Victory White Monkey Where in Town: Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits, 5544 Connecticut Ave. NW Price: $10.99/750 ml Winos’ Delight? The craft beer industry shows a unique enthusiasm for Frankenstein-like experimentation. In addition to the ever-growing list of style mash-ups (have you tried the latest dry-hopped black wheat saison?), creations like Allagash’s Interlude, Russian River’s [...]
3 Stars & Oliver Breweries' B.W. Rye Gose Where in Town: 3 Stars Brewery, 6400 Chillum Place, NW Price: $15/64 ounces The Crowd Gose Wild In the shrinking world of obscure beer, one of the most esoteric is Gose (pronounced “go-suh”), a sour ale from Germany traditionally made with wheat, coriander, and a touch of [...]
Where in Town: Fenwick Beer & Wine, 1327 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring, Md. Price: $12.99/750 ml Cherry Blossom Bomb Given the snow flurries that ushered in this year’s Cherry Blossom festival, I wasn’t quite in the mood for the delicate floral and fruity ales usually crafted for this annual rite of spring. I found the [...]
Freigeist Bierkultur Pimock Rhineland Hefeweizen Where in Town: Pizzeria Paradiso, 2003P St. NW Price: $12/500 ml Deutschland Über Alles? Try to name a place on the planet where you can’t find a German-style Pilsener. The county has had a profound influence on the beer world. Yet most Germans—braumeisters and beer guzzlers alike—seem impervious to evolving [...]
Where In Town: Connecticut Avenue Wine & Liquor, 1529 Connecticut Ave. NW Price: $8.99/16 ounces A Farewell to Ales I’m sad to say that just as D.C.’s brewing scene is coming of age—with Bluejacket, Right Proper Brewing, Hellbender Brewing, and Atlas Brew Works poised to open in the coming year or so—it’s time for me [...]
Franklin’s The Hops Strikes Back Where In Town: The Black Squirrel, 2427 18th St. NW Price: $7/12 ounces A Brewery Far, Far Away Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery and General Store is located just over the District line in Hyattsville, but its limited distribution means many D.C. residents are more likely to taste Tatooine’s blue milk than [...]
Troëgs Troegenator Doublebock Where In Town: Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits, 5544 Connecticut Ave. NW Price: $12.99/six-pack State of Inebriation Beer, as Benjamin Franklin supposedly once said, is “proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” If so, God must really love Pennsylvania. The Keystone State, long a paradise for beer lovers, is [...]
Stone Enjoy By 02.15.13 IPA Where In Town: Irving Wine and Spirits, 3100 Mount Pleasant St. NW Price: $8.99/22 ounces Ticking Hop Bombs Freshness—it’s what separates a dazzlingly aromatic India pale ale from one that’s fine enough. Ideally, these beers are the stuff of poetry, bursting with pine, citrus, and tropical fruit. But those flavors [...]
Stillwater Beer Table Table Beer Where In Town: Connecticut Avenue Wine & Liquor, 1529 Connecticut Ave. NW Price: $11.99/22 ounces The Champagne of Beers This New Year’s Eve, I reached for a beer equivalent of bubbly, a bottle that has become one of my go-to ales for special occasions. Too expensive for everyday drinking but so [...]
Green Flash West Coast IPA Where In Town: Rodman’s, 5100 Wisconsin Ave. NW Price: $10.99/four-pack Winter Fail There is no winter ale less satisfying than one whose label reads “winter ale”—a style with no historical roots. Rather, it is the Hallmark card of the beer world, a bestseller dreamed up by marketing teams and infused [...]
