(Courtesy City State Brewing)

DC Gets New Craft Brewery

Six years in the making, City-State Brewing, Washington, DC’s newest brewery and officially opens its taproom to the public Friday, June 4th.

Located in in the Capital City’s NE Brookland neighborhood, the 3,000-square-foot microbrewery and taproom, almost six years in the making, comes from neighborhood resident and former congressional aide James Warner who left Capitol Hill to immerse himself in the brewing biz.

The long-awaited brewery, which celebrates DC with beer names like 8 Wards Independent Pale Ale and features taproom posters by local artist Anthony Dihle that capture the city’s diverse vibe, is housed in a former freight rail which is easily accessible to DC’s Metro subway line.

City-State Brewing is actually two connected brewing operations, a 20-barrel system for producing larger runs and a 5-barrel system for more experimental beers. Both of them overseen by Head Brewer Vincent Falcone, an award-winning industry vet with more than 30 years of experience in the biz.

Words To Drink By

“When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.” – JP Donleavy, Irish American novelist

US Beer A $330 Billion Industry

Going into Memorial Day Weekend, the Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association released their biennial economic report on the economic importance of the nation’s beer industry.

The Beer Serves America report, which outlines the economic contributions, jobs and taxes the beer industry provides in every state, found the US beer industry currently supports more than 2 million well-paying, local jobs.

According to the report, America’s beer industry also contributes more than $330 billion to the US economy.  Brewers and beer distributors directly employ nearly 210,000 Americans, and each job in the brewing industry generates another 30 jobs in other industries, including farming, transportation and hospitality.

The impact of today’s beer industry is equivalent to 1.6% of the United States’ gross domestic product, which is something to celebrate.

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