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Drink Local Week Kicks Off at Meridian Pint Tonight

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11th and Park Rd, NW

From an email:

Monday, July 22nd, 5PM
Maryland Night

The first night of our week-long celebration of local beer! Our 24 draft lines will be filled with brews from the great state of Maryland and all of them will be $5 from 5PM, when our doors open, until close. The list of participating breweries is posted below. Not all breweries will have representatives present, but many of them will. There is no admission to this event so come party MD style!

If you’re looking for info on our All-You-Can-Eat Crab Feast happening on the same day click here.

Participating Breweries:
Baltimore Washington Beer Works
Brewer’s Alley
Brewer’s Art
Burley Oak
Distillery Lane Ciderworks
DuClaw Brewing Co.
Evolution Craft Brewing
Flying Dog Brewery
Franklins Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
Heavy Seas
Monocacy Brewing Co.
Oliver breweries
Stillwater Artisanal Ales
Union Craft Brewing

Monday, July 22nd, 6-8PM
All-You-Can-Eat Crab Feast

The first night of our week-long celebration of local beer! Our 24 draft lines will be filled with brews from the great state of Maryland and all of them will be $5 from 5PM, when our doors open, until close. The list of participating breweries is posted below. Not all breweries will have representatives present, but many of them will. This is, of course, open to the general public all night, but we are also hosting a special event on our patio.

We are only selling 40 tickets to our All-You-Can-Eat Maryland Blue Crab Feast. Guests will be seated on our patio at 6PM at a community table piled high with Maryland Blue Crabs and classic sides. Guests can also have AS MANY OF THE MD DRAFTS AS THEY WOUD LIKE, within reason of course, between 6-8PM. Please be sure to arrive before 6PM to maximize your crab-eating opportunity.

Tickets are $75, include tax & gratuity, are non-refundable and can be purchased here.

Participating Breweries:
Baltimore Washington Beer Works
Brewer’s Alley
Brewer’s Art
Burley Oak
Distillery Lane Ciderworks
DuClaw Brewing Co.
Evolution Craft Brewing
Flying Dog Brewery
Franklins Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
Heavy Seas
Monocacy Brewing Co.
Oliver breweries
Stillwater Artisanal Ales
Union Craft Brewing

Tuesday, July 23rd, 5PM
Celebrate The Commonwealth – & Raw Oysters

The Second night of our week-long celebration of local beer! Our 24 draft lines will be filled with brews from the Commonwealth of Virginia and all of them will be $5 from 5PM – Close. The list of participating breweries is posted below. Not all breweries will have representatives present, but many of them will. There is no admission to this event so come party VA style!

If lots of great, cheap beer isn’t enough we’ll also be shucking local Chincoteague oysters a la carte on our patio! We will also be serving a Virginia Board paired with Virginia beers offered to everyone.

Participating Breweries:
Blue Mountain Barrel House
Blue Mountain Brewery
Devils Backbone Brewing Company
Hardywood Park
Legend Brewing Co.
Lost Rhino Brewing Company
Mad Fox Brewing Company
Port City Brewing Company
Williamsberg AleWerks

Tuesday, July 23rd, 5:30PM
Virginia Cheese & Beer Pairing

THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED!!!

In order to make this event more accessible to all of our guests we have scrapped the guided cheese tasting and are instead offering a cheese plate featuring three Virginia cheeses and three Virginia beers. These pairings will be significantly discounted from our regular cheese board price and will be available to everyone from 5-10PM. Participating breweries:

Blue Mountain Barrel House
Blue Mountain Brewery
Devils Backbone Brewing Company
Hardywood Park
Legend Brewing Co.
Lost Rhino Brewing Company
Mad Fox Brewing Company
Port City Brewing Company
Williamsberg AleWerks

Wednesday, July 24th, 5PM
The District Edition

It can’t be Drink Local! week without a night devoted to Washington, DC. All 24 of our draft lines will be filled with beers and draft cocktails from the District and all will be $5 all night! 3 Stars, Chocolate City and DC Brau will have numerous drafts pouring, and New Columbia Distillers will help us celebrate with some unique creations.

Outside on our patio Executive Chef David Shewmaker will be grillin’ three different sausages from Simply Sausage in Silver Spring, MD. There is no admission to this event so come enjoy the evening with the producers of your favorite local adult beverages!

Thursday, July 25th, 6PM
Foraged Cask Night

This an official Eat Local Week event highlighting ingredients that could be foraged in our local community. Eight breweries have prepared casks that are conditioned with ingredients that consumers could forage for in and around the nation’s capital.

Eat Local Week is an initiative of Think Local First DC, a non-profit leading the local movement in DC with advocacy, promotion and education for independently owned businesses.

The casks will be out on the patio and will all be $5 a pour while they last. All cask proceeds go to Think Local First and cask beer will be available for purchase on-site, but we recommend pre-purchasing tickets here to guarantee your opportunity to try what you want.

Additionally, Executive Chef David Shewmaker will prepare special dishes featuring local produce that will also benefit TLF and will be available to the general public. The eight participating breweries will also have three draft lines each inside where all draft beers will also be $5 all night. The breweries:

3 Stars Brewing Company
Chocolate City Beer
DC Brau Brewing Company
Flying Dog Brewery
Franklins Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
Lost Rhino Brewing Company
Mad Fox Brewing Company
Port City Brewing Company

Friday, July 26th, 5PM
Respect Your Brewpub

Running a brewery or a restaurant is tough. For the last night of Drink Local! at Meridian Pint before it shifts to Union Market we decided to honor six great DMV brewpubs that do it both. All night we’ll be pouring four drafts each from Brewer’s Alley, Brewer’s Art, Devils Backbone, Franklins, Mad Fox & Oliver. Just like the rest of the week all drafts will be $5 al night!!!

Saturday, July 27th, 1-7PM
Drink Local! Bar at TLF Farm-To-Street Party
Located at Union Market

Think Local First’s 3rd Annual Farm-To-Street Party will be held at Union Market (1309 5th St NE). This festival celebrates the crops, commerce, and community members that feed our city with over 125 vendors. For a suggested $5 donation to TLF you get access to District restaurants dishing up locally-sourced specials, food and beverage producers featuring their made-in-DC goods, chef-demos, speakers, and more.

Meridian Pint is the official Beer Sponsor of Eat Local Week and will be operating our signature Drink Local! Bar at the Farm-To-Street Party. 20 local breweries (listed below) will be featured and all 20 drafts will be $5 all day! Show your ID at the door, purchase a commemorative Drink Local! glass for just $1, and enjoy $5 local drafts for the rest of the day. Come hungry, come thirsty, and be sure to empty out your pantry in anticipation!

For more information on the F2S Party go to here. The breweries:

3 Stars
Blue Mountain
Brewer’s Art
Chocolate City
DC Brau
Devils Backbone
DuClaw
Dogfish Head
Evolution
Flying Dog
Franklins
Hardywood
Heavy Seas
Lost Rhino
Mad Fox
Monocacy
Oliver
Port City
Stillwater
Union

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