Beerneuring BAFS 2019

[sjclaeys]

Do you like to bike? Do you like beer? If so, this side bet is for you. The rules are simple:

1. Ride your bike to a brewery or brewpub. I estimate that there are over 50 breweries or brewpubs that can be reached by bike from DC, over 10 of them are in DC.
2. Acquire a beer brewed at that location.
3. Take a picture of the beer.
4. Taste the beer.
5. Post on this thread the picture of the beer, the location, and a comment about the beer. It can be anything from “tastes mostly like beer” to “the hop aroma contained grapefruit pith and apricot that was matched by a good malt backbone, which added a hint of graham cracker”.
6. Whomever posts entries from the most number of breweries or brewpubs by the end of Freezing Saddles wins!
7. The winner will receive a bottle of beer that reflects the nature of the competition. If only a few participate and the winner had 3 entries, then you will get a good bottle but nothing super special. If the competition is heated and the winner has 30 entries, then I will do my best to get something special.

A few further clarifications:

1. BE SAFE! No riding while under the influence. If you rode your bike to the brewery but find that you need to get a ride or take Metro home, the entry still counts.
2. You can go to more than one brewery on a ride, but see above.
3. The beer must be made at that location. Having a 3 Stars at the local bar does not count. Nothing at the Capital City in DC counts because the beer is made somewhere else (and RIP Cap City Shirlington).
4. Some brewpubs have more than one location. A trip to each location counts.
5. Keep in mind that this competition is to visit the most number of breweries and brewpubs. Once you visit and have a beer at a brewery or brewpub, then you cannot post another entry for that brewery or brewpub, even if you go back later and try a different beer.
6. It is not required, but try to go on at least one brewery tour. Fun, educational and you usually get to sample beer.

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[sjclaeys]

Red Bear Brewery is opening this Saturday, March 9, at 4:00. It is near the REI in NoMa. You will get 3 Beerneuring points if you bike to Red Bear Brewery this Saturday or Sunday and post your visit by 11:59 pm Sunday (aka – the no sandbagging rule). More info on Red Bear is here: https://www.redbear.beer/.

[strumke]

#22-25 (3 point bonus!) Red Bear Brewing pioneer!

Got a flight of a wheat pale ale (very good), witbier (not my fave but that’s because it’s a wit), “both coast” ipa (needs more aromatic hops), and the DIPA (quality west coast double).

Drink uppppp!

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[strumke]

+1 point for numbering my posts (per post #10). That’ll make it #26.

[strumke]

#27 Bardo Brewery

Opening weekend. Had a glass of the Goatman IPA. It was better than their beers in the past, but not a ‘must have’.

[bikedavid]

Stopped by Red Bear Brewing. It was packed for the opening weekend. Got the Polar Bear (wheat pale ale), Marmalade Skies (Witbier), Mystic Storm (IPA), and Cupid’s Black Heart (Chocolate and Strawberry Bock). Particularly liked Marmalade Skies which was a bit like an Allagash White and Mystic Storm which was a like a DIPA.

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[sjclaeys]

@strumke 188476 wrote:

#27 Bardo Brewery

It was better than their beers in the past, but not a ‘must have’.

Given Bardo’s quality in the past, that is not a high bar!

[strumke]

#28

Finally made it to Denizens. Had the Brett IPA, which was really really good! Unfortunately I could only stay for one.

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[bikedavid]

Saw this article the other day about Red Bear Brewery in case you’d like to know what you’re having! Pretty cool that one of the beers is a nod to the Beatles.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/03/08/what-youll-find-red-bear-new-brewery-bringing-pacific-northwest-noma/

[strumke]

#29

Squeezed this last one in. Barrier Brewing in Oceanside, NY as part of a sleaze ride w the kiddo.

Flight of IPAs, my favorite was the DiBiase.

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[shirag]

Beerneuring #5 on 3/15. I stopped by Red Bear and had the DC Dirt (porter) and Swampoodle (an Irish stout). I preferred the Swampoodle.

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[sjclaeys]

Thank you to all who participated in Beerneuring. It was great to see a wider variety of breweries visited this year. Congratulations to “strumke” for a dominant win. Here are the resulting points:

strumke – 28
reju – 18
dbehrend – 13
bikedavid – 10
Boomer2U – 9
Sunyata – 9
smb9600 – 8
shirag – 7
SteveO – 7
josh – 5
lordofthemark – 4
lossomes – 4
jrenaut -3
TimmyD – 3
Rebartlebaugh – 2
Sarahbee – 2
Brandon -1
consularrider – 1
Felipe – 1
huskerdont – 1
mydear_watson – 1
SpaceRider – 1

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