ABC 7 Washington Business Report with Port City’s Bill Butcher

Breweries that offer beer to go

Visit the tasting room to fill growlers or buy bottles on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m…Read More

Port City’s Bill Butcher Loves Del Ray’s Taqueria Poblano

Lifelong Alexandria resident Bill Butcher, founder of Port City Brewing Company, remembers Del Ray’s past and always enjoys the solid taco joint, Taqueria Poblano…Read More

Inside Port City: Alexandria Brewery Debuts New Holiday Ale, Shows Off Its ‘Hop Cannon’

“Everyone else goes dark, we went light,” Bill Butcher, owner of Port City Brewing, explained of his new seasonal brew, Tidings Ale, during a tour of the brewery in Alexandria on Tuesday…Read More

Drink Suggestions for Thanksgiving

We can’t just drink liquor on Thanksgiving so I swung by Port City Brewery last night to pick up a growler of Port City Porter…Read More

Best Beer Bars in Washington

Owner Bill Butcher leads groups through Alexandria’s first production brewery since Prohibition. The Saturday tours are a bargain: Five dollars gets a taste of each of Port City’s four brews, a glass, and a spin around the facility with a knowledgeable guide…Read More

DC Bocce Leaders Pick Their Favorite Local Beer

A blind tasting crowns Alexandria’s Port City Brewing Company a winner…Read More

Washington Business Report July 3

Top Chef Mike Isabella fills us in on his newly-opened restaurant Graffiato. Local craft brewers Bill Butcher from Port City Brewing Co. in Alexandria and Brandon Skall from the District’s DC Brau tell us their experience of opening the region’s newest breweries. …Read More

Pale ale development comes on strong

Our two newest local breweries offer pale ales, both very good and very different … Essential Pale Ale from Port City Brewing in Alexandria is hopped with Columbus, Amarillo and Liberty for a delicate fruitiness reminiscent of apricot or peach. …Read More

Get Your Growler On

Tastingtable.com’s Erin Hartigan introduces us to multiple brews to tempt your taste buds. …Read More

The Beerspotter: Port City Porter

Despite my editorial silence, I was giddy as a schoolgirl when Alexandria’s brand-new Port City Brewing sent its maiden kegs to D.C. I ordered what I could find … An easy-drinking local pale ale is nice, but in their porter, Port City has a well-developed beer that can contend on the national level. …Read More

Suds-cess: Port City, Lost Rhino Bolster NoVA’s Microbrewing Rep

Rumor has it that the District will welcome something like a half-dozen new microbrewers before the end of 2011. Enjoy the wait. We’ll be sipping on the gourmet pours already flowing from NoVA’s latest beer barons, Port City Brewing and Lost Rhino Brewing Co. …Read More

Bromance: Fun things to do on guys’ night out

… a trip to Alexandria’s brand-new Port City Brewing Co. is not just a great guys’-day-out activity, but an informative (and thirst-quenching) one as well. …Read More

Port City Brewing Company: The DC Area’s Newest Brewery (For Now)

After years of drought, craft beer is certainly on the ascendancy in Washington, DC … Named in honor of Alexandria’s colonial status as the fledgling nation’s most important seaport — and later, home to one of the nation’s largest breweries — Port City started brewing late last month. …Read More

Porter Call: Port City’s Porter barrels forward with flavor

Rich, chocolaty and delicious could well describe your leftover Valentine’s candy. But our latest sweet satisfaction comes courtesy of the satiny Porter just released by newcomer Port City Brewing Company. …Read More

Port City Brewing arrives on the craft beer scene

After months of anticipation, Alexandria’s only microbrewery recently began crafting a storm of quality suds on Wheeler Avenue. …Read More

Port City Brewery An actual brewery in Alexandria!

There are tons of advantages in switching from wine to beer, none of which anyone knows about, because who can remember anything without cool rhymes? For suds from a wine-master with the grapes to switch over anyway: Port City Brewery…Read More

Meet Port City Brewing’s Bill Butcher

Bill Butcher’s grandfather moved to Alexandria, Va., more than 100 years ago, taking a job in Potomac Yard. In its day, Potomac Yard was one of the busiest rail yards on the Eastern Seaboard…Read More

Beer: Six Microbreweries Race to Open

It’s New Beer’s Eve in the area, with a half-dozen local microbreweries set to commence mixing malt and hops in 2011. Who will be first out of the gate? … Read More

Hip Sips: The District Beer Wars

It must have seemed like a can’t-lose proposition. When Brandon Skall and Jeff Hancock—music lovers, hipsters, and above all, big fans of a cold, well-crafted brew—joined forces to give the region its very own local beer, the task ahead was daunting but doable … Read More

Port City Brewing Updates

“Port City Brewing is ambitious in that its plan is to have wort fermenting in just thirteen short weeks, but founder Bill Butcher says they are in the final stages of preparation … Read More

Have a Beer with Port City Brewing!

I recently got a chance to get with Bill Butcher and Jonathan Reeves of Port City Brewing. These guys have been working like mad men to bring us local beer early next year … Read More

We Love Drinks: The Birth of a Brewery

I obviously think the world of DC, but there’s one thing I’ve always thought the metro area lacked: a brewery … Read More

Wine whiz hops into the beer biz with Alexandria brewery

Wine? Been there, done that. Bill Butcher now has his sights set on beer. The Alexandria resident has made a name for himself in the wine business, managing sales and distribution for such well-known … Read More

JMU ALum Founds Brewery

Bill Butcher attended JMU in the 80′s and graduated with a B.S. in Economics. He spent years working in both the restaurant and wine businesses … Read More

Alexandria, This Brew’s For You

The city’s legacy as a shipping and brewing hub has faded with time, but by Christmas, Port City Brewing Co. plans to revive those memories — one pint at a time … Read More

Interview with Bill Butcher of Port City Brewing Company, Alexandria, VA

“Wine people are beer people” states Bill Butcher, founder of Port City Brewing Company, a new brewery under construction in Alexandria, Va, about just across the Potomac River from Washington DC.” … Read More