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They're a little pricier per drink I think than what they should be.

Sheepishly par boils his ribs, but I use a dry rub!

Stopped in for the first time the other night after an exhausting workout. Saw they had a special 2 hot dogs for $6 so I got it and an extra $1 for all the topping I wanted.

Proceeded to make myself a big Chicago style dog, they had everything a boy could want. Sport peppers, check! Celery Salt, check!

Mmmm Mmmmm good. But I was starved.

This was released by Dogfish Head in February, but I'm just now getting around to trying it.

Here's the official brewery description:

It's really very nice. I can taste the coriander and the orange peel, they aren't overwhelming, very well-integrated.

Glad you liked it Joe, I did as well. I posted a little something on it a while back

I haven't really hunted for it, but haven't seen it lying around either.

I guess I was engaging in a little hyperbole. It's nowhere near as sweet as the Jolly Rancher inspired Lindeman's, but certainly sweeter than I was expecting from the description. I was hoping for something a bit dryer. I certainly don't regret trying it, which is what I usually say about DFH products. Worth getting if you're adventurous. You certainly won't find a comparable dessert wine or bubbly rose of this quality for ~$13.

I guess I'll have to sample it again with a cleaner palate as I don't recall it being of the demi sec/ Sauternes realm. I'll post my results, this may take weeks.

It's interesting, as I pretty much expected it to be. A tad too sweet, almost cloying, to my tastes. Kinda picked up some powdered sugar-style sweetness rather than acidity or tannins from all that was done with it. I was hoping for something like Festina Lente, but got Lindeman's Framboise with some orange overtones instead.

Framboise is rather sweet, the bottle I tasted was more, Leffe meets Delerium with a little more sugar, I agree it was sweet. Finish is not spicey like a Chimay, but I wouldn't say Framboise sweet, it wasn't sickenly sweet like lambics but it resembles a Belgian still. This is their first attempt, so I enjoy the creativity of trying something new.

The girlfriend and I decided to attend this very interesting sounding event at "The Reef" last evening. We were pleasantly surprised by the energy and just all around good time we had. We both have enjoyed Dogfish Head beers in the past and we were not disappointed by their new beers at all to say the least.

Sam Calagione the owner, and a bunch of other brewers from the States (Sam Adams, Rogue etc.) took a trip to Belgium and when they sobered up and came back to the states this is the results of his inspiration, the "Red & White" and the "Black and Blue."

The Red & White is a Belgiun-style wit, and the Black & Blue is a belgian-style Strong ale fermented with blackberries and blueberries.

The girlfriend and I both have favorites with the Chimay's and Delirium's of the world and our most favorite with two big thumbs up was the Red & White. Try this when you can, you will not be disappointed.

Claus, the National Sales Manager was there and full of energy and knowledge as expected. Sam was there as well taking turns talking about everything under the sun, sharing stories to the group of about 30 beer lovers.

Brian the owner of the Reef was fun as always, chef Ken came out and prepared 4 courses trying to match to the beers. His best course was a two beet salad that with the vinegary beets matched amazingly well with the Dogfish Raison D'Etre.

Great evening, wish we could do more of these around here.

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From their web site, the beer you must simply try

Red & White

Availability: Limited - 750 ml bottles

Release Date: February 2007

New in 2007!

A big, belgian-style Wit brewed with coriander and orange peel and fermented with Pinot Noir juice. After fermentation a fraction of the batch is aged in Oregon Pinot Noir barrels, and another fraction is aged on oak staves. The beer is blended together before packaging.

This has been one of our most popular Limited Edition beers at both our Rehoboth Beach, DE brewpub and at festivals. It successfully marries the refreshing citrusy qualities of a Belgian-style white beer with the robust complexity of a bold red wine.

10% abv

I ended up at Harry's Tap Room, as it was walking distance -- had a very plesant afternoon, with attentive but not bothersome staff, good food, and good prices.

Missed this thread by a few days but good choice!

I escape to Harry's Tap Room for a late lunch often. After sampling a bit the baked Brie and the curry mussels, are what I like the most there.

Greenberry's Coffee is indeed a a good coffee shop to plunk down in.

The coffee shop across from the Court House Metro, in that bookstore I've found is a good laptop spot.

