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HEY GUYS we are back! It's the 2013 DC Bar scene (and beyond) review and much like we did last year for episode 69 a bunch of previous guests showed up! Included on this rowdy roundtable discussion live from the soon to open Lost & Found bar in Shaw, are beer-makers Dave of 3 Stars Brewing Company and Will and Justin from Atlas Brew Works, bar owners Curt of the soon to open Roofer's Union, John of the soon to open Brookland's Finest, and Brian and Hilarey of the soon to open Lost & Found, bloggers/writers Dan of Popville, Bill of DC Beer, John from DCist and Julian from Complex. Much like last year it's a bit long in the tooth, but bear with us, it's worth it.On a final note, with Daniel moving away from the District at the end of this month, Episode 103 will likely be the last No Call No Show Podcast for the foreseeable future. Thank you to all of our guests and we especially want to thank all of our listeners for sticking with us over the last 3 years especially those of you we've met and hope to meet in the future, your support and feedback has been awesome. It was a blast while it lasted and if and when the next big thing comes along you will all be the first to know. Just remember, as always, unless they agree with you the customer is always wrong.mj & dw

Attention loyal listeners! This is the last No Call No Show Podcast for a little while. Daniel and Michael are taking a little sabbatical as both of their lives have gotten a little bit busier and other things are bubbling up, so we will be taking a small break for the near future but hope to at the very least come back for a huge year end round up with all of your favorite past guests. In the meantime the two of us sit down over a delicious and boozy bottle of Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad, part of their Smokestack Series, to discuss the brewery's recent acquisition by Duvel, and share the usual bar stories from the weekend. While we promise this isn't the end, we still want to say thanks again to all of you guys for indulging us in this small vanity project, we couldn't have done it without you!As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

With Daniel out this week Michael is joined by past guest and co-host John Fleury who was kind enough to bring a bottle of De Lavoie Cidre de glace iced apple cider as we discuss everything from John's trip last week to the soft opening of newest DC production brewery (and brewpub) Blue Jacket the 3 Stars/Boulevard homebrew competition, and finally the cons of unprofessionally opening a new beer bar in the District. Michael forgot to mention on air that you can come get a beer from him at Nanny O'Brien's on Wednesdays and Thursdays and Solly's U St Tavern on Sundays and Mondays/ And finally, we pay tribute to the sadly, late Lou Reed. Music from this episode: Lou Reed - Dirty BlvdAs always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

We welcome back Will and Justin from Atlas Brew Works in part 2 as we try something a little different this week featuring not only the rest of the interview started last week but also a tour of the brewery itself (you can see pics and a short video from the brewery on Michael's Instagram page). We continue our discussion about the craft beer scene here in the District and around the US, the possibility of DC Brewer's Guild and the brewery's upcoming All Soul's Day Party. Then we turn to the tour itself as Will takes us through the brewing process, future plans for the brewery (including Barrel Aged beer!), adventures in forklifting and much more. Finally congrats to fellow local brewery Port City for the myriad of Great American Beer Festival medals they won and for those interested here's the link to the article regarding Michigan pint regulation.As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

Holy moly, 100 episodes! To celebrate we take the show on the road and visit DC's newest, operating production brewery Atlas Brew Works. In part one we sit down with owner/operators Justin Cox and Will Durgin to discuss their slant on opening up a District based beermaker and joining the ranks not only of the DC brews scene but American craft beer in general including how the guys got their starts, the trials and tribulations with opening the brewery, this awesome picture from launch day, a shoutout to the brewery's upstairs neighbors the Gay Mens Chorus of Washington DC, and finally a chat about their spectacular graphic design courtesy of Silver Spring, MD marketing agency Bates Creative. Also props to Andrew Johnstone on this two parter for his help with setting up this on location episode and for interjecting here and there, check out his own show over at Podcast Squared.As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

