WTOP’s Beer of the Week: Brasserie de Blaugies La Vermontoise Saison Ale

By Brennan Haselton
August 20, 2021 | 12:16 PM

Who knew Vermont and Belgium were a thing?

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighbor Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Brasserie de Blaugies La Vermontoise Saison Ale for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Quick facts:

Brewery: Brasserie de Blaugies, Dour, Belgium
Description: A spelt saison brewed with Amarillo hops in collaboration with Hill Farmstead Brewery
ABV: 6%
Greg’s pairing suggestions: Mediterranean food such as hummus, baba ganoush and lamb meatballs, red sauce dishes, simple stir fries (with soy sauce and ginger)

Virginia man charged with impersonating a police officer at a police station

By Ian Crawford
August 22, 2026 | 4:17 PM

Police in Prince William County, Virginia, have arrested a man who they say was trying to pass himself off as a cop. And he picked the one place his story was least likely to fly: at a police station. Officers said the man, later identified as Matthew Bailey Thompson, 45, of Manassas, showed up at the gate to a secure parking lot at their central police station on Davis Ford Road in Woodbridge around 7 p.m. Wednesday. He tried to get into the lot by telling them that he was an officer, too.

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