DC/MD/NoVA Beer Updates (2022)

If anybody likes IPAs anymore, there are several cases of Grimm's Lambo Door at Dominion as of 9:30 pm on Friday. Canned 9/12. Also several sours. FYI.

 

I've had a handful of Ocelot IPAs in the past couple of months and it seems they are trending back to the kind of IPAs they originally made? Less hazy, kind of a west coast/NE IPA hybrid. This is a welcome change.

 

I had a couple of glasses of the Mystic Rationalizations on tap, and it was great. Definitely hazy, but not extremely so. IIRC their beer was pretty clear in the beginning. I loved the taste, but all the beers were kind of watery/thin. Not that that stopped me from having tons of them.

 

I’ve had some really nice IPA’s and other beer lately from Sapwood

 

On a separate note. I totally don’t get the fruited sour/smoothie craze. While some might be tasty. 1/2 a sip is more than enough for me. I just don’t get it.

 

The ones that have the texture of fruit puree literally make me gag, but maybe that's just me.

 

It's probably not just you, but it's not everyone either. I like them. I love that there's so much variety within the style.

 

Having my first beer from Grimm, their New Toy IPA that i bought at Whole Foods. Really good stuff. Glad to have them distributing here now.

 

Based on their Instagram post today, it looks like Snallygaster is releasing the beer list bit-by-bit again. My guess is they'll release the whole list on Untappd in a few days, just like last year, if you'd rather avoid the daily trickle and get the full lineup in searchable and sortable fashion.

 

With Jack's Abbey popping up around the DMV has anyone seen "Smoke and Dagger" anywhere around? It's one of my favorite all time beers.

For that matter if anyone has any local/locally available recommendations for rauchbiers please chime in!

 

Port City usually releases a Rauch Marzen around now.

 

I actually had it on tap at the brewery several weeks ago and that was excellent. Haven’t seen it in stores either unfortunately

 

Bought a 4pk of it a couple weeks ago at the TW in Laurel MD. Don't remember the exact price but it was reasonable.

 

Very cool, good to know!

 

Skimming through the first 100 beers announced, and speaking as someone who primarily drinks stouts, I can't help but feel this year's event is trending a bit weaker than prior years. Don't get me wrong, there are some enjoyable looking options among the brews they've posted, and I'm sure I'm going to drink a gut-busting volume of them. But part of what made Snally special, at least in my mind, is that it routinely offered a handful of straight-bonkers-out-of-this-world beers that you would never otherwise get in this area (e.g., BA Abraxas back in its glory years). I'm not seeing any whale stouts among the lineup they've announced to date. Hopefully NRG plants my foot firmly in my mouth with the rest of the list.

 

They may have? Lol.

Today (as I'm sure you've seen) they revealed a fidens collab with 8th state, monkish txxth and like 3 hype north park stouts.

Seems they are saving the best for last!

 

Yeah, saw that a few minutes ago, and it definitely improved my outlook for next weekend. Cheers!

 

Full Snallygaster beer listed released in sortable format and uploaded to Untappd!

 

I wish there was a way to filter the list by fesitival location. So as I walk from the entrance, I would know what beers I want geographicallty as I walk to the other side.

I think last year they had about 450 beers and this year 400? I wonder if that will mean the best wiill run out faster?

 

The Google Sheet is sortable by Festival location.

https://snallygasterdc.us2.list-man...f766b935628a8d1295&id=ea1cd58404&e=ae72207c09

Snallygaster 2021 had 443 beers, but they also reduced the number of passes sold because of the pandemic. I don't know if they sold the same number this year or more.