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DC Brau Brewing 
Type Private Industry Brewery Founded 2011 Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States Website DC Brau Brewing DC Brau Brewing, founded in 2011 in Washington, D.C., is the first brewery to operate inside the District of Columbia since 1956, when the Heurich Brewery closed.[1] The brewery is the brainchild of Brandon Skall, the brewery's business manager, and Jeff Hancock, its brewmaster.
DC Brau's inaugural beer is "The Public," an American pale ale style beer. The brewery has plans to release an India Pale Ale style called "The Corruption," and a Belgian-style pale ale called "The Citizen." All of its beers are packaged in aluminum cans.
Hancock has brewed at Grizzly Peak Brewing and Arbor Brewing, both in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and at Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland.
All of the brewery's waste is delivered to a family-owned farm in Haymarket, Virginia, where it is converted into animal feed and composting material. The brewery also plans to have the farm plant a crop of hops for a single batch brew that DC Brau says will be a limited annual release.[1]
DC Brau is also supporting a bill before the D.C. City Council that would allow on-site beer tasting at breweries within the city's limits. At present, D.C. law only allows on-site tastings at grocery stores and retailers that do not manufacture beer at the same location, meaning the brewery can't open a tasting room. [2]
References
- ^ "New Brewery Opens in DC". NBC Washington. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/New-Brewery-Opens--119970914.html. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ Tom Howell Jr. (March 31, 2011). "Idea brews, comes to a head to let beermakers offer tastings". The Washington Times. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/31/idea-brews-comes-to-a-head-to-let-beermakers-offer/. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
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