“Great Lakes Brewing Company -- arguably the best thing out of Cleveland since Michael Symon’s soul patch -- is finally available on draft in NoVa starting this week,” writes Anna Spiegel of the Washingtonian in her Best Bites Blog, which highlights the Washington, D.C. area’s food, restaurant, and dining scene.

While we'll forgive her clichéd snub of Cleveland, we'd have to agree that Great Lakes makes killer beer (and Symon -- now soul patch-less -- is pretty cool, too).

Spiegel goes on to talk about GLBC’s appearances at Virtue Feed & Grain and Rustico, restaurants that will hold a series of “tap takeovers” to give the Northern Virginians a taste of what we Clevelanders have loved for years. 

“The Great Lakes crew will be hopping around handing out free swag,” Spiegel closes with a witty pun.

Read the full post here.