Washington DC Pub Crawl
30 December 2006
Society members Nick, Dan, Michelle, Shannon, Tom and Scott descended on DC for a seven stop pub crawl. Capitol City Brewery ( 2 Massachusetts Ave NE across from Union Station) was the first stop. We sampled the Capitol Kolch, Amber Waves Ale, Prohibition Porter, Pale Rider Ale and Nut Brown Ale and Hop Head Pils.
.................Nick and Michelle ...........................................Dan sez it's time for a beer
......Scott, Dan and Nick at Capitol City..................................The Dubliner
The second stop was the Dubliner Pub (520 N Capitol St NW, across the street from Cap City). We sampled Smithwicks Irish Ale, Dubliner Auld Irish Lager and Pilsner Urquell
.................Nick and Michelle at The Dubliner..................................Nick, Dan and Scott at Kelly's Irish Times
Our third stop was Kelly's Irish Times - next door to The Dubliner. The tap selection was not much different from the Dubliner, so we tried Yuengling Lager, Smithwick's Irish Ale and Pilsner Urquell.
...Kelly's collection of law enforcement agency patches.......................Michelle and Dan at Kelly's
...............................Kelly's Irish times..............................................................Nick in a familiar pose
We jumped on the METRO to reach our 4th stop - Elephant and Castle (1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW). Elephant and Castle had a great tap selection with 18 beers. We tried Fullers London Pride, Fullers ESB, Fullers London Porter, Boddingtons Ale, Newcastle Brown Ale and Backdraft Brown Ale.
.....Elephant and Castle Pub......................................Nick, Shannon, Michelle, Tom and Dan
.............The whole group at Elephant and Castle .............................................District Chop House
Our 5th stop was at the District Chop House and Brewery (509 7th St NW) which is operated by Rock Bottom. Beers on tap included a Light Lager, Amber Ale, Nut Brown Ale, Oatmeal Stout, Bourbon Stout, Dunkelweizen, and Bride Ale. We hung out upstairs and enjoyed a few beers and a game of pool.
.................Downstairs bar at DC Chophouse...................................Tom encourages Nick to order another beer
..............Adrian our server at DC Chophouse...........................................Dan studying his next shot
........Scott Nick and Shannon at DC Chophouse.................................The Group at Fado
Our 6th stop was Fado (808 F St NW) . We had sampled Guinness, Bass Ale and Dan and Michelle ventured into new territory with an Irish Car Bomb - Guinness and a shot of Baileys
.................................WBAS at Fado.......................................................................WBAS at Fado
...........Dan and Michelle readying their bombs............................................Car bombers in action
Our seventh last official stop was Washington RFD (819 7th Street NW; 202-289-2030). RFD had 30 beers on tap and over 250 in bottles - by far the most diverse selection of the day. We sampled Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, St. Louis Framboise, Victory Hop Wallop, Troegs Mad Elf, and a few others that I didn't write down
.................Shannon at Washington R.F.D................................................Shannon pondering her next beer
......Dan and Nick discussing the beer list at R.F.D..................................Shannon and Michelle at R.F.D.