We are joined this week by past guest Robin and new guest Ethan, who brought us a couple of cans of 21st Amendment Hop Crisis Imperial IPA to discuss a couple of recent news stories including the lack of interest in the sale of the Guards bar sign by the space's new owners and how it relates to Comet Ping Pong, the new soon to be open distillery in the District One Eight Distilling, the closing of everyone's least favorite H St bar Tru Orleans, a preview of Michael's trip to LA for the LA Podfest this past weekend, and briefly hit on the government shutdown and it's affect on DC bars. Beware SPOILERS on the Dexter Season Finale starting at 41:25 til 41:38.As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

We have returned with Adam and Jamie of the soon to open Ivy and Coney and the already opened Kangaroo Boxing Club to continue our talk about the DC bar scene over a bottle of the Evolution Craft Brewing Nouveau Rouge Flanders Red Ale. Jamie continues to let us in on his philosophy for the new bar, how he feels the Shaw neighborhood will be changing over the next few years, and we discuss a recent study on how to get served first at the bar (as well as the coming replacement of bartenders by robots). Finally in his dedication Michael calls out the Washington City Paper for aping our style with Hibiscus flowers. As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

It's a two parter! We are joined in part one by Jamie and Adam currently of Kangaroo Boxing Club and the soon-to-be-open Ivy and Coney in up and coming DC neighborhood Shaw. We are drinking the Summarye Saison from Eastern Shore, Maryland brewery Burley Oak as the fellas talk about their backgrounds, what it's currently like to open up a new bar in the District, the concept they have for Ivy and Coney and the horribleness that can come along with a bar's jukebox. Make sure to check back next week for part 2!As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

Holy crap we're on location (and a day late, sorry) as Michael and Daniel were invited to 3 Stars Brewery in DC to cover this year's Mid-Atlantic American Homebrewers Association rally this past Saturday 9/14. The rally featured a whole host of local hombrew enthusiasts and we got to talk to a few, first up George Riseling, Jr., local area cooper for all your barrel maintenance needs, then DC Homebrew Outreach & Participation Sisterhood member Sara talks to us about reaching out to ladies in the homebrew community, we also touch base with James of local hombrew crew, Brewers United for Real Potables or BURP and finally speak with Jeff Mello, Chief Yeast Wrangler at Bootleg Biology. Also, a big shout out to Andrew of Podcast Squared for helping out with the on location recording and occasionally yelling at us from the background.As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

Daniel and Michael sip on a couple cool cans of Founder's All Day IPA at first discussing this venerable Michigan brewery as well as the mystery of DC's newest brewery Atlas Brew Works NSFW Ale before exploring tipping from an owners perspective first in Minneapolis where bartenders sued their former bosses for "stolen" tips then on the Federal level and how new IRS rules will affect bars all over the country. We are also assaulted by pop-by-guest Ben Brown, local Anchor Brewing rep for DC who steers the conversation towards a newly proposed law that would impose a 24 hour waiting period for new tattoos and piercings.As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

We are joined again in part two by Complex Magazine writer Julian Kimble to continue the discussion on his latest District-centric article The 25 Best Bars in DC Right Now. We have popped a bottle of Fantôme Saison as we continue to go bar by bar down the list, briefly discussing the recent incident at the now closed Adams Morgan mainstay the Reef try to douse the flames of the psuedo-Twitter war precipitated by the article between Julian and Chris Richards of the Washington Post, how Kavanaugh's of HBO's the Wire is not unlike Nanny O'Brien's and to really nerd out, last week's contentious Batman casting.As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

The always engaging Julian Kimble writer for Complex Magazine has returned to discuss his latest District related article The 25 Best Bars in DC Right Now which is making the rounds at local watering holes and water coolers. For this first installment we are sharing a bottle of delicious Black Fang Blackberry Honey Mead from the guys over at B. Nektar Meadery in Detroit, MI as we pick Julian's brain about how he decided which bars deserved to be on the article's list. Make sure to check in next week as we continue to go down the list bar-by-bar and much more!As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

Daniel and Michael are joined this week by Shannon and Sam, bartenders from Solly's U St Tavern over a couple pints of Stillwater Artisinal Ales Cellar Door American Farmhouse Ale to talk bartending shop on such varied topics as no hangover beer (by adding some some electrolytes, yo), a short recap of DC Beer Week 2013, Alaska's latest contribution to the world, beer concentrate, how awesome Austin, TX is and how average Columbus, OH is. Make sure if you're in town this weekend to check out the 2nd Annual BBQ at Kastles Stadium in SW this Saturday for an awesome time!As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

