Brennan Haselton – ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Washington's Top ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:41:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wtop²ÝÝ®´«Ã½Logo_500x500-150x150.png Brennan Haselton – ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ 32 32 ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Schönram Heller Bock /beer-of-the-week/2026/07/wtops-beer-of-the-week-schonram-heller-bock/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:41:28 +0000 /?p=29457982
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week: Schönram Heller Bock

So how does one get a job at this brewery?

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Schönram Heller Bock for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: , Schönram, Germany

Description: A fruity heller bock brewed by master brewers in such a way that it remains easily drinkable.

ABV: 7.8%

Pairing suggestions: Ham, sausage and pork knuckles, barbecue, grilled steaks, fried seafood, crab cakes and smoked trout dip

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]]> Beer of the Week: Bierstadt Lagerhaus Italian Pils /beer-of-the-week/2026/07/beer-of-the-week-bierstadt-lagerhaus-italian-pils/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:49:56 +0000 /?p=29438312
Beer of the Week: Bierstadt Lagerhaus Italian Pils

Take your taste buds on an Italian trip … to Colorado!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Bierstadt Lagerhaus Italian Pils for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: , Denver, Colorado

Description: A dry-hopped Pilsner hopped with French Strisselspalt featuring a solid bitterness with a floral and citric finish.

ABV: 5.4%

Pairing suggestions: Dishes with fresh summer tomatoes, garlicky Italian cuisine such as linguine with clam sauce and shrimp scampi, antipasto salads and Italian hoagies

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Halfway Crooks Sanguine Belgian Pale Ale /beer-of-the-week/2026/07/wtops-beer-of-the-week-halfway-crooks-sanguine-belgian-pale-ale/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:06:55 +0000 /?p=29419541
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week: Halfway Crooks Sanguine Belgian Pale Ale

Who couldn’t use a little optimism these days?

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Halfway Crooks Sanguine Belgian Pale Ale for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

µþ°ù±ð·É±ð°ù²â:Ìý in Atlanta, Georgia

Description: a Belgian-style pale ale featuring delicate aromas of dried flowers and sweet cardamom with flavors of banana chips

ABV: 4.8%

Pairing suggestions: Creole cuisine such as jambalaya, gumbo, fried shrimp and po’ boys and grilled seafood

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Wheatland Spring Adorn Italian Pilsner /beer-of-the-week/2026/06/wtops-beer-of-the-week-wheatland-spring-adorn-italian-pilsner/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:40:13 +0000 /?p=29380677
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week: Wheatland Spring Adorn Italian Pilsner

A very tasty union of Italy and Virginia!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Wheatland Spring Adorn Italian Pilsner for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: in Waterford, Virginia

Description: an Italian-style Pilsner brewed with 100% Virginia grain, spring water and Old World and New School hops

ABV: 5.3%

Pairing suggestions: Any kind of pizza, charcuterie, fried stuff like calamari and arancini, steamed clams

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Japas Neko IPA /beer-of-the-week/2026/06/wtops-beer-of-the-week-japas-neko-ipa/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:50:19 +0000 /?p=29361913
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week: Japas Neko IPA

Raise your paw if you’d like to try this beer!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Japas Neko IPA for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Japas Cervejario, based in Brazil but nomadically brewed

Description: West Coast style IPA brewed in Louisville, Kentucky, with Pacific Northwest hops

ABV: 5.7%

Pairing suggestions: Japanese fried chicken and gyoza pork dumplings, spicy tuna rolls, tempura rolls, other sushi, grilled steak

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Bluejacket Many Colors Rice Lager /beer-of-the-week/2026/06/wtops-beer-of-the-week-bluejacket-many-colors-rice-lager/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:26:09 +0000 /?p=29325037
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week: Bluejacket Many Colors Rice Lager

Grab a glass and wave the flag!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Bluejacket Many Colors Rice Lager for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery:Ìý, Washington, D.C.

Description: A rice lager dry hopped with El Dorado and Motueka hops.

ABV: 4.5%

Pairing suggestions:ÌýCeviche and fish tacos, shrimp on the grill, jerk chicken,ÌýCubanos

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Crooked Crab Nautical Nonsense Hazy IPA /beer-of-the-week/2026/05/wtops-beer-of-the-week-crooked-crab-nautical-nonsense-hazy-ipa/ Fri, 29 May 2026 20:58:53 +0000 /?p=29303551
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week: Crooked Crab Nautical Nonsense Hazy IPA

There’s no nonsense in the taste!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Crooked Crab Nautical Nonsense Hazy IPA for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: , Odenton, Maryland

Description: A hazy IPA created in collaboration with D.C’s Bluejacket Brewery, featuring juicy Citra, Motueka and Peacharine hops, which combine for an explosion of tropical citrus, ripe peach and juicy fruit punch flavors.

