The State of the DC Beer Scene in 2016

DCBeer readers,

Last August 13, the DC beer scene made history at ChurchKey. As part of DC Beer Week 2015, Logan Circle’s venerable temple to beer, which has hosted so many tap takeovers, brewery launches, and special releases, held an event unlike any it had ever hosted before. This event featured 55 beers brewed in the District of Columbia. There was a line out the door for the first half of the evening. Perhaps more than any moment in the past two years, this one stands out as a testament to how far the DC beer scene has come. Imagine it. 55 beers. All from within DC. In 2009 when this blog started up, the idea was inconceivable. This event will play out again during this DC Beer Week 2016 today.

I wrote State of the Scene posts like this one in 2013 and 2014 but skipped last year because Chris Van Orden, Mick Nardelli, and I co-chaired DC Beer Week 2015, and successful management of that endeavor was more pressing than taking this time for reflection (which is itself a valuable exe