Magic Hat’s winter variety pack is in stores now with a mix of their standards and seasonals. (I picked mine up from the Giant in Columbia Heights.) With the name on the box, you might expect the Feast of Fools Stout to be inside, but no such luck. The variety is a good mix for parties, covering a range of pale to dark with four distinct flavors. And with most of the mix coming…

This is a great time of the year for beer lovers. Winter, more than any other season, is when craft brewers get a chance to flex their creativity and brew some unusual beers that satisfy the palate and warm the heart. Although many have traditionally been called Christmas beers, most brewers these days are going with some variation on the “winter” theme, in a large part because of the stigma of seeing a “Christmas” beer…

Barracks Row already has already added a fine dining restaurant, a martini bar, and an Irish pub new to its list of offerings on Eighth Street SE. And now comes Graig Glufling, former chef at Matchbox, bringing classic American comfort food to The Ugly Mug, his new bar on the Row. When DCist says new, we do mean new. The Ugly Mug opened on Dec. 30. Tom Sietsema remarked in his weekly chat that when…

It’s Election Night. The thousands of polls; the elevation of towns like Wausau, Wis., to the national stage; the negative natterings of the nabobs — it all comes down to this. Millions will be glued to the TV to (hopefully) watch the media put an endcap on what has seemed like the longest election campaign ever. And whether they come from Fox News to CNN, the great white board of Tim Russert at NBC to…

DCist swung by DC9 Saturday night to see what was up with the 2004 DC National Rock Paper Scissor Championship, sponsored by Magic Hat. As you can see, competition was heated, as was the upstairs of DC9 where it took place, which was sweltering. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our visit….

From DCist contributor Rebecca Walters: Attention fans of reviving childhood memories! There’s a new sport in town. And its national championship is this weekend, right here at our very own DC9. No, DCist is not talking about the city’s return to recreational dodgeball. We are talking Rock, Paper, Scissors. Remember Rock, Paper, Scissors? Some of you may have called the game Roshambo. On Saturday, DC9 hosts the 2004 Magic Hat DC National Rock Paper Scissors…