The Brew Shop

08/11/2025

✏️ Pencils, markers, 3-ring binders and plenty of necessities for Mom + Dad too!

08/10/2025

🍻 Crowlers and growlers flowing!
• + All Things Celestial and Divine West Coast DIPA
• Apollo DIPA
• Light Design West Coast IPA
• + + Nectar of Life Pilsner

08/08/2025

🍷 Friday free tasting! Join us tonight from 5-7 pm as we welcome Potomac Selections! Geoffrey will be on hand pouring samples of seasonal wines and chatting all things wine.

08/07/2025

🍷 A little of this and that, new in this week!
• Piria Lambrusco: A lighter-style, dry Lambrusco with crispy acidity paired with strawberry, wild cherry and a touch of white pepper.
• Riesling Trocken: Oh that is lovely. A little sweetness pairs with thirst quenching acidity for an easy-going, super drinkable Trocken Riesling. A hefty dose of mango, pear, apple and apricot all packed into a slightly larger 1 liter bottle.
• Dry Riesling: We were blown away by this single-vineyard Dry Riesling from the Finger Lakes. Beautiful balanced with plenty of tropical fruit and lemon-lime zest paired with mineral freshness and a silky texture. James Suckling agrees with a score of 95.
• Nicole Chanrion Cote De Brouilly: Wine from the Beaujolais Cru of Côte-de-Brouilly are known as the Elegant Wine of the Hill. The vines are planted on volcanic slopes of Mount Brouilly for a distinct volcanic, mineral-driven finesse. Nicole’s Côte-de-Brouilly is serious, but still fun with plenty of juicy wild strawberry and violet.
• Cotes-du-Rhone Villages Rouge: From renowned importer Kermit Lynch comes a wine that’s as gorgeous in taste as it is in color. Juicy dark fruit, black pepper and herbs, plush tannins, and a balanced acidity make for an elegant and crowd pleasing bottle.
• Corvidae Syrah Lenore: A wine that makes you dream of a meal like braised short ribs over polenta... even on the hottest of days. Coming from the Columbia Valley, Lenore is bold and dark without being rich or heavy. Black fruits take center stage with blackberry, black currant and black cherry paired with hints of vanilla, dark chocolate and a smoky, stormy undertone.

💕 Local FESTivities
• UNION Craft Brewing Fest Festbier
• Starr Hill Brewery Festie Marzen
• Devils Backbone Brewing Company O’Fest Marzen
• Blue Mountain Brewery 13.Five Oktoberfest Marzen

🍻 Seasonal fun!
• Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter Imperial Porter
• Elysian Brewing Night Owl Pumpkin Ale
• Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

08/07/2025

The Brew Shop - Weekly Email Update -

Here's an update of what's happening this week - from new beer drops, wine reviews, our current tap list, to upcoming tastings and more.

08/06/2025

🍎 Blake's Hard Cider Co. bringing all the good stuff
• Cider Mill Donut Cider
• Salted Caramel Apple Cider

🥨 Pair with a pretzel
• Great Lakes Brewing Company Oktoberfest Marzen 6 pack & 12 pack
• Victory Beer Festbier Marzen
• Silver Branch Brewing Company Oktoberfest Marzen

👻 Feeling spooky!
• McKenzie's Hard Cider Pumpkin Jack Cider
• Shipyard Brewing Company Pumpkinhead Session Pumpkin Ale
• Shipyard Brewing Company Smashed Pumpkin Imperial Pumpkin Ale
• Allagash Brewing Company Haunted House Dark Ale

08/06/2025

👊 Happy & hoppy at The Veil Brewing Co.
• This World Is Not Real DIPA with Citra, Mosaic, Nelson & Enigma
• Alone IPA with Galaxy
• IdontwanttoBU Hazy IPA with Citra & Mosaic

🧟 A variety from 3 Floyds Brewing
• Munsterfest Marzen
• Deluxe American Lager 6 pack & 12 pack
• Black Colossus Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Pasilla & Ancho Peppers, Vanilla, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Coffee & Lactose
• Evil Beast of 1000 Bodies West Coast DIPA with Eclipse, Galaxy & El Dorado

