{"id":29161,"date":"2021-04-15T21:31:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=29161"},"modified":"2021-04-15T21:31:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:31:57","slug":"10-years-of-dc-brau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2021\/04\/10-years-of-dc-brau\/","title":{"rendered":"10 years of DC Brau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A happy 10th anniversary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcbrau.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DC Brau<\/strong><\/a>, Washington&#8217;s first production brewery since 1956. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DC Brau was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/2011\/01\/6-microbreweries-coming-to-d-c-area-in-2011.html\"><strong>class of 2011 of craft breweries<\/strong><\/a> in and around the Capital Beltway. Hoppy ales and beautiful, District flag-centric branding, has been their hallmark ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DC Brau history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washingtonian<\/em> magazine&#8217;s interview: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2021\/04\/15\/dcs-first-modern-brewery-is-10-years-old-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DC\u2019s First Modern Brewery Is 10 Years Old Today<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>DC Brau has become a staple of the restaurant and bar scene and helped pave the way for the District\u2019s modern brewing industry. (Literally\u2014they lobbied to change many of the laws the govern how DC breweries operate.) We chatted with co-founders Brandon Skall and Jeff Hancock about the past decade, including their all-time favorite beer, surviving a pandemic, and their foray into hard-seltzer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, Heurich House featured a video with Mari Rodela, co-owner and Chief Community &amp; Culture Officer at DC Brau talking about the brewery and the DC Brewers Guild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mari&#039;s Story\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0qvnVHtYHCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My favorite DC Braus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/773\/31513530023_be43770954_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Oktoberfest &#8211;<\/strong> Best enjoyed at a late season game at Nationals Park. 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