Isn't the fact that a keg of Hopslam lasted a week proof that the place is filled with hipster douchebags?
Maybe we just have differing ideas about what qualifies one as a douchebag.
Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.
The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club). It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar. Which is fine by me. I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward.
Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?
I can't say much for hutch, as I don't know him at all.
I think you've got it right on the differing types of douches.
There are hipsters aplenty at the red room, which I have no problem with, unless they start drinking all the delicious beers. I generally consider a douchebag to be the fratboy/bro-type/overly loud/manly-man types who infest adams morgan and other related environs (or people with infants in Sticky Rice, but that's a whole different story). Hutch probably shares a similar mindset and thus we don't think the Red Room is very douchey.
Back to the list though.. why is TruOrleans on this list? It's literally a block away from where I live and I've been there a number of times. It's generally, a pretty standard restaurant which I've never seen people really go to for the bar scene. It's not that good, yes, but it's not douchey either.