CuisineBrewery
StylePale ale, pilsner, American craft
Price$$
HoursTue 17:00-21:00, Wed-Fri 16:00-22:00, Sat 11:00-22:00, Sun 23:00-20:00
Taproom hoursWed-Thu 16:00-22:00, Fri 16:00-23:00, Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-20:00
Last verified

Tip: The brewery is on the Metropolitan Branch Trail; food trucks pull up Friday and Saturday afternoons. 8 Wards IPA is the flagship pour.

Location

Address: 705 Edgewood St NE, Washington, DC 20017, Washington DC

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Other Half Brewing DC ★ 4.5

BreweryHazy IPA and stout$$Mon-Tue 12:00-20:00, Wed-Thu 12:00-21:00, Fri 12:00-22:00, Sat 10:00-22:00, Sun 12:00-20:00Wed-Thu 16:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-20:00

Other Half Brewing DC in Washington DC is the Ivy City satellite of the Brooklyn brewery on Okie Street NE, with hazy IPAs and barrel-aged stouts brewed.

Tip: Saturday IPA can releases sell out by 14:00; queue starts at 11:00 on the sidewalk. Limit 2 cases per person.

DC Brau Brewing ★ 4.7

BreweryAmerican craft, hop-forward and lager$$Thu-Fri 15:00-21:00, Sat 13:00-21:00, Sun 13:00-19:00Thu-Fri 16:00-21:00, Sat 12:00-21:00, Sun 12:00-19:00

DC Brau Brewing in Washington DC is the city's first post-Prohibition brewery, founded 2011 by Jeff Hancock and Brandon Skall on Bladensburg Road NE.

Tip: Brewery tours run Saturdays at 13:00; the taproom takes growlers and 32oz crowlers. Cash and card.

Right Proper Brewing Brookland Production House ★ 4.8

BrewerySaison, lager, mixed-fermentation$$Mon-Thu 16:00-21:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-21:00, Sun 12:00-19:00Wed-Thu 16:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-20:00

Right Proper Brewing Brookland Production House in Washington DC is the larger Brookland Girard Street brewery from Leah and Thor Cheston, with saison.

Tip: Raised By Wolves saison is the brewery's flagship; the Northern Brewer fest releases run Saturday afternoons.

Bluejacket Brewery ★ 4.6

BreweryAmerican craft, broad style range$$Mon-Thu 11:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 11:00-01:30, Sun 11:00-23:00Mon-Sun 11:00-00:00

Bluejacket Brewery in Washington DC is the Navy Yard Tingey Street brewery from Neighborhood Restaurant Group, with 20 house beers on tap and a full-service.

Tip: Order the four-beer tasting flight to walk the range; the gose is the brewery's most-awarded beer.

Atlas Brew Works Bridge District ★ 4.3

BreweryAmerican craft, hop-forward$$Sun-Thu 11:00-21:00, Fri-Sat 11:00-22:00Wed-Thu 16:00-22:00, Fri 16:00-23:00, Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-19:00

Atlas Brew Works Bridge District in Washington DC is the Anacostia Howard Road SE brewery from Justin Cox since 2025, the relocated DC flagship.

Tip: The taproom replaced the Ivy City flagship after its 2025 closure; brewery tours run Saturdays with a flight ticket.

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