DC Brau’s Pride Pils, Hop Culture’s Queer Beer Festival, and Anxo’s Pride Cider
June is Pride Month, and the first weekend provides us with events and activities. Let’s get right to it. On Thursday, June 2nd, DC Brau...
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Churchkey Reopens Tonight, With Bottles and Cans To-Go!
by Jacob Berg
For the first time in twenty-five months, ChurchKey is open, and there are a few changes afoot. The five casks have been cut to three...
Virginia Comes to DC: Solace, Crooked Run, Aslin in the District
by Jacob Berg
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...
Phil Runco’s Beer in Review, 2021
by DCBeer
What beers did you love drinking over the past twelve months? Each year, that’s the question I ask the people who make my favorite beers....
Novemberfest, or Snallygaster Jr., at Evening Star Cafe, November 13, 2021
by Jacob Berg
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...
Choose The Public Option: DC’s Smallest Brewpub is Back!
by Jacob Berg
Last spring DC’s smallest brewpub went on hiatus; owner Bill Perry shuttered The Public Option on Rhode Island Avenue NE and decided to wait out...
Nature is Healing: Smoke and Barrel and The Sovereign Reopen
by Jacob Berg
Beer-centric bars and restaurants with outdoor seating were able to continue operating during the pandemic, even during colder months, but some spots not blessed with...
To-Go and Hi-XO: Anxo’s Beer and Cider Strategy
by Jacob Berg
“We only really did this because DC’s COVID relief measures allow for to-go sales,” says Sam Fitz, co-founder and co-owner of Anxo. “This” is partnering...
Meridian Pint Sold to Crafthouse, is Open Under New Management
by Jacob Berg
Yes, the header photo is of the Columbia Heights location. No, we’re still not over it. In early February John Andrade announced that he had...
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...