Colorado’s New Belgium Brewery announced today that they have officially signed contracts with 17 distributors throughout the tri-state area. Fat Tire, Ranger IPA and the brewer’s fall seasonal Hoptober Ale will be available in 22-ounce bombers around D.C. on August 22. The brewery’s tripel and Lips of Faith series will be available in select areas at a later date.

Par for the course, Montgomery County’s Draconian alcohol laws will keep the these beers out of the county for the time being. New Belgium is well known for its high standards for storage and quality assurance — and since MoCo operates independently from the current three-tier system, it may take some time for the iron-fisted county to prove it can function at the brewery’s standards.

While many love (and love to hate) Fat Tire, the beer’s accessibility has won over many hearts and is highly sought after when some of the city’s beer bars snag a shipment of it. Regardless of how you feel about New Belgium’s beers, I think we can all embrace the “rising tide floats all ships” mentality, and the brewer’s arrival certainly only helps Washington’s chances of becoming the beer capital of U.S.