Local brewer Bluejacket has released a new beer, Turnstiles, that celebrates the DC Metro with a can wrapper depicting the coffered vaults of the system’s underground stations. Scaling down the idea of Metro wallpaper to a more portable and potable package makes sense for Bluejacket, which began weekly unveilings of smaller production runs in cans in February.
Designed in-house by creative director Kris Mullins, the Turnstiles can is part of a limited release program from the brewery that allows greater control on beer freshness. The Bluejacket brewery is housed within repurposed boilermaker shops, which were originally part of the Navy Yards manufacturing facilities; the brewery takes its name from the term for someone enlisted in the Navy.
Tasting notes from Bluejacket:
TURNSTILES is an IPA with Amarillo, Centennial & Citra – 7.0% abv. Double dry-hopped with Amarillo, Centennial & Citra, Turnstiles is teeming with citrus aromatics, accompanied by floral & herbal notes. Juicy & softly bitter on the palate.
$15 x 4-pack.
If your daily ride on Metro makes you feel like you’re hurtling through concrete tunnels in a tin can, now you can upend that metaphor by raising a can that celebrates concrete tunnels. Pairs well with our Brutalist Washington Map, which also features all of the Metro stations.