Photos: Craig Laughlin’s Top Shelf Beer Launch Party!

The Laughlin family gathers around to celebrate Courtney’s birthday. (Caps Outsider)By now, it’s not a big surprise when Caps color commentator Craig Laughlin launches a new alcoholic beverage, as he’s done this more times than can we remember. But it’s always fun when he does. On Wednesday, Laughlin hosted a Capitals watch party at Calvert Brewing, where he toasted his latest beer, Top Shelf IPA, a delicious, fruity beverage packing 8.5% alcohol. The beer isn’t just something to guzzle when the Caps claw back from a 3-0 deficit, only to lose on a late short-handed goal and empty-netter. The proceeds of this are donated to the Laughlin Family Foundation, which raises money to fight rare cancers.

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