With DC Beer Week in the books, we can bring our focus back to all beer here in the city, not just local — and this week, the nation’s third-largest craft brewer, New Belgium Brewing, expanded into the D.C. market.

The following post is from our advertiser, New Belgium Brewing. The employee-owners of New Belgium Brewing would like to thank the following for making our folly possible: the inventor of the bike, our farmers and maltsters, the energy-stingy Merlin brew kettle, our seven proprietary yeast strains, our local water source the Cache la Poudre river, the Wyoming wind, anyone who lives like there is a tomorrow, and everyone in Washington DC who enjoys our beer….