Hellbender Brewing Company

Patent Brewing & Patent Labs: “Make better beer, make beer better”
Last fall we sat down with Matt Humbard, one of the co-owners and co-founders of Patent Beer, which hopes to open in Prince Georges County later in 2019. In that interview we discussed Patent’s unusual business model: they will be buying wort from other breweries and then fermenting and hopping and blending on-site. That location is still ... Read more

Such Small Portions: A SAVOR 2019 Wrap Up
SAVOR 2019 may be the last one. Our staff reached out to some of the attendees to get their opinions on what worked, what didn’t, and what a potential SAVOR replacement might look like. The SAVOR 2019 food was not… anything. Hats off to the Brewers Association for pulling off this event year after year. There are a lot of mo ... Read more

Right Proper’s Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne
Berliner Weisse beers have been brewed in DC since before the Civil War, but a beer with grapefruit, modern German hops, and lactobacillus? This beautiful little beer could only be a product of the 21st Century. Playing off the German classic style, Right Proper’s Berliner Weisse is a modern marvel but keeps the historic greatness ... Read more

New Releases and Now Available (May 24th, 2019)
It’s Memorial Day Weekend, and we suspect some of you will spend some time at breweries. Here’s what’s new. Dropping this Friday at 4pm. The Devil is Listening, our all Citra DDH DIPA with whole leaf, pellet and Lupulin Powder. Big notes of citrus, peach and lychee greet you in the nose followed by big hits of melon, red ... Read more