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DC’s annual Funk Parade and Festival will take place on Saturday, May 11th, starting on U Street at 1pm, and for the first time, there’s an official beer for the festivities. Two years ago, Atlas and DC Brau jointly sponsored a beer garden at the Festival, but since then the organizers haven’t had access to a suitable loca ...

Welcome to Small steins with Stein. For years I wrote a column for the Washington City Paper called “What’s in Stein’s Stein?” I introduced beers and ciders made by women and brewers of color, who are underrepresented in the brewing industry. (Sidenote: DC Beer is seeking women, people of color, and others who are und ...

Local artist Maggie Dougherty’s vibrant depiction of Marsha P. Johnson graces DC Brau’s Pride Pils DC Brau and The Washington Blade are thrilled to announce this year’s winner of the 3rd annual Pride Pils Can Design competition is local DC artist Maggie Dougherty. Her vibrant and inspiring label depicting notable LGBTQ Acti ...

Here are the new releases from local breweries this week: Introducing: HOP BOT from Atlas Brew Works, the official beer of Awesome Con 2019! Hop Bot is a pale ale generously hopped with beautiful and bright Citra and Mosaic hops. #awesomecon #comiccon #hotbot #atlasbrewworks #drinkup #drinkresponsibly #beer #craftbeer #localbrewery pic.t ...

The Berliner, Georgetown’s new modern German beer hall, opened last December with Chef Mike O’Brien at the helm of the beer and food menus. O’Brien has excellent credentials, most recently at the Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s North Bethesda tavern Owen’s Ordinary but formerly of The Salt Line (under Chef Kyle ...

Last Monday longtime DCBeer.com co-editor Bill DeBaun announced he is stepping down from his role at the site. A number of his colleagues and friends shared their thoughts and memories of Bill. Jacob Berg, formerly Co-Editor now Editor Jacob Berg This feels odd, not only because this is one of the rare pieces I’ve written for t ...

So a bar and an editor walk out of a website… What a day. I brought back an old favorite header image of mine because I felt it was appropriate for the theme. I sat down to write this as an ode to DCBeer’s own co-editor and director of bloggity blog blog blogging Bill DeBaun, who hung up his blogging hat last week. And oh, ...

This morning brought us the sudden and sad news that Meridian Pint will be closing in Columbia Heights. In a letter to the Prince of Petworth blog, owner Johnny Andrade notes that Pint “will have it’s final Easter Brunch on Sunday, April 21st, 2019 then permanently close at 4 pm.” Andrade was planning to open Dominion Pint ...

There are a number of events next week celebrating the history and culture of brewing, featuring Liz Garibay, founder and Executive Director of the Chicago Brewseum. DCBeer is thrilled to welcome her to our town! Beer Culture The Popular Culture Association comes to Washington, D.C. for their National Conference next week. Garibay will b ...

Bill DeBaun says goodbye During the nearly nine years I’ve been with DCBeer, I’ve described it variously as a hobby and a side hustle, but most frequently I’ve called it a labor of love. That love has waxed and waned multiple times as my relationship with the DC beer scene and my interest in throwing away sizable portions o ...