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As I mentioned previously, Sehkraft opened an hour later than listed so we had to take a pass during the Lucky 13 Brewvet. Since they are closing for good today ndubs and I paid a visit last night and were pleasantly surprised to find all beers priced at $2 and $3 each. All of their house brews were $2 and we were also drinking hard to find dank brews like the Hardywood Gingerbread Stout, Christmas Morning, and others for $3. Did we plan on drinking five high abv beers last night? No, no we didn’t. Did we drink five high abv beers last night? Yes, yes we did.

Sehkraft – Hoptastic IPA (7.2% abv) – Slightly sweet and tart with a decent amount of bitterness at the finish. A nice introduction to this local brewpub. Too bad they’re no more!

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As I mentioned previously, Sehkraft opened an hour later than listed so we had to take a pass during the Lucky 13 Brewvet. Since they are closing for good today ndubs and I paid a visit last night and were pleasantly surprised to find all beers priced at $2 and $3 each. All of their house brews were $2 and we were also drinking hard to find dank brews like the Hardywood Gingerbread Stout, Christmas Morning, and others for $3. Did we plan on drinking five high abv beers last night? No, no we didn’t. Did we drink five high abv beers last night? Yes, yes we did.

Sehkraft – Hoptastic IPA (7.2% abv) – Slightly sweet and tart with a decent amount of bitterness at the finish. A nice introduction to this local brewpub. Too bad they’re no more!

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We would bookend the DC and Maryland breweries with two in Shirlington, first stop being Cap City and the last stop being New District. I want to like this place more but the most memorable thing about the beers I’ve had there is the price. How they charge a couple bucks more in a warehouse in Shirlington compared to similar breweries in DC is a head scratcher. They did allow us to bring our bikes inside so props to them for that.

Mile 39.5 – New District Brewing Company – Can’t recall and didn’t take a pic of the menu – Look, we were nine breweries in at this point so I can’t remember what I had. Deal with it.

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Atlas Brew Works would be the last stop of the day in DC. By now it’s pretty much dark out but the warming powers of alcohol are doing their job. They changed the setup of the tasting room since last year and you can no longer sip your beer next to tall stacks of empty cans on pallets. But they do have cool keg urinals in the men’s room and trivia on Tuesday night. Did you know OJ Simpson was originally cast to play the Terminator but the studio was afraid no one would buy him as a remorseless killer?

Mile 27.4 – Atlas Brew Works – Silent Neighbor Nitro (6.7% abv) – My second nitro of the day and also the second best (nitro). It was okay but not my favorite. Just didn’t have the characteristics I’ve come to expect from a nitro beer.

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Next stop, The Public Option. Last year during BAFS we were the only people in the place but this year it was packed. I was glad to see that since I think the owners and staff are pretty awesome and every beer I’ve tried has been very good.

Mile 26.4 – The Public Option – Sam’s Stout (6% abv) – Continuing down the dark, full-bodied beer path, this stout has a roasted maltiness with a nice creamy finish.

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Continuing south we made our way to Right Proper Brookland. This is their production facility which has a nice, albeit small, tasting room. As Sunyata mentioned, they have some rad murals.

Mile 25.5 – Right Proper Brewing Company Brookland Production House + Tasting Room (RPBCBPH+TR for short) – HÄXAN (robust porter, 7.0% abv) – Clearly I have abandoned my “sessionable IPAs” plan at this point in favor of darker, more full-bodied beers. Plus this beer just sounds badass. Lots of coffee and chocolate coming through with this one.

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Continuing south we made our way to Right Proper Brookland. This is their production facility which has a nice, albeit small, tasting room. As Sunyata mentioned, they have some rad murals.

Mile 25.5 – Right Proper Brewing Company Brookland Production House + Tasting Room (RPBCBPH+TR for short) – HÄXAN (robust porter, 7.0% abv) – Clearly I have abandoned my “sessionable IPAs” plan at this point in favor of darker, more full-bodied beers. Plus this beer just sounds badass. Lots of coffee and chocolate coming through with this one.

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By now the snow had let up and the stops were closer together. From 3 Stars it was a quick trip to Hellbender. It’s like a two for one with these breweries they’re so close. Hellbender filed for Chapter 11 back in November so hopefully they’re able to successfully reorganize because they have a cool process that’s more environmentally friendly than your typical brewery operation.

Mile 22.7 – Hellbender – Nitro – Grompus (Smoked Nut Brown, 6.2 abv) – My favorite beer of the day. Nitro was on point and the smokeyness was nicely balanced with the nuttiness.

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From Denizens it was back into the city for a quick stop at 3 Stars.

Mile 21.8 – 3 Stars – Four tasters – Peppercorn Saison, Nectar of the Bogs (Cranberry Saison), Ghost (White IPA), Courting the Squall (Oatmeal Stout) – The only one of these beers I’ve had before is the Ghost which is a crisp, not very hoppy white IPA. My fav was Courting the Squall which seemed fitting for the day’s weather.

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Next it was a long slog (but in the snow so it was pretty and fun) north to Denizens in Silver Spring. It was warm inside and they have a really nice hot air hand dryer that works great for thawing out hands and drying your neck gaiter.

Mile 19.3 – Denizens – Safety Pin Session IPA – Continuing down the path of choosing sessionable ales, this is a recently released brew that goes down smooth with hints of citrus and pine. Reminded me of the Founders All Day IPA.

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Next stop was to be Sehkraft and we were there right when they opened at 11 am. Except they weren’t open. A women came out and explained their opening would be delayed until noon. Not terribly surprising considering they’re closing for good on Tuesday. On to Right Proper Shaw it was…

Mile 10.9 – Right Proper Shaw – Astral Weeks – I dig the Van Morrison album this beer is named for and I’m partial to Brett hopped beers partially because I have a brother named Brett. Golden in color, this crisp farmhouse ale has a funky citrus thing going on.

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Thirteen breweries proved to be too lofty a goal but in the end 12 hearty souls joined at various points while four of us stuck it out from beginning to end for a total of nine breweries throughout the day.

Mile 1 – Capitol City Brewing – Jalapeno Pale Rider Ale – mildly hoppy pale ale with a peppery hot kick at the finish.

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@consularrider 151533 wrote:

Well, it would be an awfully long ride for me to include an HP lap this Freezing addles cycle. :p

Life altering boredom maybe. There is no point, hence the idea of making it a pointless prize. Whether you don’t ride HP because your sole purpose of riding a bike is to get someplace or you just think it’s boring to ride around a flat oval, this “reindeer game” is for you.

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@Steve O 151424 wrote:

I suspect there will be quite a number of people with a ratio of 0. My first year in FS I never rode at Hains Point at all. In fact, the first time I ever rode there was at the FSLNHPP two years ago.

Steve brings up a good point. To avoid having a bunch of people with a ratio of 0, the equation would be total BAFS mileage / (Hains Point mileage + 1). That means at the very least, the individual who rides the most miles among those who ride zero HP miles will win the prize. I don’t expect any teams will be in the zero HP miles category.

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I have a pointless prize idea but need to know if hozn can pull the data. There would be two prizes actually, one team and one individual. The winner(s) would be the team and individual who have the smallest ratio of Hains Point miles to total miles. What say you, hozn, is this possible?

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