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Address:
7900 Norfolk Avenue
Bethesda , MD 20814

Phone:
(301) 652-1311
Fax:
(301) 652-5888

Hours:
Sun - Thur: 11am-1am
Fri & Sat: 11am-2am

Happy Hour:
NEW Late Nite Happy Hour Every Day From 11PM to Close $3.00 Pints of Fresh Handcrafted Beers $3.00 Well Cocktails $3.00 Glasses of House Wine

Name
Geoffrey S. Lively

Hometown
San Francisco, CA

Personal Background
1995 BBA, Radford University 1996 - 1997 Cellarman at the Mile High Brewing Company 1997 - 1998 Assistant Brewer at Capital City Brewing Company 1998 - 2000 Assistant Brewer at Rock Bottom Bethesda 2000 - Present Brewmaster at Rock Bottom Bethesda

How I Got Started Crafting Beer
Laverne & Shirley style at the Mile High Brewing CO. in Denver, CO.

Brewing Philosophy
Make the best beer you can.

Favorite Brew
The beer in my hand.

Favorite Quote
"Drink what we can. Sell the rest."

Awards

Gold Medal at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival for Highland Courage in the Scottish-Style Ale category.
Silver Medal at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival for Right on Rye in the Rye Beer category.
Silver Awarded at the 2008 World Beer Cup for Raccoon Red in the Special Bitter or Best Bitter category.
Bronze Awarded at the 2008 World Beer Cup for Fire Chief Alt in the German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier category.
Gold Medal at the 2007 GABF for "Brown Bear Brown" in the Scottich Ale Category
Silver Medal at the 2007 GABF for "Fire Chief Ale" in the German Brown Ale Category.
Bronze Medal at the 2007 GABF for "Right on Rye" in the Rye Beer Category.
Gold Medal at the 2006 GABF for Racoon Red in the Bitter Category
Bronze Medal for Terrapin Alt in the German Style Brown Ale / Düsseldorf-Style Alt Bier at the 2006 GABF.
Gold Award at the 2006 World Beer Cup for "Brown Bear Brown" in the Scottish-Style Ale category.
Silver Award at the 2006 World Beer Cup for "Terrapin Alt" in the German-Style Brown Ale/Dusseldorf-Style Alt Bier category
Bronze Medal at the 2004 Great American Beer Festival for "Liquid Sun" in the German-style Hefeweissen/Hefeweiss Bier category.
Bronze Medal at the 2004 Great American Beer Festival for "Right on Rye" in the Rye Beer category.
Silver Award at the 2004 World Beer Cup for "Terrapin Alt" in the German-Style Brown Ale/Dusseldorf-Style Alt Bier category.
Silver Award at the 2004 World Beer Cup for "Highland Courage" in the Scottish Ale category.
Gold Medal at the 2003 Great American Beer Festival for "Right on Rye" in the Rye Beer category.
Gold Medal at the 2003 Real Ale Festival in Chicago for "Trouble" in the Bottled-conditioned Belgian-style Ales category.
Silver Medal at the 2003 Real Ale Festival in Chicago for "Highland Courage" in the Cask Ale Scottish Ales category.
Bronze Medal at the 2002 Great American Beer Festival for "Trouble" in the Belgian-style Specialty Ales category.

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