DC/MD/NoVA Beer Updates (2017)

Man, another new brewery in the Chantilly/Sterling area.

 

Interesting, customers will be pouring their own beer, sounds like a freaking disaster but what do I know.

'Customers will be able to use a credit card or a prepaid card to fill up their own beers, charging by the tenth of an ounce. This gives guests the opportunity for smaller tastings and combining brews.

“The customer can mix a sour and an IPA to create that perfect blend or create their own flight of beers and have however much of each one they like,” Cyndi says.'

 

Hi All,

Is the RAR release on Saturday allow for non pre-paid walkins assuming you get there super early to get in line?

Is this Pulpsicle anything like Pulp or Pulp Friction?

 

Yeah, they posted on fb about 25 cases of pulpsicle available for walk ups and probably a similar amount for stunt ****. Still haven't seen an actual description of pulpsicle but i would guess something like ice cream seas + pulp combined

 

RAR updated it to 36 cases of pulpsicle and 1 4pk pp.

 

Oak aged world wide stout at Lighthouse liquors. $9.99/bottle though, or 4 for $36.

 

Oak/Vanilla World Wide Stout also at Connecticut Avenue (10.99).
Deschutes Black Butte XXIX also.
WFP had the Black Butte and Maine Lunch.

 

First Burley Oak release tomorrow. If I get there by noon, am I in a decent spot to get a 4-pack of each? Not sure what the line situation is like for them.

 

From what I've seen in some facebook groups noon is going to be way too late. Looking like a lot of demand. They are doing a tiered system where the first 50 get 4 4pks of each beer, 51-100 get 3, 101-150 get 2 150+ get 1 of each beer

 

At this point Burley has gotten rather popular. If you aren't there by open at 11(or even at 10) you will likely miss out.

 

Last release people who got there around 10-1030 didn't get cans. They've decreased limits for those past the first 100 I think so they might last longer but from what i hear the line is going to be even worse. There were 30 people there by 5:45 this morning according to some friends.

 

Yeah 3 hours 10 min before open for me and tier 3 (roughly 135 or so). I can only imagine what it's at now, maybe 250+?

 

You weren't kidding. Looked like someone without a clue was ordering (or forgetting to order), or they gave up and are getting the shelves stocked by Premium and letting them pick the turds that no one else is ordering, like a giant or safeway. I see this at the Mom's by me too, if you bring in the wrong stuff, and then it sits, it becomes harder and harder to get rid of and you have no space.

It's still a crying shame they let Randy go/they parted ways, however you interpret that exchange. I'll have to check out CBC next time I'm near H St or Capitol Hill.

 

Stopped by both RAR and Burley Oak in the afternoon on Saturday on the way to the beach. All the can release beers were still available on tap at both places. The Burley Oak bartender told me that people had started camping out at midnight the night before and that the cans were gone in 45 minutes. Man, these releases are getting crazy. I'd wait in a short-ish line for Aslin or the Veil, but camping out in the rain for Burley Oak? The Citrallaxy NE IPA was very good, though-- the best I've had from them.

 

Hi Alll,

Hope all is well! Does anyone know if Vanillla World Wide Stout, FW Helldorado or Maine Lunch are still available in theDMV anywhere?

Thanks!

 

Vanilla WWS is all over DC proper right now. Picked up a few bottles at CBC lady night, but I know CW and d'Vines have received it as well. Helldorado isn't even available at the brewery yet, so it won't show up here for another few weeks. Can't help you with Lunch.

 

Lunch is behind the counter at the WFP bar.

 

New Trader Joe's/Petrus collab just arrived at 14th St: blend of sour ale aged 2 years in Calvados oak barrels and blended with raspberries.

 

hopheads looking to get their fix this weekend:

-Singlecut Mo' Shuggie cans are at CBC, $22 a 4 pack. I'll gladly pay that. Find me a better shelf juicebomb and I will call you a liar.
-HOLY CRAP I bet there are some nice leftovers from yesterday's Churchkey IPA Day event
http://churchkeydc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BBCK-Draft-List-8.3.17.pdf

 

That was a pretty impressive event, and it was surprisingly not-packed yesterday! I thought the highlight was the Triple Crossing Double Dry-Hopped Clever Girl, but the Veil's Dusty Roadz and Burley Oak's Citralaxy were also excellent. Looks like all three of those are still there.