Posts Tagged ‘beer’
We Love Drinks: The 1K Beer Walk
Porter
courtesy of jcm_DC
If you’ve ever wanted to run a marathon but worry about whether your beer gut will slow you down, Washington Wine Academy’s DC School of Beer has a perfect solution: the Beer Walk!
The beer walk took place last Saturday and Sunday – a week after the wine walk – in the underground [...]
Free Beer Tastings at Acqua al 2
So many things, all wonderful and joyous, come to mind when I think of beer. So what better way to ease back into your week after Thanksgiving with some complimentary beer tastings?
Acqua Al 2 in Eastern Market is kicking off their new beer program with a week of free Italian craft beer tastings at the [...]
Drinks Special: SAVOR
SAVOR added a second night for its 2011 event, as 72 breweries displayed their wares at the National Building Museum on June 3 & 4, 2011.
More »We Love Drinks: Nahem Simon
We Love Drinks continues our series where we look behind the bar, profiling the many people – from mixologists to bartenders, sommeliers to publicans – who make your drinks experience happen.
I swing open the hefty, wide birch door on a cool, clear Sunday evening in March, ascend the metal staircase, and enter into a narrow [...]
DC Is a (Self-Imported) Beer Town
‘Den mörke härskaren’courtesy of ‘awtyeah’
We’ve covered this ground before: DC makes it pretty easy to import alcoholic beverages legally. Tom (with my help) looked at how the law applies to individuals, and now the City Paper’s Young & Hungry blog has covered the commercial side of things. The short version of the rules as they [...]
New in DC: House in Session Ale
‘Churchkey #2′courtesy of ‘Hans Bruesch’
DC is a political town, always has been, always will be. And now, even our beer is political, with the release of Schlafly Beer’s House in Session Ale. Unlike our politicians, however, this beer was the result of a word not usually in many of their vocabularies: cooperation.
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Drinks Special: Birch & Barley’s Beer & Whiskey
Last week, Birch & Barley hosted their first-ever beer and whiskey tasting. At the helm was the inimitable Greg Engert to guide the evening’s attendees through three different beers and three different whiskies, one of each presented on its own, and then two of each paired together.
While I’ve had several meals at Birch & Barley [...]
Featured Photo
Shirlington Oktoberfest by Amber Wilkie Photography
A photograph often evokes emotion in those that view it, however it isn’t necessarily the same emotion for everyone. More than likely your soul is aglow with happiness as you look at this guy enjoying a beer on a sunny afternoon, wearing funny overalls and a smile that is no [...]
We Love Drinks: Biergarten Haus
‘people watching soccer’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Biergarten Haus is on the defensive. They’re still sore from the reaming Tom Sietsema gave them in the Post (having your food described as “a lethal weapon” always hurts), and there’s a certain measure of bitterness amongst the staff against the Yelpers for their similarly worded reviews criticizing, amongst [...]
Beer + Baked Goods + Charity = Delicious Way to Spend a Saturday
Here’s an idea about how to spend the National Day of Service on Saturday: drink beer and eat cookies for a good cause. Adams Mill Bar & Grill will be hosting a Beer & Bake Sale from 1-4 PM on Saturday to benefit Share our Strength, which is a locally-based nonprofit that fights child [...]
More »Woman loses beer to foul ball
And now a video of a woman getting owned by a foul ball at the Nats game last Thursday. Thank God she wasn’t hurt, but major fail for leaving the beer in harm’s way.
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Southampton Beer Dinner
‘Southampton Cuvée des Fleurs’
courtesy of ‘Bernt Rostad’
I’m a sucker for beer dinners. Call me a fan boy, but I’m a genuine believer that beer and food were made to be paired. That’s why I pass on to you, dear reader, any scoop I get on one that’s happening in the near future. I happen to [...]
We Love Drinks: Beer that Loves DC – Part 1
‘Jeff Hancock and Brandon Skall’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’
“We’re quitting our jobs, next week,” Brandon Skall tells me. I look over at his business partner, Jeff, who smiles wryly. “From here on out, it’s all DC Brau.” Maybe it’s a crazy thing to do. Starting a business in the best of times is [...]
Beer Lovers Rejoice!
‘the cask’
courtesy of ‘volcanojw’
Great news for those who love a good beer: a second Rustico is opening in the area soon, and this one will be Metro-accessible! DC Metrocentric reports that the restaurant is slated to open at the end of August in Ballston at 4075 Wilson Blvd near Ballston Common Mall. ARLnow reports that [...]
We Love Drinks: Memorial Day BBQ
‘Beer and burger’
courtesy of ‘Magnus D’
I hope that you’ll grill this weekend. To me, that’s what Memorial Day is all about. I don’t dream of stepping on any family tradition or intruding in any masculine domain by suggesting what you should grill and how you should grill it. That’s counter productive, in my [...]
Drinks Smackdown! Beer vs. Wine 2
‘Glorious Cheese’
courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’
When last we met for an epic drinks smackdown back in March, fellow WLDC author Kirk and I had our preconceived notions of which paired better with food – wine or beer – challenged and in some cases totally overthrown. I left with a heightened appreciation for beer and a fascination [...]
Give me that Prohibition Beer
‘Interior of saloon, Everett’
courtesy of ‘UW Digital Collections’
This is a shameful moment for me. Coors, the brewer that brought us the swill that’s “as cold as the Rockies” has developed a beer that I’m a touch excited about. Maybe excited is too strong a word. I’m intrigued. Batch 19, a new lager from Coors, is [...]
