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DC Brau Brewing is an American brewery based in
Jeff Hancock interviewed on NPR's The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Beer brewing companies based in Washington, D.C. 2009 establishments in Washington, D.C. Drinking establishments in Washington, D.C. Food and drink companies established in 2009 American companies established in 2009
DC Brau Brewing is an American brewery based in Washington, D.C.
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, founded in 2009. It is the first brewery to operate inside the District of Columbia since 1956, when the Heurich Brewery
The Christian Heurich Brewing Company was a Washington, D.C., brewery founded in 1872 and incorporated by Christian Heurich in 1890. First located near Dupont Circle on 20th Street NW, it expanded to a much larger site in Foggy Bottom in 1895 a ...
closed. The brewery was founded by Brandon Skall, its business manager, and Jeff Hancock, its brewmaster. Hancock has brewed at Grizzly Peak Brewing and Arbor Brewing Company
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, both in Ann Arbor, Michigan
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, and at Flying Dog Brewery
Flying Dog Brewery is a craft brewery located in Frederick, Maryland. It was founded in 1990 by George Stranahan and is the largest brewery in Maryland. As of 2017, Flying Dog is the 28th largest craft brewery in the United States.
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in Frederick, Maryland
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.
DC Brau's inaugural beer was The Public, an American pale ale style beer. The brewery has also released an India Pale Ale style called The Corruption, a Belgian-style pale ale
Pale ale is a golden to amber coloured beer style brewed with pale malt. The term first appeared around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with high-carbon coke, which resulted in a lighter colour than other beers popular at that time. Diff ...
called The Citizen, and a pilsner
Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (german: Pilsen), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewe ...
called Brau Pils, as well as other limited releases.
All of the brewery's waste is delivered to a family-owned farm in Haymarket, Virginia
Haymarket is a town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,552 as of the 2020 census.
History
Haymarket is on land that was a hunting ground of the western Iroquois nations, who came from the New York and Penns ...
, where it is converted into animal feed and composting material.
DC Brau also supported a bill before the Washington City Council that would allow on-site beer tasting
Beer tasting is a way to learn more about the history, ingredients and production of beer as well as different beer styles, hops, yeast and beer presentation. A common way is to analyse the appearance, smell and taste of the beer. Then a final judg ...
at breweries within the city's limits. D.C. law previously only allowed on-site tastings at grocery stores and retailers that do not manufacture beer at the same location, prohibiting the brewery itself from opening a tasting room.See also
*List of breweries in Washington, D.C.
This is a list of breweries in Washington, D.C. and nearby in Virginia and Maryland.
List of breweries Washington, D.C.
* 3 Stars Brewing Company (Closed)
* Atlas Brew Works
* Bluejacket Brewery
* Bardo Brewing (Closed)
* Capitol City Brewing Com ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://dcbrau.comJeff Hancock interviewed on NPR's The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Beer brewing companies based in Washington, D.C. 2009 establishments in Washington, D.C. Drinking establishments in Washington, D.C. Food and drink companies established in 2009 American companies established in 2009