orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2012 dc brau brewing type private industry brewery founded 2009 headquarters washington d.c. united states website dc brau brewing dc brau brewing founded in 2009 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 . hancock has brewed at grizzly peak brewing and arbor brewing company both in ann arbor michigan and at flying dog brewery in frederick maryland . dc brau s inaugural beer was the public an american pale ale style beer . the brewery has also released an india pale ale style called the corruption a belgian style pale ale called the citizen and a pilsner called brau pils as well as many limited releases . 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 and have that be a limited annual release . 2 dc brau also supported a bill before the d.c. city council that would allow on site beer tasting at breweries within the city s limits . d.c. law previously only allowed on site tastings at grocery stores and retailers that do not manufacture beer at the same location prohibiting the brewery itself from opening a tasting room . 3 dc brau now offers tastings pints and growler fills as well as free brewery tours . see also edit list of breweries in washington d.c. references edit new brewery opens in dc . nbc washington . retrieved 27 april 2011 . dc brau going green . dcbrau.com . retrieved 29 august 2016 . tom howell jr. march 31 2011 . idea brews comes to a head to let beermakers offer tastings . the washington times . retrieved 27 april 2011 . external links edit dc brau official site jeff hancock interviewed on npr s the kojo nnamdi show retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dc brau brewing & oldid 741473359 categories beer brewing companies based in washington d.c.beer in washington d.c.hidden categories orphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 18 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view