Local Beers are World-Class, With the Hardware to Prove it
The World Beer Cup was historically a biennial event, but this year it rebranded itself as an annual competition. For comparative sake the 2021 Great...
Michael Stein
Right Proper, Sankofa, and Urban Garden Bring the Funk: Funk Parade Beer Release Saturday, April 30
The DC Funk Parade is The MusicianShip’s annual celebration of Washington DC’s iconic U Street Corridor, also known as, “Black Broadway.“ Music like Funk and...
From Wilkes to Chocolate City to Sankofa: A Timeline of Black Brewing History
The history of Black people within the brewing industry is inherently important. As histories are written, and documentaries are made, we highlight the history and...
Meeting and Greeting The DMV’s Black-Owned Breweries and Brewers
UPDATE: THE EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL 2022, STAY TUNED On Friday, December 17, 2021, eight Black-owned breweries, beer companies, and brands are coming together at...
Solace Outpost Sole Local Brave Noise Brewer… For Now
To date, Solace’s Falls Church location is the only local brewery to brew Brave Noise, a pale ale “collaboration with a big goal: a safe...
Urban Garden Brewing Becomes DC’s Third Black-Owned Beer Brand
The last time we talked to Eamoni Collier, aka The Vibe Queen, she said “there’s a lot more to come, I’m actually in the works...
Is Small Beer the New Pale Ale?
Will small beer overtake pale ale in popularity? Probably not, but I have noticed an uptick in beers that are 4% alcohol by volume and...
DC’s First Black-Owned Brewery Produces Beer at Allagash
When Woven in Time is released–the collaborative beer Allagash Brewing Co. and Sankofa Beer Co. brewed– it will be the first time a DC brewery...
Hellbender and Tim Bryson Support Black Businesses
This weekend Hellbender Brewing Company will release a second collaboration with Tim Bryson. We covered the first, Amplify Black Voices, when it was released in...
DC Statehood: The Movement, the Beers
The morning of Wednesday, January 6, our DCBeer group text read ”Also, DC Statehood beer?” in response to news that the Democratic Party would control...