WTOP’s Beer of the Week: Japas Neko IPA

By Brennan Haselton
June 19, 2026 | 8:50 AM

WTOP's Beer of the Week: Japas Neko IPA

Raise your paw if you’d like to try this beer!

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Japas Neko IPA for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Japas Cervejario, based in Brazil but nomadically brewed

Description: West Coast style IPA brewed in Louisville, Kentucky, with Pacific Northwest hops

ABV: 5.7%

Pairing suggestions: Japanese fried chicken and gyoza pork dumplings, spicy tuna rolls, tempura rolls, other sushi, grilled steak

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After 130 years, Arlington neighborhood bids farewell to episcopal church

By Heather Gustafson
August 21, 2026 | 7:54 PM

It was a place where the community could go to worship, have fellowship and serve. But after more than 130 years, St. John’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia, is set to close at the end of August. The historic congregation at 415 S. Lexington Street will hold its final regular Sunday worship service at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30. According to the September issue of the Glencarlyn Civic Association’s “Village View” newsletter, “St. John’s has always been a welcoming congregation with attendees from various religious backgrounds joining in prayer since the beginning. For over 130 years, St. John’s and the Glencarlyn neighborhood have had a productive and supportive relationship, which is now coming to an end.” Founded in 1890, after Glencarlyn residents petitioned the Virginia Seminary in Alexandria, the Carlin Hall, where services were held, was completed in 1892. The current church was completed in 1957, with an addition added on in the 1960s.

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