2020, the Year We Did Our Part
We masked up. We stayed home. When we drank at breweries, we did so outside, or in taprooms operating at 50% capacity or less. We...
Gifting Guide: Local Brewery Memberships for 2021
by Jacob Berg
Tis this giving season, and what better way to give than with the gift of beer. Sure, a 4- or 6-pack works, but let’s set...
Ben Tolkan Lived the Dream, Honored With a Beer
by Jacob Berg
In the mid-to-late-aughts, before Churchkey, we know, we know, beer-centric bars and restaurants were few and far between. One of them was Georgetown’s Pizzeria Paradiso,...
Stoutsgiving: What to drink with those pies
by Jacob Berg
Over on the podcast we discussed why Saison Dupont is the ur-Thanksgiving beerpairing, though hey, dark lagers, other saisons, and even sours work well. Cider,...
Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The 2020 Wet-Hopped Round Up
by Jacob Berg
Let’s get the bad news out of the way: a summer that was alternately abnormally hot and abnormally wet lead to abnormally smaller hops yields...
And like that, he was Gon(nerman): Jace says goodbye
by Jacob Berg
Jace Gonnerman was the Beer Director for Meridian and Brookland Pints, and Smoke and Barrel. He’s also worked for Arrowine, with and for Lou’s City...
2020 Great American Beer Festival: Virginia’s Vienna’s Victorious, Silver Branch’s Superlative Saison
by Jacob Berg
The Commonwealth of Virginia nearly completed a sweep of the Vienna-Style Lager category, with Ashburn’s Lost Rhino RhinO’fest taking gold, and Alexandria’s Port City Oktoberfest...
Other Half DC Opens Saturday – Order Today!
by Jacob Berg
At 10am on Saturday, October 17, 2020, Other Half Brewing will open their DC facility at 1401 Okie St NE for contactless curbside pickup. Here’s...
A Tale of Two Cities: Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, and Canned German Imports
Are German imports better than American takes on German beer? It all depends on your point of view and I’ve heard it argued both ways....
Daniel Drinks the Styles: Bauernhof Altbier
Continuing to leverage my time at home during the coronavirus pandemic, I am studying for the second level of the Cicerone Certification Program for beer...