Teri and I got out of work early on Friday being that the office was about empty anyway. We headed to Mad Fox for some good food and beer. My first beer was their Defender APA on cask which is one of my favorites. I also brought home another growler of Orange Whip IPA.
Then on Saturday Teri and I rode bikes to ChurchKey for a few beers. It was a nice ride there and not too overwhelmingly hot. Here are the beers I sampled at the bar:
Oliver's Cask Punk (dry-hopped w/ Amarillo and Citra Hops in the Cask)
Pratt st. Ale House - English IPA - 7% - full glass
Snake Dog on cask
Flying Dog - American IPA - 7.1%
The Public
DC Brau - American Pale Ale - 6%
Face Plant IPA
Lost Rhino - American IPA - 6.2%
Blanda Drops (blend of 4 different Haandbryggeriet ales)
Haandbryggeriet - Belgian Dark Ale - 5%
Aphrodite (Brett beer w/ raspberries and pears added in fermentation)
Ommegang - saison - 8.9%
120 Minute IPA (hopped for 2 hours, dry-hopped in fermenter for 1 month then aged one month on flower hops)
Dogfish Head - Imperial IPA - 18%
I believe I'm missing one of the beers I tried because their menu is out of date. Teri had a nice saison flight and a belgian blonde flight. We split the 18% 120 Minute so we could still bike home.
Lots of great tastes. We tried the cheese board for the first time. The bartender did a good job pairing the three cheeses with three beers. A smoked beer was paired with the cheddar. The Aphrodite was paired with a creamy cheese. And the last mild blue cheese was paired with some beer I can't remember. We watched the first half of the Manchester United vs Barcelona soccer game that was going on here in DC. Then we rode back to my place to watch the second half.
I think the Aphrodite was our favorite beer of the day.
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