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02/17/23 • 27 min

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You may have heard about Urban Garden Brewing’s collaboration beer with City State Brewing, Roses Aren’t Dead. But that’s not the only exciting news from UGB and City State. Mike gets the scoop with Eamoni Collier of UGB and James Warner of City State to hear the exciting news coming down the pike. Eamoni and James also discuss the challenges and victories they experienced in the last year and the importance of cultivating great experiences for beer drinkers in the taproom.

In other news, Dry January is over, and the events are back! It’s a big weekend ahead of us filled with a LOT of fun events. Whether you want to venture out to Virginia, imbibe in Maryland, or just taste beers along the Red Line, we’ve got you covered this weekend. We also discuss the first non-alcoholic IPA that’s come to DC and give you our review of it.

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Many events are happening this week! Don’t miss them by checking out the DC Beer event calendar here.

Breweries, distilleries, restaurants, and others who want us to announce new releases can provide that information at DC.beer/releases.

Thanks to our monthly supporters

Amarendra Sahoo
Kristin
Adam Frank
Steven Lynch
Jared Prager
Jeff
Michael O'Connor
Favio Garcia
Josh
Ellen Daniels
Juan Deliz
Mike Lastort
James Wisnieski
Brian Minch
Chris Frome
Jon Gilgoff
Sam
Chip
Tory Roberts
Steven M Quartell
Chris DeLoose
Lauren Cary
Amy Crone
Clifton B
Scott Pavlica
Greg Antrim
jeffrey garrison
Joshua Learn
Alexis Smith
A t
Dan Goldbeck
Anthony Budny
Greg Parnas
Frank Chang
Mikahl Tolton
Kim Klyberg
Chris Girardot
Alyssa
jeffrey katz
Andrew MacWilliams
Jamie Jackson
Meegan
Mike Rucki
Jason Tucker
Nick Gardner
Amber Farris
Sarah Ray
Peter Jones
Blue2024
Brad Stengel
Matt Winterhalter
Bill and Karen Butcher
Jordan Harvey
Justin Broady
Stephen Claeys
Julie Verratti
DFA Howie Kendrick

Keep up to date with everything happening at DCBeer.com, and @DCBeer on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or sign up for our newsletter at DCBeer.com/newsletter. Email us at [email protected].

Many events are happening this week! Don’t miss them by checking out the DC Beer event calendar here.

Breweries, distilleries, restaurants, and others who want us to announce new releases can provide that information at DC.beer/releases.

Thanks to our monthly supporters

Amarendra Sahoo
Kristin
Adam Frank
Steven Lynch
Jared Prager
Jeff
Michael O'Connor
Favio Garcia
Josh
Ellen Daniels
Juan Deliz
Mike Lastort
James Wisnieski
Brian Minch
Chris Frome
Jon Gilgoff
Sam
Chip
Tory Roberts
Steven M Quartell
Chris DeLoose
Lauren Cary
Amy Crone
Clifton B
Scott Pavlica
Greg Antrim
jeffrey garrison
Joshua Learn
Alexis Smith
A t
Dan Goldbeck
Anthony Budny
Greg Parnas
Frank Chang
Mikahl Tolton
Kim Klyberg
Chris Girardot
Alyssa
jeffrey katz
Andrew MacWilliams
Jamie Jackson
Meegan
Mike Rucki
Jason Tucker
Nick Gardner
Amber Farris
Sarah Ray
Peter Jones
Blue2024
Brad Stengel
Matt Winterhalter
Bill and Karen Butcher
Jordan Harvey
Justin Broady
Stephen Claeys
Julie Verratti
DFA Howie Kendrick

Previous Episode

What Would DC Be Without the Pink Boots?

We’re talking Pink...Pink Boots, that is! The Pink Boots Society DC Chapter works daily to make beer more approachable and inclusive. Brandy talks with Pink Boots leaders Bri Turner and Paulette Palacios about how Pink Boots is creating a more inclusive beer community in DC and embracing people from all backgrounds and fermentations. They share how they’re empowering students to get into beer, their hopes for more cultural flavors that reflect the cultural diversity of the DC region, and the question we all have, what will the Pink Boots International Womens Day beer be?

In other news, the gang talks about brewery collaboration beers they’re loving, their favorite beers of the season, and the beer events to warm us up in these chilly months.

Keep up to date with everything happening at DCBeer.com, and @DCBeer on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or sign up for our newsletter at DCBeer.com/newsletter. Email us at [email protected].

Many events are happening this week! Don’t miss them by checking out the DC Beer event calendar here.

Breweries, distilleries, restaurants, and others who want us to announce new releases can provide that information at DC.beer/releases.

Thanks to our monthly supporters

Amarendra Sahoo
Kristin
Adam Frank
Steven Lynch
Jared Prager
Jeff
Michael O'Connor
Favio Garcia
Josh
Ellen Daniels
Juan Deliz
Mike Lastort
James Wisnieski
Brian Minch
Chris Frome
Jon Gilgoff
Sam
Chip
Tory Roberts
Steven M Quartell
Chris DeLoose
Lauren Cary
Amy Crone
Clifton B
Scott Pavlica
Greg Antrim
jeffrey garrison
Joshua Learn
Alexis Smith
A t
Dan Goldbeck
Anthony Budny
Greg Parnas
Frank Chang
Mikahl Tolton
Kim Klyberg
Chris Girardot
Alyssa
jeffrey katz
Andrew MacWilliams
Jamie Jackson
Meegan
Mike Rucki
Jason Tucker
Nick Gardner
Amber Farris
Sarah Ray
Peter Jones
Blue2024
Brad Stengel
Matt Winterhalter
Bill and Karen Butcher
Jordan Harvey
Justin Broady
Stephen Claeys
Julie Verratti
DFA Howie Kendrick

Next Episode

The Black Viking Origin Story

Stroop, There It Is! While it’s our current favorite catchphrase, it’s also the title of one the best beers of the season, a collaboration masterpiece from Black Viking Brewing and Red Bear. We’ve been noticing that Black Viking is crushing it in the DC Beer scene, so Brandy got the scoop with owner Shaun Taylor. To Shaun, the beer business is what someone might call a “cool” business–everyone is having a great time all the time, right? But at the end of the day, it is a business and brand with many moving parts. Shaun shares the story of the Black Viking origin, where the name “Black Viking” comes from, and how Shaun plans on becoming the country's first black-owned, nationally distributed beer brand.

In other news, one of the DC Beer hosts breaks tradition by imbibing in a hazy pale ale (gasp). We also give details on brewing events for Women's Month, upcoming panels, and much-anticipated beer releases!

You don’t want to miss the full interview with Shaun of Black Viking. Check out our Patreon to hear the whole conversation!

Keep up to date with everything happening at DCBeer.com, and @DCBeer on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or sign up for our newsletter at DCBeer.com/newsletter. Email us at [email protected].

Many events are happening this week! Don’t miss them by checking out the DC Beer event calendar here.

Breweries, distilleries, restaurants, and others who want us to announce new releases can provide that information at DC.beer/releases.

Thanks to our monthly supporters