A Visit to Sapwood Cellars
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...
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O’Zapft Is! Oktoberfest Begins This Weekend! Sights and Scenes from the Real Thing
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...
DCBeer Roundtable: Acquisitions and More!
Every so often, us DCBeer folks decide to chat about the movements of the industry or our thoughts on the hot-button issues of the day...
Will Regulation Change Spur Brewpubs in Fairfax County?
Breweries in Fairfax County, like Mustang Sally, Fair Winds, and Caboose, may soon be facing more competition. Fairfax County officials voted last month to make...
Tasting the Ocelot/Meridian Pint Collab: “Talking Backwards”
Earlier this week, I headed to Meridian Pint to taste this year’s version of the Ocelot Brewing and Meridian Pint Collaboration, Talking Backwards. This year’s...
Hop Harvest Q&A with Hopsteiner
Hopsteiner is one of the oldest hop breeding, growing, and trading firms around. The company was formed by S.S. Steiner in 1845 in the southwestern...
#DCBW2016’s Solidarity Beer is a Dry-Hopped Grisette
Since 2012, area brewers have collaborated on a beer for DC Beer Week. This year is no different. This year’s Solidarity Beer is a grisette...
Hopping Up Quality: Chatting Hop QA/QC with YCH Hops’ Missy Raver
Here at DCBeer, and in the brewing community as a whole, we’ve been hearing more and more about how important quality beer is to the...
Quality Control: Talking Yeast Management with Hellbender
Consistency and quality are cornerstones of a fantastic brewery. It’s easy to think that making the same beer over and over is as simple as...
DC Council Expands When, Where Beer Can Be Sold
As of March 9th, there are a few new beer-friendly laws that come into effect in DC. First, with proper permitting, breweries in the District...