Local Beers are World-Class, With the Hardware to Prove it
The World Beer Cup was historically a biennial event, but this year it rebranded itself as an annual competition. For comparative sake the 2021 Great...
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Savor Craft Beer at The Anthem, June 24, 2022
by Jacob Berg
Okay, let’s try this again. SAVOR’s move to The Anthem in 2020 was canceled by the pandemic, and as was the case with many beer...
Strangebird Wins, Will They Fly South Again?
by Jacob Berg
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...
Pink Boots Brew Day in the DMV, 2022
by Jacob Berg
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...
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....
Solace Outpost Sole Local Brave Noise Brewer… For Now
To date, Solace’s Falls Church location is the only local brewery to brew Brave Noise, a pale ale “collaboration with a big goal: a safe...
Wet Hop DMV Autumn: The 2021 Fresh Hop Roundup
by Jacob Berg
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...
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...