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Capital Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, D.C. AUTH-79795 consistently the best I haveImagine the jubilation of thirsty citizens in 1796 when the Washington Brewery the city's first brewery opened. Yet the English style ales produced by the early breweries in the capital and in nearby Arlington and Alexandria sat heavy on the tongue in the oppressive Potomac summers. By the 1850s, an influx of German immigrants gave a frosty reprieve to their new home in the form of light but flavorful lagers. Brewer barons like Christian Heurich and