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Czech Beer expert Evan Rail will be visiting our area next week. Rail, who lives in Prague, writes about travel, food, and drink—including beer. He is the author of Why Beer Matters, In Praise of Hangovers, the guidebook Good Beer Guide: Prague and the Czech Republic, and his writing is frequently featured in the New York Times. He famous ...

On September 30, beer expert Evan Rail will lecture on Czech Beer Days: What’s Behind the Brew? at the Czech embassy. We’re taking this as an opportunity to talk about one of our favorite topics, Czech beer. In Part 1, we waded into the history of Czech beer in DC. In Part 2, we’ll show that what local brewers are doing tod ...

DC Homebrewers bring the best of their craft beer to the people On September 29th, from 1-4 PM at 3 Stars Brewing, the DC Homebrewers are having their eighth annual barbecue. The event is open to the public, and you should be interested for a variety of reasons. First, there’s award-winning homebrew, lots of it. For $10 advance, $1 ...

On September 30, beer expert Evan Rail will lecture on Czech Beer Days: What’s Behind the Brew? at the Czech embassy. We’re taking this as an opportunity to discuss one of our favorite topics. Czech Beer in D.C., Pt.1 examines the history of Czech beer in the US and more specifically in the DC metro region. Czech Beer in DC Pt. 2 ...

Takoma Beerfest celebrates 11 years A decade ago, a few volunteers tossed around ideas for raising money for local community organizations. The consensus was “wine and chocolate” until, somehow, turned into beer and pretzels. Three breweries served 75 friends, in a downpour, and the Takoma Park Nuclear-free Beerfest was bor ...

It’s been a while, so let’s jump right in, shall we? This Friday the 13th (oOoOoOh) we're dropping three fresh batches of IPA cans: Hobo's Lullaby + Academy Fight Song + Freak Scene. All cans will be available tomorrow @ noon in the bottle shop! pic.twitter.com/m6ZZCPouin— Bluejacket (@BluejacketDC) September 12, 2019Blue ...

There were three DC Beer Weeks without beer from a DC-based production brewery. In 2008, DC Beer Week co-founders Teddy Folkman and Jeff Wells brought into reality their vision of a whole week celebrating the DC craft beer scene while generating bar sales during the city’s traditionally slow mid-August. It was a wholly different beer e ...

Buffalo & Bergen’s Suburbia brings Brewers on the Block to DC Beer Week and Union Market for the sixth time on Saturday, September 14th, but this year is going to be the best one yet because we’re sponsoring it!  That’s right, this year’s iteration is brought to you by DCBeer.com, and we’re bringing ove ...

Church Hall, and its sister restaurant Franklin Hall, are relative newcomers to the District’s beer scene, but both have quickly made names for themselves, partnering with local breweries for a variety of events. On Monday, September 9th, Church Hall joins the DC Beer Week fun by taping a keg from a localish brewery we don’t see eno ...

Red Bear Brewing is celebrating Women in the craft beer industry by hosting a free event on Thursday, September 12th from 6 pm – 10 pm.  The event includes a panel discussion and meet & greet with five influential Women in the DC craft beer industry to discuss any and all things related to the craft beer industry in the DMV area. ...