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DC Brau
The deal: Half-price drafts and
cans on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m.
The scene: DC Brau offered
one of my favorite pre-pandemic
happy hours, with half-price
drafts from open to close every
Friday. While the hours have
shortened, it’s hard to say no to
$3.50 pints and cans of its flag-
ship beers and hard seltzers. That
last part is crucial: The deal
covers the Pils, Joint Resolution
hazy IPA, Penn Quarter Porter
and other year-round offerings,
not the one-offs like the Wake Up
in the Future bourbon-barrel-
aged stout. Shaded beer-garden-
style tables fill a swath of the
Upper Northeast brewery’s park-
ing lot, and there are pop-up food
offerings inside.Capitol Cider House
The deals: $4 house cider, $5
craft beer, $6 local wine, $7 cidercocktails and $10 cider-and-a-
shot combos Thursday and Fri-
day from 4 to 7 p.m.
The scene: Capitol CiderHouse pours three of its hard
ciders for $4 each on week-
nights — crisp-and-basic Capitol
Cuvée; the Capitol Rosé, which
takes its color and flavor from
merlot grapes; and the juicy Sap
Happy — but the Petworth ci-
dery doesn’t limit the specials to
beverages produced on-site.
There are also $5 local beers,
including some from City-State,
and $6 wines from Maryland’s
Big Cork and Virginia’s Gadino.
A seasonal cider cocktail —
currently a spritz with Rosé
cider, Capitoline liqueur, ruby
red grapefruit juice and ginger-
honey syrup — costs $7, and a
house cider paired with a shot is
$10. The kid-friendly taproom
has a wide selection of board
games, as well as a patio. Capitol
Cider House is currently open
Thursday through Sunday, but
founder Jared Fackrell hopes to
open (and offer happy hour) onWednesdays in the near future.
Solace Outpost
The deals: $3 off all drafts, $6
rail cocktails, and $6 selected red
and white wines Monday
through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m.
The scene: This one is some-
thing of a stretch, because no
beer is actually brewed at Solace’s
Navy Yard location — it’s all
brought in from Solace’s mother
ship in Sterling and the brewpub
in Falls Church. Still, the brew-
ery’s name is on the wall, and
almost every one of the dozen
draft lines usually pours Solace
products, such as the full-bodied
Lucy Juicy Double IPA, 2 Legit to
Wit Belgian witbier and fruit-fla-
vored Voda hard seltzers. House
beers are $8, which falls to $5 at
happy hour. Grab a seat on the
patio with views of the Anacostia
River and the new Frederick
Douglass Memorial Bridge.On the Town
BY FRITZ HAHN
Over the last few years, brew-
ery and cidery taprooms have
become bars in their own right,
offering a place to hang out as
well as taste a producer’s freshest
offerings. What makes a visit
even more enticing? Happy hour.
Here are four of my favorite deals
in D.C.
Atlas Brew Works (Half
Street)
The deals: $10 for two slices of
pizza and a pint of selected beers
and $5 selected pints from 3 to 6
p.m. Monday through Friday and
during Washington Nationals
games on weeknights.
The scene: Happy hour just
feels better when it doubles as
dinner. The Atlas Brew Works on
Half Street SE shares its space
with Andy’s Pizza, the New York-
style slice joint that took first
place at the 2021 International
Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas. The
two team up on weekdays for
happy hour, offered inside as well
as at picnic tables in a streatery. A
$10 combo includes two foldable
slices of Andy’s — I’m partial to
the white pizza, topped with
mozzarella, provolone and dol-
lops of ricotta, or the loaded
sausage and peppers — and a
pint of selected beers, such as
Dance of Days pale ale or the
Atlantico Mexican-style lager. At-
las’s flagship offerings, such as
Ponzi IPA and Bullpen Pilsner,
are also $5. The deal runs from 3
to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday,
and also from the second inning
through the seventh inning of
Nationals weeknight home
games — in case the Nats are
getting blown out, or you need
another reason to sneak out of
the ballpark early.
Atlas’s original location in Ivy
City also offers happy hour from 4
to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday,
with $5 pints of the six core beers,
and $10 flights, which are selected
by Atlas staff. Downside: no pizza.
How to find beer and cider at happy hour prices
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ABOVE: The Atlas Brew Works on Half Street SE teams up with Andy’s Pizza for happy hour, with a $ 10 combo that includes two s lices
and a pint of beer. BELOW: At DC Brau, you can find $3.50 pints and cans of its flagship beers and hard seltzers on Fridays from 4 to 7.FRITZ HAHN/THE WASHINGTON POST
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FAR LEFT: Capitol
Cider House pours
three of its hard
ciders for $4 each
on weeknights.
LEFT: Solace
Brewing opened a
taproom across
from Nationals
Park in January.
The airy space has
12 draft lines and
walls that roll up to
provide a breezy
view of the new
Frederick Douglass
Memorial Bridge.