The Heurich House Museum. Photo by johnmarciano.

Ever wondered what beer tasted like in D.C. before prohibition? Here’s a chance to find out.

DC Brau, along with DC Homebrewers and the Heurich House Museum, will offer a taste of the pre-prohibition beer once produced by the Christian Heurich Brewing Company, which was located in Foggy Bottom from the late 1800s until it closed down in 1956. It was the last brewery to operate inside D.C. until DC Brau opened in 2011.

The process to create the beer was quite detailed. From a press release:

Heurich was an avid record-keeper who maintained books of brewery invoices, advertisements, and records, some of which have survived. Beer historian and avid homebrewer Mike Stein spent months poring over brittle invoices at the National Archives. With the help of DC homebrewers, Joshua H. Hubner and Pete Jones, several test batches were brewed using modern ingredients when literal historical accuracy could not be achieved. Several ingredients like the Palmer Seedling hop and “fancy malt” used by Heurich are no longer produced.

Even without the Palmer Seedling hop, the pilsner is described in a press release as “a balanced, golden elixir.”

The beer will be poured for the first time at an Aug. 12 event held at Christian Heurich’s mansion in Dupont Circle, which is now the Heurich House Museum. (Fair warning: It may be haunted.) A $150 ticket gets the purchaser a one-year membership to the museum, access to the Heurich’s bierstube (or “beer drinking room”), a commemorative glass, food and drinks (obviously). The beer will then be made available to some bars around the city, according to a representative from the Heurich House Museum.