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...
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Shamrocks and Shenanigans: St. Patrick’s Day Stout Season 2022
by Jacob Berg
St. Patrick’s Day is upon us, which means it’s also stout szn, in particular, Irish-style dry stout snz, and yes, local breweries have you covered....
Embrace the Hop: Your New Hops Primer
by Jacob Berg
Consider the hop. Recent advances in brewing sciences have created a dizzying array of IPAs, with a nomenclature unto their own. Cryo? Incognito? Lupulin powder?...
Phil Runco’s Beer in Review, 2021
by DCBeer
What beers did you love drinking over the past twelve months? Each year, that’s the question I ask the people who make my favorite beers....
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 Brau Adds The Imperial, Monthly Can Committee Club
by Jacob Berg
Two pieces of news from DC Brau for you this week. We’ll start with a new addition to the Brau flagship family. The Imperial is...
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...
Ben Tolkan Lived the Dream, Honored With a Beer
by Jacob Berg
In the mid-to-late-aughts, before Churchkey, we know, we know, beer-centric bars and restaurants were few and far between. One of them was Georgetown’s Pizzeria Paradiso,...
Pucker Up: DC Brau Goes Sour
by Jacob Berg
… Or should we say “gose?” If you attended the 2020 version of Boundary Stone’s Battle of the Barrel Aged Beers, you were one of...
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...