The staff of the American Public House Review took a field trip a few weeks ago to our nation’s capitol. After a few hours of driving, I was ready for a drink. Our plan was to head straight to the Dubliner, but as we drove past Washington D.C.’s Union Station that plan expanded quite a bit.
Not being from the Capitol, none of us knew what this giant and gorgeous building was next door, but we all were more than a little surprised to find signs that read Capitol City Brewing Company hanging outside. This building looked like a museum or federal building, anything but a brewery. So after a jaunt to the Dubliner, we meandered up the street to see if this really was a brewery.
What we found was a unique and wonderful place, full of friendly people, incredible visuals, and fine brew. The building in question is the old Federal City Post Office which now houses, along with the brewpub, the National Postal Museum. I can’t imagine anywhere else in the world where you will find a brewery sharing space with a museum inside a building that looks like something that stood next to the Parthenon.
We had a chance to talk for a while with Head Brewer Ryan Curley, a man who truly knows his stuff. The fact is that this place does it right. Besides the incredible surroundings, Ryan and his staff knows what really brings in the crowds…good beer. And that, along with an indescribable urge to get on the bar and declare opposition to the latest bill in the senate, is exactly what you will find at the Capitol City Brewing Company.
Posted by: David McBride
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