Good people know where to find the good BEER!

Howdy Badgers!

It’s Beer-Friday and you know what that means… moderately incoherent babble about some beer that tastes like water that has been fermented with barley, wheat or hops.   But not this Friday, this Friday we are going to write a thank you of sorts.  A man, that for our purposes  will be called “Dave-I”, clued us into an excellent local watering hole and after extensive “testing” we concluded that their beer is not only delicious but it’s also cold and in the world of a Badger that fights for the rights of LEED admin.s everywhere what could possible be more important than these two simple criteria.

David-I directed us to the unique and well placed Churchkey in our nations capital.  Churchkey is a fine drinking establishment on 14th Street and it includes no less than 50 beers on draft, 5 cask conditioned brews (unfiltered and unpasteurized beer that is usually served on a hand pump station) and a mind blowing bottle selection that they claim approaches 500 different beers.  Unfortunately we can not verify that they actually have 500 bottles on site, we made it through about a dozen and then suddenly lost count.  🙂

So, after the badger team weaseled (yeah, I said weaseled) a few seats at the bar the knowledgable and hipsterific staff coached us through the process of selecting brews that quenched our thirst for both malty refreshments and beer smarts (until last night we didn’t know what a cask was either).

The beer-athalon started with a cask-conditioned Shorty Time from Aleworks in Virgina, it’s smooth in a way that I would compare to JT (yes, Justin Timberlake).  We rounded corner number one and headed straight for the Taras Boulba, this Belgian Blond is shapely; they serve it in a tulip glass, polite; slightly hoppy but she brings you flowers (floral) at the end and she will introduce you to all her friends; the other Belgians.  Once we started meeting the other Belgians the Badgers started losing track of which flavors were calling out us so just trust me when I say they were all delicious.

David-I, you are a scholar, a gentlemen and your beer-buds (beer taste buds) are extremely well adjusted.  This recommendation will earn you place in the badger hall of fame.