Derecho Lager Returns!
Fri, Aug 08
|Port City Brewing Company
Join us on Friday, August 8th for the much-awaited return of our cherished stormy day lager.
Time & Location
Aug 08, 2025, 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Port City Brewing Company, 3950 Wheeler Ave, Alexandria, VA 22304, USA
About the event
Get ready to raise a glass – Derecho Lager is back!
Join us on Friday, August 8th to celebrate the much-awaited return of our cherished stormy day lager.
Derecho Lager® is named after a violent storm which barreled through the DC Metro region on June 29th, 2012, leaving the brewery without power for five days. Unable to control fermentation temperatures, a tank of freshly brewed pilsner was at risk of being lost. Realizing the beer would not meet the guidelines of a Bohemian Pilsner, we decided to experiment with the beer – keeping fermentation temperatures on the warmer side, and dry-hopping with Centennial hops. These non-traditional techniques paid off, and the result was the creation of our first American Lager! 4.8% ABV
Derecho Lager will be available on draft and in 16oz cans to-go at the Tasting Room only.