ABV: 7%

Pairing suggestions: Things with tomatoes (think bruschetta and Caprese salad), grilled pork chops, BLTs, anything Tex-Mex

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: RaR Floating With Friends Triple IPA /beer-of-the-week/2026/05/botw-4/ Fri, 15 May 2026 12:36:22 +0000 /?p=29255092&preview=true&preview_id=29255092
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Grab a can of this and float away (friends optional)!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about RaR Floating With Friends Triple IPA for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: , Cambridge and Annapolis, Maryland

Description: Created in collaboration with Swedish craft brewer Omnipollo, this triple IPA is brewed with pineapple and vanilla caviar and a variety of hops

ABV: 9.1%

Pairing suggestions: Porky stuff (pepperoni pizza, pork chops, al pastor tacos), Jerk chicken and grilled salmon, Cheesecake and all sorts of desserts

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Brujos Populus Hazy IPA /beer-of-the-week/2026/05/wtops-beer-of-the-week-brujos-populus-hazy-ipa/ Fri, 08 May 2026 16:55:52 +0000 /?p=29229407&preview=true&preview_id=29229407
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week: Brujos Populus Hazy IPA

A glass? Yes. A sorcerer’s staff? Optional.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Brujos Populus Hazy IPA for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery:, Portland, Oregon

Description: A hazy IPA brewed with Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Mosaic hops.

ABV: 7.5%

Pairing suggestions: Asparagus, ramps and spring peas, scallops, mussels and other delicate seafoods, lighter Italian food like chicken piccata and linguine and clam sauce

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week: Cantillon Ashanti Lambic /beer-of-the-week/2026/05/wtops-beer-of-the-week-cantillon-ashanti-lambic/ Fri, 01 May 2026 20:55:36 +0000 /?p=29204322
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week: Cantillon Ashanti Lambic

Miss Zwanze Day this year? You can still taste it!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Cantillon Ashanti Lambic for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery:, Brussels, Belgium

Description: A Lambic brewed with Gorilla pepper that’s on the spicy, fruity and obviously peppery side.

ABV: 5.5%

Pairing suggestions: Tuna crudo, beef carpaccio with parmesan, creamy pastas, potato leek soup and clam chowder, breakfast stuff like biscuits and gravy and eggs Benedict

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week: Brasserie de Blaugies Blonde de Blaugies Golden Ale /beer-of-the-week/2026/04/brasserie-de-blaugies-blonde-de-blaugies-golden-ale/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:55:16 +0000 /?p=29153344&preview=true&preview_id=29153344
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week: Brasserie de Blaugies Blonde de Blaugies Golden Ale

This is definitely not your average “garage beer.”

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Brasserie de Blaugies Blonde de Blaugies Golden Ale for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: , Dour, Belgium

Description: A blonde triple ale with notes of citrus and an elegant bitterness.

ABV: 8%

Pairing suggestions: Mussels, fried calamari, fish and chips, Roast pork and charcuterie, Cajun food (jambalaya and gumbo), Vietnamese cuisine

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Sante Adairius Saison Bernice /beer-of-the-week/2026/04/wtops-beer-of-the-week-sante-adairius-saison-bernice/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:11:49 +0000 /?p=29129515&preview=true&preview_id=29129515
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week: Sante Adairius Saison Bernice

It’s time you met Bernice!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Sante Adairius Saison Bernice for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Capitola, California

Description: A mixed-fermentation Saison that’s slow-aged in stainless tanks, featuring flavors and aromatics of ripe citrus and just-picked stonefruit with a soft and inviting mouthfeel.

ABV: 6.5%

Pairing suggestions: Raw seafood (oysters), steamed mussels and clams, creamy pastas and smoked fish of any kind

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Bluejacket Under The Lights IPA /beer-of-the-week/2026/04/wtops-beer-of-the-week-bluejacket-under-the-lights-ipa/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:11:04 +0000 /?p=29108886
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week: Bluejacket Under The Lights IPA

The Dodgers? Who’s worried about the Dodgers?!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Bluejacket Under The Lights IPA for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: ÌýD.C.

Description: A West Coast-style IPA brewed with Riwaka, Mosaic and New Zealand Cascade hops.

ABV: 6.5%

Pairing suggestions: Grilled salmon, crab cakes and fried shrimp, fresh salads and spring veggies, lemon-roasted chicken and hot dogs! (of course)

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Bluejacket Morning Fog Smoked Bock Lager /beer-of-the-week/2026/03/wtops-beer-of-the-week-bluejacket-morning-fog-smoked-bock-lager/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:09:29 +0000 /?p=29086119
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week: Bluejacket Morning Fog Smoked Bock Lager

Don’t worry about the fog, it’ll burn off!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Bluejacket Morning Fog Smoked Bock Lager for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Washington, D.C.

Description: A barrel-aged, smoked Bock-style lager.

ABV: 7.5%

Pairing suggestions: Brisket, ribs and pulled pork, chili and beef stew, bacon, eggs and pancakes and desserts

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]]> ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week: Mönchsambacher Lagerbier /beer-of-the-week/2026/03/wtops-beer-of-the-week-monchsambacher-lagerbier/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:47:48 +0000 /?p=29062992&preview=true&preview_id=29062992 Happy days are here again!

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Mönchsambacher Lagerbier for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½â€™s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Burgebrach-Mönchsamback, Germany

Description: A traditional unfiltered German kellerbier.

ABV: 5.5%

Pairing suggestions: Grilled seafood (tuna steaks and salmon), rich burgers, steak and cheese, Italian subs and Tex-Mex (burritos and tacos)

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