Hellbender Brewing Company

The Czech’s in the Mail: Breweries Begin Shipping Direct to DC and VA
Puns! Late last year, New Belgium began a pilot program that would inadvertently become a business model thanks to the spread of COVID-19. The brewery announced they would begin shipping large format bottles considered “too niche” for distribution direct to consumers in Washington, DC, and a few other states. As none of us can dr ... Read more

Three Centuries of Black Brewers in DC
As the beer world begins its course of undoing the white-washing enumerated in beer history books and journals, we seek to recognize and correct faulty narratives, working towards new ones by uncovering and delivering facts seldom told. Those of us who regularly engage in beer history come across the tales that the Founding Fathers were all gre ... Read more

New Releases and Now Available, February 21, 2020
Back to back weeks, because why not? Two IPAs from Astro Lab to get us started. DOUBLE CAN RELEASE on Friday 2/21 at 12PM. Two of our fan favorites will be available at our taproom in cans and on draft. JAMES WHIRL JONES, IPA, 6.8% abv and STAR TAKER, IPA, 7.1% abv. Available in 16oz 4-packs and fresh on draft! pic.twitter.com/S ... Read more

Celebrating Flagship February, 2020!
This month is Flagship February. In the words of Flagship February: What sometimes gets lost amid the constant stream of special releases are the beers that paved the way for today’s remarkable global beer market, or in other words, the flagship beers that got us here. We asked brewers and brewery owners which of their flagships ... Read more