It's a short week, but one with plenty of beer to-do's for your social (drinking) calendar. Check out out my list below or click on any event in the D.C. Beer Events Calendar above. You'll have to scroll all the way down for my pick for the week. On Tuesday, Belga Café in Capitol Hill is [...]

The beer program at Toledo Lounge in Adams Morgan is getting an overhaul, thanks to new owners. Yesterday sisters Mary and Stephanie Abbajay, who opened Toledo Lounge in 1994, finalized the sale to three partners with neighboring 18th Street establishments. Black Squirrel owner Amy Bowman and former co-owner Tom Knott, who now owns soon to open Black [...]

Here's your beer fun fix for the week. Read on or click on an event in the D.C. Beer Events Calendar for details. On Monday starting at 4PM, ChurchKey is featuring five draft beers from Brauerei Hofstetten, a small Austrian craft brewery that focuses on unique interpretations of classic German beer styles. I had my first [...]

January continues to not disappoint when it comes to organized beer fun. Below is a brief rundown of the week's options, but click around in our D.C. Beer Events Calendar for more details on any event. Tonight, if they're not all already gone, Meridian Pint will be selling a limited supply of 12-ouncers of Russian River Pliny the [...]

Just what you need to pull you out of that post-Thanksgiving tryptophan stupor: beer. Read on for when and where to find some good ones this week, including a chance to be the first to taste beers from D.C.'s new local breweries. For more details on any event, click on it in our D.C. Beer Events [...]

Great Lakes Christmas Ale, that is. And it's already here. Great Lakes Brewing Company's holiday ale is only available in November and December each year. Yet the 7.5% ABV spiced brew is the Cleveland brewery's second top selling beer annually, after Dortmunder Gold which is available year round. Christmas Ale is in such high demand that Great Lakes [...]

There are some great beer events this week. Read on for a few of our picks, but for details on any event click on it in our D.C. Beer Events Calendar above. DINNERS Flying Dog has a dinner at Fourth Estate (at the National Press Club) on Monday and is the featured brewery at new [...]

Whoa! Lots of beer fun to be had this week. Read on for a daily rundown, but for details on an event click on it in our D.C. Beer Events Calendar above. Monday Birch & Barley is hosting Sly Fox brewmaster Brian O'Reilly from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania for a five-course, seven-beer dinner.  Across town Pizzeria Paradiso Georgetown [...]

The week in beer is a decent one, from tonight's debut of Montreal-based microbrewery Benelux at ChurchKey to Saturday's H Street Festival on H Street NE, which is sure to have plenty of craft beer-themed fun. The Brickskeller's Beer School returns, and this week also notes the beginning of Oktoberfest season, with District Chophouse & [...]

Where Spotted: Modern Liquors, 1200 9th St. NW Price: $10.99 per 6-pack Seasonal Creepiness: Every year, the creep gets worst: Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers now hit stores before the swimming pools have been drained for the season. It may be incongruous to drink these autumnal beers during a heat wave—unless, of course, you’re a sugar [...]