• 03Jun

    Last night we attended a wonderful St. Bernardus tap takeover at Brasserie Beck. They had some wonderful beer options including:

    Bottles:
    St Bernardus 6 and 8 (Both are dubbels.)
    Tripel
    12 (This is a quadrupel.)
    Oak-Aged 12 (Newly Released as of June 1!)

     

    Draft:
    St. Bernardus Extra 4 (This Belgian Pale Ale is originally a recipe from St. Sixtus/Westvleteren Monastery.)
    St. Bernardus 12
    Kazematten Grotten Sante (This Pierre Celis recipe  is a cave-aged Belgian brown ale.)


    I enjoyed a 4 and a 12 (which are two of my favorite beers), but also tried the Kazamatten (which is a really mellow and delicious brown), the Oak Aged Abt 12 (which sells for $65 a bottle and well worth it), and BFM’s Abbaye De Saint Bon-Chien (a flavorful sour beer). The oak aged Abt 12 is less sweet than the regular Abt 12.



    I do want to mention that the red curry aioli (one of the 3 aiolis served with the mussels) was addictive.

    -JAY

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  • 30May

    St BernadusHere is Savor’s list of next week’s Savor-related beer events. Savor is already sold out, but that doesn’t mean you can’t attend the related events. Savor’s has a great lineup of attending breweries. Some of the following haven’t got Savor’s event list as of yet:

    Dcbeer.com’s Third Craft and Comedy showcase will be at the Big Hunt Monday evening at 7pm (free).

    Devil’s Backone‘s Brews Cruise is leaves from Alexandria Saturday 11 am ($60).

    Thursday Lagunitas will have a vaporizer set up at Smoke and Barrel to vape hops.

    They aren’t on Savor’s list yet, but below are some events at Churchkey. More details on these events, and Birch & Barley (their sister) events (including beer dinners) are listed here.

    • 4 Hands Brewing Company, Monday evening at 6 pm.
    • Wicked Weed Brewing, Wednesday at 4pm
    • Jolly Pumpkin, Tuesday at 4 pm.
    • Florida’s Cigar City & Funky Buddha, Thursday at 4pm
    • Kuhnhenn, Friday 4 pm.

    Also, these are not Savor-related, but there are St. Bernardus (from Watou, Belgium) events May 31st at Churchkey 4-7pm, and June 1st at Brasserie Beck 6-8pm. Details (from the Brasserie Beck people):

    Representatives will be on hand from both the Brewery and their importer, D & V International. As such, we’ll have one non-St. Bernardus beer as part of the event. We’ll definitely have special happy hour pricing for the St Bernardus stuff. The lineup:

    Bottles:
    St Bernardus 6 and 8 (dubbels)
    Tripel
    12 (Quadrupel)
    Oak-Aged 12 (Newly Released as of June 1!)

     

    Draft:
    St Bernardus Extra 4 (Belgian Pale Ale, originally a recipe from St. Sixtus/Westvleteren Monastery).
    St Bernardus 12
    Kazematten Grotten Sante (cave-aged brown ale from Belgium)
    BTW, twitter is covered in beer articles and listing for next week: https://twitter.com/search?q=savor%20dc&src=typd

    -JAY

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