Beer of the Week: Finback Aqua Dementia Double IPA

By Brennan Haselton
November 8, 2019 | 9:45 AM

Grab your snorkel, and take a deep dive into one of these!

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Finback Aqua Dementia Double IPA for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Quick facts:

Brewery: Finback Brewery, Queens, N.Y.
Description: a double IPA (dry-hopped with Mosaic, Citra and Simcoe Cryo) brewed in collaboration with To Øl Brewery
ABV: 8.8%
Greg’s pairing suggestions: Buttery seafood (like seared scallops, black cod and mahi mahi), green veggies (such as spinach and asparagus), roasted beets

School bus emergency? Fairfax County students have a plan to handle it

By Heather Gustafson
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This story is part of WTOP’s 2026 Back to School coverage. The wheels on the bus will soon be going round and round again in Fairfax County, Virginia, and some of its young riders are learning what to do if there’s an emergency on the way to school. The annual Safety Patrol Training Camp, hosted by Fairfax County Public Schools' Office of Transportation Services, combined hands-on exercises with classroom lessons to teach students how to keep calm during emergencies on buses. The training can feel remarkably realistic, with overturned school buses on their side or completely upside down in the middle of the county bus depot. Other buses, right side up, fill with smoke that is water-based but mimics the intensity of a bus overheating.

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