These commercials only last 30 seconds, so let's get to it: Flying Dog Tweet-Up at Big Hunt – Thursday, Jan. 7, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Flying Dog taps their Garde Dog, a French-style farmhouse ale, for their first monthly tweet-up, which will happen the first Thursday of every month around D.C. The first 25 [...]
Virginia's great beer is pretty much the only thing that gets me to take Metro's blue/yellow across the river (well, beer and pho). And Galaxy Hut has several on tap this week by Virginia microbreweries that don't distribute to the District. Here's a quick guide to the highlights: Blue Mountain Double IPA – I haven't [...]
Early this summer when the weather was ripe for it, several of you joined in our plea for a local outdoor space to grab steins of German beer and enjoy brats in the open air. Temperatures are now cooling off, but it seems that our prayers will be answered soon. Russia House co-owner Aaron McGovern is [...]
This week marked the arrival of Athens, Ga. brewery Terrapin to the D.C. area, with launch nights at Galaxy Hut on Tuesday and Rustico on Wednesday. I missed out on Galaxy Hut, but at a packed Rustico I sipped guzzled flagship and rare brews alike, all in free swag glassware. Terrapin is only coming as [...]
Day #2 wasn't a very nutritional day. ("Nutritional" day? Don't I mean "nutritious" day? Whatever.) The problem with being an adult is that...well, you're an adult and you can eat whatever you want. I mean, I like kale and cucumbers and quinoa and black beans and grapefruit and hummus and a whole host of healthy [...]
