Beer of the Week: DC Brewers’ Guild Solidarity Pilsner

WASHINGTON — In beer we trust! Especially when it’s D.C. Beer Week.

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about the DC Brewers’ Guild Solidarity Pilsner for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Quick Facts:

  • Brewery: DC Brewers’ Guild, Washington, D.C.
  • Description: A German-style pilsner featuring soft hop bitterness, a light body, and melon and floral hop aromas. This beer was created by D.C.’s brewers for the 10th annual D.C. Beer Week.
  • ABV: 5.0 percent
  • Greg’s pairing suggestions: Fresh Caprese salad, bruschetta, gazpacho; seafood (simply grilled salmon or tuna); anything with ham (grilled ham and gruyere, Croque Madame); wings at the bar.
Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.

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