Those of you who have a hankering for beer and cheese steak should consider heading to Black Squirrel for "Philly Beer Week." On offer will be several beers by Sly Fox and Yards.The Beerspotter has more info and picks. On Monday, as always, Room 11 has a special guest tap. This week features Coronado Orange [...]

Interest in craft beer grows each year. Everyday more people experience that "eureeka moment," discover how flavorful beer can be, and are hooked for life. Although a higher percentage of those people are men, the ranks of women becoming interested in beer and brewing is steadily growing. In November we wrote about notable women in the [...]

The news that New Belgium bottles were re-appearing in D.C. was enough to cause a work stoppage among hop heads, who immediately checked out the Lagerheads' report about Black Squirrel making a beer run to North Carolina. Their report was our No. 1 item last week. Take a look at how the rest of the [...]

The Lagerheads have the warm and fuzzies for New Belgium Brewing Company. I (Tammy) am from Colorado, and New Belgium beer was the first "good beer" I remember tasting. When I moved to D.C. in 2001, you could get Fat Tire and a few other NBB offerings at the Brickskeller. But within a few months, [...]

All this week The Black Squirrel is featuring bottles of North Carolina craft beer they brought up from the Tar Heel State that you can't otherwise find in D.C. I've met lots of North Carolina folks in town looking for their favorite hometown beers, so this gives them something to cheer for, whether they're still [...]

The Black Squirrel will be having a firkin of beer every Friday to help all you cogs wind down from the week and start each weekend out right. Co-owner Amy Bowman, who credits J.T. Smith of Flying Dog for helping to inspire the program, says it has been pretty easy to just throw a cask [...]

This week is National Cask Ale Week in the U.K., and real ale fans all over the colonies are celebrating by drinking hand-pumped beer. If you are looking for an authentic experience (but have no plans to jump the pond) we suggest heading to Pratt Street Ale House in Baltimore. They will be pouring $5 [...]

Last June, we lamented the absence of a traditional German-style beer garden in our fair city. Before long, though,  our prayers were answered with the soon-to-open Biergarten Haus in the Atlas District. We have high hopes for the place and expect it to fill a gaping void in DC's beer scene. Taking a survey of the landscape, things [...]

Yesterday the Lagerheads brought you what we consider five of the most influential local beer happenings of 2009. Today we offer Chapter Two: five more events and trends that show DC's growth as a beer city. Flying Dog, Our (Close to) Local Production Brewery, Makes Us Proud – Shall we call it the Year of [...]

As one year ends and another begins, the Lagerheads are taking a moment to glance back at the year in beer and reflect. First up, a look at the local front,  in two tomes. Below we give you five of the most influential local happenings in the beer scene in 2009 and what they mean [...]