What do DC Brau and Budweiser have in common? Both breweries support employee homebrewing. On Sunday, December 7, DC Brau Brewing Company judged its first employee homebrew contest. The contest had 6 entries from 8 employees. DC Brau CEO Brandon Skall, President Jeff Hancock, Chief Community and Culture Officer Mari Rodella, Lead Brewer Chris G ...
Read More »The Greg Engert Interview, Part Four
Over the past five years, perhaps no other venue has raised the local and national profiles of craft beer in DC than Logan Circle's craft beer temple, ChurchKey. ChurchKey like the other 18 venues in the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, has its beer program overseen by beer director Greg Engert. ChurchKey celebrated its fifth anniversary at the e ...
Read More »Right Proper Turns One Tonight: An Interview with Nathan Zeender
Shaw's Right Proper is turning one, and to celebrate, they're putting on a few rarities and barrel-aged beers, but the real present was unveiled last month, when the brewpub announced a production brewery in Brookland. We sat down with co-owner and head brewer Nathan Zeender to find out a bit more about the new space, and to reflect on a year o ...
Read More »Scenes from the Scene: Checking out Millstone Cellars
Just before Thanksgiving, I had the chance to swing up to Millstone Cellars to check out their operation. I'm a big fan of Millstone's offerings (as are many other of the site's writers), so this was a really great opportunity. Millstone's co-owner, Kyle Sherrer, gave us a tour and showed us a number of offerings, including some still ...
Read More »The Greg Engert Interview, Part Three
Over the past five years, perhaps no other venue has raised the local and national profiles of craft beer in DC than Logan Circle's craft beer temple, ChurchKey. ChurchKey like the other 18 venues in the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, has its beer program overseen by beer director Greg Engert. ChurchKey celebrated its fifth anniversary at the e ...
Read More »The Greg Engert Interview, Part Two
Over the past five years, perhaps no other venue has raised the local and national profiles of craft beer in DC than Logan Circle's craft beer temple, ChurchKey. ChurchKey like the other 18 venues in the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, has its beer program overseen by beer director Greg Engert. ChurchKey celebrated its fifth anniversary at the e ...
Read More »The Greg Engert Interview, Part One
Over the past five years, perhaps no other venue has raised the local and national profiles of craft beer in DC than Logan Circle's craft beer temple, ChurchKey. ChurchKey, like the other 18 venues in the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, has its beer program overseen by beer director Greg Engert. ChurchKey celebrated its fifth anniversary at the ...
Read More »Rustico Slaters’ 8th Annual Festivus: 20 Winter Drafts
From an email: Our annual celebration of good tidings and cheer returns to Rustico this holiday season with more seasonal suds and amazing swag than any Festivus past…and this year marks the 8th anniversary of this now legendary event! For this occasion, Beer Director Greg Engert has lined up no fewer than 20 amazing holiday ales ...
Read More »27th Annual Brickskeller Holiday Tasting at RFD
27th ANNUAL BRICKSKELLER HOLIDAY BEER TASTING @RFD ONE INCREDIBLE NIGHT!!! Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 @6PM BREWERIES SCHEDULED TO ATTEND!!! -DC Brau -Heavy Seas -Atlas -Lost Rhino -Union Craft -Capitol City -District Chophouse ...
Read More »ChurchKey Holiday List and Martha’s Table Can Drive
From an email: On Monday, December 15th, we are once again getting into the holiday spirit in a HUGE way... For the fourth consecutive year, ChurchKey's Holiday Beer Event will double as a canned food drive to help relieve hunger, and this year we are once again teaming up with Martha's Table, our neighbors on 14th Street who have been h ...
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