Continuing my Winter 2013-14 DC Brew Tour…

Part 11: Mad Fox Brewing Company, Falls Church, Virginia

When Visited: February 15, 2014

Occasion: To dispel the dullness of yet another dreary winter Saturday, I planned a beer outing with a friend. There are a lot of options in the DMV, but we settled on lunch at Mad Fox for its upscale pub food, long menu of house-brewed beers, and growlers to-go.

Beers Sampled: Mad Fox offers a build-your-own 4-beer sampler rack, and since I had two growlers to fill and didn’t know what I wanted to take home, I sampled two racks.

• Sandy Eggo IPA, an amazing hoppy West Coast-style IPA (7.9%)
• Dingo IPA, an easy-drinking American-style IPA (5.4%)
• Broad Street IPA, a strong American-style IPA brewed and dry-hopped with Centennial hops (7.3%)
• Headcracker Barleywine, an English-style golden Barleywine (8.0%)
• Slobberknocker Barleywine, a bold and hoppy American-style Barleywine (9.0%)
• Wee Heavy, a strong Scotch Ale (8.6%)
• Crazy Ivan Russian Imperial Stout, a rich, dark Stout perfect for a cold winter day (9.0%)
• Snowquester, an English-style Winter Warmer brewed in collaboration with Meridian Pint (6.0%)

I Filled my Growlers with: The strong Wee Heavy and the light Kellerbier Kölsch, an award-winning unfiltered Kölsch (4.4%).

I enjoyed spending a Saturday afternoon at Mad Fox, but Tuesdays are even better, when Mad Fox offers 1/2 price growler fills on all their craft beers on tap.

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