Rivalries bubbled up as 10 lawmakers fermented ties across party lines Tuesday night. But they weren’t squabbling on the House floor — they were brewing it out at Anheuser-Busch’s eighth annual Brew Across America congressional competition.
Five bipartisan teams defended beers they designed themselves, with help from breweries close to home. Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt and Democratic Rep. Wesley Bell won the cup despite a setback in the brewing process: naming their beer.
The lawmakers settled on “Arch Light Lager” for their winning brew. The naming process roughly mirrored political negotiations in the 119th Congress: a happy Republican and a Democrat pushing for more.