Beer

Jack Rose Dining Saloon’s Gnomegangnam Style Party and Feast of the Iron Throne Dinner:

Jack Rose Dining Saloon
2007 18th Street Northwest
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
5:00pm – 10:00pm | $75

The Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) has chosen to host its annual show in the increasingly-popular small brew destination of DC from March 26-29 and Jack Rose is hosting a week of exciting, beer-focused events to celebrate.

Wednesday, March 27th – Gnomegangnam Style Partyand Feast of the Iron Throne Dinner

* Gnomegangnam Style: 5-10pm on the Terrace
Everyone is encouraged to put on their best Psy costumes and get ready for some K Pop, because Jack Rose is hosting a “Gnomegangnam Style” rooftop party from 5-10pm. Jack Rose will have $6 drafts of Gnomegang, a special seasonal release Belgian Strong Ale from Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, NY. There will also be dancing, prizes for best Psy costumes & Gangnam Style dancing.

* Feast of the Iron Throne: 7:30-10pm in the Saloon
‘Game of Thrones’ fans rejoice: Jack Rose is hosting a six-course feast showcasing Ommegang’s newest release with HBO, the show-inspired Iron Throne beer which is set to be publicly released in late March. The feast will also feature a variety of show-inspired eats like stews and meats-on-the-bone, each paired with a different unique Ommegang brew.
The 6-course feast with beer pairing will be hosted in Jack Rose’s dining room and is available at $75 per ticket (plus tax and gratuity). There are only 35 tickets for sale at http://www.feastoftheiro.

Jack Rose Dining Saloon is located in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC at 2007 18th St. NW. For more information, please visit http://www.jackrosedinin.

See all of tonight’s and the week’s events here.  To add your event, click the events tab up top and then click “add an event”.  You can add concerts, museum/gallery exhibits, fundraisers, sporting events, bike rides etc. You can add anything you think will be of interest to PoPville.

Jack Van Paepeghem works at Meridian Pint and is a Certified Cicerone® You can read his previous post about cellaring here.

Generally I like to keep these posts relevant to the drinking season we are currently in (pilsners in Summer, Octoberfests in Fall, and so forth), but seeing that it is now Spring, writing about barleywines may seem out of place. However, as I write this, it is nearing the freezing point outside and this snifter in front of me is perfectly warming and perhaps making me rethink my hankering for the warmer months ahead. “Barleywine” is a confusing term, as it implies perhaps a muddled fusion of grain and grapes which without further information, sounds not so appetizing. We have the English to both blame and thank for this wine-strength malt beverage and like all things American, we have embraced it and kicked it up a notch and created an entirely new monster which has become the brewer’s shining mark of achievement when well executed. Like the beer itself, the history of barleywine is deep, complex, and full of nuances which transform with age.

The first officially designated “barleywine” on the market was Bass Brewery’s Bass #1 in 1854 in Burton-upon-Trent, England. The beer had an ABV of at least 10%, used only pale malt but was darker due to an over two-hour boil, and had a huge hop bitterness like an IPA. But the making of “big beers” like barleywine go back much further. When beer was produced on a domestic scale, beers of varying strength were made from a single mash in order to have a younger beer for easy and sanitized drinking, one of higher alcohol for slightly longer holding which would be more than a table beer, and then a “stock” or “old” ale which was used for blending with young beers to contribute character and body, or for simply rich drinking after extended aging. This is executed by means of the “parti-gyle system” where during the separation of wort (rich sugary liquid) from the grains by means of running water through the mash bed, the first running is collected and separated off which contains the most dense wort. More water is then circulated through the mash to collect more of the liquid nestled in the grains. This less dense wort, known as the second running, is also separated off and so on and so forth. Each separate running becomes its own beer and will either be blended or consumed on its own.

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Biking around Town is written by Josh Nadas (@dcliterate), a daily bike commuter & avid rider who works for the National Park Service, and lives in Mount Pleasant.

This ride has to be my biggest mistake so far. I went to a brewery, but failed to actually go when I could buy some beer. I’m hoping that you will overlook this lapse in judgement and read on to find out more about the Metropolitan Branch Trail. It’s a great pathway that runs through the central part of DC, and provides an excellent north south route from Union Station all the way to Silver Spring. The trail is not totally complete yet, and this route only represents a portion of the whole trail. My goal was to get you from a relatively central point in town to the Brewery.

The trail itself is on either a quiet street with a bike lane, or an off street multi-use pathway. There is good signage everywhere, except at the K street underpass where you actually get off the road. Oddly they did not install a nice “left turn here” sign. Going northbound on the trail felt like a slight false flat going upwards, but it was very slight. This is a great pathway for riders of all skill levels, and is definitely a great commuting artery for anyone trying to get between Northeast DC and downtown.

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Schlafly Tap Takeover:

Penn Social
801 N St NW
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
6:00pm – 10:00pm

St. Louis Craft Beer? Don’t mind if we do. Come through Wednesday March 6th at 6pm, meet Schlafly Beer co-founder Dan Kopman & try many different Schlafly options. The Oatmeal Stout, Pale Ale, the Dry Hopped IPA, and MORE! We’ll even have some super rare beers straight from STL. Play some shuffleboard or some classic arcade games, relax, and drink some Schlafly.

See all of tonight’s and the week’s events here.  To add your event, click the events tab up top and then click “add an event”.  You can add concerts, museum/gallery exhibits, fundraisers, sporting events, bike rides etc. You can add anything you think will be of interest to PoPville.