Beers in blue served only at Georgetown; red at Dupont Circle. All others are served at both.

All happy-hour deals available at the bar only.

Tonight is our turn at the DC Brau Penn Quarter Porter tasting (aged for six months in charred-oak barrels that once held whiskey from Virginia’s Catoctin Creek distillery). Both DC Brau owners will be in attendance.

“There’s a huge oak character that comes through,” DC Brau co-founder Brandon Skall says proudly. “We want people to taste what a real big oak-aged beer tastes like.” There’s also a bit of the bourbon flavor — “You get a lot of vanilla from the whiskey” he explains — that should pair perfectly with the porter’s dry, roasted body.

Try it alongside other DC Brau favorites: Public, Citizen, Penn Quarter Porter (regular), and the new Double IPA, On the Wings of Armageddon. Plus special DC-inspired Presidential Pizza, tonight from 5pm to close.

Full write-up on washingtonpost.com