Crashing @DCBeer at Beltway Brewing to Promote #theCompassApp

This past Saturday I noticed a tweet from @DCBeerBill Braun how DCBeer had organized a bus trip with Reston Limo to three Virginia breweries: Mad Fox Brewing Company, Port City Brewing Company, and Beltway Brewing Company. Since I had a kids birthday party in Sterling that afternoon, I decided to crash their visit in order to show him #theCompassApp and to learn more about the brewery. Glad I did. Although I didn't have much time to converse with the DCBeer folks, I sampled some nice beer and learned more about the only full service contract brewery in the area. Currently Beltway Brewing offers two house beers, the Batch One Amber Ale and the Suite Dee Session IPA. Both beers were brewed basically in order to test the brewing equipment because their business model is to contract wholly for other breweries. In the past they had produced the brews for Adroit Theory Brewing Company before they moved to their Purcellville location and currently they are pouring a couple from Hilton Head's Wooden Skiff Brewing Company. Once their beers sell out, Beltway will "buyback" a few kicks of each contracted brew that they will pour on Thursday and Friday nights in the tasting room. A great concept for us consumers as our options increase with each contract.

It's too bad Beltway won't continue their house brand because they are quite tasty. The Batch One was malt forward but had a nice hop finish to balance the sweetness. The Suite Dee has a powerful refreshing citrus aroma followed by a light bodied beer and a clean refreshing finish. And at 4.8% abv - love this style of beer.  Going forward, we will have to check out the recipes from the contracted breweries - the Wooden Skiff Blonde was nice and I'll have to head a little further west to sample the Adroit Theory. Fortunately Beltways also sells cans and bottles and not just growlers so I will be able to enjoy the Suite Dee until my stock runs out. Cheers.

SAVOR Profile: Flying Dog Brewery & Brewer's Art

We continue our brief profiles for SAVOR, the amazing craft beer festival that comes to Washington, D.C. on June 3rd-4th. This really is an amazing event - over 70 craft breweries pouring over two nights at the National Building Museum. Follow Bill, over at DCBeer, who has been regularly publishing profiles of some of these breweries. We have two more breweries we'd like to share from the MyJoogTV catalog. These episodes feature two Maryland breweries participating in SAVOR: Flying Dog Brewery & Brewer's Art. And as usual, watch to the end to view musical performances from Holy Ghost Tent Revival and soihadto, which features bassist Chef Duff Goldman from Charm City Cakes and the Food Network's Ace of Cakes.

MyJoogTV Episode 2: Holy Ghost Tent Revival @ Flying Dog Brewery

MyJoogTV Episode 4: soihadto & Brewer's Art

SAVOR Profile: Mad Fox Brewing Company & Devils Backbone Brewing Company

I know we've been covering the beer world for the past week for or so for American Craft Beer Week and that trend will continue as the extraordinary beer festival, SAVOR, comes to Washington, D.C. June 3rd-4th. This really is an amazing event - over 70 craft breweries pouring over two nights at the National Building Museum. Now, Bill, over at DCBeer, has been regularly publishing profiles of some of these breweries. In that spirit, we have two we'd like to share from the MyJoogTV catalog. These episodes feature two Virginia breweries participating in SAVOR: Mad Fox Brewing Company & Devils Backbone Brewing Company. And as usual, watch to the end to view musical performances from Tom Principato and Sarah Siskind and Travis Book, bassist for The Infamous Stringdusters.


MyJoogTV Episode 7: Tom Principato at the Mad Fox Brewing Company

MyJoogTV Episode 8: Sarah Siskind & Travis Book @ Devils Backbone Brewing Company