Jan 08, 2010
Beer Nerds Sacrificing Life and Limb?
Beer nerds have been clamoring for a taste of the recent beer collaboration between Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head breweries. Much like the Brooklyn Brewery/Schneider collaboration, the brewmasters swap or combine yeasts and apply them to their own recipes. The collaboration between Sierra and Dogfish has yielded two brews: Life and Limb, and Limb and Life. Life and Limb is brewed with maple syrup using a combination of yeasts from both brewers, and naturally…
Nov 08, 2007
Five O’Clock Meeting: Bar Louie
Anytime a new bar opens with more than 3 or 4 taps, my ears perk up. I start getting the urge to go check it out, to pay a visit and welcome the new neighbor on the block. Thus, when a Bar Louie opened this summer in the Verizon Center (downstairs from Lucky Strike) with a 20-tap list, I was immediately lured by the siren song of another taphouse in the area. Although the bar…
Aug 14, 2006
The Weekly Feed: Drunk Panda Edition
They’ll Kick You Out If You Give Butterstick an IPA Normally, the Feed saves its activity-related post for “after the jump,” but given the popularity of last year’s event, as well as the sheer number of great brews available, we’re bumping this one up to front-page status. Tickets are on sale now for the Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) 2nd annual Brew at the Zoo mixer/fundraiser/drunkfest. For $60, or $45 if you’re a…