Remember when you looked forward to Saturdays for the pipe cleaners, cotton balls, play-doh, and popsicle sticks? Well, now that you're all grown up, Saturday can still be arts & crafts day...arts and craft beer, that is! Join us for a very special version of Growler Hours at DC Brau: attendees will receive a free growler from DC Brau for making a $30+ donation to CHAW, and $1 from each pint of beer purchased that day will be donated to CHAW to benefit its tuition assistance program. Thanks to this robust program, CHAW has never turned a child away for inability to pay for an arts class. Help us continue to build community through the arts every day--and drink some community beer while you're at it! See musical performances, make a #CHAWsome Valentine in our photobooth, meet CHAW friends and staff, and drink some Brau! [FACEBOOK]

Looking for ON THE WINGS OF ARMAGEDDON? Look no further!

Our single-hop-blend double ipa is available in 6-packs, exclusively in our brewery's tasting room! Come in and find out what all of the fuss is about - aromas of citrus, white grapes and grapefruit with light bread and biscut notes may very well bring about the end of the world (or at least your palate). The demon of Armageddon bringeth forth a quaffable 9.2% abv hidden beneath the hops, just for you - but not for eternity. Come into the brewery now and get yours while he hath been summoned into our midst.

THE STONE OF ARBROATH Returns After Two-Year Hiatus! Watch for its re-release. This year we will release it in both can and draft. Stone of Arbroath has a rich, sweet malty aroma with mellow notes of plum and brown sugar. The mouthfeel has a "mineral-like" softness with highlights of deep caramelized malt derived from a 90 min boil which encourages caramelizing of dense wort sugars complemented by a subtle roast character that finishes with a mild acridity that pleasantly coats ones mouth. Coming in at a warming and subdued 8% ABV it will definitely ruffle many a kilt this fall.

New Columbia Distillers is using DC Brau beer to distill something else. With 65 cases of canned beer only 2/3 full due to a mistake in the canning line, DC Brau co-founder Brandon Skall sent his stock to New Columbia Distillers’ John Uselton to make gin. He expects to produce approximately 15 gallons of the gin, but the final product is not yet decided. Perhaps an unaged white whiskey, or an aged eau de vie — which would mean another 4 to 10 months of preparations.

Check out the Washington Post article on our experiment with New Columbia