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What Was Mid Atlantic Weiss?

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The Top 10 Pairings of SAVOR

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The Top 25 Beers of SAVOR

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Brasserie Trois Dames Draft Feature and Brewery Meet and Greet at ChurchKey

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Oaked Beer Dinner at Mad Fox Brewing Company

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Jun

Lost Rhino My Imaginary Girlfriend Release with Jerkface Citramus Prime Jerky Pairing

@ 4:00pm, District of Columbia

Jun

History & Hops featuring Heavy Seas at the Heurich House Museum

@ 6:30pm, District of Columbia

Jun

Dominion and Dawson's Monk Czech Returns at DC 9

@ 7:00pm, District of Columbia

Jun

Schlafly Draft Night at Rustico Ballston; Meet Dan Kopman

@ 5:00pm, Virginia

Jun

On Tap Magazine's Can Jam at Kastles Stadium

@ 1:00pm, District of Columbia

Jun

Stone Most Bitter Bar Event at ChurchKey

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In 2008 Smithsonian Magazine stated, "The best beers in the world today are being made in the US."

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In 1982 The Great American Beer Festival debuted at the Harvest House in Boulder, Colorado.

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The Robert Portner Brewing Company, the South’s foremost and largest pre-Prohibition brewing company, operated from 1869 – 1916 and was orig

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Glassware is important. For the best experience. use a properly shaped glass for the beer that you're drinking.

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Original gravity refers to residual sugars in wort pre-fermentation; final gravity measures residual sugars post-fermentation.

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One of George Washington's first acts as Commander of the Continental Army was to proclaim that every every soldier was due a daily quart of

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Fact: beer is a delicious beverage to drink at the end of a long day. Cider may be substituted; wine should not be.

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The average American lives within 10 miles of a brewery.

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Sprouted barley is dried and roasted to various degrees in kilns as part of the malting process.

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The Boston Beer Co., which brews Sam Adams, is the largest craft brewers in the US according to the Brewers Association.

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Dogs should always be kept away from hops. Hop consumption can cause fatal malignant hyperthermia in dogs.

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The degree to which a grain is roasted significantly impacts the flavor it will give a beer.

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Charlie Papazian founded the American Homebrewers Association and is the current president of the Brewers Association.

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Kriek is a Belgian lambic beer that is fermented on sour cherries. Framboise is a lambic on raspberries.

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The Nonick' Imperial Pint was adopted as an official measure by British Parliament in 1824.

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Prof. Fritz Briem of Doemens food academy crafted the 1809 Berlinerweiss, a light, tart beer made with wheat.

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On April 18 2010, DC Brau launched its production brewery and became the first production brewery in Washington DC since Prohibition ended.

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Experience shows that most people prefer drinking beer which is chilled to about 40 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 6 degrees Celsius).

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Yeast from bottle conditioned beers can be harvested and reused for homebrewing.

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The Olde Heurich (HI-rick) Brewing Company succeeded the Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. that was founded near Dupont Circle in 1873

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Wort is the unfermented sugary run-off from grains that have been boiled wit hops. Wort becomes beer!

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Real lambic is never filtered or pasteurized, and is a living, natural beer, with the yeasts continuing to do their work after bottling.

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Founded in 1976 by Jack McAuliffe in Sonoma, CA, New Albion is acknowledged as the first United States microbrewery of the modern era

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Alpha and beta amylase are two enzymes that break sugars down to a manageable size for yeast to eat.

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5th Annual DC Beer Week Returns August 11–18, 2013

3 Stars Brewing Company

Scion Restaurant

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5th Annual DC Beer Week Returns August 11–18, 2013

3 Stars Brewing Company

Scion Restaurant

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