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Local beermaker brews derecho-inspired beverage<\/a> – WTOP<\/em>
\nMy “hometown brewery,” Alexandria’s Port City Brewing Co.<\/a> was without power following the June 29 derecho<\/a>. They were apparently able to get by with minimal losses, but one batch was interrupted.<\/p>\n

He says one batch of lager beer – roughly 120 kegs worth – fermented differently than the brewers originally intended.<\/p>\n

“It turns out that there’s actually a style of beer called ‘California common beer’ or ‘steam beer’ that is intentionally fermented this way, and so our lager beer will end up being a California common beer,” Butcher says. “We’re going to call it ‘Derecho Common.'”<\/p>\n

The beer will be available on draft only in the brewery’s tasting room and in restaurants and bars around the D.C. area that were affected by the storm. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll admit I’m curious and will try and have a sample next month when it becomes available.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the storm and threat of losing lots of beer seemed to generate more buzz for Port City than anything to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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