Brightest Young Things “Best bite of the night? Toss-up between Red Apron’s whipped n’duja (spicy AF, for real) on a fennel cracker (being paired with one my favorite beers, Port City’s Derecho Common, didn’t hurt), and the random carnival cart […]
Read MoreThe World – A to Z “We give a big shout out to Port City Brewery for sponsoring this fun and festive event. It gave us a great opportunity to try some new places, try some new brews, and meet […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post “This year’s batch, which hit stores recently, is golden colored with a biscuity sweetness in the body, and it has a more pronounced orange-citrus flavor in the finish than I remember from last year. ”
Read MoreThe Washington Post “Port City Brewing is holding the first of its Derecho California Common release parties at the brewery in Alexandria. There will be music from Levi Stephens, and two food trucks will set up in the parking lot […]
Read MoreBrightest Young Things ““This is what happens when you’re growing at 60% a year,” Butcher says. “We’re over four years into this thing, and we still feel like we’re working at this frantic, start-up pace. Every day, we’re doing things […]
Read Morewtop “The brew traces its origin to the 2012 derecho that hit the D.C. region just before the Fourth of July holiday and kept power customers in the dark for days, including the Alexandria-based brewery.”
Read MoreFOX DC “The historic weather event also left Alexandria-based Port City Brewing Company without power for five days. Without electricity, the brewery was unable to control the fermentation temperatures for one of its tanks of lager.”
Read MoreOld Town Alexandria Patch “The cult classic has become a summer seasonal brew with the name “Derecho Common.” The company describes it as “inspired by the storm that almost put us out of business in 2012, this California Common is […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post “One of the few bright spots to come out of the storm was Port City’s Derecho Common beer, created out of necessity when the brewery, like more than a million other homes and businesses, lost power for […]
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WTOP “You never mess with Mother Nature,” says Bill Butcher, founder of Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria. The brewery lost power for days after the storm, causing a batch of beer to get warmer than planned.
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