Mister Mayor Coming to Edgewood Saturday!

Please see the exciting news from our neighborhood brewery below!


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
CONTACT:
Ben Matz (202) 351-6197, Ext. 3;
bmatz@chocolatecitybeer.com
Caitlin Downey (202) 351-6197, Ext. 5
cdowney@chocolatecitybeer.com

CHOCOLATE CITY BEER ANNOUNCES THE LONG AWAITED RELEASE OF “MISTER MAYOR BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL STOUT,” THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Washington, DC – Chocolate City Beer, Washington, DC’s very own craft brewery, announces the public release of its oak barrel-aged Imperial Stout, named “Mister Mayor,” for sale to the public this Saturday, February 2nd at its facility located at 2801 8th Street, N.E., in Washington, DC, from 12:30 – 4:30PM.

Brewed with Marion berries from Marion County, Oregon, Mister Mayor was aged for seven months in whiskey barrels from Copper Fox Distillery, located in Sperryville, VA. At 11.5% alcohol by volume (ABV), this medium bodied and roasted stout packs a tart, fruity taste. The barrel aging has also infused the beer with coconut and vanilla flavors for a round, mellow taste.

“We are excited about the release of this beer,” says co-Managing Member and Head Brewer Ben Matz of Chocolate City Beer. “This beer was the product of an idea that I have been developing for several years and seeing it come to fruition has been nothing short of amazing. The taste, flavors and smoothness of this offering should resonate with a lot of different types of beer drinkers. We look forward to its public release.”

A bottling session was held on Monday, January 28, 2013 at the brewery, staffed by employees and volunteers who assisted with the labeling, cleaning and packaging of over 1,000 bottles of this limited release brew. Rick Wasmund, CEO and Master Distiller at the Copper Fox Distillery, paid a visit to the brewery and spoke with staff and Head Brewer Matz, lauding the release of Mister Mayor and the small part his distillery played in its development. “Although Chocolate City Beer is not the first brewery to use our whiskey barrels in their operations, we are nonetheless pleased with their effort and the end result will be a success with beer drinkers all over,” said Wasmund. The beer will be sold in 22 ounce bottles (650 ml) at a price of $12 each.
Founded in 2009, Chocolate City Beer is located in the Brookland neighborhood in Northeast, Washington, DC. Along with its flagship Cornerstone Copper Ale, Chocolate City Beer also produces Cerveza Nacional de la Capital Dark Vienna Lager, 1814 ESB, First Coast Bohemian Pilsner, and a number of other seasonal and limited releases. Every Saturday the brewery is open to the public for free tours and tastings, as well as 64 ounce growler and other merchandise sales.

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The Day Has Come - Chocolate City Beer Launch Party

The guys at Chocolate City Beer have finally made it through all the hurdles to open their brewery in Edgewood!!!  Come support them and help them celebrate at their official Launch Party at RFD next Thursday.  Here are the details and I hope to see you there!!!

When: Thursday night August 18th, 9pm- Close.


Where: RFD's Backroom (Chinatown- 810 7th St NW)

$4 Pints all night long and DJ O'Scool will be there!

Chocolate City Beer T-Shirt Give-Away in May

Chocolate City Beer is have a T-Shirt Give-Away in May.  They are collecting photos of your favorite spots in DC and will pick two winners every Friday in May to give free T-shirts.  You can send your photos via twitter to @ChocCityBeer or post them to their Facebook wall. 

Chocolate City Beer Brewery

I was lucky to get to meet Ben Matz and Jay Irizarry at Chocolate City Beer Brewery last Friday and get to see the building and taste their product (it was really good and not even carbonated yet!). I am impressed with both their knowledge of their craft and their commitment to grow a business that is part of the community. They have spent a lot of time cleaning out the building to get it ready and are currently waiting on electrical upgrades before they can officially start brewing for production.

While they are waiting they have been working on recipes, testing products and looking into ideas for improving their business. A few things that they are thinking of doing are adding beehives on the roof to harvest their own honey and recycling their waste products as fertilizer for local farmers or community gardens. They have also talked to DDOT about the expansion of the Met Branch Trail behind their brewery. I must admit that my favorite idea of theirs is to make a seasonal hard cider from local apples. While I am a huge beer fan I am an even bigger cider fan, so I was very excited.

A Spring launch is their hope and they will be having a launch party as well as selling to bars all over the District. I was told that we will most likely be able to sample their products at RFD, Looking Glass, the Pug and Wonderland. They will be posting a list of the bars selling their beer on their website as it becomes available. They may be able to sell kegs and large bottles from their brewery directly depending on production.

I am looking forward to them getting up and running and cannot wait to sample more of their products! I think that they are an excellent addition to our neighborhood.

Edgewood Getting a Brewery!?!

I saw this on the Prince of Petworth blog yesterday and it appears that a group is starting a brewery called Chocolate City Beer in Edgewood (PoP calls it Brookland, but it is in Edgewood). Read the article here. What do you think? I think it is great that building is being fixed up and that there is another small business coming to Edgewood. It should be interesting to see the reactions from the neighborhood. There is already some controversy over the name as evidenced on the PoP comment threads.