A Tale of Two Cities: Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, and Canned German Imports
Are German imports better than American takes on German beer? It all depends on your point of view and I’ve heard it argued both ways....
Michael Stein
Athletic’s Non-Alcoholic Beer: The Joy of Sober October
There was a point in my life where I thought non-alcoholic beer pointless. But at that point in time, Athletic Brewing Company didn’t exist. Athletic’s...
Dr. Jones, I Presume: Steve Jones Leaves Oliver Brewing Company
Baltimore brewing legend Steve Jones began his career in the basement of the Pratt Street Alehouse in 1999, under the tutelage of Barret Lauer, now...
The Beer Fairiez Thank Essential and Frontline Workers in Montgomery County
If beer fairies were real, would they live in Bamberg or Gaithersburg? And would they hang around in caves sprinkling attenuation on barrels of underfermeted...
Steins With Stein: August Lager Roundup
If nothing else, DC Beer writers are known for their love of lagers, and in the content-deprived dog days of August, with Marzens, Festbiers, and...
Hellbender Honors the Navajo, Cans Code Talker American Pale Ale
August 14 is National Navajo Code Talkers Day. Hellbender Brewing Company honors Navajo Code Talkers by brewing and releasing its third iteration of Code Talkers...
Hellbender and Tim Bryson Amplify Black Voices
“We’re making a beer called Amplify Black Voices…100% of the proceeds will go to Capital Partners for Education, a DC-based mentoring program,” Hellbender CEO and...
Black is Beautiful: Local Breweries Answer the Call from Weathered Souls
Created by Weathered Souls’ Head brewer and co-owner Marcus Baskerville, Black is Beautiful is a beer that aims to “raise awareness for the injustices people...
Right Proper Says Their Names, Donates 100% of Proceeds to Black Lives Matter DC
On Wednesday, June 4, Right Proper announced #SayTheirNames, a Kellerbier, donating 100% of the proceeds to Black Lives Matter DC. The bottled beer sold out...
Breweries, Restaurants, and Retailers Pivot and Plan
For beer lovers in DC, the past decade has meant tremendous growth. On top of quality DC-made beer, steady streams of specialty beers have entered...