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Inside the visually stunning Wilson Hardware
Newly minted Wilson Hardware (2915 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va.) in Clarendon held a pregame celebration for National Vodka Day on Tuesday, and Parklife DC took the opportunity to sip a few drinks appropriate for the observance!
The team from RaR Brewing presented four beers at Snallygaster 2017. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
Thousands of beer enthusiasts poured into The Yards in DC for Snallygaster 2017 to enjoy more than 350 beers and a stageful of bands under a very hot sun on Saturday, Sept. 23.
Here are some pictures and observations on the Snallygaster 2017.
Beer lovers enjoy SAVOR Craft Beer Experience in 2016.
The Brewers Association is giving away *five* pairs of tickets to SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, one of the most exciting craft beer festivals of the year!
Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe addresses the 2017 Craft Brewers Conference at the Washington Convention Center. (Photo © Brewers Association)
The Brewers Association today closed a successful Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America (CBC) at the Washington Convention Center, reporting attendance of 13,000 brewing professionals and more than 900 exhibitors to exchange information and expertise around craft brewing.
A view of SAVOR at the National Building Museum on June 3, 2016.
SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience (the nation’s classiest beer festival) returns to the National Building Museum (401 F St. NW, DC) for its 10th edition for two nights on Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3.
Bottles in the beer fridge at ChurchKey (Photo by Bill Couch)
DC beer bar ChurchKey (1337 14th St. NW, DC) took top honors as a Great American Beer Bar in a survey conducted by CraftBeer.com, announced the Brewers Association on Tuesday.
Good times await at Black Cat on Halloween! (Photo by Kevin Harber)
It’s Halloween Day!
Many of us may have celebrated Halloween over the weekend, but there’s nothing quite like celebrating a holiday on the actual day of the day, right? But Halloween falls on a particularly peculiar day this year — a Monday! What ever happens on Monday?
Well, the Black Cat has an answer for you, my friend, with a special Halloween edition of Dark and Stormy, its electro, proto-goth dance party. The party gets a new twist as DJ Mike Kangal, who always did a great job with a related kind of thing as founding DJ at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (still occurring over at Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar on H St. NE), takes over.
DJ Kangal only recently has taken over Dark and Stormy, so it’s hard to gauge exactly what he’s got up his sleeve. Here’s what the party says on its Facebook event page:
“Join DJ Mike Kangal for a night of dancing to your favorite electro, goth, industrial, and other dark dance sounds. Free promo CDs and other treats from Storming the Base and Metropolis Records!”
Well, sounds perfectly dark and stormy to us — and what better day to be so than on Halloween?
Get out to a rare Monday night dance party, and hit up Dark and Stormy. Mmmmm, that reminds us that a dark rum and ginger beer sounds pretty good too!
Hey, and if you were out on the weekend, this is a perfect opportunity to break out that costume one more time. Tickets are available at the door.
Dark & Stormy
Black Cat
Monday, Oct. 31
Doors @9pm
$5
All ages
A Christmas-themed cocktail: Gretchen, Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen (Photo by Joy Asico)
Last Christmas, Derek Brown had an idea! A clever idea!
Derek got a wonderful, amazing idea!
(To be fair, he borrowed the idea from a friend in New York City.)
He would make Christmas even better! And so away he lept with Angie Fetherston and Drink Company and they magically transformed their bar Mockingbird Hill into the super-festival Miracle on 7th Street (named in equal parts for its address at 1843 7th St. NW, DC, and a movie about holiday shopping at the Macy’s department store, Miracle on 34th Street.)
Ah, the smell of pigskin is in the air.
The 2016 College Football season is upon us and everyone has an alma mater or a favorite school to root for. Or they should.
Because I grew up in Washington State, and went to the University of Washington, I’m going to highlight where football watch parties take place in the DC area for all of the Pac-12 Conference schools. Maybe I’ll get around to other conferences…
After the first week of games, there are three Pac-12 schools in the AP Top 25 (as of 9/6/16), including two in the Top 10. (Source: Associated Press)
Don’t miss a minute of college football action!
Pac-12 Football Watch Party Locations
Charm City Meadworks at Drink the District’s Beer Fest (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder, goes the famous T-shirt slogan, and it was a beautiful day indeed at Storey Park for the 5th Annual Beer Fest by Drink the District.
Hundreds upon hundreds of attendees enjoyed samples of more than 100 beers, ciders, meads, and more, as the overcast weather made it a simply fabulous time to be outdoors. If I have to stand without cover in Storey Park for an afternoon, I couldn’t have asked for better than the warm but cloudy day we experienced on Saturday.