Beer of the Week: Plan Bee Comb Barrel-aged Wild Ale


If you can, make this a part of your plan.

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Plan Bee Comb Barrel-aged Wild Ale for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Quick facts:

  • Brewery: Plan Bee Farm Brewery, Poughkeepsie, NY
  • Brewery description: Our annual wild ale barrel blend from the cellar, pulled from neutral oak, white wine, red wine and whiskey barrels. Oaky and tart with layers of subtle complexity.
  • ABV: 6.5%
  • Greg’s pairing suggestions: All types of briny seafood (try mussels with white wine sauce); rich pastas like risotto and carbonara; rotisserie chicken with tons of herbs; goat cheese

See more Beer of the Week columns from previous weeks.

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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