After Hours: American Brewing History Project

Event Date: 
Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
RSVP Required
Food & Drink
Cost:
$40.00
Included Items: 
Talks, beer tastings, food pairings, exhibit

 

Serving up a flight of beer history in America with a little help from our friends.

It’s a fact: beer history is American history, and tonight we’re serving up a flight of brewing history with the help of historians, experts, and breweries.

Join us for four tasty tales of brewing, beer, and policy from the Colonial era, 19th century, Prohibition, and the 1970s from experts:

  • Frank Clark, Colonial Williamsburg
  • Jon Grinspan, National Museum of American History
  • Dr. Kate Haulman, American University
  • Charlie Papazian, Brewers Association

Then dive deeper into the tastes, stories, politics, and history of each era by talking with experts, viewing museum collections and archival materials, and tasting some historically inspired brews at each station:

THE COLONIAL TAVERN- ON TAP: Alewerks Brewing Company of historic Williamsburg
THE 19TH CENTURY POLITICAL SALOON- ON TAP: Baltimore's Heavy Seas Beer
THE POLITICAL WOMEN OF PROHIBITION- IN THE SPEAKEASY: New Columbia Distillers
THE 1970s BREWING LAWS- ON TAP: Bluejacket of Washington, D.C
Coulter Performance Plaza

The exhibitions American Enterprise and Object Project will be open and we’ll be holding a scavenger hunt with prizes for the first three teams to hunt down all the correct answers. This event is part of the museum’s new American Brewing History Initiative and American History (After Hours).

Tickets include beer tastings and food pairings. Participating breweries and speakers will be available soon.

Tickets are $40. To purchase, click here.

Please note that all tickets are subject to a $1.50 per ticket processing fee and a $2.00 per order fee.

Coulter Perform

ance PlaPlease note that all tickets are subject to a $1.50 per ticket processing fee and a $2.00 per order fee.