Cool Beer Spots in the DMV

DC:

• Aslin (Brewery/Beer Garden)
  • More inventive IPAs, but nice location
• Lost & Found (Dive Bar)
  • Smaller selection, but have local taps and $3 4oz tasters
• Red Bear Brewing Company (Brewery)
  • Awesome taproom with good variety of brews with good eats as well
• Wundergarten (Beer Garden)
  • Variety of German brews and also a lot of various cans, nice location, but more of a stop along a crawl rather than just a destination
• ChurchKey (Beer Bar)
  • Great selection of IPAs and you can buy singles and pick them up at the bar
  • Not a lot of fruited sours, very similar beer programs for any other Greg Engert place
• Franklin Hall (Beer Hall)
  • Nice variety of beer
  • Has pool tables and a lot of TVs for watching sports
• Tap99 (Self-Pour Brewpub)
  • Serve-yourself-taps with a good variety
  • Pretty good food menu
  • Nice location with other things to do around in Navy Yard

MD:

• Neo Pizza & Taphouse (Restaurant)
  • Serve-yourself-taps with a menu that usually leans to local breweries with a good food menu
• White Oak Tavern (Restaurant)
  • A huge beer menu that gets great beers from far and wide with great food
  • Has flights and take-out cans
• HoCo Brew Hive (Restaurant/Beer Hall)
  • Can do flights and have a good selection of craft beers with good food but the food can get pricey also is kind of not near much of anything
• Burley Oak Brewing (Brewery)
  • Brewery with inventive Sours and IPAs
  • No food, but can bring your own
• Owen’s Tavern/Owen’s Ordinary (Beer Bar)
  • Nice selection of beer, but not lot of fruited sours, very similar beer programs for any other Greg Engert place
• The Perfect Pour (Liquor Store)
  • A great selection of beer and you can buy singles in order to mix-n-match your own 6-packs
  • They even have a growler filling station!

VA:

• Spacebar (Beer Bar)
  • An awesome small space that has good sandwiches and great beer on tap
  • They were playing post-hardcore music when I was there, which is my jam, but I know is not everyone’s
• Bronson Bierhall (Beer Hall)
  • Can be expensive, but lots of German import beers, and can get 1L goblets of some beers
• Ballston Local (Restaurant/Bar)
  • Have a solid house tap list that is nice during happy hour, but the Rotating Taps always has great IPAs and Sours from local and/or renowned breweries
• Quincy Hall (Bar)
  • Good selection of local beers and fun space with games
• Lost Dog Cafe (Restaurant/Bar)
  • Nice tap and dine-in/take-out can selection with a huge food menu as well