Strangebird Wins, Will They Fly South Again?
We don’t normally cover Rochester and Western New York, but something interesting happened there last week. Strangebird Brewery, with roots in the DC-area, won the...
Jacob Berg
Love Thy Beer Festivals, Maryland Comes Through
The Brewers Association of Maryland is throwing not one, but two beer festivals this spring. Let’s take these in order. First, and closer to most...
Pink Boots Brew Day in the DMV, 2022
International Women’s Day was March 8th and breweries either brewed or packaged their Pink Boots beers. We’ve got an area rundown, but first, what is...
Shamrocks and Shenanigans: St. Patrick’s Day Stout Season 2022
St. Patrick’s Day is upon us, which means it’s also stout szn, in particular, Irish-style dry stout snz, and yes, local breweries have you covered....
Meet Implexum, Jailbreak’s Wild Ale Brand
“The idea for a larger scale wild ale program has been a priority since I started Jailbreak in 2013,” Founder and Chief Executive Officer Justin...
Embrace the Hop: Your New Hops Primer
Consider the hop. Recent advances in brewing sciences have created a dizzying array of IPAs, with a nomenclature unto their own. Cryo? Incognito? Lupulin powder?...
Virginia Comes to DC: Solace, Crooked Run, Aslin in the District
We’re two weeks into the year and we already have a trend: Virginia breweries are moving into DC, be it via smaller brewing facilities or...
Area Dinosaur Wishes You a Happy Halloween
Ed: If you spend any time in the nebulous world of “Beer Twitter,” you may have come across the comic “T-Rex Hates Craft Beer.” It’s...
Novemberfest, or Snallygaster Jr., at Evening Star Cafe, November 13, 2021
For a few years the Neighborhood Restaurant Group has put on a Virginia-only affair at Rustico on Slater’s Lane in Alexandria. Well, what if they...
Wet Hop DMV Autumn: The 2021 Fresh Hop Roundup
Let’s jump right into the good news: while it wasn’t a great hop growing and harvesting season over the last 6 weeks or so, the...