brewing type private industry brewery founded 2011 headquarters alexandria va united states website port city brewing port city brewing is a craft brewery in alexandria va. it is the first production brewery to operate in alexandria since prohibition 1 2 when the robert portner brewing company closed its doors . port city brewery opened its doors in february 2011 . 3 the brewery currently produces five flagship beers monumental ipa essential pale ale optimal wit a belgian white ale downright pilsner and a porter . 2012 derecho edit the june 2012 north american derecho knocked out power for one million electricity customers in the washington dc area including the brewery . a tank of fermenting pilsner warmed excessively and rather than let it spoil the brewery changed the style from pilsner to steam beer . the strategy saved the beer relabeled derecho common and attracted media attention as much for the story as the beer itself . 4 references edit tammy tuck . alexandria s port city brewing company opens this week . washington city paper . retrieved 26 september 2011 . anna spiegel . best beer bars in washington . washingtontian . retrieved 26 september 2011 . derrick perkins . port city brewing arrives on the craft beer scene . alexandria times . retrieved 26 september 2011 . du lac j. freedom ; vargas theresa 3 july 2012 . a race against the thermometer for alexandria brewery . washington post . retrieved 7 july 2012 . external links edit port city brewing site this beer or brewery related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title port city brewing company & oldid 720995943 categories beer brewing companies based in virginiacompanies based in alexandria virginiabeer and brewery stubshidden categories all stub 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 19 may 2016 at 05 04 . 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