🍺 Marz-elous options
• Ballad Brewing Oktoberfest Marzen
• Bingo Beer Co Oktoberfest Marzen
• von Trapp Brewing Oktoberfest Marzen

🍩 Dessert anyone?
• Downeast Cider House Donut Cider with vanilla, cinnamon & brown sugar
• Downeast Cider House Pumpkin Cider with Chai Spices
• 1911 Established Donut Cider
• Schlafly Beer Vanilla Pumpkin Ale

🫰 New to the Non-Alc Wall
• Best Day Brewing White Ale

08/05/2025

🌳 Take your pick from Forest & Main Brewing Company
• Appropriate Alchemy English Pale Ale with Strata
• False Peak West Coast Pale Ale with Cascade
• Bitter
• Secret Sun West Coast IPA with Cascade & Motueka
• Night Lines American Stout

🍺 Another exciting new beer from Schilling Beer Co.
• Lehrerin Dortmunder Lager (collab with )

🍊 Get your daily serving of fruit with these picks from Humble Forager Brewery
• Luminous Horizon DIPA with Nectaron
• Coastal Sunshine v10 Fruited Sour with Orange, Mango & Peach
• Enchanted Island v4 Hurricane Cocktail Sour with Passionfruit

🏝️ Commonwealth Brewing Company has something for everyone
• Kashmir DIPA with Cashmere & Citra
• Drop a Pin Gose with Mango, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Lemon & Allspice
• Easy Lager
• Redwoods West Coast IPA with Chinook, Columbus & Citra

🎃 A new take on the PSL from Tripping Animals Brewing Co.
• Pig Spice Latte Stout

🍁 Southern Tier Brewing Company with all things Fall
• Maple Warlock Imperial Stout with Pumpkin Spice & Maple
• Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale
• Caramel Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale with Caramel
• Harvest Autumn IPA

08/04/2025

🎃🎃🎃🎃 It begins
• Alewerks Brewing Company Pumpkin
• Elysian Brewing Pumpkin Pack with Night Owl, Greater Pumpkin & Punkuccino
• Heavy Seas Beer Great'er Pumpkin Bourbon Barrel Aged Pumpkin
• Two Roads Brewing Company Roadsmary's Baby Rum Barrel Aged Pumpkin
• Tripping Animals Brewing Co. Pumpkin-Delic
• Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale Bourbon Barrel Aged Pumpkin
• Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Farmhouse Pumpkin
• DuClaw Brewing Co. Sweet Baby Pumpkin PSL Porter

To be continued....(more this week!)

08/03/2025

🍷 A little of this and that, new in this week!
• L’Oiseliniere Muscadet: We love when Muscadet surprises us, and this bottle from the western reaches of the region does exactly that. Made entirely from Melon de Bourgogne, it balances zingy citrus and orchard fruit with a subtle, lees-driven texture. After six months on the lees, it’s got a bit more weight and breadth than your average Muscadet, but still finishes crisp and clean. A bright, slightly richer take on a classic style.
• Championship Bottle L***y Little Crushes: We have a crush! Championship Bottle is the project of DC-native Saul Mutchnick who has now set up shop in the Eola-Amity hills where he is making light, fresh reds akin to those from Beaujolais or Loire. L***y Little Crushes is a co-fermented beauty where Pinot Noir meets Chardonnay for a surprisingly vibrant and delicious expression of poppy fruit and woodsy undertones. We recommend popping L***y Little Crushes in the fridge for an even more crush-worthy experience.
• Cantina Del Pino Barbera d’Asti: The perfect bottle to open up with a platter of cheese, olives, cured meats and a loaf of crusty bread. As one of the oldest estates in Barbaresco, Cantina Del Pino has been run by the V***a family since the 1920s. The family’s Barbera d’Asti is wildly aromatic and calls for multiple sniffs, swirls and sips. Layered strawberry, fig and cherry pair with black olives, earth and a dry finish.

08/01/2025

🍺 Friday free tasting! Join us tonight from 5-7 pm as we welcome Richmond’s ! Tyler will be on hand pouring samples and chatting all things beer.