Read More »Old Ox Brewery and Red Bull in Spat Over Bovine Trademarks
Yesterday, Old Ox Brewery President Chris Burns released an open letter to Red Bull over a complaint the energy drink producer filed about the brewery's trademarks. This was the big news story yesterday, and you no doubt may have heard about it, but just in case you didn't, here's a bunch of coverage of it. The Washingt ...
Read More »Kickstarter Campaign Launched for Prospective Old Town Beer Garden
From a press release: Good Beer LLC Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Bring First Beer Garden to Alexandria February 10, 2015 (Alexandria, VA) – Good Beer LLC, a startup hospitality company based in Alexandria, VA, officially launched a Kickstarter campaign for its new beer garden and gastropub concept, Good Beer. Currently slated for deve ...
Read More »What We’re Drinking – Week of 2/2/15
Welcome to a new segment we're going to try to complete weekly. In an amazing burst of creativity, we're calling it What We're Drinking, until we find something better. Anyway, every week, DCBeer staff members will tell you about the beer highlights they had from the previous week. Have a highlight from the last week? Let us know what it was vi ...
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