Join Your Fellow BURPers for the annual Potluck Holiday Banquet Thursday, December 13. This fabulous feast will be held at the Westlake Towers condo in Bethesda, MD. The full address and directions can be found at this link (member login…
“Oh, Oh, Oh!” (call me dyslexic Santa)-- a warm and hearty season’s greetings to all my fellow BURPers. I have some good news and some bad news for you, depending on who you are. For those of you who think…
It’s feeling like Christmas in summer! My gift to you? A fairly brief and early July post, so you can focus on other things… like drinking awesome homebrew or like watching the Nats bullpen blow another late-game lead, which consequently…
Popenoe Mountain is a pretty relaxing place, as any BURPer who has been there is well aware. The relaxed attitude carried over to the June competition, which was judged at some point mid-afternoon Saturday after various judges and entrants had…
On a cool and rainy day in May, ten beers were entered in the popular vote "Best Beer with Chili" competition. The weather kept the crowds down a bit, so hitting all of the taps was a little easier than…
January's Meeting Our first meeting is slated for January 21st. That's just over two weeks away- so mark your calendars! This month’s meeting is being held jointly with the BADASS home brew club and will be at the American Legion in…
Thanks to Joe Federico for hosting this month's meeting. The competition was for ciders and meads - both of which seem to be growing in popularity exponentially. It was particularly intriguing and fun for a couple of reasons. First, it's been more…
As part of our annual Oktoberfest meeting, the monthly competition was a kegger for the Best German Brew, which could have been from any of 20 different styles listed in the 2015 BJCP guidelines. There were a total of 10 entries for…
This month's popular vote competition was held in conjunction with BURP's Annual Chili Cook Off and was for the "Best Beer with Chili". There were a total of eight very different entries for this year's competition, including an international pale lager, a…
The 31st Annual BURP Chili Cook-off By Bob & Kathleen Warriner Chili Commissioners The 31st annual BURP Chili Cook-Off was held on Sunday May 15th at the home of Dan Allers and Christina Wren (their fifteenth year hosting) in Fairfax,…