Let’s do this again, but in a new month. It seems like a pretty light month, as far as goings on around town, except for all the holidays markets hosted at your local breweries, which you should definitely go to. We’ll be sharing beer at Bluejacket, drinking Maryland made mead at Clear Skies, and “making ours a Maryland” for our beer of the month with Silver Branch! Read more below.

Oh and go ahead and mark your calendar for an EPIC evening at Bluejacket, as we invite you to a LIVE RECORDING of the DC BEER SHOW! Tickets will include free beer, discounted beer and food and of course QUITE the unfiltered/uncensored show. We’re on the books for January 29th and we better see you there!

Stay up to date with DC Beer and if you’re able, support us on Patreon because it will get you discounts at places like The Brew Shop on our beer of the month (more on that later).

The Genetically Unapologetic Shirt Fundraiser for Jasmine DiIl of Liquid Intrusion is still going, so grab a shirt and support!

BREWERY ALE-IVERSARIES. Happy Beerthday to our friends at:

Heavy Seas on 12/6, Waradaca on 12/6

What beer news have you heard? Check out some of our upcoming events and some other noteworthy brew events this month. 👇

 DC Beer Events Spotlight

Sunday, December 14th. 1-3pm. Womxn's Brew Culture Club visits Clear Skies Meadery

Join us for a fun and educational outing as we visit Clear Skies Meadery! This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn about mead-making and enjoy some delicious drinks with "fellow" craft beverage enthusiasts. We are switching it up from beer and exploring the world of Maryland Mead. As always the Womxn's Brew Culture Club is open to all women & non-binary folx who strive for an inclusive beer community.

Sunday, December 21: 1-4pm. Our December Beer Share is for our Members Only (which you can absolutely be part of for as little as $5, and considering you get 3-4 hours of free drinking of rare/specials beers once a month, that’s a damn good deal). We LOVE being at Bluejacket for our members only shares, so we KNOW it’s going to be a great time. The BJ team always takes care of us, plus its a perfect and pretty venue. RSVP!!!!

Wednesday, December 17th. 6:30-9pm - Capital Trivia x DC Beer @ Other Half Brewing, Ivy City - Come party with Jordan, listen to good music, enjoy some hazies, and play trivia. It’s seriously fun, but not too serious.

December’s Beer of the Month was a Jake Berg pick! What did Jake choose? He said “make mine a Maryland!” Jake insists that you go to the Brew Shop and grab a four pack of Silver Branch’s Gnome for the Holidays winter saison! DC Beer Patreon members get 10% off! And of course you should visit Silver Branch for all of their Gnome and Chronicle beers.

Articles:

You’ll see more Heady Topper and Focal Banger in Virginia soon, hop heads. The Alchemist signed a distribution deal and while there won’t be regular drops, you can find it at least once a season. Jake reports.

One of the best new beers to come out of DC this year is a humble Vienna lager, says Mike Stein. If you haven’t had DC Brau’s Dueling Grounds, you should!

Prefer your beer hoppier? Port City and Jailbreak have you covered! Meet Hidden Paintbox, a hoppy lager from two of the area’s best.

Staff Picks: Local Events Spotlight

Wednesday, December 10th: 12:00 PM - Close NATIONAL LAGER DAY AT SHELTER: 20+ DRAFT LAGERS FOR JUST $5!The Roost/ Shelter

Sat. December 13th: Churchkey Mista 40/DJ Analyze beer share.

More events at our Instagram; bars and breweries, please tag us in your events!

Podcasts: 

Tune in to the The DC Beer Show for our latest episode with Randy Mills of Burnish, and an all host episode with juicy brew news involving Aslin and DC Brau.

THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING DC BEER MEMBERS!

We welcomed new members and beer friends (HEY ADAM…we see you!) this past month and obviously had a freakin’ blast with everyone.

Join DC Beer’s Patreon for exclusive beer invites, discounts at breweries, and ticketed events, and more, for as little as $5 a month!

Don’t miss out on beer shares, ticket discounts, beer deals, and all the behind-the-scenes stuff our members get!

Cheers, The DC Beer Team