Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Screw shirt sponsers; what we need is an exclusive DC United craft beer. Denver's Flying Dog brewery of Denver, CO, bought the Frederick Brewing Co. of Frederick, MD, last year. Flying Dog, an absolutely great beer and ale, is now brewed alongside the Wild Goose and Blue Ridge brands. We should press Zach to get Flying Dog to brew a special beer and/or ale just for sale at RFK and eventually Poplar Point. It could be called something like "Barra Brew," or "Golazo Ale", with season ticket holders and supporters groups getting a special discount. Flying Dog is just the company to do something like this, as they were associated with the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, aka "Duke" in Doonsbury. And while you BS posters ponder this, go to your local purveyor (I use Rodman's Drug Store on Wisconsin Ave.) and pick up a six-pack of Flying Dog's Tire Bite Golden Ale. It's great! And I love the slogan: "Cut the Leash!"
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? I would love to see them do something like this. Hell, call it United Ale or something plain like that, use the logo and colors. Hell, Old Dominion could be contacted. This would be awesome!
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Old Dominion is now Budweiser so they are already a sponsor.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Word on the street is that A-B fired pretty much the entire Dominion brewery staff (I'm sure they spouted crap about "synergy" when they handed out the pink slips). Wonder if it will soon go the way of Rolling Rock: And my beer, it's a dud All brewed in the mud Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? If we had to have any CO brewed beer - I would go for New Belgium Fat Tire (or any of them). james
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Fat Tire is excellent. Also Moose Drool, which I get in Montana. But Tire Bite Ale is awesome!
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Did AB buy more tha 50%? I heard that Fordham was buying 60% and AB was getting the rest. Did that change?
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? I would walk 1000 mile for that beer. Unfortunately, New Belgium doesn't distribute it past the Mississippi.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? I prefer Trout Slayer, albeit slightly, over Moose Drool.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? So the mystery is that DC United fans are the most knowlegeable on beer and all things beer-related, among all supporters in MLS?
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? It comes with practice. Practice, practice, practice!
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? 51% Fordham, 49% AB...didn't save the brewers, though: Metroblogging post on Dominion brewing
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Pretty much all you need to know is that 90:00 Cafe has $2 bottles of Yuengling all day, every day.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? So, with Foggy Bottom gone and with all of Old Dominion's various products likely to be A-B-ized, basically there's no real local beer anymore? Wonderful.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? were working on that at Finns, I got them to love that stuff, and there trying real hard to get it out here!!!
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Capital City Brewing Company... Brew pub only though... Other than that, pretty much true. Closest actual independent brewing company is probably Dogfishhead in Rehobeth, Delaware... Although I'm sure some random person from Richmond or B-more will come along and point out my failings and how I am not worthy of posting on these threads when I continue to spout lies and inuendos...
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Ok, I had a horrible morning and a pretty crappy day, this just makes me depressed. Possibly the best beer I've ever tasted in my life was OD's Oktoberfest sampled directly from the conditioning vat during a tour of the brewery that my brother-in-law and I went on several years ago. A-B?!? God I just want to puke. Someone club me in the head please.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Clay Pipe in Westminster isn't half bad. They do Backfin and Hop-ocolypse.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? Getting back to beer for a moment, why shouldn't we embrace the beers brewed by the Frederick Brewing Company, recently purchased by Flying Dog of Denver. The Frederick Brewery brews Wild Goose; Blue Ridge; and now Flying Dog beers and ales, and I think we ought to make sure we hoist one of these three brands to ensure the continued existence of at least one "local" brewery. Frederick is well within the United orbit.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? The trouble with Dogfish is that its brews are too "fancy". They always load up their beers with spices. You guys should try Victory instead.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? If they do in fact bring back a D1 women's league aligned with MLS, I hope they use the same names as the Men's teams. Maybe throw a "Lady" in front of it at the most, although I suppose with NYRB they'd have to officially be called the Pink Cows. Which brings up an even bigger question: Would that meant they'd lactate strawberry milk too? It's a travesty that there are so few local breweries in the DC area. Down here in Western North Carolina most bars carry about 6x as many microbrews as they do pisswater (Bud, Coors etc) Off the top of my head there's: Pisgah Brewing Co. Black Mountain, NC Asheville Brewing Co Asheville, NC Highland Brewing Co. Asheville, NC Duck Rabbit Craft Brewing Co Farmville, NC French Broad Brewing Co. Asheville, NC Green Man Brewing. Asheville, NC Heinzelmannchen Brewery Sylva, NC Copper Creek Brewing Athens, GA (not far at all) Terrapin Brewing Athens, GA Sweetwater Brewing Atlanta, GA (about 3 hours) I've been thinking about bringing a keg up with me for the game, but I haven't heard back from Pisgah Brewing yet (all organic, high gravity...) Does anyone know of a place to get Terrapin up there? The Wake and Bake Oatmeal Stout High Gravity is simply AMAZING.
Re: The Mystery of the Interesting DC United news per Goff?? http://www.shenandoahbrewing.com/ Shenandoah Brewing Company has their own.
