The craft beer scene in Washington, DC has some great beer bars such as The Brickskeller (now closed), Churchkey, and Rustico. There is an appreciation for craft beer in and around DC, the only thing they needed was a full fledged brewery. Not only did they got one, they got two. We previously highlighted Port City in Alexandria, VA. The other brewery, DC Brau, is located within the District. I have for a review the first fruit of their canning operation, The Public, an American Pale Ale.

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Mikkeller beers are no stranger to the site, with the I Beat yoU getting a rating of 78 and the Beer Geek Breakfast garnering a respectable 91. Tonight I have a third offering from Mikkeller, the All Others Pale. The Mikkeller website describes the All Others Pale as being a well balanced thirst quencher. Hopefully it pulls through and scores closer to the Beer Geek Breakfast than the I Beat yoU.

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Firestone Walker Brewing Company, I’m sorry to say, has only recently come onto my beer radar. With the Firestone 14 winning our Suggest a Beer contest and finding the Walker’s Reserve on tap, it’s a name that I’m beginning to see a bit more. Soon after trying the Walker’s Reserve I picked up a bottle of the Pale 31, a 4.8% ABV American Pale Ale.

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Recently Shane and Nick have gotten into homebrewing, and while I have yet to take the plunge I can certainly appreciate the hobby. It requires attention to detail, creativity, and a good knowledge of beer. It seems that craft brewers are also starting to gain more of an appreciation for homebrewers, not that they didn’t have one already. The latest example of this is Stone Brewing Company and Ballast Point working with homebrewer Kelsey McNair to create the San Diego County Session Ale, a 4.2% ABV American Pale Ale.

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I initially tried the Whitsun Ale from Arcadia on tap at Craft Ale House a few weeks ago and recently spotted a bottle of it, so I picked it up for review. Arcadia is located in Battle Creek, Michigan and has been around in the microbrewery scene since 1996. The Whitsun Ale is the first, and only, beer I’ve tried from Arcadia so far.

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