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A poorly designed law that works and an expertly designed drink that sucks.
When Prohibition was repealed in 1933 American drinkers had a lot of catching up to do. Tastes had changed and big brewers took note, cutting costs and striking ingredients until Americans were left with a low ABV bubbly bread soup that tasted vaguely like something they half-remembered. Flash forward to today and Lite Beer is one of the most well-designed products on the planet, while Americans are still untangling an ungainly patchwork of laws leftover from the bad old prohibition days. It begs the question: what does it mean to make something well? Special guests this week are Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewing Co., Brandon Skall of DC Brau and Garrett Peck, author of “The Prohibition Hangover.”
A sampling of pale ales and IPAs at DC Brau. Photograph by Scott Suchman
Ten years ago today, crowds lined up at Columbia Heights beer bar Meridian Pint to tap the first kegs of DC Brau. Up until that point, the city hadn’t had another production brewery since 1956. In the years since, DC Brau has become a staple of the restaurant and bar scene and helped pave the way for the District’s modern brewing industry. (Literally they 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.
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