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For the third year, we've taken it upon ourselves to sort out the massive list of beers at Snallygaster and power rank them! Snallygaster, the seven annual beer festival brought to you by the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, is one of the best beer festivals in the United States and one of the crown jewels of our beer scene. Your DCBeer ...

  Just one craft beer event in the DMV today! This is your DC Daily Brews for Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Brought to you by the Brew Daddies podcast, next episode gets a little political, with Brendan O’Leary of the Supporters of MD Brewing PAC. Talk about the challenges facing MD craft breweries and what the PAC is doing to address the ...

5 craft beer events in the DMV today! This is your DC Daily Brews for Monday, October 8, 2018 Brought to you by the Brew Daddies podcast, next episode gets a little political, with Brendan O’Leary of the Supporters of MD Brewing PAC. Talk about the challenges facing MD craft breweries and what the PAC is doing to address the in the state ...

Last Friday, I went to the soft opening of Sapwood Cellars in Columbia, MD. For fans of the hazy IPA and complex sours, it’ll be well worth the trip up 95. Location-wise, this is a hike for most of us living in DC, but it could make for an easy stop on a weekend drive or on the way to/from Baltimore airport. Sapwood Cellars is the brainch ...

Gordon Biersch 9th Street, the District’s second-oldest operating brewery, will close Sunday, September 30. Gordon Biersch opened in 2001, and the only brewery older than the 9th street location is the nearby District ChopHouse, which opened in 1996. Capitol City Brewing Company, the first brewpub in DC since Prohibition, opened its doors ...

Denizens Brewing’s 4th Annual Make It Funky Festival is Saturday, September 29 from 1-5pm. Tickets are still on sale. The list features over 100 beers using Brettanomyces, Pediococcus, Lactobacillus, or other non-Saccharomyces yeast and other bacteria from over 30 craft breweries around the country. The description notes “from briny ...

The 2018 Great American Beer Festival took place over the weekend, with over 8,500 beers entered into competition. Some of our local breweries, especially in Virgina, fared quite well.  Centreville's Sweetwater Tavern, under the Great American Restaurants brand, won gold for "Iron Horse Lager" in the "Dark Lager" category. They're no ...

Since Oktoberfest kicks off this weekend, it seems like a great time to look back on my visit to the Theresienwiese last year. The festival is a caricature of itself in a lot of ways. On one hand, it was exactly as I expected, but on the other, there were plenty of surprises.    It would be reductive to call the Oktoberfest a “b ...

Rocket Frog Brewing Company will host an end of summer benefit centered on supporting those that protect our waterways, and ensuring a clean environment in order to enjoy the great outdoors and all its water sources.  Online retailer/designer and friend of Rocket Frog, Rhinohouse Surf & Snow, donated a personalized Rocket Frog Surfboar ...

The Make It Funky Wild Beer Festival returns for the fourth year at Denizens Brewing Company in Silver Spring on September 29 from 1-5pm. The massive event features over 100 beers using Brettanomyces, Pediococcus, Lactobacillus, or other non-Saccharomyces yeast and other bacteria from over 30 craft breweries around the country. The description ...