Old Time Lager (Re)Launches in DC
Immediately following the repeal of Prohibition, drinkers in DC could buy Old Time Lager, from the Hopfheiser Brewing Company. That beer was brewed out of...
History
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...
Get (Beer) Cultured Smithsonian’s Beer Histories Ships Beer To You!
by Jacob Berg
We’ve mentioned that shipping out of market beer has been on the uptick since the start of the pandemic, and for the second time, the...
ANXO and Heurich bring back Liberty Apple Champagne
by Alya Fawal
100 years after the start of prohibition, the Heurich House Museum and ANXO have teamed up to recreate Christian Heurich’s Liberty Apple Champagne, an accidental...
Three Centuries of Black Brewers in DC
People like Peter Hemings are getting their due, but there are still countless black brewers whose work remains largely unwritten, unknown, and uncelebrated....
Canned Weissbier: 600 Years in the Making
For the first time in their 603-year history, Hacker Pschorr Weissbier is in cans. Not just any cans, but 16.9 oz cans....
Hop-Picking with America’s Beer Historian
Last September, The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History held a hop-picking for staff, volunteers, and DC Beer in their Victory Garden....
Smithsonian reveals amazing homebrewing & craft beer history
Homebrewing and microbrewing from the 1960s to 1980s is the subject of a section of this year's "Food" exhibit at the Smithsonian American History Museum....
Oktoberfest: Brewers Hoist Steins, Talk Märzens
by Bill DeBaun
Drinking Oktoberfests is now permissible, so Bill DeBaun decided to ask how the local versions differ and how do brewers decide on the specifics of...
Czech Beer in D.C., a history (Part 1)
Czech Beer in DC Pt. 2 discusses the brewing of beer with Czech ingredients....