Monthly Archives: January 2007

Allagash and Russian River beer tasting and the Brickskeller

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Last night I had the pleasure of attending a Lovefest Brickskeller beer tasting.

Rob Tod from Allagash Brewing and Vinnie Cilurzo were on hand to talk about the wonderful selection of beers they brought from with them for the tasting.

Brickskeller1 Rod on the left and Vinnie on the right
Brickskeller2 The Happy beer tasters
Brickskeller3 Vinnie
Both the Allagash and Russian River Breweries brought a wide selection of Belgian style beers. In total there were 11 samplings, 5 from each pub and a special JW Lee Vintage Harvest Ale from 1999 in a real cask.

Allagash Brewing Company brought

Tripel (9%)

Dubbel (7%)

Interlude (9 1/2%)

White (5%)

Curieux (11%)
Russian River Brewing Company brought

Damnation (7 -7 1/2% depending on if it is in a bottle)

Salvation (9%)

Diefication (7%)

Perdition (6.1%)

Temptation (7.25%)

Overall my favorites were the Allagash triple, a nice fruity beer, the taste comes from the yeast rather than adding any fruit. The Allagash Interlude which had a smooth tart taste. Finally the Russion River Temptation which has a lovely wine taste.

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Dominion’s Spring Brew

Posted on January 26, 2007 by | Comments Off on Dominion’s Spring Brew

This year Old Dominion is producing a Belgian style Golden Ale. They have brewed it using pilsner and wheat malt, along with Saaz and East Kent Golden hops. They have used authentic Belgian Ardennes yeast to give it a true Belgian flavor.

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Posted in Beer, Belgian Ardennes, East Kent Golding, Hops, Old Dominion, Saaz, VA, Yeast

Special Price on Dominion October Fest

Posted on January 26, 2007 by | Comments Off on Special Price on Dominion October Fest

Dominion has a limited supply of Octoberfest which they are going to be selling at the brewpup for $16 per case. The beer is close to the end of it’s shelf life and they say that it is is showing slight signs of oxidation but is still delicious.

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Posted in Beer, Old Dominion, VA

Chadwicks in old town Alexandria

Posted on January 21, 2007 by | Comments Off on Chadwicks in old town Alexandria

I am having dinner at chadwicks in old town and they have some beers you might be interested in.
On tap
Fordham Tavern Ale, Annapolis MD
Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Portland OR
Chadwicks Hefeweizen, Baltimore MD
Chadwicks Amber, Chippewa Falls, WI
Bells Brown Ale, Michigan
Bottled
Magic hat Ale, Burlington VT
Smttynose Old brown dog ale, Portsmouth NH
Dogfish 60 Min IPA, Milton DE

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DC is now smoke free

Posted on January 15, 2007 by | Comments Off on DC is now smoke free

I had fogotten that DC bars went smoke free on January first until I read the latest email from the brickskeller. I need to get out and do some beer tasting in a non smokey bar 🙂

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New Beers on tap at the Brick, Tickets on sale for lovefest

Posted on January 15, 2007 by | Comments Off on New Beers on tap at the Brick, Tickets on sale for lovefest

Russian River and Allagash upstairs at the Brick

Dave wrote to say that the Jan 24 & 25 Tickets are now on sale for the first LOVEFEST!

Vinnie Cilurzo of Northern California’s Russian River Brewing Co and Rob Tod of Maine’s great Allagash Brewing Co will take the stage to talk about the all the gold medals they’ve won.

The first half of the program theywill serve a few rounds of similar styles the breweries produce letting the guys talk about their philosophy on brewing these styles or whatever they want to talk about, the second half of the show Katie bars the door and we serve a whole bunch of their big specialty beers and they’ll either talk about brewing them or whatever they want to talk about! .

Tickets are only $30.00 for this first of it’s kind event, to be held upstairs at the Brickskeller January 24th and/or 25th!

Call 202-293-1885 to order your tickets now! Doors open at 6 with a possible start time of 7pm

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Gordon Biersch Season Schedule

Posted on January 8, 2007 by | Comments Off on Gordon Biersch Season Schedule

Kelly from Gordon Bierch was kind enough to give me a heads up on their seasonal beers for the year. For VA and DC they will have the following on tap….

April 10th – May 27th, MaiBock

June 26th – August 5th, Kolsch

September 18th – October 28th, FestBier

November 27th – January 6th, 2008, WinterBock

I need to get out and try more of their beer now that they have a restaurant in Tysons Corner Mall.

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Posted in Beer, DC, Gordon Biersch DC, Gordon Biersch Tysons, VA

Brickskeller Lagunitas Brewing Event

Posted on January 8, 2007 by | Comments Off on Brickskeller Lagunitas Brewing Event

Tomorrow night, January 9th the Brickskeller will be hosting an event faturing California’s Lagunitas Brewing

Dave reports that they have raided their valts and are bringing Freakout and Undercover Shutdown, Brown Shugga from 05, and their barelywine, Old Gnarly from 04.  They are also bringing some of their current 12oz offerings, IPA, Censored and Hairy Eyeball!

Dave is going to toss in rounds of both their 9th and 10 anniversary brews in 22 oz bottles out of his own personal stash.

Dave says “This is going to be a great evening featuring many of the west coasts finest
beers, some that have never been here before and we’ll not see again after the event.”

Tickets are only $30.00 and can be reserved by calling 202-293-1885.
The room will open at six, we will try to start at seven, honest!
This event is going to be held in the downstairs back room at the
Brickskeller 1523 22nd St NW

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Washington Post article on Old Dominion Brewery sale

Posted on January 8, 2007 by | Comments Off on Washington Post article on Old Dominion Brewery sale

I have been hearing some rumbling for a while now, but I thought the deal was dead. Today the Washington Post is reporting Old Dominion Brewery sale appears imminent. The deal would involve Old Dominion, Ram’s Head Tavern and the beer giant Anheuser-Busch.

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Posted in Beer, Old Dominion, VA

SPBW Meeting Thursday, January 11, 2007

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The Society for the Preservation of Beers From the Wood Presents The 2007 Kickoff Meeting Meeting At Maxs TapHouse January 11, 2007 @ 7pm

737 South Broadway
Baltimore, Md. 21231
www.maxs.com

MAIN BAR
ON THE HANPUMPS:

ORKNEY SKULLSPLITTER: SCOTLAND 8.5%ABV SCOTTISH ALE
RCH FIREBOX: ENGLAND. 6.0%ABV STRONG BITTER. REDDISH DEEP BROWN COLORED BEER. COMBINATION OF CITRUS HOPS AND BITTERSWEET MOUTH FINISH.

ON THE BAR
ORKNEY RED MACGREGOR: SCOTLAND 5.0%ABV SCOTISH RED ALE. DELICATE BALANCE OF HOP AND MALT. BIT OF HOPS IN THE NOSE WITH MALT UNDERTONES.
YORK CENTURIAN GHOST: ENGLAND. 5.4%ABV DARK BITTER. WARMING DARK BITTER WITH A ROASTED MALT TASTE

IN THE SIDE BAR
UERIGE STICKE: GERMANY 6.5%ABV. DUSSELDORFER ALT. SMOOTH AND COMPLEX WITH A BIT MORE MALT AND HOPS AND A BIT RICHER THAN THE REGULAR ALT.

STOUDTS OR BROOKLYN

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