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 the House of Representatives, Senate, and Presidency later this month. And it wasn’t long before Brandy responded with “Red Bear” and Jake responded with “Also the text on Brau’s cans.”

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s language from her press conference on Wednesday, January 6, calling the attempted coup “textbook terrorism” came in addition to her demands that “We must get DC statehood on the President’s desk within the first 100 days of the 117th Congress.”

So while we at DCBeer want a DC statehood beer (lager please!) it turns there kind of already is one. Well, two, from DC Brau Brewing Company and Red Bear Brewing Company. DC Brau’s The Public Pale Ale has had DC statehood facts on it since 2011. Red Bear has had 51st State IPA since 2019.

The Public Pale Ale had a factoid about DC statehood when it was first released in 2011. It stated that i

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