Chatting with Denizens Brewing Company, Which Turns One This Week

Silver Spring brewpub Denizens Brewing Company will blow the candles out on its first birthday cake this week with a whole series of celebratory events. The ambitious brewingng operation has produced a wide variety of brews in its first year while teaming up with the BBQ Bus in an innovative food-truck-and-brewpub model. This week, you can celebrate Denizens through a variety of events:

• Thursday, 7/16 – DC101 broadcasting from the beer garden for their “Thirst-Day Live” series. Live music with Darcy Dawn & Company
• Friday, 7/17 – 6 PM DBC stein giveaway to 100 guests at the taproom (stay tuned for the password)
• Saturday, 7/18 – Anniversary party with freedom hour prices all Saturday long, anniversary beer release, along with live music from DJ Sway and Sound Makers Union
• Sunday, 7/19 – Brewery open house

To get some perspective on how the first year went, we interviewed all four founders, director of marketing Taylor Barnes, Jeff Ramirez, director of brewing operations, Emily Bruno, dir