Two Dog Tales

Fall festival season is here, and this weekend you can bring your dog to the inaugural Pups and Pilsners outdoor beer festival in Crystal City.

On Sunday, Sept. 23 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. the dog-friendly festival will have a large beer garden with stations offering craft brews, samples of Bowser Beer, a non-alcoholic beer for dogs, and food from local restaurants.

Some of the appropriately-named breweries include Baying Hound Aleworks, Flying Dog Brewery, and Laughing Dog Brewing.

Entry is free to the festival; you have to have a ticket to get into the beer garden. Both are dog-friendly! Advanced tickets are $15.00 and available at washingtonwineacademy.org; tickets at the door are $20.00, cash only, and subject to availability.

Location is 1405 Crystal Drive in Arlington, bordering Long Bridge Park, just north of Archstone Water Park Towers.