ANXO and Heurich bring back Liberty Apple Champagne
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...
History
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....
Heurich Senate Beer, once DC’s #1 brew, is reborn
First introduced in the 1880s, Senate Beer enjoyed a run unlike any other brew of its time. Now it's being brought back for the first...
SAVOR: The Last Call?
by Jacob Berg
Is this the last year for SAVOR? The decision will be made Friday, May 17th, at the Brewers Association Board of Directors quarterly meeting....
Artist Maggie Dougherty features Marsha P. Johnson for DC Brau’s Pride Pils
by Junto Media
DC Brau and The Washington Blade are thrilled to announce this year’s winner of the 3rd annual Pride Pils Can Design competition is local DC...