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...
Outside the DMV
Area Dinosaur Has a Few Words for Mikkeller
by Jacob Berg
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...
Snallygaster 2021: DC Beer Staff Picks
by Jacob Berg
We asked the DC Beer team to tell us what they’re excited about at this year’s Snallygaster. Reminder: Tickets are still available and proceeds go to...
Get (Beer) Cultured Smithsonian’s Beer Histories Ships Beer To You!
by Jacob Berg
We’ve mentioned that shipping out of market beer has been on the uptick since the start of the pandemic, and for the second time, the...
All Virginia, All the Time: 2021 Great American Beer Festival Roundup
by Jacob Berg
As has become common around these parts, Virginia’s local breweries racked up a bunch of Great American Beer Festival medals this year, while DC and...
Is Small Beer the New Pale Ale?
Will small beer overtake pale ale in popularity? Probably not, but I have noticed an uptick in beers that are 4% alcohol by volume and...
2020, the Year We Did Our Part
by Jacob Berg
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...
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...
The Great American Beer Festival Goes Virtual, With Real Local Deals
by Jacob Berg
Thanks to COVID-19, this year’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is an online affair, taking place on October 16-17. But starting on October 1, there...
Your order for a Void-a-Rita is ready for pickup
by Tony Budny
Two for one available inside. Inquire within! It’s big. It’s green. And it tastes even more incredible than it looks! Introducing the NEW! DEW...