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On the Subject of Root Beer

At Total Wine & more I found a six of Saranac Root Beer and had to listen to the 10-year-old in my head who would not stop saying “oooo! Root beer! Can we? Huh, huh, can we?” Both the 10-year-old and the 40-year-old were happy about it! Saranac’s root beer is sweet and smooth. It [...]

Phin & Matt’s Extraordinary Ale

My first reaction to this beer is not “extraordinary.” Unless they meant “extra ordinary.” It was decent but nothing to write home about (though apparently enough to write here about!). The amazing pumpkin & goat cheese filled ravioli served with wild mushrooms in a butter-cream-nutmeg sauce (awesome! I highly recommend the restaurant, Scion, in Dupont [...]

Sierra Nevada & Dogfish Head Brewery’s Life & Limb

I have been waiting for this beer! I heard about it a couple of months ago (along with Dogfish Head’s Limb & Life) and have not been so excited for a beer ever. These 2 amazing breweries got together for the first time and created 2 amazing beers. First, Dogfish Head created Life & Limb [...]

Rogue Dead Guy Ale and West Coast IPA (and the Argonaut Restaurant)

Spent the evening at one of our favorite local hangouts – the Argonaut. This is the first restaurant to open on the long-devestated H Street NE corridor, so it has a special place in both of our hearts. They have always had a decent beer list and food that is more than edible. And you [...]

life and limb

What an interesting beer! 10 percent without the kick of a barleywine. A fabulous balance between bitter coffee and sweet caramel. Scion paired a small snifter of LnL with a couple of pieces of pork belly seared w maple syrup and a scoop of rich chocolate mousse with a lady finger. The maple brought out [...]

The Session #35: New Beers Resolutions

The Beer Chicks at Beer for Chicks are hosting the latest Session, a chance for beer bloggers to froth about a given topic. For New Year’s the theme is New Beers Resolutions. So we want to know what was your best and worst of beer for 2009? What beer mistakes did you make? What beer [...]