November 19, 2009
Yours truly profiled on DC Beer.
An excerpt:
What does beer have to do with saving the world? More than you think. I recently sat down with local beer activist and sustainability expert Chris O’Brien to discuss drinking beer and saving the world. Chris is the Director of Sustainability at American University and author of Fermenting Revolution: How to Drink Beer and Save the World (Giveaway!! Comment on this post by Nov. 30th for your chance to win a copy of Fermenting Revolution. A random drawing will be held on Dec. 1st.)
Andrew: Tell me more about your role at American University.
Chris O’Brien: My role is in planning, implementing, tracking and communicating about all our efforts to be sustainable. Being sustainable means “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” In practical terms, that means we are charting a course to be zero waste and zero emissions.
Check out the whole story. Visit DC Beer.
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October 23, 2009
The Birch & Barley is now open at 1337 14th St., NW Washington D.C. The upstairs is called ChurchKey. They have hundreds of bottled beers and … what? FIVE cask beers on all the time. I could go on but with that many hand pumps do you really need any other reason to go there?
Well, okay, here’s one more: they have a beer organ.
The "Beer Organ" dispenses some 50 draft beers.
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October 21, 2009
Last Saturday I helped organize the first, and what will now be annual, Takoma Foundation Organic Beer Tasting fundraiser.
We had organic beers on tap from Gordon Biersch and Capitol City Brewing, and more in bottles from Wolaver’s. Everything was gone by the end of the event. Organizers say about 150 people attended, which means after you add in the sponsorships, the event raised over $6,000 for local community projects.
Next year I’m looking forward to inviting a couple other local brewers to make organic beers for the event. I’d like to get Rock Bottom and Flying Dog involved. And we might have one or two new local brewpubs in operation by then so I’d like to get them to brew organic for this too. Of course, my secret hope is that they will brew organic once and then be convinced to make organic beers all the time!
Here’s more coverage from the Gazette.
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October 13, 2009
Busboys and Poets – $10 for tastings of 5 organic beers!
Join me Friday night at the Busboys and Poets in Shirlington, VA for an organic beer tasting and book signing.
The event will feature tastings of five organic beers for a measly $10! Here’s the lineup:
- Oxford Raspberry Wheat
- Stone Mill Pale Ale
- Oxford Amber Ale
- Peak Nut Brown Ale
- Bison Chocolate Stout
The event starts at 6pm, this Friday, at Busboys and Poets in Shirlington. All the details are right here.
Make a night of it and stop right down the street afterwards and have an organic Trippel at Capitol City Brewering. Which leads me to the second event…
Organic Beer Mini-Festival/Fundraiser
Drink great one-of-a-kind organic beers and raise money for the Takoma Foundation. This Saturday, 4-7pm at the Cady Lee historic mansion right next to the Takoma Metro Station; tickets are $35 (and tax-deductible) and include unlimited samples of four organic beers, hors d’ouvre from the Olive Lounge and lots of homemade snacks!
The beer lineup includes:
- Organic Bohemian Pilsener from Gordon Biersch
- Organic IPA from Wolaver’s
- Organic Oatmeal Stout from Wolaver’s
- Organic Belgian Trippel from Capitol City Brewing
Mike McCarthy, head of brewing operations at Cap City, will be on hand to discuss his new line of seasonal organic beers. And, as usual, I’ll be talking about beer and sustainability and hawking copies of Fermenting Revolution. Plus live bluegrass, Irish and jazz provided by the Kinsmen. All proceeds support the Takoma Foundation’s community development grants.
All the details are right here. This is going to be awesome.
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October 13, 2009
I’m a little late in sharing this news, but you still have five days left to enjoy Baltimore Beer Week.
The event list is far too long to recap here — there are literally hundreds of events. So click here to get all the beery details.
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