Hope this helps someone somewhere when they need to escape.

i think that crescentfresh is being far too kind to this place. it was i who ordered the cheez whiz staturated nachos. twas the two of us that sat and watched the end of the france v. spain world cup match at this "restaurant" that is in my estimation devoid of a soul.

the nachos were terrible - whatever, it was my dumb ass fault for ordering them. what makes this place suck is that they have a clear mission and so routinely fail to make basic attempts to satisfy it. impressive beer collection sure, but try talking to one of the bartenders about the beer and you are met with a truly impressive amount of nothingness.

don't wear nice clothes to this place either, aside from the truly foul bathroons that were every bit as disgusting as crescentfresh made them sound, not a single time during the course of a few hours was the bar in front of us wiped down. this was after several beers were served with neither coaster nor bevnap, after the aforementioned empty calorie snacks had been pushed around thier plates. the bar was just waiting for someone to soil clothing. this is about basic pride in the work that one does, and they ain't got it.

during the entire time there, no bartender looked me in the eye, said thank you, or in anyway indicated that they were happy to have us at the bar.

p.s. the tartlets running around in clothes that would have made them more apropriate at hooters - that other soul sucking waste of space - didn't make it any better.

Tartlets you say? World Cup games? I'm listening.

But seriously, I seem to recall, but could be horribly wrong, but Pizzeria Paradiso's in G-town had a cask conditioned ale in their back bar when I last visited. Of course I could be mistaken and that would be a DR sin around here, being wrong or something important like misspelling a French/Italian word is not acceptable.

Craig and I set out last night to find something to eat, while the deluge was just a gentle rain. We spotted Meze on 18th Street and decided to give it a whirl.

I live in Adams Morgan too and have sampled repeatedly, pretty much the entire neighborhood. I’m so glad you enjoyed eating at our neighborhood Meze, I like it as well! As you can see there are lots of tastes in the area and although sometimes the service or food experience can be spotty, most of the time a person will have a pleasant experience and walk away having your cultural taste buds quenched.

Folks, if you really like Meze(who coincidentally had some big anniversary yesterday), then you should also try Bossa(Jazz), Rumba(Cuban), and Grill from Impanema(Brazillian, which may be a little more expensive). Wine isn’t to be bought there though; Mojito’s and Caipirinha’s are the drink du jour, especially in this heat.

Meskerem across the street has pretty good Ethiopian, and Bukom although looks, and is a practice spot for Rastafarian Reggae music has simply Amazing Caribbean food downstairs in the back. Jerk Chicken to perfection I'm talking about! If you want a quick, cheap bite before drinking, stop by Julia’s Empanadas and order a Chilean. They can’t be good for you, but after sampling a few too many Belgian’s over at the Reef, it’s tastes sooo good.

The Reef has organic and farm local cuisine and a surprisingly top notch Seafood and vegetarian selections from Chef Tedd there.

You've got Pasta Mia around the corner if you don't mind the Soup Nazi like way they make you line up around the corner and down the street. That guy simply refuses to expand or open up his back area. I guess the guy doesn't like money or something.

Anyway, everyone should come and visit some of these nice restaurants in Adams Morgan.

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The Reef has $1 off all drinks for happy hour and some great food specials throughout the week.

Tue: 1/2 price bison burgers

Wed: 1/2 price wine, with the purchase of one entrée

Thur: 1/2 price mussels

Just so you know, I’m the pastry chef at The Reef, but I’m not attempting to promote myself with this posting. I simply think the burger, wine and mussel specials are good ones, that aren’t widely known.

Billie

Hi, dessertdiva.

I think the Reef is in need of a "real" write-up on here or the Washington Post, and I'm not the person to do so (Lack of writing skills). After talking with some of the Reefs staff, managers, and other thirsty regulars I've learned a lot about what makes The Reef a hidden treasure. Their organic and local farmer selections, beer line cleaning rituals, process of wine and beer selection as well as their almost sole adherence in the Adams Morgan neighborhood to the city's fire code. They have no dress code, spend a heck of a lot on fish tanks and have some very knowledgeable bartenders.

Someone ask Fritz(WaPo) and/or Don to visit again and dig a little deeper about this place that I've grown to love. Their specials are rather nice as well.

Dremo's also has an amazing assortment of beers... but I wouldn't have furniture from either there or Bedrock in my apartment. Dive bars they remain!

(I do like the Bedrock art, though...)

Alright, Dremo's has comedy night, beer pong(used to), yummy assortment of beers like Chocolate Doughnut, and yes it's rather dirty, and the decor is tacky, but smokey, stickey, dark, alcoholics in the corner, toilet you're afraid to use, one bribe away from being closed for....it's not yet. They also have to serve 40% food in Virginia to be able to serve alcohol too, because that's the law. That takes away from the divey part of it a bit more.

I'm thinking bars like, "The Raven" and "Townhouse Tavern" are more like the classic dive bar, but that's just my opinion.

bedrock has been my "cheers" for longer than i care to admit. while i agree with you that the juklebox is pretty decent, it doesn't hold a candle to how cool it was back in the mid-late 90s.

Come on, Bedrock has an amazing assortment of Belgium and British beers. It also has some cool furniture that I would gladly put in my house. I think that would eliminate it from any definition of a dive bar wouldn't it?

