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“When you walk into Solace Brewing, you feel a bit happier. The vibe at this sprawling facility in Sterling, Virginia is just cheerful. From the employees to the customers, the brewery seems to live by its motto: “Find Your Solace.”
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Solace Brewing Company cofounder and head brewer Drew Wiles accepted the Board of Supervisors’ annual Small Business Week proclamation Thursday, April 18.
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What was once an annual brewing capacity of 3,000-4,000 barrels is now 5,000-6,000 barrels annually. A brewery that once consisted of four 40 barrel unitanks and one 40 barrel bright tank has now added a 60 barrel unitank and two 80 barrel unitanks.
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Being a woman in the professional brewing industry isn’t for every elegant lady, but for the past five years, I’ve dedicated my life to craft beer. From the beginning, I joined Pink Boots Society to link up with fun loving, beer making girls like myself. Pink Boots is an organization for women in the beer […]
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There is a feeling you get when you walk into a place and in relatively short order you realize the place is nice, well-designed and cared for. You notice the people working there are enthusiastic, genuinely like each other and are creating a product they enjoy and take pride in. Solace is such a place, […]
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When brewers at DC Brau, 3 Stars, and Atlas tell you they’re impressed with Solace’s IPA, you keep an eye out for Super Dope. The ale is brewed by Bridgette Turner, a rockstar in the D.C. region despite being in the brewing world for only five years.
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A microbiologist, a director of operations and a CPA start a bar. No, this isn’t the start of a joke – it’s the backstory of Solace Brewing Company, one of Loudoun’s newest breweries. Drew Wiles, Jon Humerick and Mike Arms celebrated opening of Solace Brewing Company in June, the culmination of plenty of planning and […]
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Jon Humerick, Drew “Wiley” Wiles, and Mike Arms aren’t starting small. They’re hard at work building Solace Brewing Company in a vast commercial building in Arcola, and they believe they have more floor space than any other brewery in Loudoun. Solace Brewing Company began as much at Beltway Brewing Company as in their heads. Solace is among […]
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Solace Brewing Company, one of the county’s newest, biggest and most ambitious breweries, will start pouring June 10. The company’s brewer, Drew Wiles, has started brewing on Solace’s brand new, American-built equipment. He and his cofounders, Jon Humerick and Mike Arms, plan to open with six beers on tap, including a collaboration with nearby Ocelot […]
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It’s always fun to visit young breweries and see how they eventually progress, but today’s trip was a first for both Christina and I, who’ve never stopped by a brewery on the day of its public opening. So we both jumped at the opportunity to swing by Solace Brewing Company in Dulles, Virginia today when […]
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Don’t be fooled by the open, echoing space of Solace Brewing Company. The craft brews are stellar and the atmosphere is warm and inviting. And what is all that space for? Change. There is a tip jar with the saying: If you fear change, leave it here.
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Now that he’s got the taps flowing at his new Loudoun County brewery, Solace Brewing Company co-founder Drew Wiles is raring to loop in his family’s other drinking operation, bicoastal Paradise Springs Winery.
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Those three words were the catalyst for two-week old Solace Brewing Company’s name. Co-founder Jon Humerick woke up in the wee hours one night in the months leading up to the opening of his new brewery. Find. Your. Solace. He shared it with his partners immediately, and the rest is history.
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