We went to the Grand Opening reception for Navy Yard Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, steps away from Nationals Park--just in time for the new season. The upscale brewery/restaurant features a dining room, outdoor beer garden, and glass-enclosed brewing room. We snapped Gordon Biersch GM Brian Beauregard, US Navy Ceremonial Guard CMC Dave Anderson, and US Navy captainRichard W. Kitchens.

Proceeds from drinks benefited DC Central Kitchen, which fights poverty, hunger, and poor health through job training, healthy food distribution, and local farm partnerships. Here, its repLiz Reinert is flanked by Gordon Bierschs Kimberly Keys, and by Riley Griffin and Lindsay Killian.

The brewpub offers five freshly brewedGordon Biersch lagers on tap (Golden Export, Hefeweizen, Czech Lager, Mrzen and Schwarzbier) and one seasonal option. Here, VCUs Geneva Gehring, Clark Groups Jeff King, BrandLinkDCs Tace Joelle Samet, and MD Dept of Public SafetysKevin Loeb.

Caitlin Byrnes, Travis Holler, and Alfredo Flores contributed to this issue.