{"id":21504,"date":"2013-06-12T13:23:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T17:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=21504"},"modified":"2013-06-12T13:23:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T17:23:46","slug":"good-problem-to-have-keeping-up-with-the-dcnova-brewery-growth-is-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/06\/good-problem-to-have-keeping-up-with-the-dcnova-brewery-growth-is-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"Good problem to have &#8211; keeping up with the DC\/NOVA brewery growth is difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with the explosive growth of craft brewing in the greater Washington D.C. region is getting hard. Here is my attempt to summarize what&#8217;s going on:<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVA<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernvirginiamag.com\/gut-check\/2013\/05\/15\/the-craft-beer-craze-continues-8-breweries-opening-in-nova-within-a-year\/\">The Craft Beer Craze Continues: 8 Breweries Opening in NoVA within a Year<\/a> &#8211; <em>Northern Virginia Magazine<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/local\/wp\/2013\/05\/24\/explosion-of-beer-breweries-and-brew-pubs-continues-in-northern-virginia\/\">Explosion of beer breweries and brew pubs continues in Northern Virginia<\/a> &#8211; State of NOVA, <em>The Post<\/em><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s right, another EIGHT breweries are coming to greater Northern Virginia area. Most of them are in the outer suburbs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PORT CITY<\/strong><br \/>\nMy hometown brewery has been added to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vabeertrail.net\/directory\/listing\/port-city-brewing-company\">Virginia Beer Trail<\/a>. They are also &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/dc-sports-bog\/wp\/2013\/06\/12\/port-city-is-the-official-hometown-beer-of-the-potomac-nationals\/\">The Official Hometown Beer of the Potomac Nationals<\/a> (DC Sports Bog, <em>The Post<\/em>&#8221; and are trying to get into Nationals Park. That&#8217;s good news, because the Nats are behind in embracing locally produced beer, like Port City and DC Brau.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DC BRAU<\/strong><br \/>\nSpeaking of DC BRAU, their DC United themed beer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/05\/name-the-new-dc-braud-c-united-beer-contest-underway.html\">that I previously mentioned<\/a> will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcunited.com\/news\/2013\/06\/dc-united-and-dc-brau-beer-to-be-named-the-tradition\">The Tradition<\/a>, sorry Ball-Wonk, DC Brew-nited wasn&#8217;t picked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLUEJACKET WILL OPEN&#8230;SOMEDAY<\/strong><br \/>\nThe new Bluejacket Brewery near Nationals Park will open sometime this summer, later than expected though. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/articles\/food-dining\/coming-soon-somethings-brewing\/\">Washingtonian had another story on them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CRAFT BEER GUIDE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Washingtonian<\/em> Magazine published a <strong>Craft Beer Guide as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATIONALS PARK BEER GUIDE<\/strong><br \/>\nFor Nats fans, <a href=\"http:\/\/thenationalsreview.com\/2013\/06\/05\/the-nationals-park-beer-guide\/\">this beer guide by the Nationals Review<\/a> is an excellent guide to finding something other than macro beers. The Nats are behind on including local, inside the Beltway or from the District, beer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARCHIVE<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve created a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/tag\/beltwayland-beer\">BeltwayLand Beer tag<\/a> so keeping track of the local suds might be a little easier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IS THIS PACE SUSTAINABLE?<\/strong><br \/>\nI wonder how long this can go on, is there really a market for a dozen or so craft breweries around here? I hope so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with the explosive growth of craft brewing in the greater Washington D.C. region is getting hard. 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