It’s Dry January, and cold out, which means that breweries could really use your business. A gift certificate or merch purchased in January would go a long way. So would posting up at the bar and ordering something, even if it’s alcohol-free. Plenty of area breweries make NA hopped seltzer; we’re partial to the versions at Lost Generation, Port City, and Solace. DC Brau has NA Brau and Other Half has All In if you crave the taste of beer, and plenty of places have NA options from Athletic and Sierra Nevada. 

Mark your calendars! We’ll be at Bluejacket on Wednesday, January 28th for a live recording of the DC Beer Show during Bluejacket’s Mexican Radio Week! Tickets include discounted beer and food, and an uncensored show. Unfiltered, even! We’re about to brew a collaboration beer with Ro Guenzel, Colin Jordan, and the Bluejacket team that will be ready for the podcast on January 28th! Watch our socials for details soon! 

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!

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, January 11th. 1-3pm. Womxn's Brew Culture Club visits Clear Skies Meadery (rescheduled date)

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, January 25, 1-4pm - Our January 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). This will be a very special mystery bottle share. Our members will get all the details via Patreon. And as always, Churchkey is one of the BEST beer share venues for us…

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.

Wednesday, January 28th. 6-9:30pm: DC BEER SHOW LIVE at Bluejacket - Join us for an epic in-person gathering where craft beer and podcast fans unite! DC Beer Show LIVE is hitting up Bluejacket for a night full of great brews, good vibes, and awesome live entertainment. Our LIVE shows are a hoot, we welcome audience questions, and Bluejacket always throws the best parties, so you know there will be some rare brews. WE ARE BREWING A COLLABORATION BEER WITH BLUEJACKET!!!! Yup, attendess will be the very first to get your hands and tastebuds on this collab beer, brewed by Ro and the DC Beer crew. Our members will receive a special discount, because they're special. (psst...you can also be a member, easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Click here)

What does your ticket include?

• Your first beer of the night. (suhwheet)

• $5 beers for the rest of the night (ummm yes please)

• Food discounts

• The Live show...obviously.

We only do a LIVE show every year or two, so DO NOT MISS THIS. Welcome at 6pm. Show starts at 6:30pm. Party rock the rest of the night.

We haven’t kicked off our 2026 Beer of the Month feature with The Brew Shop yet, but you should make space in your fridge for DC Brau’s excellent Dueling Grounds Vienna Lager, their first new flagship beer since 2019. Visit DC Brau and grab some of their newest, maltiest lager… and stay tuned for bonus content: Shift Beers with B featuring the one and only Mike Earle.

Articles:

What are we reading? Well obviously Phil Runco’s highly anticipated, yearly Beer in Review, 2025 edition! Suggested fun drinking game while reading: take a shot or swig of beer every time Eebee’s is mentioned.

Mike Stein eagerly reports on beer from Blindhouse. We’re talking funktastic, funky, fun beers breaking the mold.

Speaking of Mike, let’s talk beer history! If you want to get your education on, read about the beer history of H Street in 1889, and yes, he mentions Henceforth. 

Staff Picks: Local Events & Beer Spotlight

Friday, January 2nd: Port City is releasing il Palio Pils. It’s hella good.

Wednesday, December 31st: Streetcar 82 now has two of their flagship beers in cans! Go grab a pack of Fancy Nancy and The Colonel! (They’ll be open New Years Eve until 6pm, closed New Years Day.)

Speaking of New Years… here’s Atlas: “Ring in the New Year with Atlas, early that is. Atlas Family Friendly Pre-New Year's Eve Celebration! Come to our Bridge District (4-9pm) or Alexandria taprooms (11am-9pm) for $6 pints, food & a countdown at 8pm so you can get the littles home to bed. Looking for less kids? We get that, head over to our Navy Yard taproom (11am-9pm) with HH from 3-6pm.”

Saturday, January 17th: Baltic Porter Day: What better way to celebrate than to find yourself some Pohjala bottles and drink the evening away. If you can’t get your hands one some incredible, and very credible Estonian beer, you can listen to the podcast while you drink a locally made Baltic Porter.

Saturday, February 7th: Save the date for Metrobar & DC Beer

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 Martin Vahtra and Peeter Keek of Pohjala, and stay tuned for upcoming guests, including Washingtonian’s Jessica Sidman, Allagash’s Rob Tod, and more. And our LIVE DC BEER SHOW recording at Bluejacket (mentioned above) should not be missed!

THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING DC BEER MEMBERS!

We welcomed new members and beer friends (Hey Michael L, 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