DCBeer.com co-editor Bill DeBaun is back for part two to continue some more DC Beer Week 2013 talk over a few glasses of 3 Stars Brewing Two the Dome Double IPA before going off the deep end into as we talk about how we would like Beer Week to be treated in the future as well as the future of the Brewer's Association Savor event in DC after it's relative failure in New York this summer. We also tackle beer pricing in DC from $17.99 a six pack of On the Wings of Armageddon at the DC Brau Brewery to the outrageous prices of growlers some local stores are charging. Oh and we put in a good dig at airlines baggage handling policies towards beer. Finally a shoutout to the guys at The Pint Glass blog keeping sending us funny tweets please. As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

We are joined again for this two-parter by Bill DeBaun, editor of DC Beer to discuss the upcoming 2013 DC Beer Week (August 11th-18th) and all the events and spectacle that comes along with it. We are drinking a couple glasses of the delicious local beer, 3 Stars Brewing Two to the Dome Double IPA and also talk briefly about our local DC beer's recent foray into Nationals Stadium and the story behind this year's DC Solidarity Ale. Make sure to stop by next week to check out the next of this interview! As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

In our final secret ingredient episode of Cocktail Month 2013 we are joined by Ripple cocktail manager Caroline to make a delicious cocktail using the secret ingredient of Guinness, mixed with some delicious Orangerie infused Scotch Whisky, Allspice Dram, Benedictine, and some other mixology-y stuff to create a "Christmas in New York" (photos of the making of can be found on Michael's Instagram page). Caroline then delves into her own thoughts on the art of making cocktails at one of the premier food and wine restaurants in DC and general bartender kick-assness, plus her experiences this past weekend with her participation in this year's Bartender's Guild Rickey Contest. Finally we dedicate this episode to Taylor Swift because she and her mates are great tippers. As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

In part two of our awesome Cocktail Month episode with lead mixologist at Zentan, Josh Berner who has made us a delicious Margarita-like cocktail featuring bar-made Hibiscus syrup! We continue talking with Josh about his views and history in the cocktail making world including recommendations for your cocktail making library as well as his venture of importing the artisan Tequila Real direct from the maker in Mexico, a delicious spirit currently only available in the District for American consumers. As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

We are joined this episode by Josh Berner, lead mixologist at Zentan in Logan Circle to help us create a brand new drink for Cocktail Month using dried hibiscus petals and tequila (you can check out some photos of this process on Michael's Instagram)! We also chat further with Josh about his experience as a "tender of bar" how he got started crafting specialty cocktails (including a connection to Todd Thrasher) and where he draws inspirations for his new recipes and their crazy names. Make sure to check in next week for Part 2 of this "mixed-up" interview! As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

Day late, dollar short and all that jazz.  We've got the first secret ingredient of cocktail month that American classic, Mountain Dew with Nanny O'Brien's GM Brian, to mixed results. Also with mixed results Michael's recent taste test of On Tap Liquid Beer Enhancer, which purports to turn any light lager beer into a flavorful craft brew (think Mio for your PBR). We then get into a recent Deadspin article ranking the best cheap American beers and Daniel's unnatural hatred for Baltimore, MD. As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).

Michael is joined this first episode of Cocktail Month 2013 by his brother Andrew of Podcast Squared to create a gingerful cocktail made with Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer and Snap Ginger Liqueur by Art In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and lime juice which we've nicknamed the Red Headed Mule. We then discuss drinking options outside of the District as Andrew recounts his recent visit to the Cambridge (Maryland) Beer Fest which featured the debut of new microbrewery Realerevival and a wine class available in Little Washington, Virginia. Finally we talk about a video game maker brewing their own beer. As always, please visit the No Call No Show Stitcher and iTunes pages where you can check out past episodes, subscribe for new ones and leave us a review (you'll get a free beer out of it!).