Beer, Beer, Beer (Part the Second)
You know it’s definitely fall when the beer tasting season is upon us. If you’ve never been to a beer tasting, it’s exactly what it sounds like - either a brewmaster comes to talk you through tasting a variety of beers from one brewery or several brewmasters come and you try many different beers sometimes focused around a region or a theme (hoppy beers, holiday beers). We’re lucky in DC to have two of the premier beer bars and restauarants in the country - the Brickskellar and RFD (which stands for Regional Food and Drink).
They have two immediately upcoming events - one on 16 September (seems to be a popular beer date) in conjuction with the Smithsonian Resident Associates program for Oktoberfest. If tickets are still available, you’d discover that here:
http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=55007
The other is a first time visitor to RFD, Belgium’s Saint Bernardus Brewery (hmm… also a Belgian theme) on 20 September. They’ll talk, you’ll taste. Tickets are $28 and can be reserved by calling 202.289.2030.
There’s a cider tasting in October, Hops in November and the ever popular Holiday Beer tasting in December. You might want to get on this list. Drop a note to Brickskeller@aol.com.
Go with a friend or two and meet new folks. Everyone’s chatty after a couple of beers. Just don’t be that guy. (You know who you are.)