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DC Beer Week Features Many Events All Over the Hill

August 16th, 2010 by Nichole Remmert · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill

DC Beer Week is Here! From August 20-28 DC is celebrating all things craft beer (no, Miller Lite does not count) and we’re lucky enough to have several events here on the Hill! DC Beer Week is the brainchild of  Teddy Folkman of Granville Moore’s and Capitol Lounge, and is, “a week-long celebration of beer culture in the nation’s capitol.”

The 7-day event will feature daily tastings, dinners, happy hours, contests, a cruise, a ballgame and presentations by domestic and international breweries at participating venues. Here’s the listing of all the events on the Hill — you can see the complete listing over at the DC Beer Week website.  Note: events subject to change and more are being added daily. Keep updated by joining the DC Beer Week Facebook page and following DC Beer Week on Twitter. Complete listing after the jump… Friday August 20

Kick off the week on August 20th with a Pre-Beer Week Party at the Rock and Roll Hotel presented by Washington City Paper & Nerd Nite DC.  Including craft beers and music pairings and featuring: Beer Director Greg Engert of ChurchKey, Founder & Brewer Brian Strumke of Stillwater Artisanal Ales, Tracy Jill Doty from the NIH, Cobra Collective, New Rock Church of Fire and many more.

Sunday August 22nd

Craft Beer Cruise on the Cherry Blossom 6pm-9pm featuring over 20 different breweries, appetizers, and a whole lot more. $70/person. To purchase tickets go to www.capitolloungedc.com/beercruise. Space is limited to 150 people

Monday August 23rd

Granville Moore’s joins Susan Greene of Global Brewers Guild for an entertaining night of Belgian and Belgian style  American Beers and a 5 course dinner carefully pairing and integrating the beers with the food. $70/person Call 202-399-2546 for reservations. Space is limited to 35 people.

Trusty’s: Burgers, Beer and Bus — Have you ever dreamed of drinking craft canned beers while sitting in your old elementary school bus. Well now is your chance with the launch of the Bus Bar upstairs. Kick back with Butternut beer and figure out which lunch box you used to (or still) have.

Tuesday August 24th

H Street Country Club: Butternut Pints for Putts — The shot of your life. 1 Beer. 1 Putt. 120 feet. Sink it and walk away with a regulation totally sick Pool Table!

Justin’s Cafe presents Racing Dangerously. Racer 5 IPA and five different flavors of pie from Dangerously Delicious Pies on H Street NE. We will selling Racer 5 and a Slice of Pie for $10. They’re also offering that same price for any of the beers on draft with any of the pie selections. Additionally, they will sell the Racer 5 for $5 if you’re still thirsty after tasting a delicious combination. Another great deal.

Star and Shamrock with He’brew Ales “Brisket & Brews” — Join Shmaltz Brewing Company and the Irish/Jewish cuisine of the Star and Shamrock along with tasty He’Brew ales for some creative pairings.

18th Amendment” PIZZA NIGHT with the 21st Amendment Brewing Company. Pizzas will be hot and beer will be cold along with reps from 21st Amendment there to keep it all together.

Belga Cafe: Chimay Trappist Ale Vintage Beer Tasting – - Come to Belga and enjoy a unique Trappist experience. We will be tasting all of the Chimay Trappist Ales and will be treated to a vertical tasting of one of the world’s finest beers- Chimay Grand Reserve. Chimay “Blue” will be served in three vintages in three unique packages, Chimay Grand Reserve 750 ml 2010 Vintage, Chimay 3L Jeroboam 2009 Vintage, and the extremely rare Chimay 6L Methusalah 2007 Vintage

Liberty Tree presents Smuttynose New England Beer Dinner.  4 Courses, 4 Beers $40/person

Wednesday August 25th

Troegs takeover at Red and Black. Glassware giveaway, Mad Elf in the Summer (!), Troegs Band, guaranteed fun.

Capitol Lounge: Beer and Barbeque with Great Lakes Brewing Company. Low country barbeque and other backyard cuisine washed down with some of the finest brews from Great Lakes Brewing including Eliot Ness Amber Lager, Commodore Perry IPA, Dortmunder Gold Lager, and Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. 6pm – 10pm. at the Capitol Lounge Side Bar. $45/Person All Inclusive. www.capitolloungedc.com/dcbeerweek

Washington Nationals present DC Beer Week night at the park. Join the Washington Nationals as they face the Chicago Cubs. Received special discounted tickets and a voucher for a free craft beer sample. GO NATS!

Thursday August 26th

Biergarten Haus:  Reissdorf Kolsch Firkins Night With Bill Catron. 7:00pm

District Pour House and Coney Island Lagers take you from NY to Boston. Jeremy from Shmaltz Brewing Company will be there talking and throwing beer around while the kitchen is batting up some lobster rolls.

Keep an eye out at The Hill is Home, the THIH twitter account and my personal twitter account for info, updates and reports from the field!

Full Disclosure: I’m helping out with DC Beer Week with my client CHAMPS, the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce.

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  • Howard Park

    I hate to sound like a grouch but please deal me in for a Bud or Miller Lite. At the prices for the Beer Week events it’s all I could afford. An old expression referred to people with champaign taste on a beer budget. I guess these days I’ve got beer taste on a tap water budget.

  • http://www.dcbeerweek.com DC Beer Week

    Howard Park- Trust us, there are certainly times that we belly up to the bar and order a cold refreshing Bud Light, but this is one week out of the year to really celebrate craft beer making at its finest. Here are a few events that appeal to the more frugal beer drinker- Hope you can attend.

    -SpeakeasyDC, Washington City Paper and The Big Hunt are teaming up to present Fermented: A
    Night of True Tales About Beer. Doors 6:30pm, Show 8-10pm. $15/Person.

    -Washington Nationals Present DC Beer Week night at the park. Join the Washington Nationals as they face the Chicago Cubs. Received special discounted tickets and a voucher for a free craft
    beer sample. GO NATS!

    -Justins’s Cafe presents Racing Dangerously. Racer 5 IPA and five different flavors of pie from Dangerously Delicious Pies on H Street We will selling Racer 5 and a Slice of Pie for $10. We are also offering that same price for any of the beers on draft with any of the pie selections. Additionally, we will sell the Racer 5 for $5 if you are still thirsty after tasting a delicious combination.