The Wine Specialist (believe it or not) on M Street has been hosting a number of beer tastings lately. Despite the word Wine in their name, we can no longer ignore that they are doing this. Frankly we'd like to see more local beer sellers offering tastings like this! Thursday January 31, they are featuring the Petrus line of beers from Bavik, a Belgian brewery. They will be serving samples of the Petrus Dubbel Bruin Ale, the Petrus Gouden Tripel Ale, Petrus Winterbeer, and Petrus Blond Ale. On top of the free samples, they will be giving 10 percent off purchases for the tasting. The Wine Specialist is right around the intersection of M St and New Hampshire Ave NW mid way between Dupont and Foggy Bottom metros.