In “Capital Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, D.C.,” author Garrett Peck does a deep dive into the history of beer in the District.

Author Garrett Peck is back with his third book, but instead of focusing on the history of drinking as he has in the past, he sets his sights on the Potomac River—all 383 miles of it.

The District’s is seeing something of a drinking revival these days, but it didn’t have to be that way — a new book finds that prior to prohibition, the District was a drinkers paradise.

Garrett Peck, author of ‘The Prohibition Hangover’ It was at a Christmas dinner several years ago that booze book author Garrett Peck had his “a-ha moment” about writing The Prohibition Hangover. It being a celebration, Peck opened a bottle of 1997 Burgundy—but his grandmother, a product of the Great Depression and the aftermath of the temperance movement, would not indulge. Peck made do—he and his mother split the bottle—but the seed was planted. Why…