The Real Deal

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Fifty Feet of Liquid Pleasure in the Tap Room

With the opening of the downstairs floor, the Black Squirrel has added 32 tap lines, raising its total… [more]

Fifty Feet of Liquid Pleasure in the Tap Room Fifty Feet of Liquid Pleasure in the Tap Room

The Black Squirrel

Once upon a time, in a watering hole on Wisconsin Avenue NW, far, far removed from the clarity of the… [more]

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So Good Burgers

The cult burger hit of Washington, DC.  Nominated in the Best Burger category of The Washington Post’s… [more]

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It’s a Floridian Invasion

cigar city

The Florida-based breweries of Cigar City, Swamp Head, Tequesta and St. Somewhere, none of which distribute in the nation’s capital, will be the guests of the Black Squirrel Friday (March 29) to close out the last day of the Craft Brewers Conference. The four breweries will take over 25 of the Black Squirrel’s 57 tap lines over [...]

A Can-Do Spirit

dales pale

The Black Squirrel will play host to a pair of events — an Explosion of Cans Happy Hour and a fete of Colorado breweries — Thursday (March 28)  in tandem with the Craft Brewers Conference. The Explosion of Cans, headed by the 19.2-ounce Dale’s Pale Ale from Oskar Blues, will be held in the Tap Room, starting [...]

Get Your Funk On

tropic king

The brewing companies of Funkwerks and Firestone Walker will be the featured guests of the Black Squirrel on Wednesday (March 27), in conjunction with the Craft Brewers Conference. The Fort Collins, Co.,-based Funkwerks will wet the throats of patrons with Tropic King, Saison Belgium-Style Ale, Bastogne Belgium and Dark Profit, while Paso Robles, Ca., based Firestone [...]

March Madness — Assist, N.C.

motherearth

First in Flight, first in the ACC and last in the NBA, North Carolina is associated with a number of things, not the least of which is its strong line-up of microbreweries. In kicking off the festivities of the Craft Brewers Conference, six breweries from the Tar Heel State will be the featured guests of the Black Squirrel on [...]

A Toast to St. Pat

leprechaun

Kick off the St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebration Saturday (March 16) at the  Black Squirrel, where Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Red Ale and Devils Backbone Reilly’s Red will be on tap and bottles of O’Hara’s Irish Stout and Irish Red from County Carlow will be available. Enjoy a traditional Irish meal from chef Gene Sohn’s [...]

A Serious Bout of Stouts

anderson valley

It plans to be a dark and stormy night at the Black Squirrel, where we will be pouring 11 varieties of the black stuff, starting at noon on Friday (March 1). The stouts will be streaming from the tap lines on both the main floor and in the Tap Room. The list: Anderson Valley Wild [...]

A Healthy, Hoppy Treat

kangaroo

In celebration of the Bell’s Hopslam and Troegs Nugget Nectar hop-off on the main floor of the Black Squirrel this Friday (Feb. 22), starting at 5 p.m., chef Gene Sohn will be featuring a house-ground, nine-ounce kangaroo patty, topped with cheddar cheese and vegemite gravy. The dish comes with fries or salad. Kangaroo meat is considered [...]