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Dining Out with Two American Nomads

Capitol City Brewing Company

Being a frequent visitor to Washington DC it is necessary for a girl to carve out a little space for a brew or two. Luckily there is a joint called Capital City brewing Company just across the street from where I usually find myself working. This is a downtown DC hot spot, you will always wait to be seated for meals and bar stools are at a premium. There is good reason to wait, the beer rocks. They have four house brews that are available year around; Amber Waves Ale, Capitol Klosch, Prohibition Porter and Pale Rider Ale. Their seasonal are just as interesting and full bodied. This is not a place for a lightweight, the brews are strong and complicated; it's hard to just sample one. I say sample but you know what I am talking about.

On my last visit I dove into a Capital Klosch, a fav of mine. It's an American style wheat, rich fruit flavor but filtered. The usual banana taste is missing but not the smooth wheat.


As an unusual venture I tried the Red, it is unfiltered and surprisingly smooth. It was a great parring with a fish meal. I should note the food is not bad either. Sort of fancy bar food, all prepared well and lighter then just fried fish and chips.
They cannot fill a growler, DC law prohibits them from selling their own brews. Oh well I'll just have to belly up again. You can expect another review in the future from this place. Stop into one of their three locations, I am parcial to the Downtown pub.

Atwater Block Brewery

Thinking that we might have found a gem in the city of Detroit we found ourselves at Atwater Block Brewery on Friday night. Well that is not the case, this is one of the only true Microbreweries in Detroit but there is nothing special going on here. The place from the looks was built to be a high class joint but with the shady character hanging about something tells me it never lived to its full glory. The brews were average, service bad (the bartender does it all) and the food terrible. This is not a place to come for a nice evening. If you are hard up for a micro and in a bad mood then you might enjoy it here, otherwise hit up one of the many other bars that tap area brews.