The Great American Beer Festival, the Oscars of the beer world, went down in Denver over the weekend, and local breweries took home some top awards. The annual beer competition and tasting event, organized by the Brewers Association, featured 4,338 beers from 666 breweries across the country. Judges awarded 254 medals in 84 categories, and 15 of those [...]

It's a modest week for organized beer fun, with several happy hours and a beer dinner tonight, as well as a handful of events this Saturday. In addition to my pick of the week below, look for good stuff at Brasserie Beck, Pizzeria Paradiso, Jack Rose and DuClaw Brewing Company in Bel Air, Md. For more [...]

Fritz Hahn over at WaPo highlights what has to be the deal of the summer: $1 craft beers all day at the DuClaw Brewing Co.'s four different Maryland pubs, the closest of which is located in Bowie. I've never sampled DuClaw's products, but I'll say again: $1 craft beers, people! The main problem, of course, [...]