If you are just getting into wine why are you buying futures into something that you don't know much about? As I mentioned before, spend your money learning more about wine and don't worry about the futures for now.

I couldn't agree more. There's no money to be made in wine if you don't know that much about it. Heck, I doubt I could choose something that would be profitable and a good ROI. But, if you have the room and the disposable income, then by all means.

I recommend the Sommelier Societies Wine Captain Course, or the Washington Wine Academy training.

Very interesting. I just tried it on a different computer and it worked. I wonder if it is dependent on only a certain kind of browser?

I used Firefox and IE and both experience the same. The Web site is clean with only 3 flash objects, menu, reservations and happy hour easily found.

That said. The Location goes nowhere,(I assume their Google Maps API is still cooking), the press release should not auto-download, but should probably be a window popup to as simple text release, or a link to the web site that (i.e. WAPO). Also Upcoming Events doesn't open.

So, all in all, get on your Web guy/gal to finish the job of what could be a very professional site.

Hell, why waste time even posting this when I'm wondering if the management hasn't even bothered to click on this site to see what works and doesn't.

Are there any resources online where I can get wine futures? Thanks

Woahh Erikv, you're talking big leagues now.

As queried on the picnic thread--Can you change the copy to read: EAT well. DRINK well. VENT well.?

Now some of us just aren't chatterboxes on this forum and haven't risen to the Ventworm status. I am quite the wallflower in here as my repertoire is limited, to a vocabulary of nice, good, bland and wonderful. Does Crescent Fresh get paid to post on here? Just wondering.

Although if I had one, I'd wear it, but I have so many T-shirts as it is and won't be making the picnic either. The shirts look nice though.

To add to the conversation, I like and have used all of the before mentioned ways, but economically, I like to head out to the Wine and Beverage Wholesalers/ Warehouses in Baileys Crossroads to get a few cases that are staples. Of course you're not going to find anything fine, but they sell my Virginia "Chateau Morrisette Black Dog," table wine cheaper than I can buy it from the vinyard.

Although, their storage techniques leave less than to be desired, it is the most economical for me.

If you must buy on the internet, use google, find the right price (don't forget shipping price) and that's about all you can do.

just my $.02

Mmm, Mother's day menu looks amazing, as expected.

Wish Mom lived closer.

Lucky you!

It's restaurant week and I'm in need of canceling my 8:00 PM 2 person reservation

tonight at Notti Bianche Italian restaurant.

PM me before 1:15 and it's yours.

The Rockwellian's have invaded Corduroy!

Went last night for the first time with my girlfriend to Corduroy as well. Got there a little early and had a few drinks at the bar. I had a Campari and Sprite, she a Stoli and Soda.

The place was packed and rightly so. The entire meal was fabulous, just like I expected it to be since all of you have done nothing but rant and rave over this restaurant.

I don't think Nadya was working, but a pleasant hostess who immediately noticed that I had put that I was a fellow D.R. Gee, I feel so special and feel so guilty trying to be "that Washingtonian" who's part of a special club.

First course I had buffalo porcupine mozzarella with a tomato coulee and I think basil puree. Quite different of course than the norm. Mostly like a gourmet mozzarella cheese stick with marinara sauce, but elegantly presented. Second course, she had the lamb, I had the Scallops. Oh those Scallops are so beautiful looking, everyone nearby couldn't help but stare at them too. She really enjoyed the lamb, lovely flavor I think she said. Scallops of course were up to par for Corduroy. Mushrooms added the right combination of flavor with the mashed potatoes.

Dessert was fresh berries and cream for me, sorbet for the gal. Presented very artfully, like everything else. While waiting for the check Rissa stopped by and introduced herself. Apparently there were six other DR folks at the table nearby. I'm sure you know who you were, we seem to be everywhere at Corduroy.
Thanks Tom, Rissa, Ferhat for a wonderful time, I plan to come back soon!

Oh dear, such a quandry I'm in. Reservations tonight at Corduroy and was planning on ordering the scallops, but what if they don't have any but someone else gets them instead!

Oh my! What to do!

This thread would have been a whole lot better if we'd just had some Lawyers chime in here. If only Washington DC had more lawyers.

Starfish: the details on the wine pairing: for an additional $10, each course will be served with a "pairing portion" glass of wine (a touch larger than a 1/2 glass, not quite a full glass). dessert will be served with a tasting portion of graham's 6grape port, or our signature dessert cocktail - scintilare limon (a blend of housemade limoncello, and prosecco).

[bR]

Thanks for the wine pairing info. That's wonderful! I've got reservations for Friday at 8:00 and wine paired correctly of course always makes a meal better. I like the dessert option as some women (my gal) aren't particularly fond of port, but the scintilare sounds up her alley. Cheers!

Ahhh Lindy's. A place where they believe you can never have too many signs.