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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...
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Oktoberfests Are Upon Us
by Jacob Berg
Maybe it’s because many of us have been cooped up for the last year and half or so, but we’ve noticed a lot more local...
Trendspotting: “Pub Ale,” The British Invasion
by Jacob Berg
Beer spotters are no strangers to new styles and nomenclature that may or may not stick. Witness this year’s “Cold IPA,” which is just hoppy...
Still Trill: Trillium Comes to DC, With a Catch
by Jacob Berg
Early in the pandemic, both the District of Columbia and Maryland saw an increase in the number of breweries shipping to (and in the case...
I’m Just a Bill: The 2021 DMV Brewery Legislative Round-Up, Part 1, DC Brewers’ Guild
by Greg Parnas
At the start of 2020, the outlook for local breweries was generally very bright. The Maryland and Virginia brewers’ guilds had significant legislative victories in...
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...
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...
Daniel Drinks the Styles: Port City’s Optimal Wit
Leveraging my time at home during COVID, I am studying for the second level of the Cicerone Certification Program, to hopefully become a Certified Cicerone....
Black Lives Matter, Void Says
by Tony Budny
The funny business will return, but there’s something else that needs saying first. Your genteel Void writer has taken some time off in the midst...
Somehow: Georgetown is DC’s #1 Beer Neighborhood
by Bill DeBaun
Georgetown, of all places, has somehow become the best beer neighborhood in DC, with The Sovereign, Pizzaria Paradiso, The Berliner, and more....