Breweries in District of Columbia
Based on the breweries in the brewery.fyi register and their own websites, read September 2026.
Washington, DC puts its whole beer map inside one city. Every place listed is in Washington itself, in neighborhoods like Navy Yard and Ivy City.
About two thirds of the places are breweries. Beer gardens make up about a fifth, and a few beer stores and a beer hall fill out the rest. Where size is known, microbreweries and brewpubs lead, with a couple of taprooms and contract brewers.
Bluejacket brews in the old boilermaker shops of the navy yard and pours a rotating list of its own beers and cask ales. DC Brau's website says it was the first manufacturing brewery the nation's capital could call its own in modern times. In Ivy City, Other Half Brewing Washington DC has a taproom next to its largest production facility, with a rooftop to drink on.
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Most reviewed in District of Columbia
4.6 (2,608 on Google)
Dacha Beer Garden (Shaw)
Washington, DC
4.2 (1,536 on Google)
Bluejacket
Washington, DC
4.3 (1,459 on Google)
Wunder Garten
Washington, DC
4.4 (1,132 on Google)
the brig
Washington, DC
4.4 (986 on Google)
Dacha Beer Garden (Navy Yard)
Washington, DC
4.2 (686 on Google)
Franklin Hall
Washington, DC
Planning a brewery trip in Washington, DC
Washington is the only base you need, since every brewery in the District is in the city. Navy Yard and Ivy City make easy starting points, with Bluejacket in one and Other Half in the other.
For a beer garden, Wunder Garten is one of the most reviewed places in the District. Every brewery page on brewery.fyi has hours, a map and what to know before you go.