1. Aslin Filling Station
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14th Street corridor
Virginia brewery Aslin plans to bring a family-friendly beer garden to DC’s 14th Street this fall. The auto-themed venue will feature 24 taps, Adirondack chairs, and picnic tables.
2. Pen Druid
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Sperryville, Va.
Beer snobs go out of their way to sip the wild-fermented beers and ciders from this destination brewery. Its new location near Shenandoah National Park is worth a drive for the stunning views of the Blue Ridge Mountains alone.
3. City-State Brewing Co.
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Edgewood
One of DC’s newest breweries, in a former freight-rail depot, boasts an arts venue for live music and events, arcade games, and beers such as the Equal Marriage dark wheat and the 8 Wards pale ale.
4. Solace Brewing Outpost
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Navy Yard
Northern Virginia-based Solace Brewing expanded its popular brand to DC for the first time with a huge, hops-chic bar near Nationals Park with a roomy patio overlooking the Anacostia River. Drinkers can sip Italian pilsners or sours—all produced at the breweries in Sterling and Falls Church—while digging into pub fare and dressed-up sausages from Georgetown butcher Stachowski’s.
5. DC Brau
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Fort Lincoln
The District’s first modern-day brewery is celebrating its tenth anniversary. One new addition: an outdoor beer garden with picnic tables and, on weekends, food-truck fare.
6. Shelter
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Capitol Hill
The Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s new beer hall/garden at the Roost food hall highlights low-alcohol brews across 50 frequently rotating taps. Pair them with food ranging from sushi to pizza to tacos.
7. Mattie & Eddie’s
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Pentagon City
Chef Cathal Armstrong—formerly of Restaurant Eve and Eamonn’s—delivers an upgraded Irish pub where bartenders are trained to pour the perfect Guinness with creamy consistency and foamy head: “106 seconds if you’re doing it properly.” To go alongside: snack-size sausages wrapped in puff pastry.
8. Nighthawk Brewery & Pizza
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Pentagon City
Chef Johnny Spero (Reverie, Bar Spero) teamed up with barman Scott Parker (Don Tito, Barley Mac) and the hops obsessives at Aslin Beer Company for a massive beer-and-pizza hall at Westpost. Go for a ’90s design that channels Saved by the Bell; a roster of low-ABV beers; and a menu of easy eats such as wings, burgers, and thin tavern-style pizzas.
9. Other Half Brewing
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Ivy City
This Brooklyn-based transplant, co-owned by Washington natives, made its DC debut last fall. The brewery is famous for its IPAs, which you can sip from a 5,000-square-foot taproom or covered roof deck.
10. Zinnia
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Silver Spring
Takoma Beverage Co. owner Chris Brown transformed the historic Mrs. K’s Toll House restaurant into a drink garden serving beers and wines on tap, alongside a gastropub menu with eats like fish n’ chips and family-style roast chicken dinners.
A version of this article appears in the August 2021 issue of Washingtonian.