Belgian Fruity Ales Pairing Menu at Belga Café

Belga Cafe is busy once again this month. If you didn’t get to check out Belgian National Day, make sure you don’t miss this one.

This month’s beer tasting at Belga Cafe offers guests the chance to enjoy Belgian fruity ales paired with a beer-flavored entrée and dessert.

Cost for the Fruity Ales Pairing will be $49, and it will take place on July 27th at 7-9:30pm.

For more information call 202-544-0100 or visit www.belgacafe.com.

Session 3 Beer School at the Brickskeller

Hopefully you visited Session 2 Beer School at Brickskeller.  If you have, your in for a treat.  Session 3 will be called “The Awakening of American Taste Buds.”

This special event includes:

(1) British Real Ale/Cask Beer and the Birth of the IPA
(2) All about hops
(3) Why industrial macrobeer lagers permeate the US market
(4) The American Craft Beer Revolution
(5) Local Beer–what the DC/Baltimore area has to offer the beer enthusiast.

Cost is $35 per session includes 3oz pours of 12 different beers. Session 3 Beer School will be held on Wednesday, July 28th at  7-9pm.

For more information call 202-293-1885 or visit www.lovethebeer.com.

Saison Tasting Seminar with Greg Engert at ChurchKey

Join ChurchKey Beer Director Greg Engert in an exploration of Saisons.

Are you wondering what the importance of Saisons are?  Probably not, but if you are, Saisons are the original summer brew. You’ll learn about the humble beginnings of this style while tasting some of the very best, most rare, and unexpected versions being produced today.

This exclusive tasting will consist of seven different Saisons and will be accompanied by small bites of complimentary summer foods from Birch & Barley’s Executive Chef Kyle Bailey and Pastry Chef Tiffany MacIsaac.

The Saison tasting seminar will be held on Monday, July 26th from 7-9pm. $35 plus tax and gratuity. To learn more call 202-567-2576 or visit www.churchkeydc.com.

SPBW ‘Bring A Friend’ Metro Pub Crawl

The Metro Pub Crawl will include some of the Districts best, and most popular beer bars.  The Crawl will take place on Saturday, July 24th at 12 noon.

The first meeting place will be at noon, at ChurchKey (1337 14th St Northwest, Washington, DC 20005-3610) and finish at the Commonwealth Gastro Pub in Columbia Heights, around 7pm. During the day we shall visit a variety of hostelries, at least a couple of which most people (even if they think they know DC) will not have visited before!

COST: You will need to purchase a Metro ‘One Day Pass’ ($9)

Suggested meeting times:

NOON at ChurchKey (if you’re comfortable making own way to venue)
11AM at Greenbelt Metro Station (& meet up with your guide for the day)

for more information, visit http://www.spbw.org/

Harpoon Beer Cruise on the Potomac

Friends of Harpoon Brewery have a chance to enjoy a great summer beer event – A one-hour guided boat tour on the Potomac River.

This exclusive brew-cruise will be navigated by Captain Bill Ross and Nick Dean from Harpoon Brewery and will  feature a delicious assortment of beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres.

The Harpoon beer cruise will include a water tour of some of DC’s favorite monuments, including: The Key Bridge, Roosevelt Island, Watergate, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Memorial, Custis-Lee Mansion, Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol, Navy – Marine Memorial, LBJ Memorial, The Pentagon, Jefferson Memorial, National Cathedral, and the Memorial Bridge.

The Harpoon Beer Cruise will be held on 7:30pm sharp.   Leaves from the 31st Street Georgetown Dock. Cost is $50. For more information, call 703-823-4600 or visit www.rickswine.com.

Belgian National Day Celebration at Belga Café

On Wednesday, July 21st Belga Café, Brasserie Beck and Et Voila will celebrate the flavors of the flag as they each create delicious and traditional Belgian fare and pour astounding Belgian beers. Brasserie Beck will offer a $45 all-you-can-eat-and-drink menu including selected Belgian drafts.

Call each restaurant for details.

Belga Café – 202-544-0100
Brasserie Beck – 202-408-1717
Et Voila – 202-237-2300

Session 2 Beer School at the Brickskeller

Wednseday, July 21st, Brickskeller will hold session 2 of it’s beer school.

Brickskeller’s “Around the World” includes:

(1) Review of beer ingredients and the brewing process
(2) Why certain styles are inherent to particular regions/countries
(3) The difference between abbey beers and trappist beers
(4) History of and growth of interest in Belgian Beer
(5) Bottle conditioning and aging beer
(6) Adjuncts and fruit in beer, and
(7) Beer and food pairings.

$35 per session which includes 3oz pours of 12 different beers. 7-9pm.

202-293-1885

www.lovethebeer.com.

Snowmageddon Sorrows Contest

Were you one of DC’s hundreds that found themselves confused and displaced by Snowmaggedon Parts 1 and 2? Northern Virginia Magazine has reached out to us at BeersInDC and wants to hear your story!

You could win a $100 gift card to one of the following sports bars and Irish pubs—just in time for St. Patty’s! Just complete the short form, and tell NVM your story! Tell em BeersInDC sent you! Tell your story now and win

Sports Bars	Irish Pubs
	Tell your story now and win this March!

ChurchKey – Stone Brewing Company Cask Night

Join ChurchKey this Wednesday, February 10, 2010 for an evening of Hand-Crafted Classic Californian Cask Ales. Vice President of Stone Brewing Company, Arlan Arnsten will be on hand to tell everyone a little bit about his brews, 3 or which will be featured on our Real Ale beer engines.

STONE BREWS ON CASK:

LEVITATION ALE:
This deep amber ale has rich malt flavors, a big hoppy character, citrus overtones, and modest alcohol (only 4.4 %!!!!). This is Stone’s tribute to Session beer, and fittingly will be dispensed via the hand-pump!

SMOKED PORTER:
This beer pours a gorgeous deep mahogany, crowned by a creamy head. Dark, smooth, and complex, with rich coffee and chocolate flavors, balanced by a subtle smokiness. 5.9 % ABV.

ARROGANT BASTARD:
The quintessential American Strong Ale. Aggressive at every turn, with huge malty richness somehow in balance with the massive hop assault…a benchmark in American Craft Brewing. 7.2 % ABV.

Tröegs Brewery Beer Dinner at Pizzeria Paradiso Georgetown

Join Pizzeria Paradiso Georgetown as they host a Tröegs Brewery Beer Dinner on Feb 22.

This dinner will be a 4 course/6 beer tasting. Tröegs Brewery representative present.

6:30 & 9 PM seatings.  For a seat at the dinner call: 202-337-4936.

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