Chicks Love Beer

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend and have a hankerin’ for beer and BBQ – check out the DMV (that’s DC/MD/VA – not the Dept of Motor Vehicles) bash on Sunday from 4PM-10PM at Smith Common in DC. $20 gets you in the door as well as a main entree, a side and a sweet treat for dessert. Beverages, alcohol, taxes and gratuity are not included. Breweries include Flying Dog, Port City, Heavy Seas, Stillwater and many others. Brewery reps will be on-hand to answer your many beer questions. Some of the chicks are headed that way, so stop by and say hi!

OK…. so it’s not beer.  And I admit, spirits aren’t for everyone, but Catoctin Creek is the real deal.  Founded in 2009, Catoctin Creek Distillery is the first legal distillery in Loudoun County, Virginia since Prohibition.  And they’ve got it going on!  Cactoctin Creek has been winning awards for their high quality spirits.  Mosby’s Spirit, an organic rye “white whiskey” that’s as smooth and very drinkable.  I’m not a spirits-lover, but this stuff is as smooth as they come!

“So what do birds have to do with booze?” you ask.

This coming Wednesdsay, June 22 @ 6:00pm Catoctin Creek Distillery will be doing a tasting paired with appetizers at Market Table Bistro in downtown Historic Lovettsville!  The “Ducks” at the distillery are the works of Market Table Bistro’s featured artist of the month, Gold Feather Photography.  This art show and tasting is just one of a fantastic line of events held at Market Table Bistro.  Chef Jason Lage will provide appetizers to compliment Catoctin Creek’s fantastic spirits which include Mosby’s Spirit as well as their: Roundstone Rye – an aged rye whiskey said to be “wise beyond their age” and Watershed Gin – a complex distillation with secret ingredients.

Event Details
“Birds & Booze” an art show & tasting
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 6:00pm

Market Table Bistro
13 East Broad Way
Lovettsville, VA 20180

$20 per person, includes tasting & appetizers

Call (540) 822-3008 to make reservations!

“Birds & Booze”

When Husband asked if Neighbor and I would like to join him for an Ommegang Beer Dinner at Local Chop & Grill House in Harrisonburg, we of course said yes and heck yes.  Not only did Ommegang brewery rep, Steven Cardello bring some amazing new beers, but Chef Ryan Zale never fails to impress, if not stun his diners.  So on Thursday, April 7^th, Neighbor and I walked (a half mile) to the Local to get our appetites going.  I will attempt to describe the five course meal, please do not read if hungry. (more…)