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2009: Looking Back at a Growing Beer City Part 1
As one year ends and another begins, the Lagerheads are taking a moment to glance back at the year in beer and reflect. First up, a look at the local front, in two tomes. Below we give you five of...
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Firkin Fridays At The Black Squirrel
The Black Squirrel will be having a firkin of beer every Friday to help all you cogs wind down from the week and start each weekend out right. Co-owner Amy Bowman, who credits J.T. Smith of Flying Dog...
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A Pint of Their Own: Beer Events for the Ladies SAVOR Weekend
Interest in craft beer grows each year. Everyday more people experience that "eureeka moment," discover how flavorful beer can be, and are hooked for life. Although a higher percentage of those people...
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New Toledo Lounge Owners Have Big Plans For Beer
The beer program at Toledo Lounge in Adams Morgan is getting an overhaul, thanks to new owners. Yesterday sisters Mary and Stephanie Abbajay, who opened Toledo Lounge in 1994, finalized the sale to...
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First Look: The Black Squirrel’s Downstairs Tap Room
See the tap handle all the way to the right? The one with the green label and white bands? That bottle of I Hardcore You IPA, a blend of super rare Mikkeller I Beat You and Brew Dog's award winning...
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What Do Brewers Think About D.C.’s Beer ‘Bootlegging’?
This week's Y&H column about how local beer retailers take advantage of D.C.'s lax alcohol import regulations made me curious. Often "bootleggers" like Amy Bowman at The Black Squirrel or Thor...
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The North Carolina Beer We’ve Been Waiting for Is Here
Mother Earth Brewing first caught my attention this June at food and craft beer fest Savor with its Double Wit Blackberry. Ever since then, I've hoped the green-focused North Carolina brewery would...
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Try 30 Types of Absinthe at Libertine, Now Open in Adams Morgan
Once-outlawed absinthe is the main attraction at not one, but two bars that have opened in less than two weeks. First there was La Fée Verte (The Green Fairy), a "speakeasy-style club" serving...
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Spirit Animals: New Bars Are Diving Deep on Rakia, Mezcal, and Absinthe. What...
The bartender at Adams Morgan’s Libertine slides the absinthe fountain in front of us, opening the faux-silver spigot and letting out a slow drip. The water falls on a slotted spoon of brown sugar,...
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Orange Crush: Pumpkin Has Gone Too Far
Pie was the least interesting pumpkin offering at the Black Squirrel last Friday. The Sixth Annual Smashing Pumpkin Beer Fest served up pumpkin sloppy joes, pumpkin burgers, pumpkin mac and cheese,...
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The Last Supper: Horror Stories of Breaking Up in D.C. Restaurants and Bars
It was Valentine’s Day at Cashion’s Eat Place about a decade ago, and a guy was preparing to propose to his girlfriend. The evening started smoothly, and the couple was waiting on dessert. Co-owner...
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